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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I’ve always been quite sure that “Motown” is short for “Motortown”, referring, of course, to Detroit’s main industry, automobiles.
Mowtown daughter Rhonda Ross answers to the neo-soul call
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...she channels early ’60s girl-group pop with a shout out to The Crystals on “Mowtown,†her love letter to the Detroit where she cut her teeth playing gigs after dropping out of school as a teen…
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mowtown is releasing it’s first 45 singles and 45 albums that are out of print or hard to find exclusively at iTMS…
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I reckon it’s just a misspelling, as I doubt that anyone associates Detroit with mowing. It’s apparent, though, that these perps never made the connection to “Motortown”.
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Get some mo town in yo Motown.
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burred wrote:
Get some mo town in yo Motown.
http://www.last.fm/tag/more%20town
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P … 8F899FF370
OMG! That there is eggcornish!
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