"Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
Apr 8, 2006 13:52:41 GMT -5
Post by A Thug Named Slickback on Apr 8, 2006 13:52:41 GMT -5
For all the airplay that "My Girl" gets on oldies radio, you would think that the Temptations had no other good songs. Not so...
Even though it's from 1969, "Cloud Nine" is the JAM! The intro to that song makes me wanna bounce. It's a psychedelic-flavored Motown groove about using drugs as an escape from a crappy life. This song clenched Motown its very first Grammy, if I remember correctly.
I still find it cool that, in the late-1960s and early-1970s, songs could have controversial themes like this and still become hits ("Love Child," "Stone Soul Picnic," "Strawberry Fields Forever"). I know it still happens today, but just with far less frequency.
Even though it's from 1969, "Cloud Nine" is the JAM! The intro to that song makes me wanna bounce. It's a psychedelic-flavored Motown groove about using drugs as an escape from a crappy life. This song clenched Motown its very first Grammy, if I remember correctly.
I still find it cool that, in the late-1960s and early-1970s, songs could have controversial themes like this and still become hits ("Love Child," "Stone Soul Picnic," "Strawberry Fields Forever"). I know it still happens today, but just with far less frequency.
