10/20/2008

Commodores

Machine Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-I9eD2jQQ

Just to Be Close to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o6A9VtT2Cg

Sweet Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbtmvgc2rqE

Easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFHbGuSRAwg

Brick House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48

Three Times a Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7C_ocGy5tE

Sail On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE

Still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgsIkL6ink

Lady (You Bring Me Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxNRQ5U-3g4

Oh No
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHAbVzPiwZs

Nightshift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlsfYDj2HWA


FYI
The Commodores were a highly successful funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour.

The Commodores originally called themselves the Jays, but had to change their name because of the similarly named O'Jays. To choose a new name William King opened a dictionary and randomly picked a word. "We lucked out," he remarked with a laugh when telling this story to People Weekly Magazine. "We almost became The Commodes!"

Lionel Richie was an original member of the group.

"Nightshift" (a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson) won the Commodores their only Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.

For more on the Commodores: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores