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  • Two Idol (Pop and American) Winners singing together. Awesome, just like they already knew haha!

  • I thought this was going to be really about Motown.

    Such an embarrassment to the participants.

  • shit

  • This is wrong on way too many levels.

  • got to Admit they are an embarrasment to motown fans if you know anythinkg about soul music you would shut the fuck up Idiot its deep not like this plastic commercial crap

  • I think people should stop complaining about this video. If you don't like it; don't listen.

    The contestants and former contestants on this performance had to sing these songs because that's what the producers of A.I. chose as the theme for the Top Ten week. So on the finale, the Top Ten sang bits of their songs. It's not awesome, no. But they're not R&B singers. So if you seriously have nothing better to do than complain about this video, then go get a job.

  • @tyko93 Motown is for black African people with funk, not a bunch of whitebread people who look like they will do any thing to win the contest.

  • AI = American Idol? Ahhhh. So its not just a cheese show, it is kultural decline.

  • This is the Kelly Clarkson I miss...I miss her singing R&B/Soul sounding music...i respect her decision to do rock type music but her voice was made for R&B sounding music and thats where she really shined and why she won American Idol

  • American Idol was entertaining as hell on the first season. So much talent. Unlike any of the following seasons. I am convinced that if you took any of the runner ups from season 1 and put them on any other season, they would win without a doubt. It was definately tough to get a winner out of this group. They are all winners to me.

  • @jeremy2009ify No way. The best season was season 8. ADAM LAMBERT!!!!!

  • well 2 b honest i really engoyed it

  • This is just pure disrespect to all the Motown LEGENDS! Motown should never be covered (and certainly not by contestants on a TV show) Sheesh!

  • i actually like this.

  • good songs ... horrible singers

  • were 4/5 top guys, minus justin guarini gay? i always thought so. i know jim verraros is, and hes open about it.

  • Season One was my favorite!

  • Reminds me of a simpsons episode where they had a non-threatening singing/spectacle group called Hooray For Everything. Ha. I'm pretty sure this gave me a freakin' cavity.

  • Hey, give um a break. It's just a bunch of teenagers singing. I'm happy to see that they appreciate good music at that age.

  • This sure doesn't sound li,ke down home Mo-Town--yuk--and this is from a Honky--who got hooked on Mo-Town while in Nam--had a lot of soul brothers for friends.

  • Kelly's part was awesome. Everything else was kinda ok. It's not as bad as everybody's making it though.

  • Wow...David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks must be rolling in their graves hearing this. My Girl Was horrible and Get ready was even worse.

  • @dblynch1 couldn't have said any better!  agree 100%

  • horrible!!! get it of you tube!!! hurts my ears these idiots!!!

  • om my god!!! they suck!!!

  • Jesus, this sucks

  • Racists not racist, white, black latino, purple, this is just a shitty performance...the only two good singers were Kelly Clarkson and Tamyra Gray... it's sad that people are lead to believe this is the best america has to offer as far as talent..... (i'm excluding Kelly and Tamyra though cause they are good)

  • Well, listen. I have no interest in what they were. And I know it was a tribute. THAT I can definitely appreciate, and DO! I know it's an 'honor' to be a part of. And I know it HAD to have been fun for some of 'em. Didn't look like it for many because it doesn't 'match' the 'WAYS' of what people think a singer IS today. It just simply did not 'work'!

  • NO WAT DA FREAK MY GUY,I CANT HELP MYSELF N MY GIRL. THEY MESSED UP SUM OF MY FAV SONGZ

  • First of all, to all the racist losers commenting, you need to get your eyes checked becasue there are only four white people out of the ten singers. Tamyra,Justin,Ejay and Christina are black and RJ and Aj are latino. So people need to cut the whole white thing.

    Secondly, music is a universal thing and regardless of the genre, the lyrics and the meaning behind the can be relatable to other races. This was sung in fun, they aren;t trying to be motown, they are just paying tribute. Get a Life!!!

  • @Tenace :) very well put!!!!

  • @mrlefty8 not really maybr theres a few white influences but their influences are black,such as the king if rock and roll elvis, his singin style was inspired from the Great Roy Hamilton

  • Everyone here is 100% racist. WAHHHHHHH Motown is only for Blacks to sing. WAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! We all know Motown's Black, But understand it inspired ALL races. White, Brown and all colors. So STOP hating. Just don't view this channel. There's plenty of Motown to share.

  • Laugh out Loud!! Ummm No.

  • puting this kids to sing motown ????thats stupid and disrespectful

  • did the latino guy seriously just dry hump that girl on stage? Retarded.

  • im sorry motowns black. this ain't.

  • This is not motown, this is covers of motown songs by a bunch of idiot white performers. Every song is butchered and i wanted to rip my ears off when i heard this.

  • WTF??? who R these clowns?..MOTOWN singers were UNIQUE!!!.. these have got to go!!..

  • Every one of these epic dicks looks like they rolled off a production line - the same dancing, the same faux sincere facial expressions, the same fucking clothes. I'm surprised they're even able to move their jaws to sing, the amount of dick they suck would render a normal human being incapable of any jaw movement for several months.

    If they covered pop bullshit I wouldn't give a fuck, but this is a fucking liberty.

    "..and I pray for nuclear holocaust in 2 minutes" - Hicks

  • I actually found this to be one of the better group performances throughout Idol. People need to chill out, it is only for fun.

  • this sucked cock , BIGTIME.....especially that clown that tried to sing ''My Girl'' hahahahaha '' he aint no David Ruffin!!!!'' LMFAOOOOO

  • OMG! Thank god they missed out The Supremes! Florence would spin in her grave if she knew some white girl who thinks she can sing was singing one of her songs! But then on the other hand HOW DARE THEY MISS OUT THE LEGENDARY SUPREMES!

  • i don't know what this is but it better have a jackson 5 song in here

  • I have more talent in one finger. They fucked this song up. I'm from detroit but i always call it motown.... until this song.

  • hey negative commenters, keep in mind that this was the first season. it was still kind of experimental.

  • this is sooooo bad. it hurts my ears to hear them f...up motown songs

  • wtf??? they gotta be kiddin right...f...morons. this is soooo bad, theres NO motown in this. losers

  • simply... what the fuk is this. is this where were at with music now ? i am sick and tired of this manufactured shit. where's the soul ? there all to busy lookin at themselves.hopin to get there big break and end up as the next bullshit 1.99 album on the shelf. fuck yourself rite off !

  • everyone on here is not even being fair..they didnt have much of a choice but to do this, they all have contracts and sht like that....when the original top ten were chosen, it was motown week, so on the last episode (results) the producers got all the top 10 and had them sing this medley...not much of there decision AT ALL and its really nothing to get so fired up about, its just people having fun on american idle

  • It takes months to make a motown performance awesome. Not a week.

  • these guys fuckin suck. nothing compared to MOTOWN the originals sang with soul, these guys jus make me wanna fuckin throw up everywhere. EMBARASSMENT. leave it to the originals to perform.

  • Will Young was good at the end but he looked well pissed off when she forgot to say "just call my name" before "i'll be there in a hurry" lol.

  • They ruined every single one of the songs.The girl with the red hair can't sing and neither can the one after her. And the man with the afro just sounds terrible this is not motown. the boy that sang "so come on every guy grab a girl" is ok but he doesnt have a motown voice and the murdered the four tops classic "reach out".This isn't motown this is like HSM trying to sing it!

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  • wow they messed up the 4 tops song "reach out" as well as many of the songs

  • uhhh why didnt they have any jackson five songs??

  • don't worry these talentless idiots have no longevity coming their way, look at the legacy of motown or rock n' roll or punk or anything compared with this garbage, it's funny how after 5 years or so they reside in the where are they now file

  • They're great! one of the best modern interpretations I've herad

  • yuck

  • I think is wonderful to see these young people singing and having fun with these wonderful Motown classics"

  • THAT'S THE PROBLEM! they were just "having fun", they all came across as WAY TOO CHEESY, and didn't seem to have much RESPECT for those classics, and DID NOT make ANY of those songs justice :-(

  • Argh! You don't have to be old to know this is no Motown.  Not even one comes close to the original.

  • should have been Tamayra Kelly Justin

  • Kelly is the only reason why I watched this video. I feel sorry for her

  • 03:18 ¨COME ON GUYS REACH OUT! REACH OUT FOR ME!¨ lol

  • some put me outa my misery pleassssseeee

  • second season totally killed season 1 and any other season.. they're the one season that fits everything

  • WOW.... Utter GARBAGE

    And I never watch American or Canadian IDULL

  • no way!!!!

  • dont see why people are bringing race into this but they have properly massacred these classics. every single one of them massively over-sung the songs which is just tiring to listen to.

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  • As a Brit and a lifelong fan of Motown, I find this.... dreadful! We have had Motown acts touring the UK last year - OK they are getting older, but the Sound was there! Over the years I have seen Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr and of course Diana! This one of the few AI clips we get in the UK I am not sure why as there are loads of X Factor and BGT posts. Evem Will Young's duet missed the mark!

  • utter shit.

  • I show dis my father he was born in 1941 he grew up with motown and he asked me why do thos kids disrespect the whole music an do that? its painful for my ears he said you gotta be the best of the best to sing the songs motown produced......those kids are bad very bad

  • What's the point in doing a Motown thing if you kill the sound??

  • Horrendous and hideous as Dimon would say.

  • It's one of the lame medleys American Idol make their singers do, if you think this is bad you should have seen the disco one they did this year, it was painful!!!! Sorry... more painful than this!

  • it doesnt matter wat color or wats ur race. ive met white people with enough soul to knock the crap out of every black singer soo HUSH UP!

    they tried u aint on stage soooooo... like i said HUSH UP!

  • I'm french, what is this TV show? It's look like some pathetic show for teenagers and stupid young adults and very stupid adult in france.

    Most of theses "singers" need soul and passion I guess.

  • Whoever produced this should be ashamed.

    Motown?

    Try whitebread kids trying to sound black.

    Get the fuck away away from using the name, you wannabe mother fuckers.

    These songs took years of talent,timing

    & perfection on the Chitlin Circuit, not on some stage somewhere, televised to

    America. Wake the fuck up.

  • The Magic of Motown Show is the best you can get

    see them at Southport Victoria Park,in July

    Fantastic Show ,Dedicated to the Motown Sound

  • This sucks.

  • Motown and no Supremes songs WTF!

  • I know its just not right!

  • I meant 2:59

  • By the way, this has got to be the LONGEST Idol medley ever..

  • whats the name of the song they sing between 3:05 and 3:30 ?

  • Reach Out (I'll Be There) - The Four Tops.

  • thxs

  • This music takes me back. My 1957 Mercury, the Detroit Induction center in the summer of 1967. Viet Nam, severely wounded, etc... Good and memories all rolled up into one. Ah, we had good music back then.

  • who the girl that sang my guy??

  • I think her name is Christina Christian.

  • Nice Ass at 3:31

  • Not THAT good ..

  • RJ has a nice ass at 1:59

  • i listen to this song everymorning.. :) decent performace by the 1st Idols

  • Tamyra Gray's singing (6:15-7:23) was pretty good but I did not really care for the rest of the performances/video.

  • Did Kelly screw the words on Ain't No Mountain?

  • ooooohh ya she did...but she played it off i think

  • it's not as bad as it is....

    coz they're the first american idol rite??...

    btw,, where's tamyra gray??

    she supposed to be the second winner....

    but... still... Kelly is the best!!!! Ever!!!!

  • no justin is the runner up.. tamyra was gone before the red hair girl

  • This ruined my week.

  • That was F@&^$# terrible

  • I liked it

  • thats awful!..you ruined my day!...

  • shit

  • what the F^%K IS THIS!!!!....PURE BS!!!...THEY SHUD BE BANNED FROM EVER SINGING MOTOWN!!!

  • pure junk

  • ain*t no mountain high enough" is terrible...

    RIP Marvin Gaye..

  • who is this women in 2.26?

  • ryan starr

  • they're a bunch of poofies

  • not to take anything away from kelly cuz she is fabulous....i still think tamyra gray should have won season one.

  • Justin Is the Best

  • that uk guy.."babayeah" yayyeah" that got very annoying very soon

    and he soubds like a girl at times

  • Even though I've said that the successing seasons were better than season 1, I appreciate how these contestants had a better sense of dynamics than the season 7 contestants.

  • wow Kelly Clarkson sounds very nervy in this one!!...lol..

  • the sound is terrible , blimey that was frightning ..

  • Is that Justin from American Idol. lol!! They aren't very good. Definitely not Motown. Why are there so many singer trying to do Motown? The redhead girl isn't a bad singer. Pretty good voice. Maybe 2 others on the stage has some decent vocals, but that's about it. The rest were terrible.

  • they sucks

    screaming too loud! this is not motown

  • lower your volume and it is motown

  • my volume is right!.. maybe your is too low..however listen to marvin gaye, four tops , temptation , stevie wonder, michael jackson , the supremes, miracles , commodores and co. at the loudest volume possible and finally you can listen to the MOTOWN!! ;)these guys are good but not at the same level sorry!

  • ummm....what?

  • HAHAHA! while watching this video i said to myself that that they suck and i looked down at the comments while saying it and i loved how they the same thoughts were rright there. u no. but this busic is really shit. is this like the EMA or sumthing cuz then music preformaces and songs have REALLY changed

  • idk. i thought it was a good idea and attempt.

    eh i guess thats just me

  • there shit

  • this people just acn't do it

  • all the guy contestants look like pansies...

  • Motown, aka PIMPOLOGY 101: Take poor kids from the hood. Dress em up, train em, put em out there and make you money! Give them a lil bit, except for your top hoe's (take good care of them), then when your medium/lower level hoes sell a mil ($12) per album ($12 mil gross), given em 1 point. They buy a FLY car, house and are broke. You end their deal and leave em stranded. Bobby DeBarge of Switch carried water for Motown when no one else was makin those PIMPS $.A good pimp bails them out not BG!

  • Too right!

  • at least it paved a way for the possibility of the massive social change that would be the civil rights movement

  • how come noone has the 60s medley they did. i liked that one better. if anyone has it please upload!

  • i agree, its like kids bop motown. kudos for trying, but the original is the best

  • they can't do motown they just can't

  • Please can someone tell me the names to all these songs please :D x

  • Well the first one is "dancing in the streets, then at about 02.40 it´s four tops with "sugar pie honeybunch", at about 07.30 it´s Marvin Gaye with "aint no mountain high enough", then I don´t know the names of the rest :)

  • Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the streets The Temptations - Get Ready Stevie Wonder - If you really love me Four Tops - Can't Help Myself Four Tops - Reach out (I'll be there) Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life Marvin Gaye - You're all i need to get by Stevie Wonder - Cherie Armour Mary Wells - My Guy The Temptations - My Girl Billy Preston - With you i am born again Marvin Gaye - Ain't no mountain high enough
  • doctor....here goes.

    Isley bros..This old heart of mine.

    4 tops...Baby i need your loving.

    Temps...Get Ready

    4 tops...Don't walk awa\y Renee

  • sounds like kids bop

  • mmmmmmmm diss nnnoot motown!!! thhis sound reaallly aawwfuull nooo harm  but im telling the turef man

  • fuck

  • increase the Citalopram. PLEASE

  • everytime time i watch this it gets worse and worse

  • All those voices and not a lick of freaking harmony! It's shameful.

  • AAAAARGH!!! Stop that bowl of freaks!!!

  • oh hell steups

  • Why bother recording/filming this shite it is an insult to the mighty Motown sound.

    Might just as well play the original!

  • who are the people oin this ??????????????

  • What a load of shite

  • not so great. leave the singing to the actual people

  • It cracked me up when Kelly said towards the end.."If you are not standing, you are a party pooper."...haha

  • There's no Motown here.

  • mazdah: you took the words right out of my mouth!

  • im sorry but they just ruined every song lol

  • Why are they dressed like sluts? Isn;t this motown?

  • Why do you need to judge someone based on the way they dress?

  • because singers like gladys knight never dressed like a slut. she didn't need to use her body to attract more record sales

  • why is kelly the only one not in tan pants?

  • ryan starr is terrible...my goodness how she made it that far is something I will never understand...

  • they shouldve just let tamyra sing and all the others go back to making boy bands and getting fatter

  • This is horrible.

  • Hands down Motown had the best artists in the 50s and 60s! I was on the Motown website, universal motown, and they have a pretty impressive roster for 2008!

  • Don't forget the 70's

  • this is quite high quality karaoke

  • Awe. The first season of AI was so fun! It's too bad that no one seems to have this much fun anymore.

  • first off... this is awesome.

    2nd- dude justin guarini is still alive...

    3rd-why would american idol copy your chorus??

  • hmmm is comes to y attention that there was no jackson 5...

  • OMG!!! i know!

  • there was only michael's 'my girl'. i'm so sorry. i love j5.

  • Yo kconlee10, don't disrespect Justin Guarini, may he rest in peace. Unlike you sitting on your ass all day, he actually helped orphaned children in Cambodia until malaria took him from us. Screw you man

  • This makes me want to stick a revolver in my mouth.

  • MOTOWN Originally came from DETROIT!

  • I thought it was Nashville?

  • how shitty was that..fuk off

  • fukin wank

  • omg they are such copiers i did this in 6th or 5th grade for choir and im in 8th now. wecombinedallthese songs together. ugh

  • well asiangirl115 ur stupid bc if u in 8th grade now n u did this peformance in 6th or 5th grade yall copy them bc that was 6yrs ago if u do ur math right it been 2yrs for u so no one is copying no one bc yall did it from them

  • well i  didnt know it was that long ago andd i never watchedd american idol when i was that youngg.my goddd. you dont have to be allpissy about it.