I hate to say it but for the most part the Motown covers are considerably worse than the blues or Chuck Berry covers.

I think Ain't Too Proud to Beg is okay and Just My Imagination is actually quite good because they make it into what sounds like a Stones song more than any other Motown cover.

I'll give Hitch Hike a thumbs up as well. It fits in perfectly well with the pre-Satisfaction Stones sound.

I'm not a huge fan of Motown covers, really. I far prefer the originals, although a few of the Beatles' efforts are very good: Money (That's What I Want), for example. If I were to pluck for a Stones rendition, I would have to go to Marvin Gaye's Hitch Hike.

just my imagination

going to a go-go

i don't know why

Just My Imagination

Just My Imagination
Ain'Too Proud To Beg
Hitch Hike
Good Times
That's How Strong My Love Is
Goin' To A Go-Go (1981-1982 version)
I've Been Loving You Too Long
If You Need Me
Pain In My Heart
I Don't Know Why
You Can Make It If You Try
Cry To Me
Can I Get a Witness
Under the Boardwalk

All great!
The best part of the Rolling Stones!



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1962
Just My Imagination
Ain'Too Proud To Beg
Hitch Hike
Good Times
That's How Strong My Love Is
Goin' To A Go-Go (1981-1982 version)
I've Been Loving You Too Long
If You Need Me
Pain In My Heart
I Don't Know Why
You Can Make It If You Try
Cry To Me
Can I Get a Witness
Under the Boardwalk

All great!
The best part of the Rolling Stones!

This was released in 1957, and pre-dates Motown by a couple of years. The first Motown releases were in 1959.

Just My Imagination
Hitch Hike
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg



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Just My Imagination
Hitch Hike
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg

Who released it on the Motown label, though?

Just my imagination
Ain't to proud to beg

That’s How Strong My Love Is.
Both studio and live versions.

"Take all the pain...It's yours anyway"

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Woody24
That’s How Strong My Love Is.
Both studio and live versions.

But it’s not Motown!

I'd say Imagination, GO GO, I don't know why (If that counts) and Proud to Beg because they really made their own.

Hitch Hike is also a great one, although closer to the original.

C

May we include Ronnie's covers of
Chain of Fools
Yiu Really Got a Hold on Me?

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1962
Just My Imagination
Ain'Too Proud To Beg
Hitch Hike
Good Times
That's How Strong My Love Is
Goin' To A Go-Go (1981-1982 version)
I've Been Loving You Too Long
If You Need Me
Pain In My Heart
I Don't Know
You Can Make It If You Try
Cry To Me
Can I Get a Witness
Under the Boardwalk

All great!
The best part of the Rolling Stones!

This was released in 1957, and pre-dates Motown by a couple of years. The first Motown releases were in 1959.

And these two were Stax.

Imagination from Hampton is one of the best.

Going to a GOGO is another one.

The Chuck Berry tunes were the better covers.

It was good to see them play Ain't Too Proud to Beg in Detroit a couple of years ago,

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NashvilleBlues
Just My Imagination
Hitch Hike
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg

Who released it on the Motown label, though?

I edited it. Thanks.

ROCKMAN

1. Ain't to Proud to Beg
2. Just My Imagination
3. That’s How Strong My Love Is

That’s How Strong My Love Is
first recorded by O.V.Wright for Goldwax in 1964 .



ROCKMAN

Walk and Don’t Look Back… Mick with Peter Tosh

Going To A Go Go

Ain't Too Proud To Beg and Cry To Me. The rest, ehhh.

Ain't Too Proud To Beg is killer. The snap of the beginning. It's a great slap in the face after If You Can't Rock Me!

The video is horrendous as they all were then. Fantastically awful.

Definitely Ain’t Too Proud and Imagination.
Live, they’re damn near perfect. And yes, better than the originals.

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Ellipooh
Definitely Ain’t Too Proud and Imagination.
Live, they’re damn near perfect. And yes, better than the originals.

100% better than the originals!

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Ellipooh
Definitely Ain’t Too Proud and Imagination.
Live, they’re damn near perfect. And yes, better than the originals.

In terms of delivery, yes, although the IORR version of Ain't Too Proud To Beg is killer; the SOME GIRLS Imagination is weak when you compare it to the STILL LIFE etc version: live, it's perfection. It really comes across. It has ass. It has weight. It moves. Everything their album version is missing. The album version is anemic in comparison.

The original is basically a ballad but the Stones live performance gives it that push of being what the jolt in a cup of coffee is: a fantastic R&B song.

The Stones always improve Motown for me.

I don't listen to much original Motown.

Stax is another matter.

they cover Stax very well too ...but it's usually gutsy enough already.

I've always liked and listened to original Stax.

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Spud
The Stones always improve Motown for me.

I don't listen to much original Motown.

Stax is another matter.

they cover Stax very well too ...but it's usually gutsy enough already.

I've always liked and listened to original Stax.

Well, there’s a few ‘Stax’ recordings mentioned here, already!

Someone name-checked ‘Cry To Me’ - it was released on the Atlantic label!

This is a thread about ‘Motown covers’ - not soul, in general!

Oops. Cry To Me. Well, I still think they did a fantastic cover of it!

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GasLightStreet
Oops. Cry To Me. Well, I still think they did a fantastic cover of it!

Yep! Ignore me: I’m just being pedantic!