Introduction with Installation and Playlists:

 

Though far removed from America’s so-called cultural capitals, Detroit is hardly just a down-on-its-luck Rust Belt factory town; in fact, the Motor City has been arguably the country’s most important musical municipality over the last half century, breeding ground to some of the world’s most potent movements: Motown soul, funk, punk, heavy metal, and techno, as well as currently being home to hip-hop’s biggest star and a flourishing garage rock scene. The iPods in this installation are programmed with selections providing an audio overview of the last five decades of Detroit area music, a nearly 20 hour mix-tape of some of the finest and most essential recordings in pop music history. Put on some earphones and scroll through the songs, and you’ll discover that Martha Reeves had nothing to worry about; when it comes to music, forgetting the Motor City is absolutely impossible.

--Mike Rubin

 

D TROIT  @ GIGANTIC ARTSPACE - 313 JUKEBOX

MUSIC TRACKS COMPILED BY MIKE RUBIN

December 11, 2003 to January 31, 2004

 

 

BOOGIE CHILLEN: PRE-MOTOWN DETROIT R&B

John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen’ (3:11)

John Lee Hooker: Crawlin’ Kingsnake (3:02)

John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom (2:34)

Joe Weaver & the Don Juans: Baby I Love You So (3:05)

Nolan Strong & the Diablos: The Wind (3:04)

Nolan Strong & the Diablos: Mind Over Matter (3:11)

Five Dollars: Going Down to Tia Juana (3:00)

Chet Oliver: Cool As a Cucumber (2:19)

Andre Williams: Bacon Fat  (3:03)

Andre Williams: Jail Bait (3:23)

Little Willie John: Fever (2:42)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Work With Me Annie (2:46)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Sexy Ways (2:30)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Annie Had a Baby (2:41)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: The Twist (2:37)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Finger Poppin’ Time (1:51)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go (2:27)

Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite (2:41)

Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops 2:32

Jackie Wilson: That’s Why (I Love You So) 2:05

Jackie Wilson: I’ll Be Satisfied 2:04

Jackie Wilson: Baby Workout 2:58

Jackie Wilson: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher 2:57

Nathaniel Mayer: Village of Love (2:01)

Nathaniel Mayer: I Want Love and Affection (Not the House of Correction)

(2:33)

 

 

 

 

MIND, BODY & SOUL: Œ60s AND Œ70s DETROIT R&B, SOUL, AND FUNK

The Capitols: Cool Jerk (2:36)

Emanuel Laskey: Welfare Cheese (2:20)

Chairmen of the Board: Give Me Just a Little More Time (2:43)

Flaming Ember: Mind, Body and Soul (3:02)

Rodriguez: Sugar Man (3:48)

Holland Dozier Holland: Why Can’t We Be Lovers (4:03)

Spinners: It’s A Shame (3:09)

Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band: Scorpio (4:06)

Politicians: The World We Live In (4:22)

The Counts: Rhythm Changes (3:07)

Ruth Copeland (featuring Parliament): Don’t You Wish You Had (What You Had

When You Had It?) (4:53)

Ruth Copeland (featuring Parliament): The Medal (7:23)

Freda Payne: The Unhooked Generation (2:31)

Laura Lee: Wedlock Is a Padlock (3:10)

Laura Lee: Women’s Love Rights (3:13)

Laura Lee: Crumbs Off the Table (3:35)

Laura Lee: If I’m Good Enough to Love (I’m Good Enough to Marry) (3:40)

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (2:42)

Aretha Franklin: Respect (2:28)

Aretha Franklin: A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like) (2:45)

Aretha Franklin: Chain of Fools (2:47)

Aretha Franklin: Think (2:19)

Aretha Franklin: Do Right Woman - Do Right Man (3:17)

 

 

 

 

HITSVILLE U.S.A.: MOTOWN SOUL

Barrett Strong: Money (That's What I Want) (2:37)

The Marvelettes: Please Mr. Postman (2:31)

The Contours: Do You Love Me (2:54)

The Miracles: Shop Around (2:51)

The Miracles: You Really Got A Hold On Me (2:59)

The Miracles: Tracks Of My Tears (3:03)

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: I Second That Emotion (2:42)

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: Tears of a Clown (3:06)

Mary Wells: My Guy (2:50)

Martha & the Vandellas: (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (2:48)

Martha & the Vandellas: Dancing In the Street (2:41)

Martha & the Vandellas: Nowhere To Run (2:58)

Jr. Walker & the All Stars: Shotgun (3:00)

Four Tops: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (2:46)

Four Tops: It's the Same Old Song (2:46)

Four Tops: Reach Out (I'll Be There) (3:01)

Four Tops: Standing In the Shadows of Love (2:39)

Four Tops: Bernadette (3:02)

Jimmy Ruffin: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (3:03)

The Supremes: Baby Love (2:38)

The Supremes: Come See About Me (2:42)

The Supremes: You Can't Hurry Love (2:52)

Diana Ross and the Supremes: Love Child (3:03)

Edwin Starr: War (3:28)

Undisputed Truth: Smiling Faces Sometimes (3:17)

Rare Earth: I Just Want to Celebrate (2:53)

Eddie Kendricks: Date With the Rain (2:43)

 

 

 

 

AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING: THE TRANSCENDENT SOUL OF MOTOWN’S

TEMPTATIONS, MARVIN GAYE, AND STEVIE WONDER

Temptations: The Way You Do the Things You Do (2:39)

Temptations: My Girl (2:57)

Temptations: Get Ready (2:38)

Temptations: Ain't Too Proud To Beg (2:34)

Temptations: Cloud Nine (3:30)

Temptations: I Can't Get Next To You (2:54)

Temptations: Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (4:07)

Temptations: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (6:59)

Marvin Gaye: Can I Get A Witness (2:54)

Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell: Ain't No Mountain High Enough (2:30)

Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (2:17)

Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (3:17)

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (3:53)

Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (3:04)

Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On (3:59)

Marvin Gaye: Got To Give It Up (4:06)

Stevie Wonder: Fingertips (Part 2) (3:11)

Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright) (2:54)

Stevie Wonder: Superstition (4:05)

Stevie Wonder: You Haven't Done Nothin' (3:24)

Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground (3:11)

Stevie Wonder: Living for the City (7:25)

 

 

 

 

TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER: GEORGE CLINTON AND P-FUNK

The Parliaments: I Wanna Testify (3:12)

The Parliaments: Good Ole Music (3:16)

Parliament: I Call My Baby Pussycat (4:24)

Parliament: Come In Out of the Rain (2:58)

Funkadelic: I Bet You (6:12)

Funkadelic: Music for My Mother (5:39)

Funkadelic: I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You (2:53)

Funkadelic: I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody’s Got a Thing (3.54)

Funkadelic: Funky Dollar Bill (3:08)

Funkadelic: Can You Get to That (2:50)

Funkadelic: Cosmic Slop (5:20)

Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (7:28)

Parliament: Up For the Down Stroke (5:10)

Parliament: Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) (5:48)

Parliament: Flash Light (5:46)

George Clinton: Atomic Dog (9:59)

 

 

 

 

MOTOR CITY MOTORMOUTHS: DETROIT HIP-HOP

Eminem: My Name Is (4:28)

Eminem: Rock Bottom (3:34)

Eminem: Just Don't Give a Fuck (4:02)

Eminem: Stan (6:44)

Eminem: The Way I Am (4:50)

Eminem: The Real Slim Shady (4:44)

Eminem: Without Me (4:50)

Eminem: Lose Yourself (5:20)

D12: Purple Pills (5:04)

Kid Rock: Genuine Article (4:42)

Kid Rock: Bawitdaba (4:27)

Kid Rock: I Am the Bullgod (4:50)

Dabrye: Smoking The Edge (3:13)

Shake: Can't Turn Back (5:32)

Slum Village: Tainted (4:26)

Paradime vs. Disco D: Detroit Zoo (3:46)

Esham: Redrum (4:03)

 

 

 

 

TECHNO CITY: DETROIT TECHNO CLASSICS

A Number of Names: Shari Vari (5:35)

Cybotron: Alleys of Your Mind (3:33)

Cybotron: Clear (4:54)

Model 500: No UFOs (7:00)

Model 500: Night Drive (6:07)

Rhythim Is Rhythim: Strings of Life    (8:22)

Rhythim Is Rhythim: Salsa Life (5:28)

Rhythim Is Rhythim: Nude Photo (5:39)

Inner City: Good Life (4:04)

Reese & Santonio: Forcefield (5:09)

E-Dancer: Pump The Move (4:17)

E-Dancer: Velocity Funk (5:10)

Paperclip People: Oscillator: (6:23)

Paperclip People: Paperclip Man (4:59)

 

 

 

 

THE ART OF STALKING: MINIMAL DETROIT TECHNO

X-101 (Underground Resistance): Sonic Destroyer (5:00)

X-102 (Underground Resistance): Mimas (4:49)

Jeff Mills: Changes of Life (4:51)

DJ Rolando aka The Aztec Mystic: Jaguar (6:37)

The Martian: Sex in Zero Gravity (6:53)

Octave One: Daystar Rising (3:41)

Suburban Knight: The Art of Stalking (6:17)

Robert Hood: Intro (1:30)

States of Mind: Elements of Tone (4:24)

Cybersonik: Technarchy (5:56)

F.U.S.E.: Substance Abuse (5:11)

DBX (Daniel Bell): Losing Control (6:54)

Plastikman: Spastik (9:19)

Plastikman: Disconnect (4:55)

 

 

 

 

COSMIC RAINDANCE: DETROIT ELECTRO, BASS, & BOOTY

Cybotron: Cosmic Raindance (4:00)

Channel One: Technicolor (6:50)

Electric Soul: X2 (4:18)

Ectomorph: Dada (5:30)

Le Car: Erase That Thought (3:56)

Le Car: Motorway Sparks (G.D. Luxx remix) (3:54)

Perspects: Desire and Efficiency (3:53)

Adult.: Hand to Phone (Cordless Mix) (5:19)

Aux 88: My Aux Mind (5:12)

Di’jital: Automatic Activity (4:37)

Alien FM: Nightmare (5:01)

Drexciya: Hydro Theory (6:49)

Dopplereffekt: Master Organism 3:06

Dopplereffekt: Pornoactress (2:24)

Detroit Grand Pubahs: Sandwiches (3:02)

DJ Assault: Ass N Titties (2:26)

DJ Assault: Ass N Titties (Remix) (2:15)

Disco D: Booty Bar Anthem (1:29)

DJ Shortstop: Let’s Run Bustos (1:11)

Mr. De: Shake It Baby (1:56)

DJ Godfather: Player Haters in This House (1:46)

 

 

 

 

I CAN’T KICK THIS FEELIN’ WHEN IT HITS: DETROIT HOUSE

Marvin Gaye: A Funky Space Reincarnation (8:17)

Was (Not Was): Wheel Me Out (7:08)

Moodymann: I Can’t Kick This Feelin’ When It Hits (8:05)

Theo Parrish: Took Me All the Way Back (9:03)

Rick Wilhite: Get On Up!  (Theo Late Dub) (7:51)

Norma Jean Bell: I’m the Baddest Bitch (7:05)

Alton Miller: Vibrations (6:50)

Amp Fiddler: Love & War (7:00)

Norm Talley: Exodus (8:18)

Mike "Agent X" Clark: In the Morning (4:43)

Andrés: Reality (2:45)

 

 

 

 

KICK OUT THE JAMS: DETROIT ROCK

MC5: Looking At You  (original A2 45 version) (2:48)

MC5: Kick Out the Jams (uncensored version) (2:46)

MC5: Future/Now (3:04)

MC5: Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) (5:31)

MC5: Black to Comm (live 1969) (7:20)

Stooges: 1969 (4:06)

Stooges: I Wanna Be Your Dog (3:09)

Stooges: Down On the Street (3:42)

Stooges: Loose (3:33)

Stooges: T.V. Eye (4:17)

Stooges: 1970 (5:14)

Iggy and the Stooges: Search and Destroy (3:30)

Parliament: Red Hot Mama (4:28)

Funkadelic: Super Stupid (3.57)

Funkadelic: Alice in My Fantasies (2:30)

Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (10:19)

Ted Nugent: Stranglehold (8:23)

 

 

 

 

I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING: DETROIT GARAGE ROCK THEN AND NOW

Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Jenny Take a Ride! (3:25)

Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly

Miss Molly (3:32)

MC5: One of the Guys (2:17)

MC5: I Can Only Give You Everything (2:59)

The Rationals: I Need You (2:16)

Unrelated Segments: Story of My Life (2:44)

The Underdogs: Love’s Gone Bad (2:29)

The Amboy Dukes: Journey to the Center of the Mind (3:34)

SRC: Black Sheep (3:49)

SRC: Up All Night (3:07)

Power of Zeus: It Couldn’t Be Me (3:52)

Gories: Feral (2:06)

Gories: I Think I’ve Had It  (2:11)

Outrageous Cherry: Pale Frail Lovely One (2:32)

Outrageous Cherry: Party’s Over (2:39)

The Go: Meet Me At the Movies (3:23)

White Stripes: Fell in Love With a Girl (1:50)

White Stripes: Seven Nation Army (3:51)

White Stripes: There’s No Home For You Here (3:43)

Dirtbombs: Get It While You Can (2:25)

Dirtbombs: Don’t Break My Heart (1:43)

Detroit Cobras: Shout Bama Lama (2:10)

Sights: I Can’t Stand You (2:18)

Troy Gregory: Leave the Ghost at Home (2:36)

Witches: People What’s Wrong With You (3:11)

Volebeats: It’s Alright (3:46)

Electric Six: Danger! High Voltage! (Soulchild Radio Mix) (3:36)