MARTHA and THE VANDELLAS quicksand

from the 1993 MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - LIVE WIRE! THE SINGLES 1962-1972

[@alveekamelle4759]

There will never be music like this again. Pure Soul

[@kevinwatson46]

Keep Listening Keep Listening Keep Listening Can't get enough

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Never ever ever ever ever ever again

[@delvikingjr5739]

I've been saying that for 3 or 4 decades . Why can't we have this kind of music again !! WHY CANT WE HAVE NICE THINGS !!!! Like everything else now !! Everything sucks !!

[@ameliallamas4858]

Totally agree!!! Thank God for their recordings!!!

[@markus8696]

My all time favorite Martha sang the heck outta this song!

[@jon-ei5wd]

66 years old and listening to all these great songs really spring the emotions and memories. Wow

[@sellyboy727]

So you were about 11 when this came out dancing n mamas kitchen lol

[@jon-ei5wd]

@@sellyboy727 yes you got it..The big 70 now😔

[@sellyboy727]

@@jon-ei5wd 10yrs older than my mom lol. Time flies in this life. It's a beautiful ride tho

[@TheNortheast207]

Back in the day , and I’m 66 too. My twin brother actually bought this 45 , it was produced on cardboard! Yes ! We would play this to death until the needle wore a hole right through it. Dancing in the kitchen!!!

[@kevinwatson46]

Let it all go

[@robertsheffield5027]

I was 18 when i first heard this song, now am 77 and still think its great.

[@gilloera8912]

73 years old and still bopping to this. I dance alone in my living room. Neighbors just look at me and say "amazing"

[@roller9158]

Same here at your age!!

[@jerryedelman3581]

I'm 75 and still right there with ya...

[@nancydennis958]

You have to feel it in order to relate to it these soulful songs just gets deep within you it’s like a faucet once you turn it on it’s difficult to shut it off.

[@sheilapalmer9539]

No body can't never ever take your place

[@levonpoe]

Classy ladies with real voices.

[@buzzdacoinzguy8625]

LPMSSP your name a mouthful, but I agree your sentiments.

[@Leatherbro]

These girls could sing and that is one thing another girl group at Motown couldn't do. These girls represented "sophisticated soul" at utmost!!!

[@thetimahawk1]

Why this song did not reach number one ( it hit 8 ) is beyond me. Better than heatwave. This song has it all. Great vocals of course , a groovy rhythm and just an all around fun type of song that makes you feel good. It was just what people needed in November of 1963. An incredible wealth of music and talent came from the 60s and 70s. It would take me two decades to list it all ! When there were real musicians and singers. You knew talent as soon as you heard a song. Today , a lot of people with a computer and a few hundred dollars think they have talent . I am considering ear plugs to go with my mask . Yikes !

[@jamesframpton8120]

Totally agree, "Quicksand" a better song than "Heatwave." "Jimmy Mack" was another good one for MR&V.

[@jamesframpton8120]

Totally agree with all that. 100%

[@MrSoulSimon]

@@jamesframpton8120 Also agree. This is my favourite Vandellas song.

[@NoName-kj8kl]

I was 12 years old when this song heat the local radio station, WHBF Evansville, Indiana. I’m still listening to this music at 68 and the best gets me every time. Brings back good memories.

[@lasgdle2777]

Ditto!

[@letticiamariscal8612]

Quicksand.

[@saz9102]

A SONG AND SOULFUL GROUP THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEBERED

[@derrickbeck7046]

Just think when this music was playing times were simple but great good memories this music will live forever.

[@henrydurieux8171]

What a song. What a group. Hope to keep them in my heart forever.

[@letticiamariscal8612]

Motown will always be in my❤️.

[@bristolstomp]

For all of you who stop by, I will never be able to explain how wonderful it is to be 16, to live outside Philly (or I'm sure Detroit, Chicago etc.) at a school dance and have everybody (all your buds all the girls you liked) take to the floor to dance in unison to this stellar performance and other Motown and Philly hits. Long before disco.... Its what being young is all about... regards

[@ricknelms8606]

+bristolstomp Well said sir Bonner Saturday nights?

[@rmk2762]

Good comment. I’m 16 rn #borninthewronggen

[@a.mckenny6545]

What a great memory :)

[@shaggydogg3786]

Five years later... thanks for sharing.

[@ProudKansan08]

Lucky you!! I was starting grade school when all these great songs came out, but, did dance at home when we listened to them on the radio or my aunts and uncles had albums and 45s and we'd go over to their house and listen to them there.

[@jdfleischhacker1373]

Heatwave was always my favorite until I heard Quicksand. I was a senior in high school.Wow, does this song take me back. Thank you Martha and the Vandellas

[@Lindell1959]

Same for me !! That horn is mesmerizing

[@TheHandsofPeace]

Making me feel younger by the minute... Great Music... Thank you Martha and the Vandellas...

[@festuswilliams4138]

Hello Maria

[@roycobb8268]

I love Martha and the Vandellas! Martha had a good, soulful voice. Their sound was out of sight, out of this world!

[@JackGboyd]

This song rocks _ "Quicksand Baby"

[@bx279]

Back in the day we tore up the dance floor with this tune as well as Heatwave. Good memories.

[@barronbailey1815]

Highly underrated female group!!! I liked them much better than The Supremes who got more exposure for reasons we know. Timeless music!!!

[@Leatherbro]

These girls were far more "naturally talented and talent superior" to the Supremes.

[@freeguy77]

@@Leatherbro Let's be charitable and just say we love Martha and her Vandellas (whatever that is!) kick-ass songs more than the more subdued Supremes output.

[@Leatherbro]

@@freeguy77 Let's keep it real, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were "singers", the Supremes were not. The Supremes were what we would call "glamour girls" at best.

[@aintnothingliketheoldskool]

@@freeguy77 don't pay whoever that is no mind they always have something to say about other groups that's what diana fans always do

[@jamesframpton8120]

Berry Gordy, is that close???

[@lasgdle2777]

I jammed many a days on this one; love it to this day!

[@iuricardoso1707]

Blu & Exile bring me here

[@50Emerald]

If you're going to follow-up "Heat Wave," you can't do better than this. Whoever's on the piano ought to receive a Grammy for their performance on both hits. I believe both of these great songs were written by the incomparable Holland-Dozier-Holland team out of Motown...absolutely WONDERFUL songs...

[@trainsacomin2088]

Quicksand, baby

[@boomerang905]

Amen! In fact, this outdid Heatwave

[@gregorycaldwell2556]

My favorite song by this group

[@gregorycaldwell2556]

Awesome classic soul song 🎵

[@johnnygale3784]

This is the record as we heard it on the radio in '63. Tuff 'n Tender

[@XJarhead360]

I was at Camp Las Pulgas in Camp Pendleton. It was so remote that it really was a pimple on the Marines' ass.

[@davidwhitehurst6625]

One of greatest records of the 60 s

[@nobodyyouknow222]

These beautiful gals.. really had something special.

[@Madminute1968]

Indeed, they sure did, sadly they never got the cover and recognition they surely deserved.

[@melodymacken9788]

2023. Still brilliant.

[@ChristopherRex-gz7xw]

Loved when it was new-still loving it.

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are the great est

[@franklujan8304]

I love motown music! they don't make music like this no more! this is real motown! :) motown #1

[@xxcharmed1xx]

Im 26 and i grew up listening to nothing but 50s and 60s. Its the best music and wish music was still like it today.

[@Bencisco-World-of-Music]

This groove has stood the test of time.

[@pesha600]

My all-time favorite female group. Love every song they sang. WOOOOoooo!

[@loveyouall66]

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN OR WHERE YOU WILL FIND TALENT. MARTHA BEGAN HER CAREER AT MOTOWN AS A SECRETARY. THEN HER INCREDIBLE VOICE WAS DISCOVERED.

[@greyhound7815]

My favorite Martha Reeves & the Vandellas song. Takes me back to summer of 1989. I wasn't born when it came out in 1963/1964. I came in the mid-1970's. Not much to listen to in the late 1980's (except for Janet Jackson and Soul II Soul). Still a nice and sweet song in 1999, 2009, 2014.......and in 2019, 2029 and beyond. Thanks

[@freeguy77]

Greyhound, it was released in early-Nov. 1963.

[@janemartin9314]

greyhound7815

[@LindseyWoolsey]

Yessss !!! I get the spirit every time I hear this song 😁

[@virginiaclark2476]

That beat......like no other on this age!!!😑♥️♥️♥️♥️👍

[@annacabral776]

To my baby 🍼🍼 daddy may he rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️ love your baby 🍼🍼 mama Annie Diaz 💋 carrion Rodriguez 😢

[@Usercantwelve]

Yeah Yeah ..love this ALOT❤. Quicksand 😉

[@MrGoldenthroat]

A tremendously underrated tune - I like it much more than Heatwave!!

[@jackanthony976]

I like it much better than Heatwave also.

[@ellenhepburn8659]

Same.

[@juice4429]

Wh immure

[@markhanson915]

Same

[@CharlesWilson-zs3vd]

I like both, But Heatwave is the jam.

[@traceyw9635]

This was my favorite song, I remember my uncle james playing this and then my brother got the album. I played this song repeatedly!

[@SpeegBJ]

Danced whatever shoes were on my feet to this in 1963 when this hit the air waves; me living in coastal Florida.

[@crissbr225]

Im in coastal Florida reading this comment lol

[@nancydennis958]

Absolutely agree these ladies had it going on and knew how to deliver it well

[@drstevie]

An all time fave.

[@lauraandrews3682]

It did not get any better than this... soul, rhythm , funk and harmony ! I personally think this song is one of Motown's most soulful, listen to the sax playing while the Vandellasharmonize. WOW !

[@ppehsy]

"It''s not safe loving you this way.......but from your arms i can't stay".....ONLY Holland Dozier Holland could write such TORCH song lyrics!!!!!

[@morsewhite708]

Miss morse Martha

[@letticiamariscal8612]

This song never gets old. Just wanna dance, dance, dance!!!!😊

[@mikekemper9566]

Barry goodie, genius like Phil spector

[@kurtadams3021]

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas + the FUNK Brothers = classic

[@flipper644]

Love this song!

[@conradford7493]

Such beautiful woman, they are so underrated.

[@JohnManning-s8g]

This songs takes me back to the days gone by. Happy and yet so sad.

[@NoName-kj8kl]

I cannot get enough of their music !

[@pauloaraujo3235]

I love this band!

[@johnlopez8520]

This music from the early 1960s bring back memories of a better day before the Nam, the riots, assassinations and Watergate. Where did we get lost?

[@Madminute1968]

Nice, also I hear that outstanding up-right bass player, he/she makes that instrument talk, hitting those low bass notes with sheer perfection and keeping perfect timing for all, a true professional.

[@barracudafishesmmr5496]

Thank you 😊

[@brucepappas6298]

Terrific song. And I enjoyed the drumming.

[@chrisneilson7221]

Benny Benjamin on drums and James Jamerson on bass. Part of the Funk Brothers session musicians.

[@brucelocker6633]

You are all right……this is there best track!!!

[@VANDELLAS4U]

you are correct. H-D-H wrote those two songs among so many MOTOWN classics! the joy those songs have brought me in my life...

[@freddiewilkerson9054]

She blew the roof off on this what memories ( can u still dance ) Freddie dice Frankford

[@troysmith5001]

My favorite song , always had a crush on her but don't tell anybody.

[@Lee-wh2bg]

The Funk Brothers - ALWAYS AND FOREVER! Thank you for this! My favorite Vandella's cut.

[@patrickryan1515]

Love the FB interlude on the drums -- driving! 4/2020

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo pure

[@hafeesa]

The best 🎼🎼🎶❤️💕

[@walterellman3246]

Great Song By Beautiful Women! Jesus Loves You My Dear Friends! God Bless You Always! John 3:16

[@jessedylan6162]

jesus has nothing to do with this song@walterellman3246

[@GS42SCHOPAWE]

great song

[@grammyj17988]

Now that’s my era!!! We’ll never go that way again✊🏾

[@JoseGomez-ks8xq]

Que voz de esas chicas 👌👌🥃🥃👌

[@annacabral776]

To my babes Johnny 💞 Rodriguez from your wife Annie 💋 carrion Rodriguez 😢

[@batmanstewiecnard2lennysun548]

Thanks for the beautiful classic song!

[@richardjeremia813]

in 1963 this was beautiful and my girl was beautiful i fell deeper and deeper in love with her XXXXXXXX

[@LSUBound10]

Still here in 2022 👏

[@boomerang905]

This 'follow-up' was actually better than the great Heatwave. We tore the floors down on this one!!!!

[@lynnymachermann4620]

Thank You for this awesome gem of a song! Thank You, again!

[@Furry67]

Amazing production on this.

[@jaboyle100]

Love this song! :)))

[@festuswilliams4138]

Hello Jan

[@joannebarlow592]

MOTOWN MAGIC

[@weeblelehmann466]

Reminds me of getting pulled over, hand cuffed and bent over the trunk of a Pontiac while an officer rabbit punched me in my side....but my toe just couldn't stop a-tappin'. Ahhhh, the good ole days.

[@Madminute1968]

NICE also excellent session studio musicians, true professionals.

[@arizonap.coyotesm.donttrea2584]

Thank you

[@saz9102]

Yaassss!!!!! MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS THESE BEAUTIFUL DIVAS SHADES TODAYS R&B FEMALE GROUPS..

[@mariajoseoliveira6535]

beautiful

[@lesterstanley8416]

Previous Memories 😭

[@lorim8070]

Do not know if you still remember this 80 year old white girl, you all taught how to dance in the ladies room. What fun, those were the days! Love from, Lori! Married the love of my life 50 years now!

[@TheDonnalovesmusic]

Mercy! Love, love, love!!!

[@jackieobrien-murphy320]

Awesome beautiful song 🤗🌹💚

[@vlavella831]

My dad calls them Martha Reeves and the “foxy” Vandellas

[@minataylor9432]

You did an excellent job!!. Thank you so very much for taking the time to do this.

[@centralparocker8886]

Quicksand....Pulling me closer....

[@franklujan8304]

I love this song! Motown #1

[@ralphtroso7645]

For my money, their best. Love the drums at the end.

[@trainsacomin2088]

can't get over that opening multinote howl that sounds like a coyote runnin' down an alley that one of the girls laid down.

[@frankthrelkeld2150]

76 and still enjoying this ft 2:32

[@roygriffiths8501]

Up theŕè with the best Motown records released Brilliant Northern Soul KTF

[@008BUCKINSSR]

SUPER....SUPER......AWESOME.......TUNE.

[@cynthiachavis9678]

I'm 69 missing the old days

[@JohnnyAcevedo-y3w]

Love Martha❤

[@MrGoldenthroat]

This has always been my favorite song by them - even better than heatwave!

[@boomerang905]

I sure was better! 💃

[@sellyboy727]

@@boomerang905 just by a Lil bit lol I love heatwave too

[@boomerang905]

@@sellyboy727 yep. The songs were so similar and I loved both - Heatwave just had the best melody, especially the intro! And the hand clapping

[@sarahwilliams8596]

I like Quicksand better, too.