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The Four Tops Wouldn't Touch It, Would They?
Althea, it's deeply political. And do we want to wade into these political waters? Is it a type of fear as well, like a fanon tyghp thing in e i think e in pacei ? It's the fact that gordy doesn't think it's going to sell. As far as gordy's concerned. Commercial suicide. He just doesn't hear it as a motown record. So this is a kind of a difficult, slightly dangerous record from otown,. To be very pressing. The song itself, the genesis of it was withogie benson. But the four tops wouldn't touch it, would they? It's not there
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