NOT WHAT YOU THINK,
10:00 A.M.
>> Jason: THE SONG TITLES ARE
NEAR AND DEAR.
REACH OUT, BABY I NEED YOUR
LOVIN', SOME OF THE BIGGEST IN
FOUR TOPS.
♪♪
>> Tati: INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK
'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1990,
JOINING US IS ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL MEMBERS, DUKE, WHO IS
STILL PERFORMING WITH THE GROUP
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S MY PLEASURE AND MY JOY.
DAY?
>> BY WAKING UP FIRST.
[LAUGHTE
>> Tati: AMEN TO THAT!
>> I WAKE UP EARLY AND HAVE A
CUP OF COFFEE AND, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, WATCH CHANNEL 4.
THAT'S WHAT ME AND MY WIFE DO
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
I'M AN EARLY BIRD AND TRY TO GET
ALL MY FOLKS UP THAT YOU HAV TO
WORK WITH, I GET THEM UP EARLY.
>> Jason: YOU GET THEM UP EARLY
AND TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE?
>> I DO.
>> Jason: I LOVE THAT LAPEL PIN.
SOME KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WHAT IT WAS.
IS.
HE SAID, WHAT IS IT?
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU PUT
IN THE RECORD THAT GO AROUND.
>> Tati: GOOD NIGHT AMERICA!
DUKE AT THE FOUR TOPS WILL BE AT
THE ANDIAMO CELEBRITY SHOWROOM
TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> AND VERY SELDOM DO WE GET TO
WORK IN THE NIGHTCLUB,
ESPECIALLY AT HOME, SO IT WILL
BE SOME COMFORTABLE, WITH A LOT
OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SO IT
WILL BE FUN.
ENERGY OF THE CROWD.
>> IT'S LIKE WORKING IN THE
LIVING ROOM.
YOU FEEL THAT CLOSE TO PEOPLE
AFTER PERFORMING IN ARENAS AND
STUFF.
YOU MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME AND WE
JUST DO WHAT WE FEEL LIKE DOING,
WHATEVER WE THINK THE AUDIENCE
WOULD LIKE FROM US.
WE TALK SOME, SING SOME PRETTY
HOLD HANDS.
WE HAVE FUN.
>> Jason: I'M SURE YOU DO A LOT
FROM YOUR OWN CATALOG, BUT DO
YOU DO ANY COVERS?
>> WE DO, ESPECIALLY IN A
NIGHTCLUB SETTING, BECAUSE
PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR OTHER KIND
OF MUSIC.
WE'RE GOOD AT COVERS.
BEFORE WE COME TO MOTOWN.
GROUPS.
FOLLOWING BEFORE WE GOT TO
MOTOWN.
♪
>> Jason: SOME ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS?
>> I MISS MY BUDDY.
WE ENJOYED SINGING TOGETHER,
LIVING TOGETHER.
WE RAISED OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER.
EVERYTHING WE DID, WE LOVED AND
WE ENJOYED IT.
SO I MISS 'EM.
THE GROUP WE HAVE NOW IS CLOSE
TO THE REAL TOPS, BUT NOTHING
LIKE HAVING YOUR BUDDIES.
THEY WERE TRUE, TRUE FRIENDS.
WE HELPED EACH OTHER IN OUR DOWN
TIMES, PERSONAL LIFE, FINANCIAL
TIMES, WHATEVER IT TOOK.
WE WORKED IT TOGETHER.
IF WE MADE A DECISION, RIGHT OR
WRONG, WE ALL LIVED AND DIED BY
IT.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE TEAM, AN
ALL-STAR TEAM.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE
MOTOWN 25, EVER SINCE THAT CAME
OUT, THE TOPS AND THE TEMPS HAVE
BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.
IT'S A LOT OF FU
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE -- LIKE IF
YOU'RE IN SPORTS, IT' LIKE
PLAYOFFS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE
AT YOUR BEST OR THEY'LL WALK ALL
OVER YOU.
AND IF THEY DON'T DO THEIR BEST,
WE'LL WALK ALL OVER THEM.
THE AUDIENCE GET IT, WE'RE AT
OUR BEST EVERY NIGHT.
MOTOWN WAS BUILT ON COMPETITION,
FRIENDLY WARM COMPETITION.
>> Jason: SO IF THE TEMPS AND
THE TOPS ARE HANGING ON THE
STREET CORNERS AND THE SPINNERS
WALK BY, WOULD YOU BE LIKE PISH!
[LAUGHTER]
HAND.
>> Tati: TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT
KNOW.
>> PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND OR
FEEL THE CLOSENESS OF THE WHOLE
ENVIRONMENT OF MOTOWN, RIGHT
DOWN FROM THE GUYS IN THE
STUDIO, GUYS THAT WERE JERKS
GUYS IN THE OFFICE.
WE WOULD CONGREGATE AND DREAM
AND HOPE AND WISH AND PLAYED
BASKETBALL TOGETHER.
SOME WEEKENDS, WE WOULD EAT AT
ANOTHER PERSON'S HOUSE AND HAVE
PARTIES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD FUN.
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE ALL IN
COLLEGE AND THIS WAS THE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> Jason: ALL COMING TOGETHER.
>> IF WE WAS HANGIN' OUT AT
NIGHT, AND I NEEDED 20 GRAND, I
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE JUST HAD FUN.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW GREAT IT
WAS UNTIL A FEW YEARS.
HAVING FUN.
>> Jason: IT CAME THROUGH ON THE
RECORDS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL "LIVE IN THE
MONTH.
WOULD YOU DO THE HONOR OF
APPEARING ON THAT SHOW SO WE CAN
TALK TO YOU SOME MORE?
>> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO PAY
ME?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Tati: I WOULD LOVE TO.
NO PROBLEM, AS LONG AS I'M NOT
ON THE ROAD, I'LL BE COMING.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
>> C'MON OUT TO ANDIAMO'S
TOMORROW NIGHT.
FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
>> Tati: KEEP IT SMOOTH.
>> WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
BLUE.