Yes, and I was one of the owners, too. I worked with Tom DePierro at Motown just before, and was a partner at Airwave and Altair.
Yes, Levi's vocals on "Sexy Ways" were superb. The singing in the '70s, '80s, '90s didn't get worse. I just don't like the songwriting style and the new instrumentation. It's just a matter of style and individual taste. I think that most people just like what they heard in their youth better than music they heard in their 50s, 60s and 70s. It's just natural. We old geezers and fogies can still appreciate good art that is made past our prime. We just don't identify it as much.
I can appreciate that Bobby Orr was probably the most dominant player to ever play hockey. But, I'll never decide that he was a "better" player than Gordie Howe, I wouldn't put Wayne Gretzky even remotely in their class. But many so-called hockey experts say the latter was the "best player ever". I loved Motown, and The Temptations and The Miracles. But, they'll never mean as much to me as The 1953-55 Flamingos or 1951-54 Five Keys. I can appreciate the artistry in modern 3D animation. But, I'll never think it holds a candle to beautiful 2D Disney animation from the 1930s and 1940s. I'll never even think Disney animation from the late 1940s and early 1950s is remotely close to Disney Animation of the early 1940s.
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