Motown4Ever518
02-04-2012, 01:37 PM
I was skimming through another thread on this site and was thinking about a comment made by one the posters that her friends her age, growing up were not into Motown, but possibly into Stax, Chi-Town area, or later, my hometown Philly, as well other regional sounds. My question is, while listening to the hits of the day, back in the day. Did you say to yourself, "Oh that's too Pop-sounding", "I prefer a different earthier sound", or did you groove with the songs depending on if it was good or bad.
The reason for the question is, I am weary of the right intentioned music historians who state with authority that what was produced on West Grand Blvd was not "authentic". Conversely, while doing chores around the house today, I popped in the CD player what I thought was lost but happily found, a disc of TCMS 1965, and had confirmed what I always felt, that the Motown Sound, is/was many different sounds.
My point is that when I was listening to it, it did not matter who, what, where, when, or why, it was either good or bad, or baaaaadddddd.
The reason for the question is, I am weary of the right intentioned music historians who state with authority that what was produced on West Grand Blvd was not "authentic". Conversely, while doing chores around the house today, I popped in the CD player what I thought was lost but happily found, a disc of TCMS 1965, and had confirmed what I always felt, that the Motown Sound, is/was many different sounds.
My point is that when I was listening to it, it did not matter who, what, where, when, or why, it was either good or bad, or baaaaadddddd.