desy
17-06-2005, 20:01
Please do not vote if you are not into soul.
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View Full Version : Did Motown kill off the rest of soul music at the time desy 17-06-2005, 20:01 Please do not vote if you are not into soul. bellis 17-06-2005, 20:32 not at all if you look at the labels for the time you had stax atlantic kent , and other soul labels so a big no Starman 17-06-2005, 21:35 Northen Soul, Whoooooooooooooooh!!!!!!!!! desy 17-06-2005, 22:01 Originally posted by panda79 not at all if you look at the labels for the time you had stax atlantic kent , and other soul labels so a big no As a dj at the time Kent was not heard of over hear stax only released a few. But the number that you are talking of is only a small minority. Keep the faith Don_Kiddick 19-06-2005, 11:37 I hate motown me I do :mad: buck 19-06-2005, 12:08 motown is dead, soul continues quietly along, so does jazz and the blues. miniminch 19-06-2005, 19:09 its not just your soul or my soul it's OUR SOUL:gag: timo 19-06-2005, 22:22 Miniminch, As the late Peter Cook once said, 'The Americans have their soul singers, and we have our soul singers'... BoppinBruce 20-06-2005, 08:29 The early days of motown releases in this country was very strange. They were released on one of the minor labels, Orieol. and also on Philips/Fontana. Early Mary Wells, '2 Lovers' 'You Beat Me To The Punch' etc and 'Fingertips' By Little Stevie Wonder were on Orieol. The Marvelletes 'Please Mr Postman' appeared on Philips/fontana. The reason being that they were big hits in the States but seen as being not commercial in this country. Merseybeat erupted with many of the groups including American Motown hits in their sets. The Beatles themselves did much to promote Motown via, 'Money' although this was pre Motown it was a precurser and 'Please Mr Postman' amongst others. It was the Beatles that invited Mary Wells on there tour. The Mods of 1963/1964 also picked up on Tamla as their music. Within the melting pot of the music industry all things gelled together and Tamla became very popular with the music buying public. At the expense of other soul music, I would suggest the answer is Yes. As it has been noted, Northern Soul, the first generation, is made up of music that could quite easily be Tamla, but is not. But before the question is answered completely one has to decide what the genre Soul actually means Mod2 21-06-2005, 22:12 Originally posted by desy Keep the faith ;) |