I just got back from seeing Motown: The Musical. It was fun, but I have to assume that this was a pretty whitewashed history of the label. How is the founder usually remembered?
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sat August 16, 2014 11:32 pm
by epilogue
stip wrote:I just got back from seeing Motown: The Musical. It was fun, but I have to assume that this was a pretty whitewashed history of the label. How is the founder usually remembered?
Since Berry Gordy wrote the book of the musical, yeah. Completely whitewashed. It's absurd. He paints himself as an infallible savior of all things music and love. It's laughable. I rolled my eyes through the whole thing. I wouldn't have gone at all but I had two friends in the Broadway production AND I got to see it for free.
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sun August 17, 2014 12:14 am
by Lament
Admit it, stip. You were disappointed when they didn't sing "U Can't Touch This."
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sun August 17, 2014 1:11 am
by numbers
I heard an uplifting live version of Louis Armstrong's Blueberry Hill that made me really happy today.
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sun August 17, 2014 1:14 am
by stip
Lament wrote:Admit it, stip. You were disappointed when they didn't sing "U Can't Touch This."
hey, did you know that stevie wonder was motown?!
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sun August 17, 2014 1:14 am
by stip
durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:I just got back from seeing Motown: The Musical. It was fun, but I have to assume that this was a pretty whitewashed history of the label. How is the founder usually remembered?
Since Berry Gordy wrote the book of the musical, yeah. Completely whitewashed. It's absurd. He paints himself as an infallible savior of all things music and love. It's laughable. I rolled my eyes through the whole thing. I wouldn't have gone at all but I had two friends in the Broadway production AND I got to see it for free.
How might others dispute this story?
Re: The "All Things Motown/Stax" Thread
Posted: Sun August 17, 2014 1:25 am
by Lament
stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:I just got back from seeing Motown: The Musical. It was fun, but I have to assume that this was a pretty whitewashed history of the label. How is the founder usually remembered?
Since Berry Gordy wrote the book of the musical, yeah. Completely whitewashed. It's absurd. He paints himself as an infallible savior of all things music and love. It's laughable. I rolled my eyes through the whole thing. I wouldn't have gone at all but I had two friends in the Broadway production AND I got to see it for free.