Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Standing in the Shadows of Motown
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.98
You Save: $4.00 (29%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.62 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

Music CD Cover

Brand: STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
  1. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Joan Osborne
  2. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - Meshell Ndegeocello
  3. Do You Love Me - Bootsy Collins
  4. Bernadette (instrumental) - The Funk Brothers
  5. Reach Out I'll Be There - Gerald Levert
  6. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Ben Harper
  7. Shotgun - Gerald Levert featuring Tom Scott
  8. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Joan Osborne
  9. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Ben Harper
  10. You Keep Me Hanging On (instrumental) - The Funk Brothers
  11. Cool Jerk - Bootsy Collins
  12. Cloud Nine - Meshell Ndegeocello
  13. What's Going On - Chaka Kahn
  14. Band Introduction / Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Chaka Kahn & Montell Jordan
  15. The Flick - Earl Van Dyke

Free Music Notes for Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Free Music Review: The truth behind "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown"
Hit: 5 Stars

Well, well. A very interesting review we have here in "An Insult To The Funk Brothers," so if I may be permitted, I'd like to explore it a bit. I'm not the producer of the film or soundtrack but I did work on the project and know all the "behind the scenes" details.

First let's look at the concept of "untarnished live performances." Where in the film or related PR material have the producers stated that these were live performances? This was not a concert. It was six straight days-one artist per day-of recording and filming. Each song was taken five or six times with an invited audience watching and understanding that we would be stopping and starting, just like in any film. These were individual scenes-not parts of a continuous live concert. These performances were no different than a studio session. The only difference was that they happened to be on a stage in front of an audience. The Royal Oak Theater was treated as a soundstage for a film shoot-not a concert.

Secondly, even if it was a "live" concert performance, with the exception of James Brown's `Live At The Apollo' and a few other early live albums, all live albums are edited and corrected when possible. The desired result is good sounding music that moves you-not rigid authenticity to a concept of "untarnished live performances." Most of the most celebrated live albums of all time have been doctored to death. By comparison, `Standing In The Shadows Of Motown' has very few added parts (other than strings) when compared to other live albums. As for the added vocal parts you claimed are "slathered on" to the live tracks of "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted," you're dead wrong. All those parts were sung live by the four background vocalists and every time there's a close up of them, they sync up perfectly with the
picture.

I find it interesting that the objection to hearing a string section that can't be seen in the film is not echoed in hearing horns on "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" that also can't be seen. (They were actually there in an isolation booth on the side wall of the Snakepit.) I also find it interesting that "Reach Out" was brought up as an example of editing two
performances pieced together with "scotch tape"-the justification for this conclusion being the ears of the critic who hears a jump in the tempo. There are actually a few tracks which have edits from other takes. "Reach Out" is
not one of them. That performance is a complete and continuous single pass. The jump in tempo that was referred to is the natural ebb and flow of live musicians who breathe, and occasionally speed up and slow down. If you want metronomic
regularity in your tempos, buy a drum machine or listen to click-track disco.

So let's get into the concept of the added strings. The same strings are heard both in the soundtrack CD and in the film. If I were to lie and tell you the strings were in the concert hall but were situated in the orchestra pit or were placed offstage, the "untarnished live performance" argument would be rendered moot. The fact is, the stage was too small and cluttered to have a dozen strings added to the already overcrowded visuals. They couldn't be in the picture and would have had to be out of sight, offstage. At that point, there's no difference between them being a studio overdub at another time or a live feed to a remote location in the theater. They're still just reacting to what they hear in a set of headphones. At Motown-with the exception of some very early sessions-the strings were always an overdub anyway. How is this different? In fact, Motown doctored, edited, and overdubbed to death many of their most beloved 60s masters so the "untarnished live" authenticity wasn't even there in the originals.

If overdubs and editing is the criteria for this critic's objections, I find it strange that there are eight other performances devoid of the "problems" he mentions yet he fails to praise these tracks for that same "untarnished"
authenticity. Additionally, he seems to be the defender of the Funk Brothers artistic integrity even though they unanimously voted for the added strings. I guess he knows what's good forthem and how they want their music to sound more than they do.

Instead of feigning mock indignation, and if you're so concerned about the Funk Brothers welfare, don't write and post vicious, uninformed, amateur musicological critiques that hurt their chances of ever getting recognition and some financial rewards through the only album ever released in their name.

So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm going to give this CD soundtrack nine stars: five of five for my review and an extra four for the missing stars in your one star review. Now don't you feel better?

Standing in the Shadows of Motown Poster

No Description Available
No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
Title: SOUNDTRACK
Street Release Date: 09/24/2002
Domestic
Genre: SOUNDTRACK

Pop Music CDs

Music Genres
Top music charts in Pop Music CDs
Dinah Was (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection) ImageYvette Freeman - Dinah Was (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection)
Release date: 2005-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $20.02
Price in other shops: $25.95
Building Character Music CD ImageTwin Sisters Productions - Building Character Music CD
TWIN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS; Release date: 2007-01-01; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: $12.99
Bernadette Peters in Concert ImageBernadette Peters in Concert
DVD
Best price: $129.99
Everything Must Go/Two Against Nature ImageEverything Must Go/ Two Against Nature
by Steely Dan
Published: 2003; Music CD
Scattered Ashes ImageScattered Ashes
by Ihsahn / Emperor
Candlelight Records/Emi; Published: 2009-07-28; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops: $21.98
Christmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS] ImageChristmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS]
A&E Home Video; Release date: 1998-09-04; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $17.40
Price in other shops: $19.98
The Shadow: Rare Radio Gems (Rare Radio Gems) ImageThe Shadow: Rare Radio Gems (Rare Radio Gems)
Release date: 2002-09-01; Published: 2002-09-01; Music CD
Best price: $20.00
Price in other shops: $37.98
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol. 1: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance ImageOn the Shoulders of Giants, Vol. 1: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Release date: 2011-09-06; Published: 2008; Music CD
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops: $21.98
Radio Show ImageFrancis Durbridge, Paul Temple & The Gilbert Case - Radio Show
Release date: 2003-05-12; Music CD
Best price: $21.49
Price in other shops: $53.99
My One and Only You ImageThe Serenaders - My One and Only You
Release date: 2011-05-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.76
Price in other shops: $10.00
Top Rated Albums
Little Wild One ImageJoan Osborne - Little Wild One
Release date: 2008-09-09; Music CD
Best price: $6.21
Price in other shops: $18.98
Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson ImageStanding in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson
by Dr. Licks, James Jamerson
Hal Leonard; Hal Leonard; Published: 1989-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.01
Price in other shops: $35.00
Live in Orlando ImageFunk Brothers - Live in Orlando
Release date: 2008-06-03; Published: 2008; Music CD
Best price: $7.14
Price in other shops: $13.98
Motown Classics: Gold ImageMotown Classics: Gold
Release date: 2005-03-01; Music CD
Best price: $10.27
Price in other shops: $19.98
How Sweet It Is ImageJoan Osborne - How Sweet It Is
Baker & Taylor; Release date: 2002-09-17; Music CD
Best price: $2.17
Price in other shops: $18.98
Best Of Joan Osborne - The Millennium Collection [Eco-Friendly Packaging] ImageJoan Osborne - Best Of Joan Osborne - The Millennium Collection [Eco-Friendly Packaging]
Release date: 2007-07-24; Music CD
Best price: $4.95
Price in other shops: $9.98
The Best of the Funk Brothers: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection ImageFunk Brothers - The Best of the Funk Brothers: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
Release date: 2004-02-03; Music CD
Best price: $4.77
Price in other shops: $9.98
Breakfast in Bed ImageJoan Osborne - Breakfast in Bed
Release date: 2007-05-22; Music CD
Best price: $5.21
Price in other shops: $11.98
Standing in the Shadows of Motown ImageStanding in the Shadows of Motown
Release date: 2004-05-11; Music CD
Best price: $16.96
Price in other shops: $29.98
Standing in the Shadows of Motown ImageStanding in the Shadows of Motown
Lions Gate; Release date: 2003-04-22; Published: 2003-04-01; DVD
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops: $9.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles