Man my parents played this stuff all the time when I was growing up, and I kinda took it for granted as background noise but listening to it with grown-up ears it's fucking powerful. That flute, the belting, the melodramatic hook of the chorus, pure ASMR.
their rendition of Walk Away Renee is just as good for me as the optional - lead singer Levi Stubbs had such a massive commanding voice and another inspiration of mine
zilch. I’ve always loved Motown - solid and soulful and spiritual regardless of a god. any time I heard even a single note that moved me so much, I’d want to repeat that part over and over. I had to exist for several centuries on this earth for all that to happen, but worth the wait
and honestly, how can anyone not be moved by those things. pure talent, no auto tune, no manufactured garbage. I ruminate over one specific band or genre for a time, and I could listen to Percy Sledge or Otis Redding nonstop. it’s all connected somehow for me. gotta have feeling.
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