I miss this kind of music

[bjjp2]

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

[jpervin]

Not in my lifetime.

[daddyo]

Originally Posted by bjjp2

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

That was the real r&b, soul, and funk. When an r&b band had real crazy skilled musicians. I love that music and do not like the modern r&b on the radidio.

[Mark 63]

On satellite radio, Soul Town plays a lot of that great music.

[billm408]

I love the old Motown stuff. Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" was the last time I heard anything new that felt similar. Unfortunately, the rest of the album didn't deliver the same.

[offbeat]

Actually, my last music purchase was the Best of Earth, Wind & Fire. What a TIGHT band, and incredible vocals!

[Taller]

With any luck, P Diddy Doggy Doo will sample some of that good old stuff and release a duet with Kid Schlock. This way, the music will live to inspire another generation, ruined though it may be.

[John II]

Love it too.

You should check out the artist known as Maxwell. His album "Urban Hang Suite" from the mid 90's is a masterpiece of groovy, sultry R & B/Funk. It's not big hook Motown stuff but the influence is there. Listen to this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bc2owuxYwE



This tune really, really grooves. Fast forward through the minute long intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isDf3...eature=channel

[KRosser]

Originally Posted by bjjp2

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

They did once...I think that's enough...that music came out of a time and place that no longer exist; to attempt to recreate it would be false

I love that stuff too, to this day

[bjjp2]

Although a lot of these black artists get lumped in as "Motown", not all of them were. The Spinners started with Motown, but then moved to Atlantic, where they made most of their hits. The Stylistics and O'Jays were never with Motown. Neither were Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players or Rufus. The Four Tops had most of their hits with Motown but also had hits after (including "Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got", the song I heard on the radio this morning that inspired this thread).

Edit: Glady Knight and the Pips was another great one. They started with Motown but got frustrated and left because they thought they were second class citizens there. Their huge hits in the '70's ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me") came after they left.

[Mark 63]

Weren't the Stylistics and O'Jays part of the Philadelphia sound?

[bjjp2]

Originally Posted by Mark 63

Weren't the Stylistics and O'Jays part of the Philadelphia sound?

Yep.

[Andrew D.]

Originally Posted by bjjp2

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

Yes. It's a small community of musicians who do, but here are some artists (many are my friends, so I admit bias):

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Lee Fields
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Charles Bradley
Mayer Hawthorne
Budos Band (more afro-beat funk than soul, but really good)
Menahan Street Band
The Jive Turkeys (one of my bands)

Old school soul/funk has actually be gaining popularity in the last few years. Fans are extremely loyal, buy lots of records, and love to purchase 45s and LPs. The Daptone/Dunham Records crew also helped us all out when the did Amy Winehouse's Back to Black record.

[Mark 63]

The Dap Kings and Mark Ronson really made Back to Black the great album it is.

[bjjp2]

Originally Posted by Andrew D.

Yes. It's a small community of musicians who do, but here are some artists (many are my friends, so I admit bias):

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Lee Fields
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Charles Bradley
Mayer Hawthorne
Budos Band (more afro-beat funk than soul, but really good)
Menahan Street Band
The Jive Turkeys (one of my bands)

Old school soul/funk has actually be gaining popularity in the last few years. Fans are extremely loyal, buy lots of records, and love to purchase 45s and LPs. The Daptone/Dunham Records crew also helped us all out when the did Amy Winehouse's Back to Black record.

Thanks for the leads.