I will agree that Motown as more than a label, I will even agree that when he was with the Jackson 5 he was 'Motown', but I disagree that any of his solo albums, regardless of what label they were released under, fits the 'Motown' sound.
I would also disagree that every artist that recorded an album under the Motown label fit into the 'distinctive style' Motown was known for. >From what I can see, the standards seem to be, 'Have you been around a long time? Were you a commercial success? Are you not Canadian? Ok, you're in.' On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, Motown was a record label, but the name is used in the industry > to describe a very distinctive style of music performed by the Motown > artists. > > You are in entitled to your opinion about Rock-n-Roll. It does not, > however, match either general consensus or obviously, the Hall of Fame > standards. > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Motown is a record label. Not sure I agree that all artists of a >> particular record label would/should fall under a one genre of music. >> >> Once again, I do not think MJ ever produced a song that would be >> considered rock n' roll. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
