I’ve found my latest obsession.

i really love the motown sound.
i’ve liked it even as a kid.
it reminds me of being in Mum’s car where i was introduced to older music.
my mother liked current r&B of that time but anytime we got in the car,
she would have the station on the golden oldies.
because of her,
one of my fav songs is “baby love” was diana ross and the supremes.
i was on youtube and randomly bumped into these AI remixes…

motown.
when i think of motown,
i think of black soul.
a time when artists stood on a stage and sung.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_SDlPMGDA

they might have had background dancers,
doing one or two hand motions,
but it was all bout the voice.
motown reminds me of a happy time in my life.
when my parents were alive,
they would play those classics while cleaning or going somewhere in the car.
i often listen to the music to invoke those memories.
so when i heard jennifer lopez was performing a motown tribute at the grammys,
i knew it would NOT go well.
it didn’t…

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