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(More customer reviews)I read a few reviewers questioning why the production didn't involve the original singers to sing the songs. Please note that this documentary is about Funk Brothers. By using contemporary singers to accompany the original rhythm section, the film proves to the viewers how Motown music is in it's musicians, especially the rhythm section. Also if Diana, Stevie, or Smokey would get on stage to sing a song or two, they'd definitely demand star treatment. This will DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
For those who demand to know more about The Temps, Tops, Supremes, and Miracles etc., please either read their autobiographies, watch made-for-TV movies, or listen to their box sets. This movie is about the Funk Brothers, not Motown singers. This film is to celebrate the brothers' contribution to American pop music and to finally validate their hard work, creativity, and how they influenced generations of future musicians.
If you watched a documentary, at least be aware of the subject matter before you criticize the production.
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Detroit, Michigan, 1959.Berry Gordy gathers the bestmusicians from the city's thriving jazz and blues scene for his newrecord company:Motown.For the next 14 years these players are theheartbeat on "My Girl," "Baby Love," "Ooo Baby Baby," "Bernadette," "IWas Made To Love Her," "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," "Dancing InThe Street," and every other hit from Motown's Detroit era.By the endof their phenomenal run, the unheralded group of musicians plays on moreNumber One hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley,and The Beatles combined, making them the greatest hit machine in thehistory of popular music.They call themselves the Funk Brothers.Butno one knows their names...this is their story.
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