Thursday 25 February 2016

Jackson Five (1973) Reflections‏

A remake to a certain extent of The Supremes hit, The Jacksons often did new versions of Motown classics rather than their own originals possibly to introduce The Motown standards to a new generation. The original was a classic 60's soul hit invigorated by some wailing, dissonant Moogs oscillating like a Sonar signal adding a coldness to their urban soul. This song supplants this with bubbly vocal whoops, a strong rock back beat and some Arcade Machine sounding synthesizers pinging around. 

Michael's vocal wins over Jermaine's with a powerfully, clear vocal that should make his younger days seem like his vocal peak challenging the Motown older guard with his veteran inflections. This is despite being under half the age of his fellow contemporary artists and sounding utterly more convincing and soulful for someone much fresher faced; makes you wonder where did all this soul come from.




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