I wish the music sounded more…
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Pat ODay — 16 years ago(September 24, 2009 08:38 PM)
I KNOW it was "supposed to sound like the 60's" because I grew up in the 60's and Motown was ALWAYS on the radio then! The early "60's" WERE Motown. And this music might mimic a little of the Motown sound but my point was that it was just flat out HORRIBLE! The music and lyrics were awful, and most of Jennifer Hudson's songs just ended up being monotonous screaming!
I know that the intent was to try to make her a little like Aretha, but at least Aretha had talent and good material. Jennifer can scream, and given good material she might be a good singer (I "get" why she got kicked off American Idol now). But the music of this movie was just agonizing!
My point about "the 90s" .. I was saying that the music was probably written by "someone who grew up in the 90s" (you don't bother reading posts that you are replying to). I actually found out that the two writers were alive in the 60s. But apparently they just can't write very good "Motown" music! -
lameboy — 16 years ago(February 07, 2010 09:27 AM)
Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, the musical follows the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become music superstars.
Dreamgirls opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre, and was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and won six.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamgirls
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CurtisTaylorJr — 16 years ago(October 31, 2009 08:31 PM)
Not all 60s music was Motown, much of it was very different and the score of Dreamgirls focused more on that style. If I didn't bother reading the posts I reply too, I wouldn't have corrected your misinformation.
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MissBrookeDavis — 16 years ago(December 14, 2009 08:45 AM)
back in college an english professor of mine asked our class to watch this movie to study the transition of speech & language from the 60's onwards.
I have to say nothing changed much, only the music.
But deeeyyymmm the music in this movie.
Well in fairness, some of the songs were bearable to listen to but in my humble opinion j-hud's voice should have been toned down a bit. I get it that they might have been aiming for an Aretha imitation, but J-hud just didn't pull it off quite right. the girl can act & there's no doubt about that, but even though i can't belt out high notes like she can i certainly have an idea about what's pleasant to hear and what's not. everytime it was her turn to sing i remember keeping the volume waaay down.
Good movie, but I'm half-hearted about jennifer hudson's singing.- If a song could get me you *
JFoxy
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They-Call-Me-Steve — 16 years ago(January 29, 2010 06:49 PM)
Dreamgirls came out in 1981 (on Broadway I mean), therefor the songs were written before 1981.
That said, I do agree with the OP and with Pat ODay here for the most part. Though I didn't hate the movie (the acting and story were fine), most of the songs were kinda stinky and really didn't capture the feel of Motown music. Too Broadway sounding, which makes sense I guess, since that's really what they are.