I wish the music sounded more…
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Dreamgirls
blue489 — 16 years ago(September 14, 2009 11:17 PM)
nostalgic and more like it was from the sixties. Does anyone who actually like Motown music on here like the music in the film? Because I really didn't care for it and I absolutely love Motown derthough perhaps that's why I'm disappointed in the film's soundtrack?
To me the songs sounded mediocre and like an uneducated composer on sixties music wrote the songs, thinking adding three back up singers and some call backs would make it sound like an oldies tune.
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Pat ODay — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 04:55 PM)
Love Motown. I grew up on Motown. I HATE the music in this movie (I hate this movie, for that matter)!! I wanted to put a gun to my head and pull the trigger during this movie TWICE. Absolutely excruciating.
If I want to see a show about the Supremes (or some fictional 'Supreme-like' group), then I want to hear "The Supremes." Not what some 27 year old playwright who grew up in the 90s thinks "sounds" sort of like the Supremes!
To your post .. I couldn't agree more! "Mediocre" is actually a compliment! -
djrosenblatt — 15 years ago(July 13, 2010 03:31 AM)
Love Motown. I grew up on Motown. I HATE the music in this movie (I hate this movie, for that matter)!! I wanted to put a gun to my head and pull the trigger during this movie TWICE.
Amen, Pat, to every last word in your post! Hated the music, hated the movie. And the sad thing is that the fact that this movie has already been made probably reduces the likelihood (however small it already was) of a "real" Supremes movie being made anytime soon.
OTOH, wouldn't it be nice if some wise producer someday saw the beauty of the real music, and got the idea to make a movie that will be to the Supremes what "Across the Universe" was to the Beatles?
But I tell ya, if I ever again have to sit through Jennifer Hudson showing off her vocal acrobatics with that interminable "What about me? What about me? What about me?" riff, please save one of those bullets for me. -
CurtisTaylorJr — 16 years ago(September 24, 2009 05:57 AM)
The music was a not written in the 90s nor was it supposed to sound like Motown, it was supposed to sound like the 60s. The movie was adapted from a Broadway musical, written by a very talented composer.
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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.