Motown

It’s the Same Old Song As we progressed through discovering the art Motown, we start to notice patterns on some aspects of the Motown artists. The way they dress being a major one, as well as their style of dance movements, hand gestures, and facial expressions. The style of these well-known artist was iconic, most of the males wore matching suits with an unbuttoned collar. Females generally wore matching dresses with what we would consider today classic 60’s women’s hairstyle, with the straight fringe covering the forehead and a big bump on top of the head. The band that my group and I chose had 5 members which was perfect because we were five in total which made complete sense. We all admire their song “Get Ready” which is one of their hit singles and well recognized piece of work. In the end we decided to stick with “Ain’t too proud to beg” with more powerful lyrics and classic soul passion that truly embraces the meaning of Motown music. We carefully analyzed their structure and attempted to embody their movements and replicate The Temptations to the best of our ability. My group knew we couldn’t copy the whole dance, so we decided to take part of their routine and continue t repeat them as each of us went to the front and portrayed ourselves as the lead singer. When it comes to dress attire we all decided to wear khaki pants with a white button down shirt and a grey coat. Somewhat a little tacky but we were convinced it will work, as long as we are matching and constantly remain in sync. As we continued to analyze the Temptations choreography in the live performance we notice that they are in constant sync and in perfect harmony. The backup singers tend to do a lot of snapping and a couple of turns while the lead vocal does a lot of hand gestures without getting too intimate but still putting a lot emotion and feeling on his voice projection. The Lead singer does make himself standout from the rest of the bunch but does not go all out. He