Jamerson didn't just play What's Going On lying on his back. He played it lying on his back, drunk.

Peter Frampton followed that concert in Oakland that day which helped explain all the women in attendance that day.

Now you know why they were "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." Berry screwed them!

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Berry worked at the factory for a little while. He borrowed money from his family who were all very successful entrepreneurs which he, before Motown, was not. It has also been said in some books and interviews that he was 'a pimp on the streets of Detroit.' He was also addicted to gambling.

I agree with you. It makes you mad that Motown never gave the musicians and producers their props and just left them behind. Even the Muscle Shoals musicians and the LA studio musicians never received the credit they should have. I mean, the artists knew who they were, but the public was kept in the dark about the amazing musicians who played on their songs. It’s a real shame.

Here’s a cool story, about 20years ago, PaulMcCartney was in Detroit for a gig, and during some down time, went tothe Motown Hitsville,USA studio/museum to see where those hits were created. When he tried to play the housegrand piano that was used on those hits, he discovered that the piano was in sorry un-playable condition so he made arrangements for the piano to be shipped back to the factory where it was built to be completely restored, on his dime, because the museum couldn’t afford to doit. That’s respect!

Credit to Marvin Gaye for making sure he put The Funk Brothers' name on the What's Going On album and he had Jamerson sitting right next to him in concert. Also, a big thank you to music fans in the UK who always seemed to have treated the great Black musicians with respect and love. Berry Gordy cared about one thing - enriching himself at the expense of everyone else. The only artists he focused on in the later years were Smokey, Diana, and Stevie. Even Marvin had to fight him all the time.

Martha Reeves.

Berry went to LA to do movies.

Living in Detroit at the time, I remember that Detroiters were very upset when Motown moved out. When that happened we didn’t know for some time that the Funk Brothers were left behind. When I first saw this documentary a few years ago, it was heartbreaking to find out how badly the musicians had been treated. This part of the history of Motown is a terrible blot on Berry Gordy’s legacy. Thank you for all 4 parts of your reaction. Although some parts were sad, it was great to see the history behind the musicians who truly created the Motown sound. 👏👏🥰

" contract was Null and Void". lol I love that expression. (Was it Pryor) used to say "hey foo dat hair-on done made you null and void"! For years I didn't know of the Funk Brothers, I thought each artist had their own incredible band behind them.

I LOVE the Wah Wah sound!!! Always and forever ❤

It’s incredible how many artists have been influenced by these musicians

The key to understanding the movie is in the lyrics. The movie is not just a long series of video clips that accompany the album. The images are just a final piece of the puzzle, the final touch on a magnificent piece of art.

When his wife leaves him during a tour, the rock star Pink Floyd (Bob Geldof) becomes paranoid and mad, building a wall between the world in his mind and the real world. The process has begun during his childhood and loses his father in the war, missing him as a role model. His overprotective mother and the repressive education at school help to build the insanity process. Pink brings a willing groupie back to his hotel room, only to destroy it in a violent anger once she annoys him, scaring her away. Soon he suddenly regrets building the wall and becomes a violent fascist dictator, and his soldiers proceed to attack people. He then screams stop and goes on trial in his mind for what he has done, and then he finally tears down the wall as penalty.

So enjoyable watching you two work it out in the end. Priceless.

An all time favorite ❤

13:00 that must be how they Joe Biden to his events!

Big chunk missing from the story. False idols and fake religions. Tommy returns to the mountain top where he was concieved. Well done for tackling this film, interesting to hear your thoughts 😊😇

This is how you react and review the wall.Good job guys!

Ann Margaret had to go to hospital after the TV scene as she cut herself on glass in the beans. the girl playing Sally Simpson is Ken Russell's daughter Victoria. Love your reactions Yes it does help if you know the story before watching ❤🥰😇

Yes it's a bit of a tough watch sometimes, Ken Russell's vision was interesting to say the least, he was a great film maker. I Remember the Premier at Leicester square and watched it in the same theatre with the quad sound. Thoughts then maybe different to nearly 50 years later. Great to see your reactions. Doubt if it would be made like that now 😢

You may remember Ann-Margret from Oliver Stone's film "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY", she played Cameron Diaz's Mum in that film.!

These guys are me

When it became apparent that they were going to only be a studio band so many of us fans were disappointed that we would never get to see them live. Little did we know

Whenever my friends put on a few pounds it was the Day of the Expanding Man.

My close non musician friends and I have always said "It's the Same Thing Only Different".

It wasn't a formula or anything in the building. It was the people, their times, experience and their hunger & desire to make the music that was inside them.

When I have 14 . I saw this movie. I like the music, but at the end of the movie, we have the choice, but bi think he's talking about everything about society, war, separation, mental illnesses. But it has a point... That's what I thought.. bless you guys

He going crazy

I hope others have said.....it was his wife on the phone call that was cheating when he called.

Yes....the album lyrics tell the story of "Pink" ....there was a time when i knew EVERY WORD of the entire album...

I HAVE LITERALLY SEEN THIS MOVIE OVER A 100 TIMES AT THE MIDNIGHT MOVIES IN THE 80'S ALONE !!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 We would get baked and see it..... funny thing is that The ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW was in the next theater room and when it would get quiet spot in our movie The Wall......you could hear those FREAKS acting out their movie.....as it was going on!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Actually ya gotta see the musical FREAKNESS of that movie ROCKY HORROR at least once.....the cast of people in it....heck, Meat Loaf is in it!!!

Oh yeah. We have to hear the VH1 story 😂

The fact YT blocks the performances just goes to show how great, and valuable, those songs still are.

I believe it was (originally) guitarist Joe Messina's job to provide that slashing backbeat that is such a part of their sound (listen for it). And he always voiced the chord so the the top note was not the melody note being sung. What artists!

Just a reminder: This documentary came out in 2002. That's 22 years ago.

He had such low center of gravity and a wide base when he would hop a little to pivot that is was seriously tough to knock him down. That last run vs the Cowboys is narrated by Emmitt Smith in "A football life Barry Sanders" poking fun at Nate Newton and saying "he made them look like straight up fools"

James Jamerson wrote the book on pop/soul/funk/R&B bass playing. His influence was enormous.

Pink Floyd’s the Wall is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. Since the studio album’s release in 1979, the tour of 1980-81, and the subsequent movie of 1982, the Wall has become synonymous with, if not the very definition of, the term “concept album.” Aurally explosive on record, astoundingly complex on stage, and visually dynamic on the screen, the Wall traces the life of the fictional protagonist, Pink Floyd, from his boyhood days in post-World-War-II England to his self-imposed isolation as a world-renowned rock star, leading to a climax that is as cathartic as it is destructive. From the outset, Pink’s life revolves around an abyss of loss and isolation. Born during the final throes of a war that claimed the lives of nearly 300,000 British soldiers - Pink’s father among them - to an overprotective mother who lavishes equal measures of love and phobia onto her son, Pink begins to build a mental wall between himself and the rest of the world so that he can live in a constant, alienated equilibrium free from life’s emotional troubles. Every incident that causes Pink pain is yet another brick in his ever-growing wall: a fatherless childhood, a domineering mother, an out-of-touch education system bent on producing compliant cogs in the societal wheel, a government that treats its citizens like chess pieces, the superficiality of stardom, an estranged marriage, even the very drugs he turns to in order to find release. As his wall nears completion - each brick further closing him off from the rest of the world - Pink spirals into a veritable Wonderland of insanity. Yet the minute it’s complete, the gravity of his life’s choices sets in. Now shackled to his bricks, Pink watches helplessly (or perhaps fantasizes) as his fragmented psyche coalesces into the very dictatorial persona that antagonized the world during World War II, scarred his nation, killed his father, and, in essence, affected his life from birth. As much as this story tips toward nihilistic victimhood, there also runs a strong existentialist countercurrent in which freedom cannot be separated from personal responsibility. The narrative culminates in a mental trial as theatrically rich as the greatest stage shows, with Pink’s tale ending with a message that is as enigmatic and circular as the rest of his life. Whether it is ultimately viewed as a cynical story about the futility of life, or a hopeful journey of metaphoric death and rebirth, the Wall is certainly a musical milestone worthy of the title “art.”

Just wondering why you guys skipped over the musical performances. To me, those are one of the most enjoyable parts of this documentary.

I’m hoping that after this amazing Motown deep dive you can do a reaction to the documentary SOUND CITY. This is the LA studio that recorded LEGENDARY rock bands and the story of the sound board that made that sound so special.

Damm I was hoping you guys would finish this it's so good. Please hurry. Robert White died before he got any recognition.

Can’t wait for part 4 and the segment on Jamerson

Yay, so excited for part 3!! Thank you!

Here's how I rate the 4 great soul/blues studios and the muscians within each. 1- Stax, 2- Chess, 3- Motown, 4- Muscle Shoals. Muscle Shoals moves up because they adapted later into the 70s

I saw this documentary before. Its good, but its a bit scattered. Suffers from a lack of a script to tie things together. Its great to have a collection of interviews with the actual funk bros, but it doesn't go as deep as it should. Which is a shame given how important they are.

if you wanna also get the secret of the Wailers, they took a similar approach to their groove 2:18

I wish that they would have done a documentary on MFSB the house band at Philly International Records. They deserved some love too.