STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
Bootsy Collins, Ben Harper, Chaka Khan, Montell Jordan, Tom Scott and Many Others
Based on the book of the same name by Allan Slutsky, Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a historical tribute to the unsung heroes responsible for some of the greatest hits of pop music. Part documentary and part concert performance, this film is an introduction to the intriguing personas of the Hitsville studio band originally assembled by Berry Gordy in 1959. Over 40 years later, the remaining members reunited in their home base of Detroit, MI, to tell their stories, remember their departed bandmates, and put on a concert. The creation of the Motown sound is told through in-depth interviews, archival footage, and reenactments. Personal stories are intercut with live tracks from the concert performance featuring the Funk Brothers live on-stage along with popular vocalists interpreting some of their biggest hits. Some of the guest singers stick around for conversation with the musicians and offer a contemporary perspective, including Joan Osborne, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, and Ben Harper. The film follows the group's contributions through the '60s up until Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles in 1972.
Special features include:
How it all began: "The Photo That Started It All," "The Video That Started It All"
BMWfilms.com presents The Hire: A Series of Short Films (Hostage, Ticker, Beat the Devil)
Dinner with the Funk Brothers
Multiangle jam sessions
Deleted scenes
The ones that didn't make it
At long last glory
Funk Brothers video biographies
Music video montage
Selected discography
Honorable mentions
Hi-resolution - DVD-ROM playble version
Interactive - Virtual recording studio
Note: Book also now available, catalog number 00698960.
Contents
- Main Title/Unheralded Dreamers [4:18]
- Days of Innocence/Detroit [1:12]
- Gerald Levert "Reach Out I'll Be There" [1:32]
- "Who Are the Funk Brothers?" [3:42]
- Joan Osborne "(Love Is Like a) Heatwave" [3:21]
- Fearless James Jamerson [4:00]
- Fantasyland in Studio A [2:18]
- Meshell Ndegeocello "You Really Got a Hold on Me" [2:41]
- One Chance, One Take [3:09]
- Bootsy Collins "Do You Love Me" [2:00]
- Touring Days [4:09]
- Benny "Papa Zita" Benjamin [2:47]
- Gerald Levert & Tom Scott "Shotgun" [3:12]
- Johnny Griffith and the Man Around Town [6:59]
- The Motown Formula [1:10]
- Ben Harper "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" [3:32]
- Earl Van Dyke and the Raw Power [3:46]
- He Ain't Spying, He's My Brother [2:40]
- Bootsy Collins "Cool Jerk" [2:12]
- Earthbound and Unknown [3:16]
- Typewriters and Tambourines [2:06]
- Ben Harper "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" [3:31]
- Heckyl, Jeckyl & Son [2:31]
- Eddie "Bongo's" Licks [1:29]
- Joan Osborne "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" [4:16]
- Robert White and His Oreos [3:37]
- Meshell Ndegeocello "Cloud Nine" [3:06]
- Up to the Babbitt Standard [3:21]
- No Question of Race [4:05]
- Chaka Khan "What's Going On" [3:38]
- When Motown Left [3:15]
- The Funk Brothers [1:40]
- Chaka Khan & Montell Jordan "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" [2:46]
- Hitsville, U.S.A. [:48]
- End Credits [5:26]
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Product Details: 2 DVD Set
110 Minutes
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