Motown: I Hear A Symphony
Paolo Hewitt, Melody Maker, 3 April 1982
TIMELESS music...a rare and precious thing...hard to find ...even harder to create: that's Motown music when it was in its heyday. It was a music that spanned the years, transcended all limitations and made a mockery of the theory that pop music can only be disposable and gleaming.
Total word count of piece: 1944
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