I’ve always loved the original version, but – my oh my – Joanne owns it going forward.
Y’all should look into the feature on Motown, Standing in the Shadows. That’s where this clip comes from.
browndogMay 4, 2018, 11:39 AM
Joan
…sorry ’bout that.
Transgender AishaMay 4, 2018, 5:22 PM
“Standing in the Shadows” was runner up to an Oscar but lost out to tub of lard Michael Moore’s lie fest “Fahrenheit 911”.
DutchMay 4, 2018, 8:15 PM
Joan Osborne’s version was done as a retrospective with the original Motown house musicians backing her, and this version itself is now 16 to 17 years old. Many of those behind her have passed on now. To say nothing of what has happened to Detroit in the last two decades or so. Time flies, doesn’t it?
gwbnycApril 23, 2022, 9:50 AM
To say nothing of what has happened to Detroit in the last two decades or so
…I refer to it as “Urban Governance at Its Finest”.
El PolackoMay 5, 2018, 7:54 AM
Just re-ran “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” the other night, and just about stood up and cheered after Osborne’s version of that great, great song.
Watching that documentary reminded me of the joy and hope that suffused soul music back then.
I recall the first time I heard Joan, coming out of my car radio while I was driving into Cleveland for business. Her voice swept over me. I immediately went to a record store and purchased her debut disc. I was late to my appointment cause I couldn’t stop listening to her.
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I’ve always loved the original version, but – my oh my – Joanne owns it going forward.
Y’all should look into the feature on Motown, Standing in the Shadows. That’s where this clip comes from.
Joan
…sorry ’bout that.
“Standing in the Shadows” was runner up to an Oscar but lost out to tub of lard Michael Moore’s lie fest “Fahrenheit 911”.
Joan Osborne’s version was done as a retrospective with the original Motown house musicians backing her, and this version itself is now 16 to 17 years old. Many of those behind her have passed on now. To say nothing of what has happened to Detroit in the last two decades or so. Time flies, doesn’t it?
To say nothing of what has happened to Detroit in the last two decades or so
…I refer to it as “Urban Governance at Its Finest”.
Just re-ran “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” the other night, and just about stood up and cheered after Osborne’s version of that great, great song.
Watching that documentary reminded me of the joy and hope that suffused soul music back then.
I recall the first time I heard Joan, coming out of my car radio while I was driving into Cleveland for business. Her voice swept over me. I immediately went to a record store and purchased her debut disc. I was late to my appointment cause I couldn’t stop listening to her.
buy it at Record Rendezvous?
Too long ago for proper recollection. Still have the disc, though.
always strikes me as a dashboard radio R&B march.
original artist only.
this in the best of lights, mind.