584. The Lewis Sisters: “He’s An Oddball”
This is very, very silly, and it has nothing at all to do with anything else Motown was up to in the summer of 1965 - but it's catchy, and it knows how strange it is and carries on anyway, and I can't...
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The whole thing suffers from an almost total lack of abandon, joyful or otherwise, which makes its supposed jollity come across as forced: rather than bouncy and breezy, it's grating and flat. Other...
View Article629. The Lewis Sisters: “You Need Me”
Weird charm can only take you so far, and this isn't great - it's a mess, really, and probably an unsalvageable one at that - but it's not completely horrific, and I keep finding myself strangely drawn...
View Article630. The Lewis Sisters: “Moonlight On The Beach”
It sure is pretty; no masterpiece, to be sure, and nothing at all to do with Motown in the summer of 1965, but when we hit the middle eight, all faults are forgiven, and your heart could melt....
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