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View Poll Results: Who's better?
Motown	18	46.15%
Stax	21	53.85%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

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boo boo Motown vs Stax 07-03-2009, 09:53 PM

SATCHMO That's such a tough one to... 07-03-2009, 10:15 PM

asshat Stax brings the funk. Motowns... 07-04-2009, 12:51 AM

SATCHMO Yeah that's it in a nutshell.... 07-04-2009, 02:15 AM

Soulflower Agree. I LOVE BOTH though... 01-03-2014, 08:35 PM

Son of JayJamJah Such a good response, much... 07-09-2009, 11:07 PM

SATCHMO Yes, I'd like both too, as... 07-10-2009, 01:13 AM

asshat [QUOTE=boo boo;698098]... 07-04-2009, 05:03 AM

right-track Very tough choice. I don't... 07-04-2009, 06:34 AM

asshat ...giving marvin ***e some... 07-04-2009, 09:00 AM

Flower Child Motown had some greats, thats... 07-04-2009, 09:09 AM

boo boo I went with Motown, I don't... 07-04-2009, 03:20 PM

mr. goth glam I thought about this for ten... 07-04-2009, 04:09 PM

Screen13 I voted Stax. Motown had... 02-01-2010, 03:34 PM

William_the_Bloody Have to go with Stax, motown... 02-22-2013, 11:40 PM

jackhammer Booker T & The MG's are so... 07-05-2009, 01:26 PM

Bulldog So many good acts on both... 07-06-2009, 01:35 PM

right-track Here's something I want to... 07-10-2009, 02:12 AM

asshat I know the difference between... 07-10-2009, 02:55 AM

SATCHMO Not a convincing argument 07-17-2009, 08:05 PM

The Musicophile Stax by a mile! The records... 09-15-2009, 06:19 AM

goodfoot http://www.musicbanter.com/mem... 10-06-2009, 12:44 PM

Macneil1 Im with mr. goth glam on... 10-13-2009, 08:14 AM

krissi i dont think you can put... 10-18-2009, 08:33 PM

MAStudent Hard to get down on Marvin... 01-28-2010, 12:38 AM

Necromancer The Funk Brothers. 03-04-2013, 08:00 PM

Road Dog I love both. It's a tie. 05-01-2013, 12:08 PM

crazed Both labels are great but I'd... 05-01-2013, 04:19 PM

Scotty The Rebel The Temptations > Otis... 05-09-2013, 01:53 PM

Lord Larehip I'm from Detroit and the... 06-08-2013, 07:44 PM

Necromancer Wow! Thats some interesting... 06-08-2013, 09:15 PM

Lord Larehip In the soul heyday,... 06-09-2013, 09:22 AM

Necromancer Well, I can feel ya when you... 06-09-2013, 10:41 AM

Necromancer Bassist - Sam Marshall 06-09-2013, 09:56 PM

Lord Larehip Parliament and the Isleys... 06-09-2013, 11:31 AM

Necromancer You mentioned This Ol' Heart... 06-09-2013, 04:55 PM

Lord Larehip There have been quite a... 06-09-2013, 07:43 PM

Necromancer I used to live in Cleveland,... 06-09-2013, 08:05 PM

Lord Larehip Nolan Strong & the Diablos... 06-09-2013, 08:00 PM

Lord Larehip There's so few cops in... 06-09-2013, 08:16 PM

Lord Larehip Yes, he's very good! What I... 06-10-2013, 05:26 PM

Necromancer I really hope you stay on as... 06-10-2013, 06:39 PM

Woopiking Stax for me too, i think... 02-25-2014, 01:49 AM

Electric Soul Stax has that southern grit!... 03-28-2014, 04:32 PM

right-track Seconded. Enjoying your... 12-28-2013, 03:27 AM

Moss I'm going with Stax although... 01-03-2014, 09:56 PM

Soulflower This was a hard choice but I... 01-05-2014, 05:04 PM

MP3Man Here's my choice 01-10-2014, 04:29 PM

07-04-2009, 06:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,770	Very tough choice. I don't think I can choose between the two. The Motown style puts me off mainly because of it's prevalence over other soul labels and it's conveyor belt approach to churning out mainstream pop soul doesn't suit my personal tastes. It's subsidiary labels are far more attractive to me with their more, or should I say less, sugar sweet sound. (Martha & the Vendetta's sound like the act they should have been boo boo.) Even with that, there's no denying the quality of The Funk Brothers with their world class musicians, including the greatest bass player that ever lived in James Jamerson. It's songwriters were easily the best, but controlled far too much by Gordy. asshat's comment of too polished is spot on...add too packaged as well. And then there's Stax with Booker T & The MGs...incomparable. If the Chess label was an option here that'd get my vote, but it isn't, so I'm sitting on the fence.