I like Michael's style of singing. The first Motown was better, but the first is always the best. When you listen to the kind of music I listen to, which is all kinds, you get to a point where good music is in the ear of the listener. You can rate one person high and the low simply because your character does not coordinate with that particular style. That doesn't it's bad, just bad for you.
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Michael McDonald Goes Back To The Well For "Motown Two"
Review created: 11/06/04
by: speeddemon531-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music
Pros: Guest appearances by Stevie Wonder and Toni Braxton, McDonald's fine voice.
Cons: Bad choice in covers, even worse choice in producers.
There's no denying that Michael McDonald is a good singer. An excellent singer, even. His husky tenor has reigned as one of the most easily recognizable voices in the music business for 3 decades plus-from his days as keyboardist/vocalist with Steely Dan ("Peg"), to his turn as lead singer of the Doobie Brothers, to his vocal arrangements on songs by Toto, Kenny Loggins and Christopher Cross, McDonald definitely has the skills to pay the bills. He's even held his own in duets with two of the best singers of this-or any-generation: Aretha Franklin and Patti La Belle. What can come up for...
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McDonald Heads Back To Motown
Review created: 10/24/04
by: MattBjorke-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Music
Pros: The songs
Cons: Some arrangements are almost identical to the original versions.
After the surprisingly strong success of his tribute to Motown, Michael McDonald returns with more from Barry Gordy and company s vast vault of classic songs. Like the first offering, Motown Two doesn t stray far from the original songs nor does his obvious love for the material. Michael McDonald may have been the Doobie Brother who made the band pop but he also had a distinguished Lite FM career before dropping off the map throughout most of the 1990s. What has never left the white haired vocalist is just that: his unique and identifiable baritone that can reach places most baritone...