Sunday 24 October 2010

The Glorious Funk Brothers



This instrumental cut of the Four Tops' "Bernadette" fades each instrument in slowly, but the focus is clearly on James Jamerson's masterful bassline - fittingly so, because his immense talent is often overlooked, possibly because it is often buried in the layer-upon-layer melange that characterised Motown arrangements. I would also point out 1:45-2:02 as a stunning bridge, a section that accurately conveys the joy of the full version's lyrics: "In your arms I find a kind of piece of mind the world is searching for/But you, you give me the joy this heart of mine has always been searching for."

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