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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