Motown or Stax?

[tobiewharton]

I know it shouldn't be asked really.

[Big_Stu]

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I know it shouldn't be asked really.
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true - it's not even a question.

[TheGreek]

People have been hung for less..

[spike]

Both!

[gary mac]

They both had brilliant house bands. They both turned out material that I loved and some that didn't do it for me.

[Doctor J]

Mo'stax

[BottomE]

STAX!

[RhysP]

I hate both.

[deepbass5]

Motown - first for me, But Stax well there is some excitement on that label, like sweet and sour they balance each other nicely, music today wound not be the same without either and the cross over that followed through the 70's has shaped pop as we know it today.

[Cato]

I love both.

I used to think I preferred Stax because to me their productions sounded a bit rawer & edgier than Motown, but the more I've heard from both labels, the less I think that's actually true.

[Bloc Riff Nut]

STAX. I play in the Stax Cats, after all.

[BassBunny]

Both. Been playing both since 1968, although I must admit in the first version of the band in 68, when I played guitar, it would have been Stax. Loved Steve Cropper's guitar playing.
Since seeing the error of my ways and switching to Bass, I love both equally.

[Bloc Riff Nut]

muscle shoals?

[casapete]

Both naturally.
But Motown just wins out for me because of the amazing material they produced, with so many great
varied tunes and performances over a long period. And Jamerson / Babbit 's inspirational lines of course.

[drTStingray]

Both for me also.

They're fundamentally different though - for me the Motown groove is more subtle and funkier - the stax rythmn section is great but different - and extremely powerful particularly live - the Stax horns are very edgy - more towards the James Brown style.

But they are both excellent and a bass player's dream to play.

[JapanAxe]

I love both, couldn't choose between the two.

And yes, I even enjoy playing Mustang Sally!

[Lo-E]

It's like asking if I'd rather have bacon or a back rub. It's just not fair.

[EssentialTension]

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muscle shoals?
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... or all three ... and several others.

[chris_b]

Stax and Atlantic.

This was where the cool music was being released in the 60's and 70's.

Most of the people/players I knew at the time regarded Motown as pop music and disregarded most of it until the early 70's when What's Going On and the Music Of My Mind were released.

[BassTractor]

As soon as Motown release a Motown SR-Lambda Nova Signature, I'll start listening to them.

[Tonteee]

Stax Stax Stax, all the way.

Whilst it is true that there is breadth of material in both label's repertoire, there is a definite more earthy edge in the Stax/Volt/Atco sound.

[taunton-hobbit]

Stax every time - it had far more oomph - Motown was the Beatles, Stax was the Stones, as far as I was concerned (and I grew up in that era).

[JTUK]

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Stax and Atlantic.

This was where the cool music was being released in the 60's and 70's.

Most of the people/players I knew at the time regarded Motown as pop music and disregarded most of it until the early 70's when What's Going On and the Music Of My Mind were released.
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I'd go with this.... I think Stax and Atlantic had the most kudos for quite a while after the fact... but it is still some podium.

[Big_Stu]

I've got both, but Stax was ground-breaking and is the one that moves me so much.
Cropper's possibly coming back over again next Autumn His stories as well as his playing is/are great.

[blue]

Tough call,did Stax treat their artist better than Motown?

Blue