1973
1996 Killing Me Softly 0:30 captures the vulnerability of being seen by a stranger. He is reading her diary out loud. Strumming her pain with his fingers, singing her life with his words. She cannot leave and cannot breathe.
A stranger found the words she never spoke and is singing them back. The exposure is not in being watched. It is in being understood by someone she has never met.
The party starts when the troubles stop. Leave your situations at the door. No drama allowed inside. Mary J. promises everybody will feel alright. Let loose and set your body free. A family affair means everybody is welcome and nobody gets judged.
The Funk Brothers played on more number one hits than the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, and Elvis combined. Standing in the Shadows of Motown finally told their story. Smokey Robinson's 'The Tracks of My Tears' -- one of theirs -- is the film's emotional anchor. Smokey wrote it. The Funk Brothers played it.
The tracks of my tears. The Funk Brothers laid them down. 1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
Killing Me Softly 0:30 captures the vulnerability of being seen by a stranger. He is reading her diary out loud. Strumming her pain with his fingers, singing her life with his words. She cannot leave and cannot breathe.
A stranger found the words she never spoke and is singing them back. The exposure is not in being watched. It is in being understood by someone she has never met.
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).