Where Did All the Good Music Go?

Rating: 3/10 (18 January 2008)

I had viewed this movie because of all of the praises I had read on this site. It began and I settled down to watch a movie with a lot of the Motown sound. Unfortunately, and I have lived through the sound, there wasn't any in this movie. But I may be wrong because I finally turned it off after the first hour. I just kept waiting for some good music but got pabulum. This is the same situation as listening to modern pop music- it is empty and eminently forgettable for the most part. I guess it is just like the songs jazz artists still sing today - those composed in the 30's and 40's, so that the music today is facile when you have lived through Motown and the great rock of the 60's and 70's. Both the jazz songs and great rock stand the test of time. What will the young people of today listen to when they are in their 60's? I doubt it will be the nonsense being sung today.