>yep.
>"build me up buttercup" came on my iPod the other day,
>and i was like, you can tell they were going for the motown
>sound on this one.
>
>but there is no tamborine.
>and the snare sounds wrong, too.

Apart from the more obvious omissions and the fact that their vocalists tended to sing as if they had only a tentative grasp of the English language, if you listen to enough Foundations records you realize that they all usually have a rhythmic Motown-ish intro and *maybe* a Motown chorus but the verses are pure pre-blues English pop from Denmark St. In fact, there's usually a weird discontinuity between the chorus and the verse where the time signature changes to accomodate the shift from a rhythmic approach to a sappy melodic one.

"Baby Now That I'e Found You" http://youtu.be/NuHhLiRkxNM

"Back on My Feet Again" http://youtu.be/HTikzTYzQRQ

But that's a different discussion altogether...

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