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"So love you'd better plan to make your final stand... 'Cuz I'll be waiting. Watching. Looking for a chance to make you mine. NOBODY expected THIS from the "Please Mr. Postman" group. "Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas... Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. The term film noir, French for "black film",[1] first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946...2] ... film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions...[8] These snippets describe the most genral terms of what is known as Film Noir- a dark, sometimes sinister, highly gripping style of movie making. What does this have to do with a Marvelettes song? Motown for the most part is known for upbeat soulful pop songs with the artists visually capturing a similar upwardly mobile style of dress and appearance. There are notable exceptions to the Bright Beat of the Motown Sound- The Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)", the Supremes' "Love Child", Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." However, one of the most sinister and viscous exceptions to the Motown Rule of a hit is "I'll Keep Holding On" by the Marvelettes. Most of the population of all ages knows The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" or "Don't Mess With Bill" from oldies radio. That's what makes this song all the more startling. That the same group that gave us such straight-ahead pop tunes could deliver such a dangerous, murky, gothic song. The writers and producers are the same men who produced Martha And The Vandellas' "Dancing In The Street": William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. Motown fanatics know very well that these two were quite progressive in their songs and productions, esepcially Ivy Jo Hunter. With "I'll Keep Holding On", the two seemed to tap very deeply into the darker side of human behavior and the effect unrequited love can produce on an individual. "I'll Keep Holding On" is basically the story of a woman hot on the trail of a man she loves- and she's not even considering that "NO" could be acceptable answer from this man. Wanda Young Rogers is the lead on this track and when you compare her breathy, sultry style on "Don't Mess With Bill" to her subliminally dangerous delivery here, you have to gain deep respect for the woman, for the group, to be able to effectively cover the wide spectrum of Motown's landscape from Teen Favorites to Adult matters of love. "I'll Keep Holding On" is very much the aural version of a classic Film Noir classic. The music mix is dark, black, shadowy and menacing-especially on the mono mix. Drums, guitars, pianos, bass, chains slashed against the studio floor all are mixed into one mass where everything sounds as if every musician was playing in the world's largest and longest cavern. Everything sounds as if it's taking place way, way, WAY back in the background. Pay special attention to the horns as they dramatically cut in at key points. They would be right at home in Joan Crawford's "Midlred Pierce" or "Daisy Kenyon." Find this song, download it- it's one of the Marvelettes' and Motown's most incredible songs." "The Marvelettes I'll Keep Holding On" (William Stevenson-Ivy Jo Hunter) published Jobete 01-Apr-65 alt title: Wait ; recorded Hitsville, completed 21-Apr-65 ; produced by William Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter ; [v2; lead Wanda Rogers] Film Noir information from Wikipedia 1.^ See, e.g., Biesen (2005), p. 1; Hirsch (2001), p. 9; Lyons (2001), p. 2; Silver and Ward (1992), p. 1; Schatz (1981), p. 112. Outside the field of noir scholarship, "dark film" is also offered on occasion; see, e.g., Block, Bruce A., The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media (2001), p. 94; Klarer, Mario, An Introduction to Literary Studies (1999), p. 59. 2.^ Naremore (2008), pp. 4, 15--16, 18, 41; Ballinger and Graydon (2007), pp. 4--5, 22, 255. 8.^ See, e.g, Ballinger and Graydon (2007), p. 4; Bould (2005), p. 12; Place and Peterson (1974). related: "the marvelettes please mr. postman" "the marvelettes don't mess with bill" "marvelettes songs" "soul music" "motown songs" "Greatest Motown Songs Of All Time - Motown Classic Songs Playlist - Best Motown Music Hits 60's 70's" #womenofmotown #themarvelettes #girlgroup #soulmusic #oldies #motownmusic

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