I thought the movie did especially well transitioning from the 60's to late 70's; that was when the Motown sound pretty much died. I don't know if hard rock, like Hendrix, killed it, or disco music or what; but it pretty much rode out with soul train. today you rarely see an African American with an afro (I know they are hard to maintain) but, what caused the shift in pop culture? from music to style of dress?
shareIt continued into the 70s with a more "psychadelic" style, but what really killed Motown was moving it out of Detroit. It lost it's uniqueness and connection with "flyover" America. Motown then became just another record label.
shareIt probably didn't help that most of the songs were written by a handful of people. Coupled with the fact that the actual performers were getting little to nothing of the money, especially royalties, the label was not desirable IMO.
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