Paul Riser on Stevie Wonder, Motown and Luther Vandross | Red Bull Music Academy

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Paul Riser has supplied the “sweetenings” for some of the most famous music ever made. As in-house arranger at Motown, his work adorns classics from “My Girl” to “Rocket Love” – not bad for someone who started off hating R&B.

In this lecture at the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy, Paul Riser relives the glory days of low pay at Motown, explains why string players are the most disciplined and refuses to show any love for electronic music.
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With his classical background and strict religious upbringing, Paul was something of a fish out of water in the street-smart Funk Brothers, but his abilities as an arranger kept him in demand. Even when Motown decamped to LA, he stayed busy, working with Ashford & Simpson, R. Kelly and Stevie.

TOPICS:
00:59 - Stevie Wonder
04:40 - Motown
19:02 - My Girl
34:53 - Jimmy Ruffin
48:14 - Luther Vandross
57:30 - R. Kelly

MUSIC:
00:59 - Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDqgSOwxkc
19:02 - The Temptations – “My Girl” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcNcHx2DpY
22:52 - Martha & the Vandellas – “Dancing in the Street” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGpgkCE41x8
24:24 - The Originals – “Baby I’m For Real” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-vXFBBFTY
28:37 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_3eYj-pOM
30:54 - Diana Ross – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_pmKPWLBrE
34:53 - Jimmy Ruffin – “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g
38:16 - Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours”
40:52 - Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” (RBMA string version)
48:07 - Luther Vandross – “Never Too Much” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNj9bXKGOiI
50:23 - Ashford & Simpson – “Bourgie Bourgie” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhmGP6mj6Qs
56:39 - Stevie Wonder – “Rocket Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VP27H99ybk
57:21 - R. Kelly – “Step in the Name of Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj71KbE6ekg

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