Motownadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈməʊtaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌtaʊn/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Motown.

Etymology: < Motown, the proprietary name for records produced by the Motown Record Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, United States, founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., shortened < Motor Town , nickname for Detroit, a city noted for its vehicle-manufacturing industry. Compare Motor City n.

A. adj.

Designating, relating to, or in the style of music that blends soul and pop styles, originally made popular in the 1960s by black musicians and singers recording for the Motown Record Corporation.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop

metal?1518

anthemic1890

Afro-Latin-American1900

sun-kissed1907

heavy1937

Latin American1937

Memphis1938

sun-drenched1943

indie1945

rockish1955

hardcore1957

doo-wop1958

middle of the road1959

Latin1962

straight-ahead1964

easy listening1965

Motown1965

funky1967

post-rock1967

rocky1967

rock-out1968

funkadelic1969

funked out1970

grungy1971

punk1971

grunge1972

Philly1972

dub1973

drum and bass1975

disco funky1976

punkish1976

reggaefied1976

Britpop1977

post-punk1977

anarcho-punk1979

rap1980

trash rock1980

crunchy1981

industrial1981

New Romantic1981

rockist1981

garage1982

hip-hop1982

thrashy1982

urban1982

Gothic1983

hip-hopping1983

beat-box1984

lo-fi1986

technoid1986

hip-house1987

acid house1988

new jack1988

old school1988

techno1988

baggy1990

banging1990

gangsta1990

filthy1991

handbaggy1991

nu skool1991

sampladelic1991

junglist1993

1960 Billboard 26 Dec. 21/2 The group previously recorded for the Chess and Motown labels, chalking up success after success.]

1965 Billboard 7 Aug. 10/3 ‘Stop in the Name of Love’—was delivered in typical Motown style.

1969 A. Shaw Rock Revol. 200 A wedding of rhythm-and-blues..and pop, of gospel rhythms and modern ballad harmony, Motown or Detroit sound is exemplified by The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas.

1971 New Yorker 25 Sept. 127 The set included several songs from each of the Band's three albums..and two Motown oldies.

1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) iv. 37 The kid with the lovely falsetto singing voice..doing Motown tunes.

1993 Time Off (Brisbane) 23 June 5/1 It's 1993 and the sound is distinctly Motown.

B. n.

1. Motown music. Cf. Tamla Motown n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music

a cappella1905

soundclash1925

marabi1933

doo-wop1958

filk1959

folk-rock1963

Liverpool sound1963

Mersey beat1963

Mersey sound1963

surf music1963

malombo1964

mbaqanga1964

easy listening1965

disco music1966

Motown1966

boogaloo1967

power pop1967

psychedelia1967

yé-yé1967

agitpop1968

bubblegum1968

Tamla Motown1968

Tex-Mex1968

downtempo1969

taarab1969

thrash1969

world music1969

funk1970

MOR1970

tropicalism1970

Afrobeat1971

electro-pop1971

post-rock1971

techno-pop1971

Tropicalia1971

tropicalismo1971

disco1972

Krautrock1972

schlager1973

Afropop1974

punk funk1974

disco funk1975

Europop1976

mgqashiyo1976

P-funk1976

funkadelia1977

karaoke music1977

alternative music1978

hardcore1978

psychobilly1978

punkabilly1978

R&B1978

cowpunk1979

dangdut1979

hip-hop1979

Northern Soul1979

rap1979

rapping1979

jit1980

trance1980

benga1981

New Romanticism1981

post-punk1981

rap music1981

scratch1982

scratch-music1982

synth-pop1982

electro1983

garage1983

Latin1983

Philly1983

New Age1984

New Age music1985

ambient1986

Britpop1986

gangster rap1986

house1986

house music1986

mbalax1986

rai1986

trot1986

zouk1986

bhangra1987

garage1987

hip-house1987

new school1987

old school1987

thrashcore1987

acid1988

acid house1988

acid jazz1988

ambience1988

Cantopop1988

dance1988

deep house1988

industrial1988

swingbeat1988

techno1988

dream pop1989

gangsta rap1989

multiculti1989

new jack swing1989

noise-pop1989

rave1989

Tejano1989

breakbeat1990

chill-out music1990

indie1990

new jack1990

new jill swing1990

noisecore1990

baggy1991

drum and bass1991

gangsta1991

handbag house1991

hip-pop1991

loungecore1991

psychedelic trance1991

shoegazing1991

slowcore1991

techno-house1991

gabba1992

jungle1992

sadcore1992

UK garage1992

darkcore1993

dark side1993

electronica1993

G-funk1993

sampladelia1994

trip hop1994

break1996

psy-trance1996

nu skool1997

folktronica1999

dubstep2002

Bongo Flava2003

grime2003

Bongo2004

singeli2015

1966 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. vi. 168/2 Motown has come to stand for a particular kind of R & B.

1970 Melody Maker 11 July 19/7 Some of their songs are extremely unusual, for example ‘Jesus Buddha Moses Gauranga’ which starts with a bit of 2001 string sound and contains one line which is pure Motown.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 160 Detroit is the home of Motown, the sound that made the Supremes famous.

1990 Stereophile 13 173/1 Though the Persuasions did most of their early persuadin' on their native Brooklyn streetcorners, most of the tunes here—and their vocal style—are straight (so to speak) Motown.

2. The city of Detroit itself.

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1971 Playboy May 176/3 Detroit city—that's Motown city.]

1975 Publishers Weekly 3 Mar. 69/1 Motown is now Murder City and anything that is bad in any American metropolis is often described as worse in Detroit.

1989 Sci. Amer. Nov. 11/1 Hyperplasia of affluent suburbs [has] cut Motown's population... Industrial cities like Detroit have declined.

1991 Economist 5 Jan. 62/2 There is no longer any doubt in Motown that the American car market has entered its worst recession in a decade.

2001 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 1 Jan. s8 Believing the tournament ended yesterday, Detroit organizers booked a return flight to Motown for 7 a.m. this morning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	motown
释义	Motownadj.n. Brit. /ˈməʊtaʊn/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌtaʊn/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Motown. Etymology: < Motown, the proprietary name for records produced by the Motown Record Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, United States, founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., shortened < Motor Town , nickname for Detroit, a city noted for its vehicle-manufacturing industry. Compare Motor City n. A. adj. Designating, relating to, or in the style of music that blends soul and pop styles, originally made popular in the 1960s by black musicians and singers recording for the Motown Record Corporation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop metal?1518 anthemic1890 Afro-Latin-American1900 sun-kissed1907 heavy1937 Latin American1937 Memphis1938 sun-drenched1943 indie1945 rockish1955 hardcore1957 doo-wop1958 middle of the road1959 Latin1962 straight-ahead1964 easy listening1965 Motown1965 funky1967 post-rock1967 rocky1967 rock-out1968 funkadelic1969 funked out1970 grungy1971 punk1971 grunge1972 Philly1972 dub1973 drum and bass1975 disco funky1976 punkish1976 reggaefied1976 Britpop1977 post-punk1977 anarcho-punk1979 rap1980 trash rock1980 crunchy1981 industrial1981 New Romantic1981 rockist1981 garage1982 hip-hop1982 thrashy1982 urban1982 Gothic1983 hip-hopping1983 beat-box1984 lo-fi1986 technoid1986 hip-house1987 acid house1988 new jack1988 old school1988 techno1988 baggy1990 banging1990 gangsta1990 filthy1991 handbaggy1991 nu skool1991 sampladelic1991 junglist1993 1960 Billboard 26 Dec. 21/2 The group previously recorded for the Chess and Motown labels, chalking up success after success.] 1965 Billboard 7 Aug. 10/3 ‘Stop in the Name of Love’—was delivered in typical Motown style. 1969 A. Shaw Rock Revol. 200 A wedding of rhythm-and-blues..and pop, of gospel rhythms and modern ballad harmony, Motown or Detroit sound is exemplified by The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas. 1971 New Yorker 25 Sept. 127 The set included several songs from each of the Band's three albums..and two Motown oldies. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) iv. 37 The kid with the lovely falsetto singing voice..doing Motown tunes. 1993 Time Off (Brisbane) 23 June 5/1 It's 1993 and the sound is distinctly Motown. B. n. 1. Motown music. Cf. Tamla Motown n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music a cappella1905 soundclash1925 marabi1933 doo-wop1958 filk1959 folk-rock1963 Liverpool sound1963 Mersey beat1963 Mersey sound1963 surf music1963 malombo1964 mbaqanga1964 easy listening1965 disco music1966 Motown1966 boogaloo1967 power pop1967 psychedelia1967 yé-yé1967 agitpop1968 bubblegum1968 Tamla Motown1968 Tex-Mex1968 downtempo1969 taarab1969 thrash1969 world music1969 funk1970 MOR1970 tropicalism1970 Afrobeat1971 electro-pop1971 post-rock1971 techno-pop1971 Tropicalia1971 tropicalismo1971 disco1972 Krautrock1972 schlager1973 Afropop1974 punk funk1974 disco funk1975 Europop1976 mgqashiyo1976 P-funk1976 funkadelia1977 karaoke music1977 alternative music1978 hardcore1978 psychobilly1978 punkabilly1978 R&B1978 cowpunk1979 dangdut1979 hip-hop1979 Northern Soul1979 rap1979 rapping1979 jit1980 trance1980 benga1981 New Romanticism1981 post-punk1981 rap music1981 scratch1982 scratch-music1982 synth-pop1982 electro1983 garage1983 Latin1983 Philly1983 New Age1984 New Age music1985 ambient1986 Britpop1986 gangster rap1986 house1986 house music1986 mbalax1986 rai1986 trot1986 zouk1986 bhangra1987 garage1987 hip-house1987 new school1987 old school1987 thrashcore1987 acid1988 acid house1988 acid jazz1988 ambience1988 Cantopop1988 dance1988 deep house1988 industrial1988 swingbeat1988 techno1988 dream pop1989 gangsta rap1989 multiculti1989 new jack swing1989 noise-pop1989 rave1989 Tejano1989 breakbeat1990 chill-out music1990 indie1990 new jack1990 new jill swing1990 noisecore1990 baggy1991 drum and bass1991 gangsta1991 handbag house1991 hip-pop1991 loungecore1991 psychedelic trance1991 shoegazing1991 slowcore1991 techno-house1991 gabba1992 jungle1992 sadcore1992 UK garage1992 darkcore1993 dark side1993 electronica1993 G-funk1993 sampladelia1994 trip hop1994 break1996 psy-trance1996 nu skool1997 folktronica1999 dubstep2002 Bongo Flava2003 grime2003 Bongo2004 singeli2015 1966 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. vi. 168/2 Motown has come to stand for a particular kind of R & B. 1970 Melody Maker 11 July 19/7 Some of their songs are extremely unusual, for example ‘Jesus Buddha Moses Gauranga’ which starts with a bit of 2001 string sound and contains one line which is pure Motown. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 160 Detroit is the home of Motown, the sound that made the Supremes famous. 1990 Stereophile 13 173/1 Though the Persuasions did most of their early persuadin' on their native Brooklyn streetcorners, most of the tunes here—and their vocal style—are straight (so to speak) Motown. 2. The city of Detroit itself. ΚΠ 1971 Playboy May 176/3 Detroit city—that's Motown city.] 1975 Publishers Weekly 3 Mar. 69/1 Motown is now Murder City and anything that is bad in any American metropolis is often described as worse in Detroit. 1989 Sci. Amer. Nov. 11/1 Hyperplasia of affluent suburbs [has] cut Motown's population... Industrial cities like Detroit have declined. 1991 Economist 5 Jan. 62/2 There is no longer any doubt in Motown that the American car market has entered its worst recession in a decade. 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 1 Jan. s8 Believing the tournament ended yesterday, Detroit organizers booked a return flight to Motown for 7 a.m. this morning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1965
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