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First Time Hearing Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - “The Tears Of A Clown” Reaction | Asia and BJ

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@MrJoseph6119 Год назад

The world is a better place when you listen to Smokey Robinson! a living legend....

@michaelasay8587 Год назад

Along with the no. 1 Karen Carpenter

@donnabruhn6907 Год назад

Amen

@spacedout707 Год назад

People don't even know how many number 1 singles he wrote let alone sang

@Agg1E91 Год назад

I just realized, he almost never stops singing. There is a lot going on in this song, and it's all very good.

@catherinelw9365 Год назад

@@JazzDrummer1946 There is no falsetto. Smokey has a high tenor.

@joeczernik2459 Год назад

@@catherinelw9365 I dont know a tenor from a falsetto from a hole in the wall 😆😆, but I know what I like and Smokey was awesome.

@catherinelw9365 Год назад

Oh I love Smokey Robinson! You must hear "I Second that Emotion", "Cruisin'", "One Heartbeat". He was not only a great singer - he was a tremendous songwriter. He is America's Poet Laureate of Song!

@barrydiller542 Год назад

One of the first songs I remember as a child. This song is holy to me.

@AGirlHasNoName1.168 Год назад

..same, and I still remember the words! Music is eternal....

@michaelm6948 Год назад

Bob Dylan considered Smokey to be a great popular poet. A great all around song: powerful lyrical content, great arrangement, fine production, excellent musicianship and great vocals.

@smittybenzo4693 Год назад

This song has some of the best production and vocal arrangements of all time.

@user-gt2uf8cq9y Год назад

Originally just an album track, released as a single three years later after "Tracks of My Tears" was a hit, and it went to #1 in the USA and UK.

@sharonsnail2954 Год назад

IMHO rivalled by "I Don't Blame You At All". To show how good a pop record can be, I tell my sons to listen to this track. I then tell them to take one part, the drums say, and concentrate on that as you play it again. Then play it again focussing on the background voices etc. etc. Once you've realised how good the components are, play it though as a whole track, marvel at the production and the way it is all put together. 😄😄😃😃

@bgallagher8129 Год назад

Song written by Hank Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Smokey. Stevie released his version in 1967, but it had no legs,..... Smokey's #1 hit version came in 1970.

@jerihalter1339 Год назад

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles are one of my favorite bands. I love "oldies" music!

@zq9m3xh8 Год назад

Between great Motown classics like this, the British invasion, and other popular music of the time, that mid 60s to early 70s era of music is chock full of the absolute BEST sounds and vibes of all time! And this song is a prime example!

@laurab68707 Год назад

Love Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Grew up with the Motown sound. Absolutely love it!!

@TheCornishCockney Год назад

This song was released as a single 2 years after being recorded. It was a deep cut on an album but one day,in the London office,an English secretary heard it and told the bosses “this is a smash hit,you should release it” It shot to #1 in the UK then became a hit in the states.

@SG-js2qn Год назад

He's putting on a happy face for everyone, acting like he's not affected, but he's feeling LOW.

@mikecavaretta2621 Год назад

Smokey was (is) a genius. His influence on popular music is immeasurable.

@janetf23 Год назад

This takes me back to driving to the drugstore for my mom about a month after I got my license and hearing this just after release in November 67.💞

@iamhudsdent2759 Год назад

"The Tracks of My Tears," Smokey's greatest. (George Harrison wrote a song titled "Pure Smokey". Guess who it's about.)

@donpietruk1517 Год назад

"My smile is my makeup I wear since my breakup with you" one of my favorite lines in a song ever.

@bobbierobinson6269 Год назад

I can't remember who sings it but "When Smokey Sings" is another good one.

@JoeSmith-ey2xp Год назад

When someone mentions Motown, this song is the 1st thing that comes to my mind, one of my all time favorites.

@Dreamer9177 Год назад

Smokey has one if, if not the best, voices ever 🎤

@catherinelw9365 Год назад

I'm giving away my age, but I've been to many, many concerts (U2, The Police, Heart, Cheap Trick, ELO, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, etc.) but the BEST concert I ever went to was Smokey Robinson at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar (which is huge), and Smokey had us all dancing all night! At one point, a bunch of us girls climbed on top of a closed dumpster and were dancing. Smokey pointed to us, had the spotlight move towards us and said, "Dance, girls!" It was so much fun! He was electric!

@debramartin1583 Год назад

Great old song! Thanks guys for picking this one.

@tylerhackner9731 Год назад

Hank Cosby and Stevie Wonder wrote this classic. Smokey brings it to life, he’s a great singer

@madgang201 Год назад

They wrote the music but didn’t have any lyrics so they gave it to Smokey. He immediately connected with the opening of the song, comparing it to the circus and started writing about a depressed clown in love with a woman. That’s how you write a song.

@kylehopkins1180 Год назад

Smokey is one of the greatest song writers in American history!

@kevinhipps1236 8 месяцев назад

The greatest

@matzabean Год назад

The entire instrumental track was written and recorded by Stevie Wonder. He couldn’t find lyrics or a melody he like enough, so he gave it to Smokey, who heard a carnival/circus vibe in the instrumental. The rest is history.

@rghilino6734 Год назад

Oh my goodness. Smokey was such a great singer. Hank Cosby and Stevie Wonder helped write this one. Great.

@glammafabulous5600 Год назад

There's still nothing in this world like the sound of Ol smokies voice!!!

@dannelson4209 Год назад

A masterpiece! The harmony the lyrics. There were many legends in the 1970's and damn straight Smokey Robinson was one of them.

@jonnno243 Год назад

Love this. If you go and listen to ABC and their tribute to Smokey Robinson , " When Smokey Sings", you can hear a backing track similar to this one.

@vrvaughn Год назад

When it comes down to listening to Smokey Robinson, I second that emotion.

@surlechapeau Год назад

) \Asia & BJ, you’ll love the Smokey& The Miracles "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "Ooo Baby Baby" and "Going to a Go-Go"!!! He had solo hits Cruisin” and "Being with You"!

@donnabruhn6907 Год назад

Haven't heard going to a GoGo? I Need to here this

@PanarchyInTheUK Год назад

His voice, the arrangement, the instruments...perfection!

@dagmar.6954 Год назад

Smokey Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles from the 50's-70's. They had lots of great hits including "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "Mickey's Monkey", "I Second That Emotion", "Baby Baby Don't Cry", "Ooo Baby Baby", "Going to a Go-Go", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Shop Around" etc. He wrote many hit songs for other Motown artists such as Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye & others.

@brianherrington7226 Год назад

More Love.

@ajruther67 Год назад

Basically, think of you breaking up with someone but you don't want anyone to see you sad so you constantly hid your pain and tears with your smile and looking happy. Until you're home alone and then you let out your pain crying. I've done this many times after break ups. No one ever has any idea how hurt I was because I always kept it to myself.

@Noelle0026 Год назад

Do the live 1965 version of Ooh Baby Baby by Smokey! You won’t be disappointed!

@joanlajara3939 Год назад

Smokey was the singer who could do anything! Everyone from rockers to soul to blues, live his singing! Beautiful voice!!❤️

@ericsmith6615 Год назад

Wife here...This song is PURE MAGIC...I was a HUGE Smokey Robinson fan growing up...That circusy sound was soooo innovative.."Putting on a show..,( hiding his pain in public)...I Absolutely adored this song..And will always.."

@crsounddoctor4937 Год назад

Hey Asia & BJ, Smokey Robinson not only is a wonderful singer, but he is also an amazing song writer & producer!!! And let's not forget to give a huge "Shout-Out" to his group The Miracles because they always delivered "the goods" too!!!

@DanielFrost21 Год назад

This is the saddest feel-good song I've ever heard. Love Smokey, one of Motown's finest.

@traviswooten5872 Год назад

Classic, Legendary song by a Classic, Legendary artist.

@latashabryant1951 Год назад

I'm only 40 but my grandma raised me on alot of old school songs but she always played smokey and I fell in love with him the moment I heard him at the age of 5, I still play him til this day. The song is a sad song about heartbreak. Smokey was a very romantic man, I bet back in his days. His music is like poetry. I would love to meet him in person

@loadedorygun Год назад

One of the most thoughtful R&B songs in an age when they like most pop songs, did not address very complicated themes. Even this isn’t super complex, but any song that references classical stories like Pagliacci, is pretty sophisticated.

@deansaba1362 Год назад

The "Funk Brothers" was the session band behind many of those Motown hits from 1959-1972. You can watch the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" on Netflix.

@user-vv9it9ye4g 9 месяцев назад

This song is MAGIC! The bass! His voice! Whenever this would come on back in the day, I would stop everything and sing along. Damn good to be alive!

@hibhibb5429 Год назад

I Love this song. I remember this being the very first piece of music I have ever heard. I was 4 years old. I was in kindergarten and we had a record player in the classroom. I played this song over and over. Gotta love the vinyl, baby. Smokey is an absolute Legend!!

@joeczernik2459 Год назад

When Smokey sings...i hear violins....are you kidding me? In what world does someone not know the great Smokey? He's an ICON...an IDOL. In fact there was a song in the 80's dedicated to him. WHEN SMOKEY SINGS...check it out.

@michaelway7936 Год назад

Y'all definitely need to check out the Miracles joint Ooh Baby Baby, Cruisin and Shop Around- just some other Smokey classics

@vincentnevels9626 Год назад

My child hood song , When I came into this world in 1967, This song from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Tears Of A Clown came out in 1967 , Of I was born , This song would have me at peace & groove to when I was a baby.

@suzanneprock7286 Год назад

This came out when I was in grade school, such great memories!

@SRGots Год назад

Yes! Love this one.

@AsiaandBJ Год назад

Glad you like it!

@terrieb13 Год назад

Love Smokey Robinson and the Miracles! Thanks for the memories! 💖😎

@graybeard1952 Год назад

This song is so cleverly written.

@donvito2682 Год назад

I was in the sixth grade in 1971 when I first heard Tears Of a Clown..the kids in our class were allowed to bring records from home and play them on the record player in the classroom..Tears Of a Clown was one of the songs that were played along with the Theme From Shaft by Issac Hayes which is another song I remember from my sixth grade class.

@toddmorgan2628 Год назад

Smoky is my favorite of the Motown singers. Every time I hear Motown I think of that scene in School Daze when Giancaro Esposito gets into it with Lary Fishbourne. Giancarlo says proudly "I'm from Detroit. Motown!"

@maryanngarrimone1153 Год назад

Grew up listening to Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. I have a lot of their vinyl records in my collection. Love 💘 💞❤

@ladygirl99 Год назад

I love this song smokey was so talented 🥰Can you React to Stevie Wonder Skeletons

@carolyncouch4094 11 месяцев назад

Brings back such great memories. We had awesome music. Nothing comes close to the 70’s!

@mrnobody9104 Год назад

one of the best things about growing up in Southern Ontario Ca. is the great Motown music on the radio just next door to the Motor City!

@michaelfrazia4569 Год назад

stevie wonder writing tbe perfect music for this one...one of my all time faves..smokey kills it. my father saw him in Brooklyn in the early 60s and raised me knowing his greatness

@robertprice6830 Год назад

Smooth as silk. Love Smokey.

@arcillasteehouwer48 Год назад

You got it all right Asia !! Motown, never be equalized 😍

@cynthiaschultheis1660 Год назад

You're on the right track to soul, rhythm & blues, rock n roll

@jollyj3285 Год назад

For fun and comparison you should try English Beat's awesome cover of this song but ska style....different style totally

@scottodonnell7121 Год назад

Excellent choice. One of the 20 best songs ever written and performed. I love me some Motown.

@mikebetts2046 Год назад

A favorite from my childhood for sure. One of those few songs that drew me into the lyrics at such a young age.

@mildredpierce4506 Год назад

Pagliacchi was an Italian opera about a clown whose wife was cheating on him. Despite this, he still had to perform even though he was heartbroken.

@elainemarsh3477 Год назад

If you haven't done Smokey's "Cruisin'" from 1979 you really need to. It's a little later than his stuff with the Miracles, but he's never been smoother.

@naomidoner9803 Год назад

This song reminds me of the movie platoon...love Smokey Robinson on the ears and eyes...beautiful man! Have you guys heard Matika sing prince's song "love thy will be done"

@scottodonnell7121 Год назад

Yeah, when the guys were jammin to Tracks of my Tears

@johnthegreek5836 Год назад

I’m really surprised you never heard this song 😀, such a classic

@browntabproductions Год назад

My Man Smokey! The English Beat do a Great Version of this wonderful Song.

@timfeeley714-25 Год назад

What is beat👍

@Popskull-yl9gn 5 месяцев назад

As a metal head kid i was always glad when song came on. Good music is good music

@cynthiaschultheis1660 2 месяца назад

CLASSIC SMOKEY!!!🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤❤❤❤🎤🎤

@donpietruk1517 Год назад

Smokey was a brilliant song writer. Not only did he pen hits for himself and the Miracles but wrote hit major hit songs for other Motown artists. My Guy for Mary Wells, My Girl and Get Ready for the Temptations, and Ain't That Peculiar for Marvin Gaye, were just a few he wrote.

@CuttinEJ Год назад

God I love this song! There’s a rocked up version that I only ever heard once and can’t find a link for. It was really good too. Not English Beats or Iron Maiden. Much love ❤️

@johnbrookes3261 Год назад

The music was written by Stevie Wonder . He gave it to Smokey and said write some lyrics to the tune , Smokey wrote the lyrics and he and the miracles made a smash hit .

@davefrance4213 4 месяца назад

I'm 68, I used to love roller skating to this song as a kid at the roller rink :)

@Roh_Echt Год назад

This one was played often in our home....I was just 5 yrs in 1967, but I remember this one well.

@timconnecticut6263 Год назад

I hear this and I am in a 1964 Ford Fairlane. A friends mom picked up a bunch of us kids from kindergarten because it was raining. We all sang along, the mom wasn't laughing too hard at us.

@AGirlHasNoName1.168 Год назад

This is when vocals were the thing...not talking fast with heavy bass. Great tune!

@caroldaronch1974 Год назад

Smokey Robinson is the man!!! ❤❤❤

@michellehammock3023 Год назад

Smokey is a Legend

@mamared56 Год назад

He's hiding his tears behind a smile.

@raymcarthur3870 Год назад

Maybe a day will come when people make music like this again. Smokey was amazing.

@TheCashcrue Год назад

I'm a huge fan of Smokey and The Miracles. He wrote a lot of songs for other people too including the Jacksons.

@isaackovitz4791 Год назад

Stevie Wonder wrote the complete music track to this song. He gave over the track to Smokey and asked him to write lyrics to the music.

@sharonsnail2954 Год назад

Asia. Lots of people will hide a hurt inside but the clown has to go one step further and be happy, smiling and upbeat. It's his role. So traditionally when a clown cries his hurt is deeper.

@willblood7082 Год назад

I was born in 1960 and am mainly a classic rock guy. But I have always loved Motown and this is probably my most favorite song that came out of Motown, my second favorite is probably “Reflections” by The Supreme’s. I HIGHLY recommend you react to Reflections if you haven’t already. By the way, Barry Gordy is a freaking genius!!!

@2roly2 Год назад

Oh snap ! You did my jam ! Thank you Asia & BJ !

@jackbutler2989 Год назад

Motown at its best the hits are endless 🔥 love em all 🔥🔥

@scottvanhille5688 Год назад

When Smokey Sings, I Hear Violins; I forget everything.

@danv9872 Год назад

This got a like before it started. Awesome song . I will watch and comment multiple times on this lol

@lizrutherford2656 Год назад

My parents are of this generation. Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes. They were played a lot when I was a kid. Guess what's heavy on my Spotify?

@davidwcooney Год назад

Another awesome song I had the privilege of singing while growing up!!!

@mikemaggio6429 Год назад

Where on earth can you hear a Tuba in a song and it sounds great! As a nerd Tuba player in my highschool band, it kind of brings a tear to my eye+

@ralphfiligenzi6180 Год назад

Wow! I was 5 years old when this song first came out, I'm getting up there.

@MarkChappell1 Год назад

Stevie Wonder wrote that little melody at the beginning (and throughout) of the song. You've got the meaning, it's because the smile of a clown is painted on.

@robertromero2928 Год назад

Where would Motown be without Smokey Robinson. This was Berry Gordy's fortune to meet and bring Smokey in to Motown and for Berry's sake it was from the beginning. Motown Forever

@kimquinten5298 Год назад

That Motown sound is the best music ever!!!!!!

@fishbone8703 Год назад

You should do a reaction to him explaining how he came up with this song. Its pretty short but super good

@edtekk Год назад

I believe Stevie Wonder wrote the music and gave it to Smokey. Smokey said it made him think of circus music and wrote the lyric. Two musical geniuses.