When my father left me and my siblings in the 70s for a change in life and woman he became our Nathan Jones, when I recently heard this song playing it was like hearing my mother crying for him to come back to our home we just had built, he never did.😢 this song makes cry, but I Love playing it over and over. Because at that time there was a chance he might come back.
@@jpalvima Some of the best hits came out of Mtown. I had the pleasure of visiting Motown and you couldn't tell me anything,...walking where some of my favorite artists walked!
You are, ergo, a fan of "Rock `n` Motown." This is not a competition - congratulations. Sincerely meant and not to belittle. The more music we like the sweeter life becomes.
May 1971. Backyard cookout at my Grandparents house. My uncle just got back from a tour of duty in 'Nam. This song was rocked over, and over again the party went well into the night. 49 years ago, damn...good times!
Love this song. Love the piano and the congas. I love the voices of Jean Terrell, Cindy Birdsong, and of course Mary Wilson. This was a great combo of voices.
Love this extented version, loved the Supremes. I stayed with Mary Wilson after Diana Ross left. I liked Ross' songs, and I liked Wilsons endurance. The Supremes of the 70s poured out beautiful sounds. I didn't wait for Barry Gordy's okay, I bought their albums when they came out. This song had a personal message for me. My father put me out of the car onto the pavment when I was 3. I never saw him again. Fortunetly my moms husband was good to me. I felt the same way as the song, my father had been gone too long. I had a new Daddy at age 4, I asked to call him Daddy, and he said yes. I never looked back. Love this extented version🎑🎑🎑🎑🎑🎑
Nathan Jones by the Supremes blew me away when I first heard it, mostly because of the 'flanging' sound effect used. Thank you mosogotam for extending the flanging part towards the end !!
...i was extremely moved the 1st time i heard this...the flanging ...was so modern...it made everything else they had done seem so distant.....it was now......truly the 70s...and looking back...was...not to be desired....
This song touches such depth for all those that have experienced abandonment from a partner… much love for this song and its singers, these women seriously rock!❤️
Bought this single on release back in 1971,l was seventeen.Played it to death,and l still have it!,one of the greatest singles ever.Thought Cindy Birdsong was beautiful, still do!
There is so much in the Supremes supreme version of 'Nathan Jones' that those driven to sterile tidiness would say was just 'wrong' - in the chorus, strange, off-beat timings and fragmentary phrasings, different parts with contradicting emphases and implications - that you can never settle on a simple hearing of it, but exactly that hypnotic elusiveness is a big reason why I've loved this song dearly for about half a century.
...i remember when this 1st came out...the sound...of the sky ripping apart in this...just was so ...somber...it was a new chapter for me...i think i was 11...or 12..nothing was the same in music for me...or them...it was such a beautiful dark song for them...i was blessed to photograph MARY...kiss her hand...look upon her face.....i gave her a photograph i shot of a calla lily....she did a concert here in San Francisco...she was so beautiful..and now...she is gone...i will always love all of the group...but my favorite...was Mary...she was so beautiful....
....completely....i cannot tell you how moved i was when i 1st heard it...i was ...11...and even through the changes...the Supremes led the way in pop music...their legacy remained intact....
One of my favs. Mosogotam, I know you’re not gonna see this post but I wanna thank you for creating this extended version. R.I.P. you will never be forgotten. 🙏🏾🤎
Hard to believe this song is 50 years old this year...it has held up BETTER than well. RIP Mary Wilson, my all-time favorite Supreme. Question for anyone reading this. Am I alone, or was their music actually better post Diana Ross? Taking nothing away from her solo career.
@@wonderboyjoy .....oh we still loved them.. ...the original lineup made money ...history...and legacy for Berry...and he chose not to continue it...in favor of the woman he fell in love with...he could have easily had both....that was a sure bet.....he and they had already put in the work........but he chose ...one...sad...but true....
Driving around the other day heard this song on"70's on 7" couldn't remember the last time I heard it but what a fantastic tune! Reminded me of Top-40 AM radio(77WABC in NY)and how it was so different than radio today...miss those days.
The photo at 03:40, is my all time favorite "Supremes" photo. They looked so beautiful and so unapolgetically black, that I fell in love with this pic way back when was a 14 year old in the early 70's.
With that snazzy opening, I’d honestly call this a Pop song; one of the good ones, heck, one of the great ones! I can see this wonderful, melodic, song crossing into country or R & B too. It’s just one those timeless, unclassifiable songs... My hat is off and a bow of respect to the song writers.
This song really gets to me its the first time I have ever listened or ever knew this song existed. My almost 19 year old son holds this name have not seen him since he was 10. He was 16 the last time I ever spoke to him. He chose his father years ago to live with. His father has passed on so he went to live with his dads parents. They hate me so much. They are also Jehovah's witnesses and he is not allowed to have contact with me because Im Wiccan so Im evil. Long drawn out story that breaks my heart so this song really gets to my heart. My Nathan Jones has been gone to long.
Mombie Jones ...Well, JW’s are a cult too, same as Wiccan. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if both parties in the wrong, just came to Christ and forgave each other as Christ did for all mankind ? It would be like in Algebra where two negatives make a positive... I’m sure your son thinks of you often. I am going to pray for a miracle in the lives of all of you.
I loved the song so much I name my baby Nathan Jones he died at only 7 months old it broke my heart so for 40 years I listen to this song crying my hope is to see Nathan in heaven
Its a mind blowing experience to listen to that song. I have it. I want to hear more like that on the radio. Its a pick me up type of psychedelic song.
This sounds just great. Man, Motown could put a production together. This with Martha and the Vandelas "Nowhere to run" are 2 of my favourite Motown but there's a load of great stuff from that era.
Rest in peace Ronnie and Sandy from Pasadena California. Y'all were fan's too. Y'all had everything Ross and Supremes 💕 Supremes solo just lovely! I think my voice been foun💝
Wow, so good! Have always loved this special song and never thought it got the play it deserved when it was released in ‘71. You’ve given it its due, John! Thx 👍
