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This is the talent that came out of the inner city when i was growing up. Music...not rap crap. People who sang and represented us so well. Lyrics not gang talk. Honoring women and love.
Right on Donna ! Back in the 70s there were so many great singers and bands with distinctive ,varied styles that you could never get bored. The quantity and quality seemed endless. I could gladly listen to Zeppelin,Grand Funk and Cat Stevens or just as easily switch to Stevie Wonder, Al Green or Barry White. It was all top notch musicianship, lyrical content and vocal ability, black and white music all adhered to the highest standards and quality. Unfortunately,something happened once rap music took hold. The lyrics became juvenile, themes redundant, musicianship non existent, vocal quality irrelevant . Same thing with rock music, everything sounded the same. No distinct sounding groups like you had in the 60s and 70s. The standards went in the toilet, absolute trash would win Grammy awards. Drum machines, electronics and sampled 60s&70s music became the band. The worst crap I've ever heard now dominates the charts. The lyrics to these songs is all cursing, NWord,Hoe, Bi$$h, guns, etc etc. It is juvenile trash. Curtis Mayfield wrote plenty of songs about the streets in the 70s but his music and lyrics had melody, flow,feel,intelligence,structure,musicianship and didn't sound as if a 9 year old who likes to curse wrote it. Today's music is trash, black and white. It can't touch what was done in the 60s and 70s.. not a chance in hell!! I don't know WTF happened but it's so lame and pathetic I feel sorry for kids today who have no clue what real and good music is.
@@edwardcapobianco2975 The whole idea behind this music reaction channel is that two rap music producers (La and Che) have taken the time to familiarize themselves with some of the great music of the past. They were already exposed to good music like The Temptations due to their parents. We don't need to disrespect them.
@@324cmac who the hell Is disrespecting them? I love these guys. Just because I have a different opinion about rap music means exactly that ,"I have a different opinion" I thought rap music sucked 40 years ago, way before I started watching La and Che channel. You're so wrong that it's comical! I watch their channel more than other because they know music inside and out. They have a great ear for it and a vast knowledge. Stop trying to make an issue out of a non issue! My opinion on rap is not a personal attack. If you didn't like rock music and told me it sucks I wouldn't for a minute take it personally, I would allow you to defend your position. Im being kind to you here when I really want to put you in your place but I don't want to get kicked off you tube. It's a free country last I checked and people are allowed to have dissenting opinions. Everything I said about rap music is true and not a personal attack on the brothers. I would hang with those guys any time, anywhere. They are good people. You got it all wrong from start to finish cmac.
@324cmac I OK respect for choice etc, but perhaps the guys now realise and are amazed at real musical talent and effort , so that's why they do what they do now ...
It was Paul Williams who created this choreography, as well as most of the famous moves you see. Cholly Atkins came in later on and basically worked with Paul on steps, but all the popular ones it was Paul. Even after he retired from The Tempts, he stayed on as lead choreographer. Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Masterpiece, and any other routine up until the summer of 73, was Paul. Such an icon in music, dance and general entertainment 💯
They had it all….the looks, the style, the choreography, the polish and most of all the talent. Living in Detroit, we had the chance to see them live at local clubs when they were starting out. Then they got too big and they were always touring. Those were the days. Used to see all the Motown acts at the Fox Theatre for a couple of dollars.
The Temptations TV movie is all lies. Motown propaganda to make them look good. The best part of the movie was Leon's ad lib: "Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otis." Haha!
I watch it anytime its on, makes me sad for a couple reasons. First is each of then passing away, horrible how and why that happens. Next is we'll never...EVER see this again! Finally it's when my hometown ruled the world, made the coolest cars and those radios played THIS music when it was new, what a time ❗️
I envy you. I was a little too young to see any Temptations live performances during the classic lineup days. I have the album from the Roostertail in 1966. I sure wish I could have been there. The Temps and the audience sound like they're having fun. Lots of audience response especially from the ladies.
Hey fellas . Now you know why everyone loved the Temptations back in the day. It wasn't just their great singing and great songs, they could dance! Would love to see you react to more of the Temptation's songs. Peace.
Slower tempo, deeper groove on the studio version. Released as a single on 23 January 1964 with Eddie Kendricks on lead vocal. 17 days later The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The Temptations were always cool. I grew up listening to the Olympics, the Coasters and Ray Charles in those pre-Beatlemania days.
Definitely a faster tempo. Thanks for doing The Temps . Otis Williams aunt and uncle lived around the corner from where I grew up. More Motown. Thanks for the excellent reaction fellas!!
This is a great performance! So dynamic, like you said, it's got a faster tempo..love it! And just the guys themselves are even more animated than usual. Seems like they're having a really good time. Probably my favorite version of this song.
This was their breakout song and one of many Smokey Robinson wrote or co wrote for them. They were actually doing a show with Murray The K Kaufman a popular DJ (RIP), who worked with the cream of the crop of talent. In later years the UK Reggae group UB 40 did their version. Their dancing was their trademark as well.
Never saw this one. Used to seeing the Temps all dressed alike. They were on top of the Motown heap. Speaking of being on top, the Four Tops next please.
@@whoneedssantawhenthereisgr1724 Yes, Teresa, it was a great time to grow up. Our entire childhood/teens/ had some of the best music ever. In my humble opinion. 🙂
I can never decide who I love better The Temptations or the Four Tops, best thing about it is I guess I don't really have to choose, can't go wrong with either.
Guys, love the channel. Hall & Oates did a night at the Apollo Theater with Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin. Temptations medley was they did together was really special. You can find it on RU-vid. Continued success.
Grew up on this....After Grateful Dead, Motown is dear to my heart. That was a time when there was far less division between music genres....it was just music!!! I grew up on rock, folk, blues, jazz, funk, motown etc all at once, including multiple acts in the same billing. Doesnt happen as much these days. Awesome stuff for the time
Hello La & Che, I thought I'd suggest another R&B group that I don't think you've reacted to yet. "Break Up To Make Up - Stylistics" --The Stylistics are an American Philadelphia soul group. And Russell Allen Thompkins Jr. was the lead singer of the vocal group. He is known for his exceptional vocal range, with a high tenor, countertenor and falsetto set of vocals. With Russell as lead singer The Stylistics has 12 Top 10 Billboard R&B singles, and 5 gold singles from 1097-1974. The Stylistics were created from two Philidelphia groups, "The Percussions" and "The Monarchs" Russell Thomkins Jr., James Smith, and Airrion Love came from "The Monarchs", and James Dunn, Herb Murrell came from "The Percussions." These are some beautiful harmonies, bro. (ear candy👂🍬)
One of my most wonderful moments in my life was the day soul. Legend Edwin Starr had me dancing backstage in a field, he taught me the Temptation shuffle, we danced temptation style, laughed and then he invited me on stage to photograph the crowd, he got 10,000 people chearing for my camera. I was then allowed to go front stage, side stage and rear for the whole of his amazing set and photograph the man and his moves. Good old days.
Love The Temptations, they have so many great songs. David Ruffin is one of my favorite vocalists in any genre. Dennis Edwards Jr. replaced David & Dennis was a great vocalist too. The epic 12+ min. Smiling Faces Sometimes is a great song. Undisputed Truth had a top-40 hit (#3) with a much shorter version the same year (1971).
Great stuff, as usual. I hope you guys will feature more classic R&B as time passes. There was a whole unique universe of music back then, and I was raised upon it. The British Invasion was fantastic, but Motown and associated music was the bedrock all the while.
Oh yeah. The Temps were hot back then. They always had something on the charts and on the radio. The problem with the TV show back then is live really wasn't live. In this case even though there was a band playing the vocal were on a track henceforth the one mic for all. Look at some of the older videos from TV shows and you'll see guys playing guitars not plugged in to anything. In some cases they used mics with an XLR connector with something that looked like a straw coming out the bottom. Wireless transmitters and mics came to play in the late 70's. I got in to the business in the early 70's and worked many shows with Motown acts and none of them used tracking. It was 100% live. Which is more that I can say about some of the later so called R&B acts that played clubs and didn't go on till 1 AM. Full blown PA with live mics but the music was on a reel to reel tape machine. It wiped me out more so than a real live show because we would set up at around 12 noon and do a sound check and have to sit around for 10 or so hours. Meanwhile the club had a DJ playing till show time. At leas5t with a live show it would start at 8 PM and the day flew by.
If anyone wants closer to the truth about The Temptations than the TV movie, you can get it from the book, Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, written by Mark Ribowsky (not from Motown).
You can't really compare Paul's dancing abilities in this setting to David's when Paul is following the routine and David is trying to show off. My understanding is that in live performances, when David sang lead, he did all kinds of tricks like throwing the mic up and doing the splits (which we saw in another video). In the clubs, I think he went even farther with it. If you look back at The Temptations TV movie, they did get at least one thing right. On the bus when they were doing the Review with gigs across the South, there was a scene that showed Paul talking to the guys about the moves for this song.
I'm pretty sure those are dance moves were done by Paul. Otis knew he was in trouble for screwing up the moves. They would usually have fist fights behind the scenes especially when big mistakes were made. Did you see Paul yank David away from the microphone? David hated singing backup. He was trying to be flashy to get the attention on him.
I don't think Cholly choreographed this one. Paul is the one who had all those moves literally portraying the lyrics like dabbing behind the ears when Eddie sings the word 'perfume.' Cholly would not do that.
Paul Williams created this choreography and most of the famous choreo The Tempts did. Cholly Atkins came in later and kinda tightened up anything that needed worked on from Paul.
If you catch these older groups when they were on TV like ed Sullivan or American band stand hula balloon all those shows the majority of the time they are only lip singing a song. Start noticing in these old TV Appearances you very seldom see the musicians
I dont like that it is called music. Poetry is stretching it. At most it is a disgusting form of communication that people think is music. If talking about life it is the basest form. It is not entertaining. It is not the rap itself. It is the language used it is the degregatiin if women and to say it reflects life in the inner city is a horrible comment on the people who live there. Music is beauty..love..desire...a reflection of where we are as a society and our aspirations and dreams. Put rap in another category but dont call it music
