This is the type of song where there should be no dislike button located on the screen and the only three dislikes on this page coincidentally come from Karl, Kevin and Kathy-otherwise known as KKK.Long live the power of soul music!!
I dedicate this song to all who have suffered due to the death of someone they truly loved. My Barbra Rose - we had only two years together in this life. You left this world at age forty-three. On this Valentine's Day 2012, you are still my Eternal Love -- My Forever Valentine. Barbra -- you and you alone possess the ONLY key to my heart-of-hearts. Each day, I pray and hope that Heaven will allow you to come back for me and take me back to Heaven with you. Barbra -I love you beyond Space/Time!
@coolsouthernrain75 God, or something we mortals call "God" does exist. So, if God exists, then, He (It?) must have a dwelling place. I STILL need My Barbra Rose in the here and the now -- not in the hereafter. I'm losing out down here. Hope is slipping away and I ain't a young dude anymore. Nuff said. Enjoy the music and forget the rest.
@mickeymousebiker1 - I am so sorry for your loss. I know exactly how you feel because I lost my high school sweetheart after finding each other again later in life. Some days I ask myself "what else is there without him?" Your post was such a beautiful expression of your love for your lady. I wish you peace and a prayer for God's blessings for your broken heart!
@sunnygirl3250 I guess some people are like short-term pieces of a puzzle (life). Remove those people from life and the rest of the puzzle is incomplete and without definite purpose. I guess that only The Almighty can fill in those missing places in our lives. I also think that He becomes "jealous" if we put others (or things) before Him. What was I to learn from losing the only gal I ever truly loved and wanted to marry? Many thanks for your sentiments and prayers. I need them.
Imagine, these guys formed this group in high and stayed together for 50 plus years!!!! They recorded beautiful hearfelt romantic music. Todays R&B music doesn't even come close!!
listen to 4tops all day everyday and i guess i missed this version,silly me because by far this is the best version i've ever heard and i really still like the other versions to. Long live 4tops
4 Tops and Temptations......... Pure raw musical talent made when groups sang a song that had a beginning, middle and end with some fantastic orchestration.
Oh, my God, I was so in love with a neighbor friend of mine when this song came out. I use to sit in my room and play it over and over again. Flourine Jordan, I dedicate this song to you! You will always hold that deep and tender spot in my heart forever! You so loved by me....now and without ending....
Quite a lot of us have been there...i know i have!...and Soul records like this empathise with your inner feelings, and help you to get back out there again...5 years on from a divorce after 20 years of a souless marriage im just back from running the New York Marathon my 94th then straight to Soul in the Sun in Tenerife...lifes sweet all i need is a likewise lady to make it complete... thanks kindwolf for a soultastic post K.T.F.
Not one of their biggest chart hits but one of their best songs....in fact one of the best pop/soul songs ever. So Damn good it will bring tears to your eyes.
i think this was on the flip side of "baby i need your lovin",whatever--i always really liked it because the lyrics seemed written with true inspiration comming from despair. absolute beautiful harmony and lyrics that cry out to be heard. wonderful piece. thanks for sharing.
Come on!! Is this not the most beautiful song ever? Ask the lonely? Only they know. What a song? When you lose your one and only, it can put you in a place where you can never recover. I know. I'm there right now. And this is my song!
No song I have heard in the 21st century has made me cry because of it's lyrics, it's voice or voices, the music that accompanies it, or the sheer emotion put into to the song, like this one. Motown had that rare, emotionally deep soulful sound because of the talent it signed on, the songwriters, and the desire to show how beautifully put together music can have tremendous power. I miss that all so much. Hopefully, when and/or if I go to heaven that music will be in concert all of the time.
I love this song ................... just ask the lonely a story to hard to believe, no one would believe it I am the lonely it me! I love this song so much and wow he is such a wonderful singer thank you for placing it here ;0)
As the baby boomer generation ages, many of us are alone (no kids, no siblings, no significant other, etc. This song means even more to us in that boat than to most. Thank you, Levi, for touching our hearts.
Back in this day instruments were played, and you need some kind of talent to play them, nowadays,you need no talent to make a record, it's the push a button generation.
@MrJames07111 Exactly! Everything is just electronically generated nowadays. You need no rhythm or musical prowess to keep the beat - the drum machine will keep it for you! As for singers, you can shout whatever you want into the microphone and the autotune machine will make you sound great (or stupid, in most situations)! BUT STILL, NOBODY CARES!!! I so want to bring real music back . . .
DickAllen4HOF, U are on to something! Maybe not the very best, but the best of the Tops' many great hits. Rating: A+... Also check out Righteous Bro's. version of "Unchained Melody" (1965), it's another one that stands out far higher than the rest!
I was listening to the Beatles, Moody Blues, Cream and the Four Tops all in my favorite top 40 sounds of the late 60's God this song is such a great song :)
Words not enough to describe this,in my dj box, played it at an all dayer last year and everybody in the house was on the floor singing along to it. Got to be special to do that. I agree with all the positive comments. R.I.P lads and see you all again one day ktf
I think I KNOW that Levi had one of the MOST beautifulest voices on the grace of this earth! I really miss him....such a shame..... Rest In Peace my friend your singing for the angels up in the sky now.
THIS SONG BECAME MINE SINCE I LOST MY HEFITO AND I KNOW HE WILL NEVER RETURN I HAVE THAT STORY OF SADNESS! I FEEL LIKE IM THE LONLEYEST IN THE WORLD! SO IF YOU WANT TO NO WHAT LONLEYNESS IS JUST ASK THE ME!!
so help me , ever since this song was a hit , i have always been touched by this song ..... plus , in my life , as it was , back then , and still is , now , truly fits .... so help me god
This just might be the most hauntingly beautiful ballad ever recorded. Everytime I listen, it has the same affect it had on me the very first time I heard it.
@SherryAnn68 Thank you. Lead vocalsit, Levi Stubbs (RIP), was often described as having a "leonine" voice, which I think made him unique among other male vocalists. The other quality I admired about him was that, when you watch him perform, he scans the entire crowd while he is singing. Most singers pretty much confine their gaze to more limited of an area, not that that's a bad thing; it's just that Levi was practicing what "soul" music should sound AND BE like.
@skypilot722 Interesting information. I agree with you that he seemed to really connect with his audiences. That song just goes right to your heart. You can feel the emotional pain he's feeling,
@SherryAnn68 When you say the song goes right to the heart, I'm sure most would agree. I sure do. What's just so fascinating to me is that if you just lost a love and then heard this song, it would hurt really bad but that wouldn't stop one from still thinking what a beautiful song it is because it so evokes such raw emotion. I heard someone say once, I forget where or when, that there is something incredibly romantic about a broken heart. It got me to thinking about that and I still do.
@skypilot722 I agree with you. When you're really feeling sad or broken-hearted, it's almost cathartic to hear a song expressing the same emotions you're feeling... But I love listening to this song any time...
@SherryAnn68 Oh yeah, absolutely. It's too powerful not to. Sometimes I think that, and this is just me personally, when I'm really down or in pain or whatever, I almost have to "bottom out" instead of fighting it, so then the only direction to go is up. Forgot to mention that I actually have the LP featuring "Ask the Lonely" on vinyl. Do I know exactly where it is? That's a tough one.
It doesn't get better than this! Levi really had great style & substance was there, also. Four Tops were always on top of the Motown charts for me! RIP...
The best music was made during the 60's and seventies, they bring back a lot of fond and fun memories. Today's rap (which to me is not music) is not for me. Also, this song has meaning behind it and it runs deep !!!!!!
The best music was made during the 60's and seventies, they bring back a lot of fond and fun memories. Today's rap (which to me is not music) is not for me.
there are times when this song makes me ball like a baby!!!!! but that's ok. it make me think about my mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you mom, and will forever miss UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@xLycrax Jackson 5 were good but don't compare them to 4 Tops when discussing " Just ask the lonely'" this is a classic like the Mona Lisa, NOBODY could ever equal this version. That's a fact!
Like the comment by a former D J who said (here on You Tube) that 25 years ago they didn't call this an "oldie". It was just a great tune, as were so many thousands of other top pop songs. Amen, brother!
@speakwhnspkn2 ..I cannot take a thing away from this great voice but you have to remember that before him was another great voice named..Tony Williams..the lead singer of the Platters and I myself never thought anyone was tops to him. There might be a dozen more voices to compare to, who knows, but I could listen to Levi and Tony Williams all day long. Thanks. Cya
@chucksterberg Tony Williams was a little before my time Chuck. However, from what I have heard from The Platters, I have to agree with you. His was a very unique voice with lots of range and very smooth. But there was also Roy Hamilton, Jackie Wilson, Johny Mathis, Clyde McPhatter (overrated to me) and others we may not have heard of, but for my money Levi is still probably my favorite.
I think that at one time or another, we've all had feelings like the ones Levi so vividly expressed on this Motown classic. Of all the great songs this group ever did, this one is my favorite. RIP, Levi.
one of the greatest tamla motown songs of all time!!! 44 now, still makes me go back to being 15, waiting for school to finish friday , getting excited for saturdays all nighter nottm palais !!!
This is the type of song where there should be no dislike button located on the screen and the only three dislikes on this page coincidentally come from Karl, Kevin and Kathy-otherwise known as KKK.Long live the power of soul music!!
Snowboy2015 2 days ago
beautiful song... fantastic voice ..... turn up the volume
rjrip57 4 days ago in playlist Classic
Not one of their more well known songs but one of their best. Thanks for putting this on.
coolsouthernrain75 4 days ago
I dedicate this song to all who have suffered due to the death of someone they truly loved. My Barbra Rose - we had only two years together in this life. You left this world at age forty-three. On this Valentine's Day 2012, you are still my Eternal Love -- My Forever Valentine. Barbra -- you and you alone possess the ONLY key to my heart-of-hearts. Each day, I pray and hope that Heaven will allow you to come back for me and take me back to Heaven with you. Barbra -I love you beyond Space/Time!
mickeymousebiker1 1 week ago
@mickeymousebiker1 .........What a nice post ! If there truly is a Heaven then I know you'll get this wish. God bless !
coolsouthernrain75 4 days ago
@coolsouthernrain75 God, or something we mortals call "God" does exist. So, if God exists, then, He (It?) must have a dwelling place. I STILL need My Barbra Rose in the here and the now -- not in the hereafter. I'm losing out down here. Hope is slipping away and I ain't a young dude anymore. Nuff said. Enjoy the music and forget the rest.
mickeymousebiker1 3 days ago
@mickeymousebiker1 .........Whatever you do don't give up. Barbara Rose wouldn't have wanted you to quit.
coolsouthernrain75 2 days ago
@coolsouthernrain75 Many thanks. Take care, man.
mickeymousebiker1 1 day ago
@mickeymousebiker1 - I am so sorry for your loss. I know exactly how you feel because I lost my high school sweetheart after finding each other again later in life. Some days I ask myself "what else is there without him?" Your post was such a beautiful expression of your love for your lady. I wish you peace and a prayer for God's blessings for your broken heart!
sunnygirl3250 3 days ago
@sunnygirl3250 I guess some people are like short-term pieces of a puzzle (life). Remove those people from life and the rest of the puzzle is incomplete and without definite purpose. I guess that only The Almighty can fill in those missing places in our lives. I also think that He becomes "jealous" if we put others (or things) before Him. What was I to learn from losing the only gal I ever truly loved and wanted to marry? Many thanks for your sentiments and prayers. I need them.
mickeymousebiker1 2 days ago
Imagine, these guys formed this group in high and stayed together for 50 plus years!!!! They recorded beautiful hearfelt romantic music. Todays R&B music doesn't even come close!!
creoleladee 3 weeks ago
Damn, these guys could sing. Really sing. They reached down deep inside of you and made you feel the emotion. There will never be another like them.
74142kokopelli 4 weeks ago 2
There's no mistaking the classic sound of The Four Tops with the late great Levi Stubbs.
dmb655 4 weeks ago 2
listen to 4tops all day everyday and i guess i missed this version,silly me because by far this is the best version i've ever heard and i really still like the other versions to. Long live 4tops
monsiere1 1 month ago
that's me the lonely with out you Di
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mrloney1000 1 month ago
goosebumps stay with you foever when you listen to this ! ktf
NorthernSoulBoy6 1 month ago 2
jasonwheel, u are right - this is the best of many great ones by the Tops!
it doesn't get better than this! Rating: A+ ,,,
musicalrich1 1 month ago
I saw the TOPS 4 or 5 times in the 60's, and their music is still as fresh now as then. What beauty.
shijindoc 1 month ago 2
WHAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE COULD RAPPERS DO AT AGE 60? THIS MUSIC IS FOREVER........
JudyGale1 1 month ago 4
what a song ay KTF !
NorthernSoulBoy6 2 months ago
James Jamerson, beautiful man, His base is all over Motown,,,,,,WOW!!!
jjs499 2 months ago
This is still better than anything around today . . . the vocal . . . the lyrics . . . . RIP.
MrPistolMason 2 months ago
Levi was not only a good singer he was very easy on the eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Handsome!
pinky8465 2 months ago
4 Tops you left your mark Thanks.
fuzzyeggyolk 2 months ago
Levi Stubbs had a beautiful enough of a singing voice to haunt you for the rest of your life.
jaysonvalentine 2 months ago
@jaysonvalentine and he was very easy on the eyes too!!!!!!!!!!!!
pinky8465 2 months ago
4 Tops and Temptations......... Pure raw musical talent made when groups sang a song that had a beginning, middle and end with some fantastic orchestration.
terryb350 2 months ago
Oh, my God, I was so in love with a neighbor friend of mine when this song came out. I use to sit in my room and play it over and over again. Flourine Jordan, I dedicate this song to you! You will always hold that deep and tender spot in my heart forever! You so loved by me....now and without ending....
olrjr 2 months ago
Quite a lot of us have been there...i know i have!...and Soul records like this empathise with your inner feelings, and help you to get back out there again...5 years on from a divorce after 20 years of a souless marriage im just back from running the New York Marathon my 94th then straight to Soul in the Sun in Tenerife...lifes sweet all i need is a likewise lady to make it complete... thanks kindwolf for a soultastic post K.T.F.
TheOkehman 2 months ago
As i have mentioned before: "It doesn't get better than this!"...Best of the Tops...
musicalrich1 2 months ago
the background singing in this is tremendous
honeysouldreamstar 2 months ago
Not one of their biggest chart hits but one of their best songs....in fact one of the best pop/soul songs ever. So Damn good it will bring tears to your eyes.
stuwrightfrom53 3 months ago
i think this was on the flip side of "baby i need your lovin",whatever--i always really liked it because the lyrics seemed written with true inspiration comming from despair. absolute beautiful harmony and lyrics that cry out to be heard. wonderful piece. thanks for sharing.
hotsauce4495 3 months ago
Come on!! Is this not the most beautiful song ever? Ask the lonely? Only they know. What a song? When you lose your one and only, it can put you in a place where you can never recover. I know. I'm there right now. And this is my song!
taypar11 3 months ago
@taypar11 I applaud you. Music is the best, healthiest cure/outlet for the blues or a broken heart. Feel better soon!
EmilyARTS 3 months ago
Great song.....memories....memories
TheLily1001 3 months ago
Still the best of the Tops - Rating: A++ !
musicalrich1 4 months ago
@musicalrich1 You know it!!!
takemeback2 3 months ago
Their best record of the sixties.Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 4 months ago
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H1delta 4 months ago
One of my Fav Motown groups.
Desiree50able 4 months ago
boy first time on this song
guido1365 4 months ago
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.... Along with another immortal classic: Harold Melvyn and the Blue Notes, "If You Don't Me by Now."
ryckoffr 4 months ago
Sad sad sad....especially if you're coming out of a relationship with a bad ending....
centralparocker 4 months ago
The Mighty motown..........
MegaMusicman09 4 months ago
Face it!! There ain't No Town like MOTOWN!! We who were THERE were BLESSED!! Our Special Ones are teaching The Archangels!! Lol.
jous1rufn 4 months ago
In my view, this is the of the greatest songs ever. Levi, the Tops and the Funk Brothers at their best.
westentrance 4 months ago
What a great voice, what a great song.....
Deblablove 4 months ago 2
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H1delta 5 months ago
One of my Four Tops favorites...growing up in Metro Detroit this Motown foursome were like family...only 1 original member left...soul classic
Pmr1957 5 months ago
what's not to love?
MrMonsterstiffy 5 months ago
Great song!!! And yes, I agree with you MrBally.......
Blondediamonds1 5 months ago
When you lose love, through no fault of your own, the world is a really lonely place.
MrBallyTechnologies 5 months ago 3
one of the best soul singer of the 60s,,, rip levi
09bnunez 5 months ago 3
No song I have heard in the 21st century has made me cry because of it's lyrics, it's voice or voices, the music that accompanies it, or the sheer emotion put into to the song, like this one. Motown had that rare, emotionally deep soulful sound because of the talent it signed on, the songwriters, and the desire to show how beautifully put together music can have tremendous power. I miss that all so much. Hopefully, when and/or if I go to heaven that music will be in concert all of the time.
Cezanne 5 months ago 3
the 60's in motown was the greatest place to be
SueGee100 5 months ago 4
I love this song ................... just ask the lonely a story to hard to believe, no one would believe it I am the lonely it me! I love this song so much and wow he is such a wonderful singer thank you for placing it here ;0)
jane78ist 6 months ago
His God-given talent was remarkable. Great Great song! Thanks for the post.
mhpc9111 6 months ago
The female background vocalists sound angelic!
creoladee1 6 months ago 2
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JustinePerales 6 months ago
Hope I make to heaven cause I would sure like to hear Levi sing in person again.
star15748 6 months ago
As the baby boomer generation ages, many of us are alone (no kids, no siblings, no significant other, etc. This song means even more to us in that boat than to most. Thank you, Levi, for touching our hearts.
RCP729 6 months ago 3
ellynelle11..............You could not said it any better!!
ellynelle11 6 months ago
NEVER get tired of this song after all these years.....Still sucks my heart out, man he could sing.........
skeetdaddy0 7 months ago 2
Back in this day instruments were played, and you need some kind of talent to play them, nowadays,you need no talent to make a record, it's the push a button generation.
MrJames07111 7 months ago 16
@MrJames07111 Exactly! Everything is just electronically generated nowadays. You need no rhythm or musical prowess to keep the beat - the drum machine will keep it for you! As for singers, you can shout whatever you want into the microphone and the autotune machine will make you sound great (or stupid, in most situations)! BUT STILL, NOBODY CARES!!! I so want to bring real music back . . .
EmilyARTS 3 months ago 2
@MrJames07111 I disagree. Listen to Pretty Lights.
Rossthecraft 2 months ago
in it's own quiet way this could perhaps be their best one.
jasonwheel 7 months ago 13
@jasonwheel man, do you got that right
speckspeck 7 months ago
great song.
rjrip57 7 months ago 2
DickAllen4HOF, U are on to something! Maybe not the very best, but the best of the Tops' many great hits. Rating: A+... Also check out Righteous Bro's. version of "Unchained Melody" (1965), it's another one that stands out far higher than the rest!
musicalrich1 7 months ago
levi was an absolute legend just like his cousin the late great jackie wilson, god bless,
TheEx3rgj 8 months ago
I was listening to the Beatles, Moody Blues, Cream and the Four Tops all in my favorite top 40 sounds of the late 60's God this song is such a great song :)
blindmang 8 months ago 2
Words not enough to describe this,in my dj box, played it at an all dayer last year and everybody in the house was on the floor singing along to it. Got to be special to do that. I agree with all the positive comments. R.I.P lads and see you all again one day ktf
edge78a 8 months ago 2
I beleive this song barely cracked the top 20. I consider it possibly the very best populat music song ever recoded.
DickAllen4HOF 8 months ago
I think I KNOW that Levi had one of the MOST beautifulest voices on the grace of this earth! I really miss him....such a shame..... Rest In Peace my friend your singing for the angels up in the sky now.
wanderer856 8 months ago
Classic from the '60s! What a great song! What a great group!
TheLourdes2009 8 months ago 2
HE'S NOT LONELY ANYMORE, IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE ALL THERE IS PEACE & GREAT MUSIS.
WHAT A VOICE!! WHAT A SONG!! SO MUCH FEELING :)
"ME"
tinacheessecake 9 months ago
Going straight into my fav's,fantastic record which transends every decade since the sixties.Pure class.Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 9 months ago
Another song I visit in my darkest despair. Thanks for the comfort Levi.
Durbin1977 9 months ago
I can't begin to express what this song means to me....R.I.P...Levi....Powerful,Strong and Meaningful...
roxane909 9 months ago
The world is a lonlier place since god took Levi.
ottyflyer1 10 months ago
Levi Stubs rest in peace. God really needed a great singer when he took you to Heaven!
TheLourdes2009 10 months ago
the range is incredible,,99
99strange 10 months ago
After all these years this song still sucks my heart out.......Could he sing are what???
skeetdaddy0 11 months ago
the kings of heartbreak Damn! levi could and still can squeeze tears out of a friggin' rock!!!!
MrAlanrobin 11 months ago
Levi & Co. were my fav. Motown group. This song is as good as it gets!
Rating: A++. Are there any modern groups who could hold a candle to these fellows?
musicalrich1 11 months ago
these guys were the best , we will all miss that great voice of levi. rest in peace .
MultiRichb 11 months ago
Such emotion in that beautiful voice! It makes me cry every time I hear it.
sadiebella1234 11 months ago
Great song, fantastic performances by Levi & the Tops. Rating: A++ !
musicalrich1 1 year ago
THIS SONG BECAME MINE SINCE I LOST MY HEFITO AND I KNOW HE WILL NEVER RETURN I HAVE THAT STORY OF SADNESS! I FEEL LIKE IM THE LONLEYEST IN THE WORLD! SO IF YOU WANT TO NO WHAT LONLEYNESS IS JUST ASK THE ME!!
titobratt3 1 year ago
Nobody vamps like Levi Stubbs! He owns this song.
3kingkool 1 year ago
dam it lives forever
steel024 1 year ago
Everyone who has felt the pain of love & loss, can identify with this song.
As i occasionally have stated: "It doesn't get better than this!"
musicalrich1 1 year ago 2
so help me , ever since this song was a hit , i have always been touched by this song ..... plus , in my life , as it was , back then , and still is , now , truly fits .... so help me god
csp1csp1 1 year ago
This is a great version of this song because the sound is near-perfect. Fantastic song.
SherryAnn68 1 year ago
Released by Motown on January 5, 1965, it peaked at Number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of that year-
christheone8773 1 year ago
@christheone8773 Only 24. I consider this as among the greatest pop songs ever recorded.
DickAllen4HOF 1 year ago
My brother had this 1965 album and i just love it.
Floydalbert 1 year ago
Love this song! Levi r.i.p.
MrHotrodjones 1 year ago
This just might be the most hauntingly beautiful ballad ever recorded. Everytime I listen, it has the same affect it had on me the very first time I heard it.
skypilot722 1 year ago
@skypilot722 I couldn't put it better....that's exactly how I feel about this song.
SherryAnn68 1 year ago
@SherryAnn68 Thank you. Lead vocalsit, Levi Stubbs (RIP), was often described as having a "leonine" voice, which I think made him unique among other male vocalists. The other quality I admired about him was that, when you watch him perform, he scans the entire crowd while he is singing. Most singers pretty much confine their gaze to more limited of an area, not that that's a bad thing; it's just that Levi was practicing what "soul" music should sound AND BE like.
skypilot722 1 year ago
@skypilot722 Interesting information. I agree with you that he seemed to really connect with his audiences. That song just goes right to your heart. You can feel the emotional pain he's feeling,
SherryAnn68 1 year ago
@SherryAnn68 When you say the song goes right to the heart, I'm sure most would agree. I sure do. What's just so fascinating to me is that if you just lost a love and then heard this song, it would hurt really bad but that wouldn't stop one from still thinking what a beautiful song it is because it so evokes such raw emotion. I heard someone say once, I forget where or when, that there is something incredibly romantic about a broken heart. It got me to thinking about that and I still do.
skypilot722 1 year ago
@skypilot722 I agree with you. When you're really feeling sad or broken-hearted, it's almost cathartic to hear a song expressing the same emotions you're feeling... But I love listening to this song any time...
SherryAnn68 1 year ago
@SherryAnn68 Oh yeah, absolutely. It's too powerful not to. Sometimes I think that, and this is just me personally, when I'm really down or in pain or whatever, I almost have to "bottom out" instead of fighting it, so then the only direction to go is up. Forgot to mention that I actually have the LP featuring "Ask the Lonely" on vinyl. Do I know exactly where it is? That's a tough one.
skypilot722 1 year ago
THiS S0NG iS THe b0Mb!! THuMbS UP iF u AGrEE!! <33
LUv u LEVi
msssjosseeelyn 1 year ago
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msssjosseeelyn 1 year ago
my favorite 4 tops song!
mammothman53 1 year ago
Not many speak of Brook Benton these days, SPEAKERBOXXX7!! So many greats are now retired or long gone, sad to say...
musicalrich1 1 year ago 2
It doesn't get better than this! Levi really had great style & substance was there, also. Four Tops were always on top of the Motown charts for me! RIP...
musicalrich1 1 year ago
really good music !
stevjonz 1 year ago
Classic vocals, in the top 5 vocalist in the world, Curtis Mayfield, David Ruffin, Sam Cooke, Brook Benton, Levi stubbs
SPEAKERBOXXX7 1 year ago
Great vocals from Levi, R.I.P.
TheYorkshiresoulman 1 year ago
The best music was made during the 60's and seventies, they bring back a lot of fond and fun memories. Today's rap (which to me is not music) is not for me. Also, this song has meaning behind it and it runs deep !!!!!!
goodfella3698 1 year ago
The best music was made during the 60's and seventies, they bring back a lot of fond and fun memories. Today's rap (which to me is not music) is not for me.
goodfella3698 1 year ago 4
Another favorite from the mid 1960's... Love his voice!
Budice53 1 year ago
I was only 10 years old in 1965 and would play this constantly. Still, today, it gives me the same chills. Just so beautiful...a voice of an angel.
FrankiexNYC 1 year ago 3
@FrankiexNYC I was 13 and get the same chills....what a great time in oue history...the 60's were the SHIT!
stephen1622 1 year ago
@stephen1622 sure was and still is today....it touches me every time....great memories and great meaning !!!
goodfella3698 1 year ago
What a voice, God love you Levi!
birdles11 1 year ago
I LIVED IN CHICAGO IN THE 60'S THRU THE 80'S AND THAT WAS A JAM THEN AND NOW FOR ALL WHO KNEW ABOUT GOOD MUSIC.
ELJUANJOSES 1 year ago
Digging this big time.
StanlyMusic 1 year ago
always makes me cry for days gone that never can come back
7777LORENZO 1 year ago 2
1964, After 'Baby,I Need Your Lovin' THIS was their second Hit. GREAT Sound, BUT, They Were a GREAT Group.
wolfmantip 1 year ago 5
@wolfmantip totally agree wolfman..................phenominal group....can't get enuff...........long live the 60's and Motown....ty Barry Gordie
63457899oldies 1 year ago
@wolfmantip totally agree wolfman.......totally agree............
63457899oldies 1 year ago
Levi sang this like he had been there. Made you feel like you weren't the only one who knew the pain.
Reast in Peace my man, and God bless.
RXRguy 1 year ago 31
No one sings this song like Levi!! He will always live with this song.My favorite Tops song of all time.
ilovecatsgingi 1 year ago 2
there are times when this song makes me ball like a baby!!!!! but that's ok. it make me think about my mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you mom, and will forever miss UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nineballersta 1 year ago
@nineballersta ohhhhh.. that's so sweeeettttttttttttttt! Kisses from Brasil!
TheAngryzinha 1 year ago
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TheAngryzinha 1 year ago
I had NO IDEA the four tops sang this!! I only knew the jackson 5 version. This one is AMAZINGGG
xLycrax 1 year ago
@xLycrax Jackson 5 were good but don't compare them to 4 Tops when discussing " Just ask the lonely'" this is a classic like the Mona Lisa, NOBODY could ever equal this version. That's a fact!
jeffsor47 1 year ago 2
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@jeffsor47 If you re-read I actually said
" I had NO IDEA the four tops sang this!! I only knew the jackson 5 version. This one is AMAZINGGG"
Not really comparing.. but just stating I didnt know this version existed.
xLycrax 1 year ago
If this song doesn't rate an "A+", then surely no other one does! Great Job, Levi & Co...
musicalrich1 1 year ago 2
Like the comment by a former D J who said (here on You Tube) that 25 years ago they didn't call this an "oldie". It was just a great tune, as were so many thousands of other top pop songs. Amen, brother!
musicalrich1 1 year ago
Levi Stubbs had one of the greatest voices in the history of pop music. What a wonderful gift God gave this blessed man.
speakwhnspkn2 1 year ago 4
@speakwhnspkn2 ..I cannot take a thing away from this great voice but you have to remember that before him was another great voice named..Tony Williams..the lead singer of the Platters and I myself never thought anyone was tops to him. There might be a dozen more voices to compare to, who knows, but I could listen to Levi and Tony Williams all day long. Thanks. Cya
chucksterberg 1 year ago
@chucksterberg Tony Williams was a little before my time Chuck. However, from what I have heard from The Platters, I have to agree with you. His was a very unique voice with lots of range and very smooth. But there was also Roy Hamilton, Jackie Wilson, Johny Mathis, Clyde McPhatter (overrated to me) and others we may not have heard of, but for my money Levi is still probably my favorite.
speakwhnspkn2 1 year ago
Man, heartfelt soul if there ever was. What a voice. Nobody like Levi......
And Jamerson playing that simple tasty bass part We all know what he can do, but he chose "less is more" and nailed it......
drrjim 1 year ago 2
Man, I use to step to this song before they called it stepping. LOL
A beautiful song. Rest in Peace,Levi!!!! You were the consumate gentleman through out your career!!!!
longdrive33 1 year ago 2
firme tune !!!!
thanx for the share......5*****
nenazpuppy 1 year ago
firme tune!!!!
thanx for the share....5*****
nenazpuppy 1 year ago
I think that at one time or another, we've all had feelings like the ones Levi so vividly expressed on this Motown classic. Of all the great songs this group ever did, this one is my favorite. RIP, Levi.
57Will 1 year ago
cool
magiq1 1 year ago
one of the greatest tamla motown songs of all time!!! 44 now, still makes me go back to being 15, waiting for school to finish friday , getting excited for saturdays all nighter nottm palais !!!
trasime 1 year ago
str8 classic... R.I.P. Levi Stubs
tha1calldgeorgiep 1 year ago 29
I was in the 10th grade at St. Emma Military Academy in Powhatan, VA when this song came out. Long Live "Rock Castle" VA.
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GS455Stage1 2 years ago
Man this song got to me in Feb. 1965 i was 16
now i'm 61 nothing has changed. Thank You
Four Tops 4 those memories.
rcarter251 2 years ago 2
Ahh, the voice of an angel who is now an angel himself - his voice was one of a kind and I loved hearing him sing.
AtlantaGymFan 2 years ago 2
These recordings are so powerful and unbelievably clear!! I've been playing every 4 Tops tune from the collection...
...WOW
jabnhook2 2 years ago 2
such a energy type tune from my favorite group.............I love you darling.............you fill my heart/soul with tenderness
pkappel006 2 years ago 5
LOST MY MOM AND REMENBER THIS FROM CHERRY GROVE BEACH IN THE MID SIXTIES.
WE SOLD THE COTTAGE BECAUSE OF A BAD BOY BOYFRIEND I HAD AND MOM WAS AFRAID.
HAVE SOLACE AND PEACE TODAY AND GOING TO NYC ON THE 14May 2009.!!!
tribecalofter 2 years ago