FIVE!~who knew that 5! could equal ONE!...... 1 of the "Greatest" Male Singing, Stepping,Good looking,versatile Artist, and from viewing this! even actors who ever assembled and lived in the History of Music~ EVER! They were! and still are! the Template of Vocal perfection. if their are any up and coming singers/ male groups in the making ~take a look and take notes~
Wow! I've never seen this before! They are awesome and I love them all. My favorite has always been David. Today, twenty years ago he passed away. We'll forever miss and love you, David. Rest in peace ♥
Whites folks always trying to give something a label!~Crossover that's their word!~Blacklploitation is another one! talking about Black Movies in the 70's showing a brother like Shaft kicking a white man's ASS~ Yall need to stop!~for your information!Great Music is Colorless! and it's only two types of Music! there's Good Music and Bad! , and written music has only two colors! HEY! anyone out here seen, Green,Red,Yellow,Music?, Biggest group! PERIOD!and they BLACK! I love it! cross THAT!
I don't care either! just made a point! Motown's Founder B Gordy said he just wanted to make music ~with a good beat, good stories and that people could dance to,and that's what he accomplished ,Yes ! you maybe your right,first but who is they ? Whites stole Black artist music in a time when Black music could not be played on certain radio stations. being they were stealing our music what better way to get our money back , make something they can't steal anymore and make them pay for it! LOL!
@ugha323a obviously not an evil money garbing selfish greedy capitalist pig like you, who would rather see people die and suffer then give up any of his impotent material possessions.
if there was such a thing as heaven he'd get in just on account of his divine voice.
not saying that Melvin Franklyn is good singer as well, but certainly not the best. the real question how a black man (or woman) in America at Robson's time could be something else then a communist or a socialist?
Capitalism brings innovation, even if it is driven by the profit motive. Communism brings stagnation and no reason to excel. Robeson had talent and could have made it big had he stayed here as the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers did. Even lesser know black groups with real talent such as the Delta Rhythm Boys or 4 Vagabonds who did not make fortunes seemed happy. As for the Temptations, they came along at the right time. They were NOT good enough to make it in the 50s or 40s.
@AmericaLoudNClear obviously Communism is a failed ideology, but i can understand why it attracted people like Robeson. it was the only ideology that offered an equal place in society to black people. in a time when capitalism was generally a white elitist ideology, that more then any thing depends on the black people staying is the bottom of the social ladder.capitalism must be controlled and regulated by the people democratic representatives, if not it becomes aristocracy of money.
@MartianSanta i love the Temptations, but their commercial unoriginal content is and the songwriting machine behind them is why they could never be as good as original artists like Robson. take Marvin Gaye, his best music came from a time he left the commercial capitalist organization Mouton and created his own individual music. capitalism doesn't drive people to excel, the opposite, it drives people to go the lowest common denominator and just try to make something they know make them money.
If any of you get the chance-or cash, whatever the case may be for you-if you're a TRUE "Tempts" fan, get their comprehensive 5 dvd set "the Emporors of Soul". There's a GLORIOUS and BEAUTIFUL pic of The Three Voices-Eddie, David and Paul in a semi-circle wearing tie and tails with matching canes. I cry every time I see it....just beautiful.
@vidstar1 Well... you can't have attitudes and I knew David. He was a cool brither til he got on them damn drugs. The sober,clean David was real cool.
@KingMellow11 YOU KNEW MY HERO DAVID RUFFIN ?? GREAT ! Tell me how come he let that DOOFUS Otis Wiliams fire him from the group, didn't he like being a tempt ? When they got Edwards, their singing went down a notch, how tall was he ?
@vidstar1 Well , it wasn't so much Otis, But it was a thing where talk gets around and gets to the ego. And David had a real big ego once he was told that HE was the Temptations. Yes ,David contribute a lot to the group but so did everyone else in the group. When you work as a TEAM, that's what it is. There's no "I" in TEAM.
@KingMellow11 SURE DAVID RUFFIN had an ego, what big star hasen't ? face it pal, if David wasn't in the Temptations they would NEVER BECAME AS BIG as they were, he made all their hits, well Eddie too, but like Diana Ross, David was the STAR, he was only in the group for 4 years, he was just getting started..Maybe if Otis had given David more time he could had straighten up more and stop the drugs.
@vidstar1 But Otis didn't tell David to do drugs. I'm a singer myself and if I do have an ego, I don't know where it came from. I'm the best at what I do but I still can learn from others that are better than me. I'm in the sin-dustry and not ALL super stars have an ego or diva-ism. I don't care how good a person is, you still have to be humble in life.
@KingMellow11 Look, David Ruffin was one of the BEST singers Motown has ever had and one of the greatest Pop singers ever, that moron Otis Williams should had given him at least 4 more years to straighten up....His replacement Dennis Edwards was good, but he's no David Ruffin, My Girl was a HUGE hit David was the Star of the group, period.
@vidstar DAMN!!! YOU BEGINNING TO ACT LIKE DAVID USED TO ACT!!!!! IT WAS DAVID'S ATTITUDE THAT GOT HIM FIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT!!! BUT YOU WIN!!!!! DAMN!!!!!!
@vidstar1 You can't wait for a substance abuser to get themselves together. David did drugs up to his last days. Besides, I don't think Otis had the kind of pull that we think he had. I am sure that all of the other temps as well as the heads of Motown spoke out against David as well when he started missing rehearsals and shows. They all had families to feed and you can't let anyone mess up your bread and butter even if he is a friend. You pray for them, try to get them help & move on.
@JYC316 This is not when they sold out ! it's called Crossover! And Berry Gordy made it clear you won't be the Biggest Black group,but! THE BIGGEST GROUP!~ PERIOD!!~ can't make it no plainer than that!~ Music is colorless~people have the problem.
@tedkay yea but i dont really care. i like the music and it may have been called the cross over but people see this as when they sold out for white people. i still think they made great music so thats just how it is. music has color its just not the color of peoples skin that shows
the Temptations, one of the most versitile groups from the 60's onward. I think this line up, Mel, Eddie, Otis, Paul and David, showed they could sing anything you put in front of them. The switching of leads started with this group. Most groups at that time had a lead singer, a bass singer and three or four do woppers or harmony keepers. This group had legitamatly three leads and if basses fronted more songs four! One of the greatest!
@cityrayman ITA. The Voices: David, Eddie & Paul. It's kind of hard to put a bass singer at front, though. Their voices are limited as to what they could sing. At least, IMO. Melvin was the absolute best bass profondo(sp?) that ever lived. I don't know if there were other bass singers that could hit notes as low as he could.
I think this video shows just how versatile and talented these group of men actually were!
To take a song from the 1920's and put their own personal spin and touch on it to appeal to black and white audiences is amazing!
This is an example of why they were the first male group to make the cross-over and contributed to their success. TRUE RAW TALENT THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED!
@schwibert - To whomever is using the race card. Keep it up. The other side uses the rest of the deck and that deck is stacked. They poop over one little card. Bravo!
@quetou if someone is a piece of shit thats what they are.. think trailer trash, honkey, gringo, cracker who cant jump or dance because of the pole in his ass and mayo in his mouth, dont want to stain his tuesday suit. got all that money still living in the trailer park to keep the brown man down. dont be a sap mr jap, straighten them eyes and fly right. dumb polish been ridiculed enough, and dont get me started on the jews starting the plague. dont say the n word though its offensive
Man these dudes are BAAADDDD!!! Wow, I am so amazed. I never knew, until now how they stood out from the other male groups of their day. They set bar!
@n0gar - You don't know what you're talking about. The reason the sang this, was an attempt to broaden their musical horizons. Their desire was to show that they could sing many types of music. However, the Tempts didn't choose their own music. It was chosen by Motown.
@ranmae57 be careful who you call crack heads and crack was not out when they became addicted to drugs, but just the same you will stare it right in the face one day.
@ranmae57 I am not talking about the song, I am talking about their perfect harmony and their showmanship, but to call them "crack heads" well "that's hitting below the belt".
@eldjackson Thank you, and according to the movie they really did not want to cross over, but this album show that they are the best and the harmony is perfect, I remember listening to this song over and over again back in the day, and was just in awe, noone can beat Eddies voice when it comes to mellowing out the harmony, these guys were perfect, perfect, showmanship was perfect.
BTW, the Tempts were in their element here. Listen to that brilliant harmony. I wish I was born during the time they were in their prime. My mom saw them at the Apollo w/ David. She said they were great & said the 1 that stood out 2 her was David.
Folks need 2 do research on minstrel/vaudeville shows from the late 1800s 2 the early 1900s. When blackface was created, it WAS about race. It was about dehumanizing African Americans & keeping them 'in their place'. It was not long while after, that there were black performers like Bert Williams who did perform in blackface. Black artists approriated it 2 'soften' the dehumanization it caused. Whether it was effective, is up 4 debate.
We could go back and forth like this all day and I won't change your mind and you won't change mine. Let's just agree to disagree and leave it at that.
WOW!! my Grandmother has a tape of me singing this song when I was 3 years old! I learned it from watching this show. This was their variety show right? WOW!! The memories.
hahaha.....but good. If this makes you say WTF heheh there is an entire album of Sam Cooke sings Jolson. It is reported that Cooke admired Jolson immensely and considered him an influence. And why not : It goes back and forth cross culture. Blues and Jazz only came from that purely American mix... and then rock bleeds out from that too.
@bluenile048 I luv the choreography. It had them changing places, paces and just was a feast for the eyes. Too bad greatness can't last forever..because these 5 were the greatest. I luv Eddie adding that falsetto at the top, Melvin at the bottom and Otis, David and Paul adding the middle. It works so well...then came the drugs and big heads.
The classic line-up of the Tempts pure perfection. No they may not have been as comfortable as the Supremes doing the "showbiz" thing on the likes of Ed Sullivan but its' Motown baby. Hot Damn!!!
the genius of berry gordy was that he knew that music was universal and that when you reach other audiences that is what makes your music timeless and universal
I don't know if the temps hated doing this number or not. They looked and sounded like they liked it, but the bad thing is that they did have to cross over to doing standards for their "white viewers" to open doors, but look how artist today pay that hard work back; by having their pants around their knees and gyrating w/skanks. Its like all the hard work of those in the 60s (incl political) is taken for granted by our youth.
Yeah, Berry Gordy had insight & vision--- about how to rip off his artists. He did make Motown a success, but he also stole from the very musicians that made him a success. And I'm sorry but I think Swannee was a racist song and the Temps were probably embarrassed to sing it.
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Many African Americans consider this song racist because Al Jolson sang it in blackface. You could say that would make Al Jolson racist (even though he was a product of his time), not the song, but the image of blackface with the song is hard to separate!
So because 1 person sings it mimicking a black man it's racist? That's not a fair argument. It's a song, whether or not you like it it's a song. it is not hard to separate the song from blackface, because ONE MAN did that. Not everyone on the face of the planet, as a native Floridian I think it's vile for someone to deface the song in a way, but I love my state, it;s history, and it's song. And I AM NOT A RACIST.
Man, I'm not saying you're a racist or anyone else that likes the song either. And it's cool that you're proud of your state. I didn't even know the Swanee River was in Florida. But the song, though in itself is not racist, it will forever be associated with the man in blackface in many black peoples eyes because the song is soooo associated with Al Jolson who did it in blackface.
I didn't say ytou said i was racist. i said it was CHILDISH and it IS childish to say because ONE man ONE man did this beautiful song in "blackface" it's "hard" to separate. That's like saying, well terrorists use AK-47's, so everyone who owns an AK is a terrorist.
Because Al Jolson sang in blacfkface doesn't make the song racist. It doesn't make Jolson a racist either. Anyway, the song was written by George Gershwin.
@raveonsteviewoo rave on stevie what a load of..................grow up, When you die, ask Al Jolson if he was being racist. Racism is only seen by the racist.
@raveonsteviewoo Maybe when someone copies another's style of singing, singing a "black" song is a form of compliment? Sure, he was in it for the money, but who isn't? Take a look at the Temptations version of "Swanee" wouldn't you say it was done in the "white" mans way? I'm not insulted. I would never go to see a performer in a painted on black face, I bet you wouldn't pay to see a performer in a painted on white face. But that was the fashion back then. Not racism, just entertainment.
@raveonsteviewoo And the story is ..Al Jolson used blackface as he was more at ease performing that way.
It hid his real features which he was embarrassed about. Do you think Blackface looks like a "blackman" with big WHITE lips? No! It was done to show up in the weak stage lights that they had in those early days. The same reason Charlie Chaplin used heavy eye make up. It's sad that there will always be racism on both sides though. Steve, I talk too much, stay cool...Tom.
I don't know if Jolson was racist or not. My point was he did not write the song, he only sang it. I don't know what made the Tempts choose this song to sing, but they did a beautiful job.
I guess a guy who put on black makeup to mock black people was not racist - or was he? Maybe we can assume he was not unless he did something to show us that he was. After all, it is not in the nature of white /fake Jews to be racists. Black face is not racist, it is art. I gave you an excuse there... The Tempts sang this song to appeal to whites and to get the white dollar. This was for those who did not like the R&B. It is sad they had to do these things, but it was THOSE times...
@n0gar Reading your comment, I realize that you yourself must have done a whole lot of research. I bow down to your intellect and expertise, good sir.
Way down upon de Swanee ribber, far, Far away, Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, Dere's wha de old folks stay. All up and down the whole creation Sadly I raom, Still longing for de old plantation And for de old folks at home.
Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary, Ebry where I roam, Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary, Far from the old folks at home.
I luv at 1:50. The bridge of that song takes the song to another level. It just goes to show that the temps could take aa old standard and make it there own.
I like this post. Only the temps could sing down home soul, pop and these standards; and do it with flare. No one except the four tops could have done it all. They do it with so much class and they look very hot doing it. I like a man that can wear a suit well, sing and dance, without pumping and grinding and wearing his pants around his knees.
I love the four tops, but I gotta say that I agree with you, the temps had it all. Class, looks, style, musicality, but they were cursed. I love to watch these old clips.
you right bought them bein cursed. i think they all would've been livin today if they would've stayed away from all the drygs and alcohol, its a shame how it turned out.
Eddie looked and sounded like a sweet little choir boy on here. He just had the most angelic voice, and all of it was wrapped up in one ultra-sexy package!!!
believe it or not,Elvis Presley tried to crossover to black music.he took tips from blacks in his community that worked in different shops on how he and his writers should do his music.he was a huge fan of little richard and chuck berry. others too tried to crossover to black music: hall and oates, elton john, kc and the sunshine band, teena marie. come on, man. the tempts didnt have to sing those songs. berry gave them a choice: sing these songs and be bigworld wide stars or just be black stars
there's nothing wrong with appealing to other people's music. you're the type of person who just listens to one kind of music. the temptations themselves were ecclectic. eddie kendricks used to have classical music albums, david loved gospel. they were diverse. stop being so simple ass minded
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jdpatterson100 5 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
The temps r the greatest
McNeill2425 2 months ago 2
Can't know group past or present touch the Classic Temps!!!!
ednoroirika 3 months ago
Do we know what year/show this is from?
Veggieman87 5 months ago
@Veggieman87 the smothers brothers show
samsarman 3 months ago in playlist samsarman's Favorited Videos
@Veggieman87 I think it's 1967, not sure though.
naty9 1 week ago
U.u me parese que este video es muy viejo pero igual tiene un poco de grasia
dreiveroi 5 months ago
Such beautiful voices.
temptyfan 6 months ago
what a great way to showcase the voices of the Temptations! they were so good!
XvmerrivX 6 months ago
Coolest boy group... ;)
whiteflag1000 7 months ago
muy bueno
cocoplanta 7 months ago
FIVE!~who knew that 5! could equal ONE!...... 1 of the "Greatest" Male Singing, Stepping,Good looking,versatile Artist, and from viewing this! even actors who ever assembled and lived in the History of Music~ EVER! They were! and still are! the Template of Vocal perfection. if their are any up and coming singers/ male groups in the making ~take a look and take notes~
tedkay 7 months ago
FAIL
jesse6683 7 months ago
@jesse6683 Oh please, gtfo if you cant recognize true genius.
jdmoonwalker12 6 months ago
Wow! I've never seen this before! They are awesome and I love them all. My favorite has always been David. Today, twenty years ago he passed away. We'll forever miss and love you, David. Rest in peace ♥
MJRookieRook 8 months ago 3
Whites folks always trying to give something a label!~Crossover that's their word!~Blacklploitation is another one! talking about Black Movies in the 70's showing a brother like Shaft kicking a white man's ASS~ Yall need to stop!~for your information!Great Music is Colorless! and it's only two types of Music! there's Good Music and Bad! , and written music has only two colors! HEY! anyone out here seen, Green,Red,Yellow,Music?, Biggest group! PERIOD!and they BLACK! I love it! cross THAT!
tedkay 8 months ago
I don't care either! just made a point! Motown's Founder B Gordy said he just wanted to make music ~with a good beat, good stories and that people could dance to,and that's what he accomplished ,Yes ! you maybe your right,first but who is they ? Whites stole Black artist music in a time when Black music could not be played on certain radio stations. being they were stealing our music what better way to get our money back , make something they can't steal anymore and make them pay for it! LOL!
tedkay 8 months ago
soul # 1 nigga shit! in the words of my retarded generation. fmbl. Fuck my Black Life for the literally retarded.
harrygoonix 8 months ago
Wonderful Thumbs Up
SEVFEST 8 months ago
jolson was better.
deja2052 8 months ago
I LOVE MOTOWN!
simon4186 8 months ago
i knew nothin of this sonb b4 i watched this performance but the tempts killed it
ladymuziklover 8 months ago
y'all ain't nothin' without David Ruffin.
newpageone 9 months ago
I've been a fan of the temps since 1998 and this is the first I've heard them sing this one.Not bad.
thoughtfinder 9 months ago
12 People Hate America
Zeppelinfaktor 10 months ago
The 12 dislikes must have left their musical tastebuds on mars
insaneman001 11 months ago
@insaneman001 or they dont musical tastebuds at all! hahaha
pygasuz20 10 months ago
Never saw this before. Really good number. Thanks for sharing.
coomason5 11 months ago
David & Paul, the best Temps ever.
GarwinEugeneW 11 months ago
These were really great singers, and though Otis wasn't a great solo singer he still contributed to that hot 5 part harmony!
jwh1999 1 year ago
Otis had a lot of decent solo parts in the group, all the way up till the mid-70s.
"Don't send me away" was one of Otis's early works.
ironroad18 1 year ago
Eddie Has a wonderful voice..=) All of them..David, Melvin, Paul and Eddie.
ThickMarcia1987 1 year ago 30
@ThickMarcia1987 and otis
cmg91530 10 months ago
@ThickMarcia1987 and otis
cmg91530 10 months ago
@ThickMarcia1987 lol you forgot otis
mjjcng8958 8 months ago
@ThickMarcia1987 lol and otis...
mcflugger 8 months ago
MELVIN FRANKLYN WAS THE BEST FUCKING BASS SINGER EVER!!!
DynamicSkateboards10 1 year ago 19
@DynamicSkateboards10 you obviously never listened to Paul Robeson
MartianSanta 11 months ago
@MartianSanta Who would WANT to listen to the COMMUNIST CREEP, Robson.
Fuck him. He is in hell.
ugha323a 8 months ago
@ugha323a obviously not an evil money garbing selfish greedy capitalist pig like you, who would rather see people die and suffer then give up any of his impotent material possessions.
if there was such a thing as heaven he'd get in just on account of his divine voice.
not saying that Melvin Franklyn is good singer as well, but certainly not the best. the real question how a black man (or woman) in America at Robson's time could be something else then a communist or a socialist?
MartianSanta 8 months ago
@MartianSanta
Capitalism brings innovation, even if it is driven by the profit motive. Communism brings stagnation and no reason to excel. Robeson had talent and could have made it big had he stayed here as the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers did. Even lesser know black groups with real talent such as the Delta Rhythm Boys or 4 Vagabonds who did not make fortunes seemed happy. As for the Temptations, they came along at the right time. They were NOT good enough to make it in the 50s or 40s.
AmericaLoudNClear 8 months ago
@AmericaLoudNClear obviously Communism is a failed ideology, but i can understand why it attracted people like Robeson. it was the only ideology that offered an equal place in society to black people. in a time when capitalism was generally a white elitist ideology, that more then any thing depends on the black people staying is the bottom of the social ladder.capitalism must be controlled and regulated by the people democratic representatives, if not it becomes aristocracy of money.
MartianSanta 8 months ago
@MartianSanta i love the Temptations, but their commercial unoriginal content is and the songwriting machine behind them is why they could never be as good as original artists like Robson. take Marvin Gaye, his best music came from a time he left the commercial capitalist organization Mouton and created his own individual music. capitalism doesn't drive people to excel, the opposite, it drives people to go the lowest common denominator and just try to make something they know make them money.
MartianSanta 8 months ago
If any of you get the chance-or cash, whatever the case may be for you-if you're a TRUE "Tempts" fan, get their comprehensive 5 dvd set "the Emporors of Soul". There's a GLORIOUS and BEAUTIFUL pic of The Three Voices-Eddie, David and Paul in a semi-circle wearing tie and tails with matching canes. I cry every time I see it....just beautiful.
MissWhisper2Me 1 year ago
eddie loved singing this
loncan3000 1 year ago
In the movie they sang the New Year's song "Auld Lang Syne". Does anyone have the original version of them singing that song?
trw1501 1 year ago
This is probably my favorite performance from the Classic Five, I'm always in amazement how timeless and great this performance is
nylerobin 1 year ago
Somebody find me 1 group of singer that can sing like the Temps. and I'll show you some millionair. !!!!!!!!!!!
Marialark47 1 year ago
ABSOLUTLY PERFECT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marialark47 1 year ago
2:07 :) nice
ricokicks 1 year ago
-Qualcuno potrebbe scrivermi il testo in inglese di questa canzone? (the liryc)
salvatoregiordano1 1 year ago
Oh My G"D is that good!
amenra54 1 year ago
You know..Sadly, the tempts kicked Ruffin out a few months after this performance.The WORST move they ever made.
vidstar1 1 year ago
@vidstar1 Well... you can't have attitudes and I knew David. He was a cool brither til he got on them damn drugs. The sober,clean David was real cool.
KingMellow11 1 year ago
@KingMellow11 YOU KNEW MY HERO DAVID RUFFIN ?? GREAT ! Tell me how come he let that DOOFUS Otis Wiliams fire him from the group, didn't he like being a tempt ? When they got Edwards, their singing went down a notch, how tall was he ?
why he did all them drugs ?
vidstar1 1 year ago
@vidstar1 Well , it wasn't so much Otis, But it was a thing where talk gets around and gets to the ego. And David had a real big ego once he was told that HE was the Temptations. Yes ,David contribute a lot to the group but so did everyone else in the group. When you work as a TEAM, that's what it is. There's no "I" in TEAM.
KingMellow11 1 year ago
@KingMellow11 SURE DAVID RUFFIN had an ego, what big star hasen't ? face it pal, if David wasn't in the Temptations they would NEVER BECAME AS BIG as they were, he made all their hits, well Eddie too, but like Diana Ross, David was the STAR, he was only in the group for 4 years, he was just getting started..Maybe if Otis had given David more time he could had straighten up more and stop the drugs.
vidstar1 1 year ago
@vidstar1 But Otis didn't tell David to do drugs. I'm a singer myself and if I do have an ego, I don't know where it came from. I'm the best at what I do but I still can learn from others that are better than me. I'm in the sin-dustry and not ALL super stars have an ego or diva-ism. I don't care how good a person is, you still have to be humble in life.
KingMellow11 1 year ago
@KingMellow11 Look, David Ruffin was one of the BEST singers Motown has ever had and one of the greatest Pop singers ever, that moron Otis Williams should had given him at least 4 more years to straighten up....His replacement Dennis Edwards was good, but he's no David Ruffin, My Girl was a HUGE hit David was the Star of the group, period.
vidstar1 1 year ago
@vidstar DAMN!!! YOU BEGINNING TO ACT LIKE DAVID USED TO ACT!!!!! IT WAS DAVID'S ATTITUDE THAT GOT HIM FIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT!!! BUT YOU WIN!!!!! DAMN!!!!!!
KingMellow11 1 year ago
@vidstar1 You can't wait for a substance abuser to get themselves together. David did drugs up to his last days. Besides, I don't think Otis had the kind of pull that we think he had. I am sure that all of the other temps as well as the heads of Motown spoke out against David as well when he started missing rehearsals and shows. They all had families to feed and you can't let anyone mess up your bread and butter even if he is a friend. You pray for them, try to get them help & move on.
brandonbear1 1 year ago
Who ever said Boys II Men was the greatest vocal group ever needs to be horse whipped boiled in hot oil and watch this video 6 times.
vidstar1 1 year ago 3
@vidstar1 ..I was going to say Color Me Bad but then I saw what would happen if I did...lol
Clearly just kidding...Temps/Tops for life
Lennon4life1968 1 year ago
this is when they sold out and sang old white music. well thats what the movie said
JYC316 1 year ago
@JYC316 This is not when they sold out ! it's called Crossover! And Berry Gordy made it clear you won't be the Biggest Black group,but! THE BIGGEST GROUP!~ PERIOD!!~ can't make it no plainer than that!~ Music is colorless~people have the problem.
tedkay 8 months ago
@tedkay yea but i dont really care. i like the music and it may have been called the cross over but people see this as when they sold out for white people. i still think they made great music so thats just how it is. music has color its just not the color of peoples skin that shows
JYC316 8 months ago
if singing good ment you were closer to the sky then the temps are fuckin astronauts
nuknuknuk111 1 year ago
tempts could sing any genre......and make it sound cool.
MICKEYSMONKEY 1 year ago 2
I can't remember this song,but I like it,and wow those voices,they can make chills
on ya,love it.
pjtnletsgovols9 1 year ago
fancy foot work my bay David
OriginalTemptations 1 year ago
the Temptations, one of the most versitile groups from the 60's onward. I think this line up, Mel, Eddie, Otis, Paul and David, showed they could sing anything you put in front of them. The switching of leads started with this group. Most groups at that time had a lead singer, a bass singer and three or four do woppers or harmony keepers. This group had legitamatly three leads and if basses fronted more songs four! One of the greatest!
cityrayman 1 year ago 4
@cityrayman ,actually 5 lead singers, you forgot Otis,Melvin sung lead also,he's got a nice lead on I Could Never Stop Loving You
tuzwol 1 year ago
@cityrayman ITA. The Voices: David, Eddie & Paul. It's kind of hard to put a bass singer at front, though. Their voices are limited as to what they could sing. At least, IMO. Melvin was the absolute best bass profondo(sp?) that ever lived. I don't know if there were other bass singers that could hit notes as low as he could.
royalsoulness 1 year ago
Wonderful!!!!!
schuyler10 1 year ago
I think this video shows just how versatile and talented these group of men actually were!
To take a song from the 1920's and put their own personal spin and touch on it to appeal to black and white audiences is amazing!
This is an example of why they were the first male group to make the cross-over and contributed to their success. TRUE RAW TALENT THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED!
MAGNAUNDERCOVER 1 year ago
The video was good,for all those screamming about race give it up..Put the race-card back in your pocket..Wearing that out!!!
schwibert 1 year ago
@schwibert - To whomever is using the race card. Keep it up. The other side uses the rest of the deck and that deck is stacked. They poop over one little card. Bravo!
quetou 1 year ago
@quetou Obama,will not save anyone..
schwibert 1 year ago
@quetou if someone is a piece of shit thats what they are.. think trailer trash, honkey, gringo, cracker who cant jump or dance because of the pole in his ass and mayo in his mouth, dont want to stain his tuesday suit. got all that money still living in the trailer park to keep the brown man down. dont be a sap mr jap, straighten them eyes and fly right. dumb polish been ridiculed enough, and dont get me started on the jews starting the plague. dont say the n word though its offensive
kickcableguyinnuts 1 year ago
Man these dudes are BAAADDDD!!! Wow, I am so amazed. I never knew, until now how they stood out from the other male groups of their day. They set bar!
STiLisHiShlyME 1 year ago 2
i sang this song at a harmony camp with over 200 other girs, love it
anearor 1 year ago
@n0gar - You don't know what you're talking about. The reason the sang this, was an attempt to broaden their musical horizons. Their desire was to show that they could sing many types of music. However, the Tempts didn't choose their own music. It was chosen by Motown.
eldjackson 1 year ago 4
@eldjackson those r crack-heads!
ranmae57 1 year ago
@ranmae57 be careful who you call crack heads and crack was not out when they became addicted to drugs, but just the same you will stare it right in the face one day.
cassieann1000 1 year ago
@cassieann1000 this song sounds like shit! and i never hope to stare crack in the face! r u crazy?
ranmae57 1 year ago
@ranmae57 I am not talking about the song, I am talking about their perfect harmony and their showmanship, but to call them "crack heads" well "that's hitting below the belt".
cassieann1000 1 year ago
@ranmae57 - They did less crack than the Rolling Stones. hell, one of the Stones snorted their own dead father!
quetou 1 year ago
@eldjackson Thank you, and according to the movie they really did not want to cross over, but this album show that they are the best and the harmony is perfect, I remember listening to this song over and over again back in the day, and was just in awe, noone can beat Eddies voice when it comes to mellowing out the harmony, these guys were perfect, perfect, showmanship was perfect.
cassieann1000 1 year ago
BTW, the Tempts were in their element here. Listen to that brilliant harmony. I wish I was born during the time they were in their prime. My mom saw them at the Apollo w/ David. She said they were great & said the 1 that stood out 2 her was David.
royalsoulness 1 year ago
Folks need 2 do research on minstrel/vaudeville shows from the late 1800s 2 the early 1900s. When blackface was created, it WAS about race. It was about dehumanizing African Americans & keeping them 'in their place'. It was not long while after, that there were black performers like Bert Williams who did perform in blackface. Black artists approriated it 2 'soften' the dehumanization it caused. Whether it was effective, is up 4 debate.
royalsoulness 1 year ago
Ahh, THIS is the way soul brothers need to bring that hard-core soul music!!
n0gar 1 year ago
Oooweee Paul was getting it in this one :)
Spadesz93 1 year ago 3
David,Paul,Melvin and Eddie have incredible voices.............can Otis sing at all,why is he in the group
premedog 1 year ago
hahaha i noticed that, but he was the one you tried to keep everyone together, he was more of the foundation of the group
yoDEVONyo 1 year ago
read between the lines, ain't got nothing, stand by me, dont send me away, this guy is in love with you...those are a couple of songs that he leads.
inform yourself first before talking Shit.
jjc0929 1 year ago 2
otis can sing, he a 3rd tenor
blaze2474life 1 year ago
I would liked to hear Melvin sing a solo record because he could realy sing.
mostyle70 1 year ago
melvin is so sexy with those big ol eyes and that smil with that beautiful bas voice! ahhh...blue
KRYSTALLIGHT88 2 years ago 3
oh blues' got my heart,i love his singing!
LAJOYCE56 2 years ago
WTF!!!!!!!!! Melvins voice doesnt sound basss at all thats so kool!!!!!
JustCallMeLuis20 2 years ago
yeah, it is cool. He can change the pitch of his voice. you should hear him in the song O' Man River when he sings lead! he goes really low!!!!!!!
TheTemptationsFan 2 years ago 3
yeah,, it is cool. you shoul hear him in O' man river when he sings low. he goes really LOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheTemptationsFan 2 years ago
Classic Five..say no more!
simonranger 2 years ago 4
The Temptations = Brilliant, Wonderful, Magnificent....and a lot of other nice words. lol
MrBizzel 2 years ago 8
We could go back and forth like this all day and I won't change your mind and you won't change mine. Let's just agree to disagree and leave it at that.
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago
Hey my state's song! God Bless the Temptations and Florida!
crazycuntryboy2 2 years ago 2
Love it, love it, love it. This is a new treat for me. I never saw this before.
mschest 2 years ago
DaAVID KILLS IT AT 3:20........ R.I.P.
hotstephanie 2 years ago 2
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MiiZzJ0kEr 2 years ago
Nice joke miizzjoker.
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago
"Not enough 'o's in "smooth" to describe these guys."
-couldn't have said it better myself =]
McFancyToast 2 years ago 6
great :-)
Quber2404 2 years ago
great voices
TheJazzlady40 2 years ago
Ehh don't like it too much, i know david probably didn't dig it too much either
Pur0mexico 2 years ago 3
I don't really care for this song but the harmonizing sounds great
Darckcloud73 2 years ago 2
yeah true the temptations make it sound great
Pur0mexico 2 years ago
WOW!! my Grandmother has a tape of me singing this song when I was 3 years old! I learned it from watching this show. This was their variety show right? WOW!! The memories.
RLnWB 2 years ago
wow pure de talent
selfpay1 2 years ago
its nice to hear Eddie Singing in his Natural Tenor.
this was the best temptation Line-up.
jjc0929 2 years ago 3
Spectacular!!!!!!!!
luvPaul1 2 years ago
WTF
dbookin 2 years ago 4
hahaha.....but good. If this makes you say WTF heheh there is an entire album of Sam Cooke sings Jolson. It is reported that Cooke admired Jolson immensely and considered him an influence. And why not : It goes back and forth cross culture. Blues and Jazz only came from that purely American mix... and then rock bleeds out from that too.
Geepsterr 2 years ago 2
Yes. I know^^
It's quite disturbing when it's from The Heavy Mighty temptations...
zelgolhal 2 years ago 2
The Tempts could do anything. Their ability to harmonize was just amaizing.
agochoa 2 years ago 7
Notice at the end the foot work of David Ruffin returning to join the other four Tempts......totally awesome.
bluenile048 2 years ago 30
@bluenile048 I luv the choreography. It had them changing places, paces and just was a feast for the eyes. Too bad greatness can't last forever..because these 5 were the greatest. I luv Eddie adding that falsetto at the top, Melvin at the bottom and Otis, David and Paul adding the middle. It works so well...then came the drugs and big heads.
brandonbear1 1 year ago
The classic line-up of the Tempts pure perfection. No they may not have been as comfortable as the Supremes doing the "showbiz" thing on the likes of Ed Sullivan but its' Motown baby. Hot Damn!!!
babyluvchild 2 years ago 4
the genius of berry gordy was that he knew that music was universal and that when you reach other audiences that is what makes your music timeless and universal
tderrell7 2 years ago
You weren't "successful" in Berry Gordy's eyes unless you made it with the white audience. Enter this song...
Their performance is amazing, as always.
snoops71 2 years ago 6
There used to be a clip of the Tempts with David Ruffin doing "Hello Young Lovers"
rsynth75 2 years ago
I don't know if the temps hated doing this number or not. They looked and sounded like they liked it, but the bad thing is that they did have to cross over to doing standards for their "white viewers" to open doors, but look how artist today pay that hard work back; by having their pants around their knees and gyrating w/skanks. Its like all the hard work of those in the 60s (incl political) is taken for granted by our youth.
brandonbear1 2 years ago
That was pretty cool! I wish I could see the entire show, commercials and all.
bbrj127 2 years ago
They shouldve just kept it original
The beginning was better when they went all sing and dance and shit I just wasnt feeling it you know
WickedxSoundz 2 years ago
ppl are sooooooo RIDICULOUSLY IGNORANT!
That's why we are commenting on youtube & Berry Gordy is the MAN behind MOTOWNS success!
He had insight & vision, He OBVIOUSLY knew what was BEST for the group at that time ~ LOVE IT!!!!
AWESOME POST!
mssquirrely 2 years ago
Yeah, Berry Gordy had insight & vision--- about how to rip off his artists. He did make Motown a success, but he also stole from the very musicians that made him a success. And I'm sorry but I think Swannee was a racist song and the Temps were probably embarrassed to sing it.
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago 7
OK raveonsteciewoo
I respect your opinion & feelings
PEACE!
mssquirrely 2 years ago
I respect your opinions too. No hard feelings. We both love The Temps!!!
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago
Swanee a racist song? ITS A FUCKING RIVER BRO! It's a song written about a man wanting to go back to his home in Florida, sorry IT'S NOT RACIST.
crazycuntryboy2 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Many African Americans consider this song racist because Al Jolson sang it in blackface. You could say that would make Al Jolson racist (even though he was a product of his time), not the song, but the image of blackface with the song is hard to separate!
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago
So because 1 person sings it mimicking a black man it's racist? That's not a fair argument. It's a song, whether or not you like it it's a song. it is not hard to separate the song from blackface, because ONE MAN did that. Not everyone on the face of the planet, as a native Floridian I think it's vile for someone to deface the song in a way, but I love my state, it;s history, and it's song. And I AM NOT A RACIST.
crazycuntryboy2 2 years ago 2
Man, I'm not saying you're a racist or anyone else that likes the song either. And it's cool that you're proud of your state. I didn't even know the Swanee River was in Florida. But the song, though in itself is not racist, it will forever be associated with the man in blackface in many black peoples eyes because the song is soooo associated with Al Jolson who did it in blackface.
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago
I always associate it with Judy Garland, actually. And both of you guys make good points. Luckily the world is big enough for everyone :)
sammislawa 2 years ago
I didn't say ytou said i was racist. i said it was CHILDISH and it IS childish to say because ONE man ONE man did this beautiful song in "blackface" it's "hard" to separate. That's like saying, well terrorists use AK-47's, so everyone who owns an AK is a terrorist.
crazycuntryboy2 2 years ago
Because Al Jolson sang in blacfkface doesn't make the song racist. It doesn't make Jolson a racist either. Anyway, the song was written by George Gershwin.
smrhyne 2 years ago
To African Americans appearing in blackfact was and is racist, whether Al Jolson meant it to be racist or not.
raveonsteviewoo 2 years ago 10
@raveonsteviewoo rave on stevie what a load of..................grow up, When you die, ask Al Jolson if he was being racist. Racism is only seen by the racist.
makjac46 6 months ago 2
@makjac46 ur making a coment ta somehin that was made 1 fukkin year ago an if hes wearing blackface an black ppl are insulted then its racist
raveonsteviewoo 6 months ago
@raveonsteviewoo Maybe when someone copies another's style of singing, singing a "black" song is a form of compliment? Sure, he was in it for the money, but who isn't? Take a look at the Temptations version of "Swanee" wouldn't you say it was done in the "white" mans way? I'm not insulted. I would never go to see a performer in a painted on black face, I bet you wouldn't pay to see a performer in a painted on white face. But that was the fashion back then. Not racism, just entertainment.
makjac46 5 months ago 2
@makjac46 white ppl thouht it was entertainment ta wear blackface. black ppl didnt
raveonsteviewoo 5 months ago
@raveonsteviewoo And the story is ..Al Jolson used blackface as he was more at ease performing that way.
It hid his real features which he was embarrassed about. Do you think Blackface looks like a "blackman" with big WHITE lips? No! It was done to show up in the weak stage lights that they had in those early days. The same reason Charlie Chaplin used heavy eye make up. It's sad that there will always be racism on both sides though. Steve, I talk too much, stay cool...Tom.
makjac46 5 months ago 2
Al Jolson was a racist Jew. When you do the research, all of the most hard-core racists that made blacks look bad were Jews...
n0gar 1 year ago
I don't know if Jolson was racist or not. My point was he did not write the song, he only sang it. I don't know what made the Tempts choose this song to sing, but they did a beautiful job.
smrhyne 1 year ago
I guess a guy who put on black makeup to mock black people was not racist - or was he? Maybe we can assume he was not unless he did something to show us that he was. After all, it is not in the nature of white /fake Jews to be racists. Black face is not racist, it is art. I gave you an excuse there... The Tempts sang this song to appeal to whites and to get the white dollar. This was for those who did not like the R&B. It is sad they had to do these things, but it was THOSE times...
n0gar 1 year ago
@smrhyne this song is a crock of shit for the temptations!
ranmae57 1 year ago
@n0gar Reading your comment, I realize that you yourself must have done a whole lot of research. I bow down to your intellect and expertise, good sir.
frost1978 1 year ago
1 st verse
Way down upon de Swanee ribber, far, Far away, Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, Dere's wha de old folks stay. All up and down the whole creation Sadly I raom, Still longing for de old plantation And for de old folks at home.
Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary, Ebry where I roam, Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary, Far from the old folks at home.
Aditinggi 2 years ago
Love it!
motowninvestor 2 years ago 3
I luv at 1:50. The bridge of that song takes the song to another level. It just goes to show that the temps could take aa old standard and make it there own.
brandonbear1 2 years ago 2
i sing dis song in da shower!!!!!!!
har40shei 2 years ago
i always do, all aljolsons song i do and temptations lol
joehancock01 2 years ago
Click on 3:51 that is my favorite part shore
Dxjr12589 2 years ago
At 3:16 is my favorite part because Ray Charles and David Ruffin sound alike when david did that part
Dxjr12589 2 years ago
They have crossed over. They are singing Rap, R&B, and Black gospel. You sound like the IGNORANT one.
tallbaby40 2 years ago
Can't agree with what you say, but I recognize your five heartbeats reference. That's the movie!!!!!!
brandonbear1 2 years ago
I like this post. Only the temps could sing down home soul, pop and these standards; and do it with flare. No one except the four tops could have done it all. They do it with so much class and they look very hot doing it. I like a man that can wear a suit well, sing and dance, without pumping and grinding and wearing his pants around his knees.
brandonbear1 2 years ago 2
The Four Tops couldn't touch The Temps with a 10 foot pole. (On ANY day)
tbeallday 2 years ago 4
I love the four tops, but I gotta say that I agree with you, the temps had it all. Class, looks, style, musicality, but they were cursed. I love to watch these old clips.
brandonbear1 2 years ago
you right bought them bein cursed. i think they all would've been livin today if they would've stayed away from all the drygs and alcohol, its a shame how it turned out.
tbeallday 2 years ago
I think sometimes talented people get caught up in their talent and forget what their mama taught them (to have common sense).
brandonbear1 2 years ago
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oxnardmontolvo 2 years ago
i have to agree with u and also no one or no group can touch the temps!!!!!!
har40shei 2 years ago
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SupaStarry 2 years ago
Eddie looked and sounded like a sweet little choir boy on here. He just had the most angelic voice, and all of it was wrapped up in one ultra-sexy package!!!
hopediamond4real 2 years ago 4
Never heard of this one
shellbravos 2 years ago
believe it or not,Elvis Presley tried to crossover to black music.he took tips from blacks in his community that worked in different shops on how he and his writers should do his music.he was a huge fan of little richard and chuck berry. others too tried to crossover to black music: hall and oates, elton john, kc and the sunshine band, teena marie. come on, man. the tempts didnt have to sing those songs. berry gave them a choice: sing these songs and be bigworld wide stars or just be black stars
professormotown 2 years ago 3
there's nothing wrong with appealing to other people's music. you're the type of person who just listens to one kind of music. the temptations themselves were ecclectic. eddie kendricks used to have classical music albums, david loved gospel. they were diverse. stop being so simple ass minded
professormotown 2 years ago