the temptations-papa was a rollin stone

[Knobbingham]

I'm calling this one of the illest bass lines of all time

[meshlife88]

What is that fast string/tremelo/whatever technique called? I've heard it on records, but what is that actually called. Right about 1:36.

[therealraybaby]

#77(Tie)

[LoudMouthTori26]

i likee dis sonqq :]



[kfactor1627]

my local bar as a jukebox...everytime i walk in, this is the first song i pick on that thing...you should see the look on peoples face when they see that me, a 22 year old, played this song...everyone starts grooving...one of my favorite songs

[n420cowan]

rest in peace Paul Williams...

[SilverFang4Life]

Death at a funeral brought me here, funniest shit I ever seen!

[ksnab]

@SilverFang4Life same here when the credits rolled this played

[rorrt]

I remember i was listening to this on new years eve, and we were wondering who made the song. A friend got out an iphone app, song finder. And we had to use it about 3 times, because we didnt believe that it was The Temptations.

Still. A great song then, and an even better song now!

[mochabrown24]

17 people's Papa's were rolling stones...

[canguru222]

timeless .

[Raffy85100]

you can't fuck with this.........period! no sampling,no drum machines and no looping,just pure instruments and vocals.

[marchky]

Sad lyrics but thought provoking. A timeless classic for sure.

[marchky]

16 rolling stones must have discovered the internet somehow

[marlebon]

If you like this, check out Copperpenny's Sitting on a Poor man's throne.

[crozierharrison]

its the strings and the guitar that do it for me!

[juasauga80]

This song is unreal. Absolute genius. The definition.

[TheNekoman123]

This song is groovy when you hear this song it makes me think of the bad guys place of buisniess all the evil brothers

[TheTxBandit]

16 people 'aint diggin' it!, 16 aren't pickin' up on what the temp's are layin' down!

[JamieLeeFletcher]

people are so angry man the first page of comments is like so just ye man but if you want a swinging song you want jungle book king of the swinging world that is ooo groovy baby

[shamwow56]

@JamieLeeFletcher What?

[CRAZYGROUCHO]

@shamwow56 buhahahahahhaah

[KevinMasters100]

@JamieLeeFletcher A comma wouldn't hurt.

[mailbox250]

black power!!!!



[DampedBurrito]

the saddest moment in the movie at the end ....

[537one]

16 people aren't goorvy

[TheNecroluster]

I'm a death metal guy, but this is fucking great music!

[teliea143jordan]

big mama's like mama like son:"now freak wit it,freak wit it,unh!" loved it

[TheBoogieman0001]

shit! this is funky

[cricketbat08]

amazing song. Timeless.

[dantes729]

jiminycricket69, that was a great comment. It made me think you are not far from the mark and the truth!!! Thumbs up for you!!

[gacocoabrotha]

Love the bass,,,,

[belahbadazz]

this is my favorite old school song and im only 13

[jiminycricket69]

@belahbadazz bro nobody cares how old u are. u just give pedos a chance to talk to you and it makes u look younger than your musical taste says

[mauricio0guaruja]

@jiminycricket69 I'm 2013 years old and this was the most played song in Jerusalem!!! Gotta love it!!!

[jiminycricket69]

@mauricio0guaruja hahaha ok good one broski

[calo10able]

the best group ever they r uncomparable

[joemoney394]

the 16 people who dont like this song is gay

[4umenmine]

The nigga national anthem!!!! For real

[MisterAlcatraz]

Tempt's

[MisterAlcatraz]

Recomend this be the lead ih to every Temts song!

[STANMELISSA1]

i love this song



[dahughes44]

what a great classic song...the temptations were one of the best ever....

[bloodkilla69er]

cue 70s porno scene

[scorpion76801]

I just gotta love this song!!!

[fryelee11]

My all time favorite group!

[carfan14]

best car chase music ever!!!

[ashtrogan23]

everytime i hear this all i see is paul blowin his shit off in the parkin lot

#fucked up

[mayham98]

best sample can use it in so many ways

[70sman4ever]

This is the shit man! The joint from the 70s you all dig it?!

[JADandKPpro]

People don't know anything about real music anymore.

If you don't like this go listen to Justine Bieber, that's what I thought, now shut up. : )

[kinghur]

you knw what.............fuck papa :(

[grotepita]

nice very nice, really funky

[reinacarolina]

14 didn`t get the chicken skin :-( ( and they never will)

[reinacarolina]

Chicken skin! ♥ ♥ ♥

[rokanvoleska]

Papa made a good job with funky

[Waikowhai1]

Yeees Siftheads world soundtrack

[sealtech1]

Timeless music.......period!  Viva Motown!

[shipcity1]

i enjoy this song and i thumbed it down...im trying to destroy the social fabric of our world one untrue click at a time...ANARCHY

[professorbluefoot]

13 people....Okay, can't think of anything, great song though.

[xxdeejinxx]

Nice.

[Missqueen57]

love the violins, my kids are 11 and 13 and they love this song..people don't make music like this anymore...so sad but grateful this one was made..it is timeless and the epitome of true talent. Thank you whoever posted it! Merci

[horseycore]

13 idiots in a sea of real people.



[onThisMarathon]

bomb

[rodney76541]

its 2011...nuff said

[FatBoyD46]

@rodney76541 I don't think that saying it's (you forgot the apostrophe, no big thing, just proper grammar) 2011 really is saying enough. Please elaborate.

[rodney76541]

@FatBoyD46 its 2011 and im still listening 2 it....nuff said

[ezramead]

This song was great in its time, and now.

[marbleheadband]

i feel the pulse of the streets where i grew up on.........nwk n.j.

[BlindBatz]

great tune abd the funk bros were a great...

[menopausalguitarist]

My Dad is 77 and thinks hes still a player. Love this groove. Peace 2 All!

[nicoleray143]

My sister said this song reminded her of our Dad, and boii is she right on it. The part when they say he died in september, i heard nuttin but bad things about him, where ever he laid his hat was his home. My Dad Roy C Acosta to an exact tee.

[soniammcalear]

My God, I remember this song when I was a young girl, Loved, Loved Motown!!!

[Deireadh]

great song!!!!!! (George Michael´s cover is also amazing, with differences to the original, but great in their own way!)

[datboyfreakman]

13 people are morons....

[IncognitoFloyd]

I love this music.

Guys, sorry if i ask, at what kind of genre this wonderful song belong?

[chargordon11]

@IncognitoFloyd motown



[IncognitoFloyd]

@chargordon11 Thank you, buddy ;)

[justin806806]

It was the 3rd of September....

[randomactive20]

@justin806806 that day ill always remember, yes i will..

[pizza123abc]

he died with 8 std's, aids, a fat ass cold sore on his lip and mono but damn that guy knew how to party.

[kasfami]

@pizza123abc who r u talkin about? btw im only 18 so i dont really know the history of the temps

[Watchmedoaflip1]

the begining is so loong! but love this song!

[LovingMyself5]

This Is My Song ! Lovee It !

[PrincessDeelo]

Sheesh... remember listening to this on the radio going to sleep... wow.

[douskara]

Jesus did the record with Alien technology back in the Motown days?? This sound is simply out of space...

[keigger1]

that was the day..........that my daddy died!

[DUCKBMET]

First heard this Dec of 72, sitting in a PX snack bar at Ft Gordon, GA. First time I ever smoked thai stick. Music sounded SOOOOO good! Still sounds good, 30 years of sobriety later...!

[MariaIsabellaVanessa]

@DUCKBMET If we hear a specific song, it reminds us of the exact time, places where we were as u vividlyly remember, people who were with us as a timeline of our life story. My uncle 's favorite music too, Beautiful music's intro.

[TheJedgeworth]

"And mama, that ain't right." Even though this tune totally is. Never heard a more complex, yet soulful story about a dysfuncisional family (long befor the term became a cliche) although this band was totally "funks-you-all." Sorry, in the mood for puns.

[MsPoohbear515]

@GaminAndStuff25 i truly agree with you on that

[SmokeBojangles]

AND Momma.....

[MurphyMonster]

Greatest bassline in history.

[richardmbowman]

@MurphyMonster Yes. If not THE greatest, it's in the top 5 or ten. And the whole introduction on this song is......., uh,...........I can't describe it. It's that good. And this song is one the very best, written and performed, in popular music.  And Motown has produced few this good. And that's saying something.

[TheFangoriaFan]

@MurphyMonster Oh, yeah...

[radiorelax259]

superb sound of motown!

[ryanspeed]

I love the bass line in this song...so simple yet so cool!

[MrWoodstokcs]

must learn guitar riffs!!!!! O_O

[bluesborn]

I first heard this song in a disco in Germany in early 73 I think.The place was full of GI.'s and German hippies smoking black hash in the can.Just like yesterday.

[MegaMusicman09]

THE MIGHTY TEMPTATIONS...THE GREATEST SONG EVER WRITTEN-A MASTERPIECE.

[pantherpitt22]

This is and always will be a fantastic song.

[MsPoohbear515]

Im only 19 and I can honestly say that music from back in the days when and before I was even thought of was the greatest music of all times...better than todays music that I listen to

[GaminAndStuff25]

@MsPoohbear515 today's noise people listen to isnt even considered music

[PrescottValleyMan]

I can't stop listening to this song, it has been in my dreams, and has not left since I heard it the first time with my mom, OMD I love this song!!!!

[AZderrickh]

And Mama?

[jdmitch1413]

now, im not going to blindly hate contemporary music, but it is quite evident that there is a vast disparity between material like this and modern material. its really just a shift in values, so as to say that music today is oriented around the aesthetics of dance and synthetic sensuality, while previously, music had been oriented around musical aptitude and innovation and soulful expression

[swaggaoficial1]

wait no it isnt

[swaggaoficial1]

wait i believe this is instrumental

[swaggaoficial1]

I love this song!

Classic!

[grasshoppa80]

@Shamwow56 - - - - Maybe SaltwarerAir1 meant: "there are no words??" to having no lyrcis to read... not the song being instrumental (idiot Shamwow!)

[shamwow56]

@grasshoppa80 No, she replied back to my comment saying "yeah...i realized that after i posted the comment....lol" so you're wrong (idiot grasshoppa!)

[laxgq6]

This is the Best & Only Version accepted by My Ears!

[OkapsilO]

they definitely don't make em like this anymore



[AnqelMunoz]

-We're playing this in marching band (:

[kwgthacher]

love this song .. and I'm a cracker ... 

[ramirosan145]

@kwgthacher hhaaahaa..that word always reminds me of Chris Rock "wanna cracker?...you cracka ass cracka!" music knows no colors...

[TumiToushi]

@kwgthacher music has no color(:

[RazerRiley]

@WEWILLSECURE What did that have to do with anything? I'm white and just stfu and listen to the music O_O

[banzaibiloba]

@WEWILLSECURE

Da fuck.....? >:(



[maruthamarutha]

The genius of Black soul, at its best!

[rustofki]

@WEWILLSECURE ಠ_ಠ

[banzaibiloba]

For those of you who aren't used to a long intro, they start singing at 1:56.

[ACoKyo]

@banzaibiloba yeah but the instrumental builds up to an awesome song

[banzaibiloba]

@ACoKyo

True that. Most people usually hear old songs like this on popular TV shows or other places. They never hear it on a record or heard it in when it came out. Some were too young, like me. Nowadays, intros are never this classic and are maximum 30 seconds. You never hear funky bass or vintage strings in anything Lil wayne or Kesha makes, now do you?

[banzaibiloba]

@WEWILLSECURE

Maybe in Haiti, but not here in U.S., you random dumbass!

[lehut225]

@WEWILLSECURE stfu dumb ass.that doesnt have shit to do with this song and it isnt true plus no black male is average were a great race and always be .tell that bitch

[crazyfox564]

dig those chopped guitars ?? : )... this is how a good intro should sound ...awsome stuff

[etm1981]

this real it is man out there now just like this song and say and thats bad we need to get our shit together out here for real all real here ant going hold anything back from yall you know whats up so do so stop the shit we are doing out here and love one other for real all you got is god and your self in this big world and if you put him in your life all at one time we could live 90000 years from now you do right for real that is what etm think hey

[5871248]

when i try to do the hand clapping stuff i feel like "the jerk" . Just cant get it but am really feelin it lol.

oldguy

[hannibaltheundeadcat]

@WEWILLSECURE moodkiller? Are you bitter because your papa was a rolling stone, and wherever he laid his hat was his home, and when he died all he left you was a loan?

[G5jive]

This song makes me cum in my pants.

[Jhoman231]

@WEWILLSECURE  Shut up

[THEBIRDMAN9412]

Why are people talking about racism? Shut the fuck up.

[THEBIRDMAN9412]

Good LORD the instrumental at the beginning sends shivers down my spine.

[cryloth]

js wana let u guys know i appreciate yall supportin this country and i like your way of thinkin as long as were free and american il recomend it to all my friends god bless the usa and lets keep it american

[cryloth]

Listen up for all u people out there hatin on WEWILLSECURE ......Grow the fuck up and get over racial tensions these people are hustlin to keep american values alive and keep US american so get off his back for gods sake

[cryloth]

@WEWILLSECURE hooah im in



[cryloth]

@WEWILLSECURE wt is we will secure is it for republicans

[cryloth]

@WEWILLSECURE HAHAHAHA i love that

[cryloth]

@WEWILLSECURE HAHAHAHA i love that

[TheMonsta316]

I love the temptations, im only 17. But I love oldies tho.

[privateloui1958]

@WEWILLSECURE LISTEN RACIST YOU NEED TO STOP IT! and actually every black man in may family lived past 80

[kuriouslee]

A Classic!

[1959child]

no better intro....

[B5150B]

@WEWILLSECURE why would you even try to ruin the vibe of this song with your bullshit statement...let me guess you defense is that you are informing people huh..?

[WillHD1]

@WEWILLSECURE FAIL

[jcooperlyle]

Lost my beautiful Black man two months after he turned 50. Gone too soon....

[519778]

brilliant intro fantastic song one of the finest acts

[hungryherbie]

Where would you find a better intro which lasts 2 minutes ..no-where.brilliant ..top marks

[greendragon04]

@hungryherbie hmmmm... Micheal Jackson had pretty kick ass intros ;D e.g Thriller ;)

[hungryherbie]

@greendragon04 Thriller are you joking !! I did say 2 minutes of an intro and thriller lasted less than a minute

[devilwithnosocks]

@hungryherbie

simply the best

[75crowebar]

OOOOHHHHH shit jam it Temps.....:)

[shamwow56]

@WEWILLSECURE -_-

[MrCactopuss]

where ever he layed his hat was his home

[lilzay83]

yes he was



[NotEvenInAFire]

I saw the Temps movie on Vh1 & then I decided to look them up, I have to say this, Since I Lost My Baby, & Ain't Too Proud To Beg are my favorites.

[nelsonjonkane]

This is Detroit from a long time ago. Incredible song!

[Hopeatoceansgate]

Gothika! <3

[motriplea]

my grandpa is 83 years old and he still cant stay still when this song is on .. god i love it how he is bringing back the spirit of the good times :)

papa was a rollin stone .. and ma grandpa is still rockin this song :)

[leewilliams2009]

i can relate my daddy was the person they wrote this about

[DaTrev100]

WHAT A SHOT!!!!!!!

[MrRastaManDan]

These guys were white right?

[ossopunk]

@MrRastaManDan

Yeah right, The Temptations white?! Come on! they're the creme de la creme of Tamla Motown, the Black music record company par excellence... they are proper black, man!

[lonlywolfish]

@MrRastaManDan They were pink

[corn730]

im only 14 but back in the day these were some bad mofos