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  • Harold Melvin was getting paid, but he had to be hating life during this time. Its his name on the marquee, but all the ladies were loving the lead singer. Hell on earth...

  • LOVE THIS SONG! MY FATHER STILL LISTEN TO THIS KIND OF MUSIC AND I DO TOO.

  • Damn my boy Teddy P hair was whipped!!! On another note, this is one of the most powerful songs to date.

  • greatest voice ever.... RIP Teddy.

  • Teddy put his heart into that performance. He almost teared up himself. R.I.P. one of the greatest.

  • That's Music.... Nothing wrong with saying I Miss you..

  • Old school gangster

  • My God this is one of those songs where the artist can make you feel his message, I'm just sorry I didn't appreciate Teddy until he was gone....

  • SOUL!!!!

  • Teddy Pendergrass was a underrated singer

  • I still miss you

  • Damn these brothas can sing!!!!

  • There is no one new out there who can beat this voice, think about the singers from this era, Levi Stubbs, Teddy, Marvin Gaye, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Levert, Lenny Williams, and many many more whats out there today Justin Bieber CRAP

  • 23 and love this group and song true music wish it went back to this

  • I know it talks about a love of man/women but when this song came out I just thought of my "MOM" who died Aug 14th 1970! and the tears started to roll down my face like they are now....what a strong impact the "old school" songs had back in the day such LOVE and SOUL went into the lyrics just like looking into someones eyes and actually seeing the "Tracks of Their Tears" ....can you see them??? Gotta love old school.

  • Damn, this gives me goose bumps. Oh my goodness!!

  • thanks GOD for these brothers!!!!

  • teddy better work that perm!!

  • Amazing voice, song & performance!

  • Yea what version has the spoken part! It's not the same w/o it

  • What's the name of that song at the beginning?

  • That was wig?! Anyway, I was looking for the spoken part!!!

  • Amen

  • Lovely song I love SOUL music, not in this situation but I feel it

  • Even with a wig Teddy kills it lol

  • Respond to this video... It's a wig not a chest cold. How do you think a wig would impact somebody's voice?

  • @themostbeautifulone I meant it in regards to how foolish he looks genius!

  • When you hear someone listening to this, they are hurting a girl or a guy has them mess up. You know how it is when you mess up a good thing now you are thinking of all the things you could have did or things you should not have did.. Baby. I Miss You. we all had a broken heart. It happen to the best. Timeless song still bad till this moment. AL O Brooklyn

  • This is better than silver or gold

  • this someone really dislike this..omg

  • THIS IS PURE.....SOUL....

  • DAMN DONT MESS WITH TEXAS HAH

  • He was my cousin and I agree what was he thinking when putting on that wig.. LOL! But once I got to know him I realized it was all a stunt to make sure that you remember who is who in the group because for so long everyone thought Teddy was Harold Melvin... he is and was one to make a bold statement.. It's show business.. All artists did something wild and crazy but guarantee you never forgot them... hahaha....Also, I asked after his passing was he gay and the answer came back no. only God knows

  • Teddy P I Luv U But....That Hair Do..is a Hair Dont

  • Cold!

  • I'm a David Ruffin fan, so I am going to be bias. David sung in better. Think about it, David sung the high parts and the lead. He had great range.

  • @N1RuffinFan David Ruffin is a high art soul vocalist talent for sure...but better than Pendergrass? DR simply doesnt have TP's raw brute vocal power...its soulful and explosive. TP's raw voice > DR's raw voice...sonic qualities superior in addition to more powerful. Otis Redding won his "My Girl" battle with DR too. DR needed the Temps cohesion, rather he knew/recognized it or not is another issue

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  • @Rams4ever Rolling Stones has a list of the 100 greatest entertainers of time and Otis Redding tops that list. I bet only a diehard fan know that he song “My Girl”. The Temps version will always be the superior version. As great as Marvin was he did it no justice either. David was equally good as a solo artist if not better, but he was a rebel and not promoted.

  • @N1RuffinFan DR was utterly replaceable. How could DR improve the lead vocal line on Papa Was a Rollin Stone? The main strength of DR was to take the rawness edge off of vocals and steps when Berry Gordy wanted to appeal to an audience that unprepared to receive the full rawness of untempered soul. Along come Pendergrass and Redding whose aim it was to give you more "soul" than your senses could stand as iconic, incomparable soul vocalists. These 2 singers were redefining the boundaries of soul.

  • @Rams4ever Obviously, everyone in the Tempts was replaceable. I won’t deny that. I often wonder how David would have sounded singing psychcedelic soul music. Good I think.. I accredited the top Motown writers for knowing how to match lyrics with vocals. Had David stayed with the group maybe it would have been Paul singing the lead on ‘Rolling Stone’. Listen to “Standing On The Top”, Me & Rock-n-Roll Are Here To Stay”, or “Make My Water Boil” (just to name a few). DR could adapt to those styles.

  • teddy with hair lo

  • that is the single most silkiest perm i have EVER seen in my life, i don't know were he got his hair done but....lol

  • When I die, if I go to heaven, I hope it is this.

  • If anyone ever heard David Ruffin's version of this song, which was better? David sang all the falsetto parts & baritone's parts himself, but Teddy's voice...DAMN! IDK, been having this discussion for years...

  • @NOLAsoulchild i think David's because he put his heart and soul into it

  • this is the song everyman needs to hear

  • damn Teddy!!

  • damn gay teddy! i still ove u tho bro....lol

  • @djcal623 NOW HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRY A JAMES BROWN STYLE WITHOUT BEING CALLED GAY. NO ONE CALLS SNOOP DOG, GAY, WHEN HE GET HIS PIMP HAIR ON. AND GET IT DONE UP. TO CHANGE HIS LOOK.

  • @CalypieAndroid you better tell the truth. if they ever watches soul train or any ol school movie from the 70's then thye'd know that it was a style that some black men wore back then

  • @CalypieAndroid ...look he was gay...or as ppl may wanna call it bisexual(not much differance to me) but umm he did venture in that area as well as prince rick james freddy jackson luther...and im a fan of them all as prince once said when asked about it...hey it was rock n roll baby...

  • @djcal623 look you need to get you shitty facts straight. if he was never said he was gay and he wasnt.

  • @djcal623  and check out the old article in ebony which actually refutes the gay rumors.

  • @djcal623 He had more women in one week then any of us would have in a lifetime. Gay?? Never.

  • @jaejae35

    Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

  • teddy's hair reminds me of no country for old men...

    

  • @mjjcng8958 ROTFLMFAO

  • @NinjaMonkey444 what does that mean?

  • That brought tears to my eyes. That was sensational Teddy P, RIP.

  • you know what.. i love 's wig, lol he is sweating it out in that wig. when i first saw this i thought it was his hair. y!ou better sang it boy!! lol i love it oh my word

  • It's so haunting to hear T.P. sing at the end: "I just want to die" - and he's no longer here

  • great video.. from where? teddy had it all... but what is it with the hair

  • @bobbyfamig Word.

  • @bobbyfamig it's a wig i heard it was b/c his fro wouldn't grow like everybody else so they put a wig on him

  • anonymousent, I truly feel for you. after 38 years of marriage and giving it my all, my signifcant other has pushed for divorce with all his mite. I thought we could part as friends. Was I wrong hes hurt me even apart. Whats worse I will never love anyone like I love him. Cancer does suck

  • Oh Teddy Bear... How we miss you!

  • Best performance and song ever! He sang that from the heart so much that he really shed some tears for his girl... Love you Teddy Bear!!!

  • R.I.P. Teddy!

  • It just doesn't get to much better than this classic!

  • this is baby making music

  • Man, I used to go to clubs and listen to live music like this back in the day. Listen to how great they sound. I miss that era of music. Thanks for posting!!!

  • MY GOD THEY ARE SANGING THIS SONG! I have listened to this song several times in the same day: THE TEXTURE AND LAYERS OF THIS SONG ARE JUST CRAZY!  Never knew there was a live performance of it. SANG Y'ALL!!!

  • They dont make music like this anymore and singers dont sing like this anymore and they dont dress, perform or look this good anymore. NO HOMO. Those cats were smooth as freshly fallen snow jack.

  • Amazing performer Rip Teddy P this song is crazy

  • R.I.P. Teddy miss you.

  • Teddy was a BAD MAN!!! RIP

  • seriously dropped the mic!

  • Oh man. This is on my top 5 favorites of all time! R.I.P. Teddy

  • Oh man. This is on my top 5 favorites of all time! R.I.P. Teddy

  • if i didnt recognize the voice, i wouldnt know it was pendergrass...teddy with processed, long hair and a mustache? he looks like a pimp

  • Teddy was sanngging that!

  • @mresimmons3

    Sanngging is right..forget singing that doesn't exist in this song..

  • I LOOOOVE this song, I'm pissed that I had no idea Teddy sang this song. Breath-taking.

  • The Hair??? Is that his hair? I do love this song!!!

  • @CocoaBird85

    This performance was on UnSung,and someone from the group was commenting about the hairdo. Yeah it was one of those WTF moments, it was a wig Teddy decided to wear spur of the moment. I think he said Teddy's hair wouldn't grow or something like that.

    But honestly, despite how "interesting" that wig is, he still looked GOOD!!! But as soon as he starts singing, I could care less if he had a Fruit Bowl on his head!! LOL!

  • @LBoogie7903 lol

  • amazing!

  • this video & song is dedicated to lil wayne,plies,gucci mane,t-pain,t.i.,or any other bullshit ass thug who i missed.this is called soul music. the beginning of it all. when all you thugs sample old school music & then talk shit about it. you thugs along with the sellout industry have destroyed real r&b,funk,soul, & old school hip-hop that's 80's hip-hop.so ya'll keep producing that garbage while we jam. as "WHODINI" said one love,one love lucky to have just one love.that's old school music

  • @str8outtatexas1 I agree with you so much, not just on a grand level but a local level as well. I remember as a kid my mother sneaking me into shows to watch bands perform and people really sing.

  • @str8outtatexas1 Well said!!!! We need real music back...

  • @str8outtatexas1 I second that!!!!

  • @str8outtatexas1 lol why you mad tho?

  • @str8outtatexas1 Right On Bro!! This was the good ol days!!

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  • @str8outtatexas1

    DITTO............!

  • Teddy "Darth Vader" Pendergrass, amazing. Great song, voices and sound!!

  • this song made me cry one time! oh memories

  • I'm a 30 yr old man..Say what you want about me.This song every time I hear it rips my heart wide open.Lots of memories....So many memories... Teddy will mos def be missed.Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • for those who didn't know him personally, aboy from north philly who became famous and never forgot who he was or where he came from,you got to love him

  • Oooooooweeeeeee......

  • This is how it's done!!! Better than anything we got today! Real men singing a real love song with emotional, soul, guts and this is is how it's done attitude.

    Don't get no better!

  • That part 2:08 to 2:11 just gets next to me his VOICE....MMMH!!!!!!!!

  • Wow!!!! I couldn't even watch the whole video! I gotta to go get my freak on. This is what this music was made for. Can never and I mean never be duplicated. Teddy p just makes me moist!

  • It's amazing how you be drawn to singers at a young age without knowing their history. When I was little I came across a white cassette tape with this song/ Whitney Houston's You give good love and somebody else and I've been drawn to this man's voice and I never forgot it and to actually see the LIVE recording of what he looked like singing this is WONDERFUL.

  • Can we just have 1 YOUNG MAN step up sounding and delivering a song like this PLEASE? I know somebody out there can do it. BUMP TYRESE HE LACKS THAT SMOOTHNESS IN HIS DELIVERY WITH HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS it just throws me off.

  • @rasjhy1  jaheim

  • I THOUGHT I was in luv w/ Luther/Marvin/Robert but when I came upon this VERY MUCH LIVE RECORDING of this BEAUTIFUL BLACK CHOCOLATE MAN that GOD created in HIS IMAGE singing the way he sings this song at the RIPE AGE 22. This has literally blown my mind AWAY and I'm just newly 35 so this was just 2 yrs b4 my existence. This is PURE LOVE singing NO MAN CAN TOUCH THIS. TEDDY WAS AND STILL IS THE MAN FOR THIS STUFF. I couldn't have been calm thru this at all everytime I see this I EVAPORATE.

  • classic

  • Teddy was so emotionally into the song he caught the holy ghost @ 4:17. Dammit they just dont make like they use to anymore. im just 22 but im old at heart. 22 year old( the age Teddy was when he made this video) just dont sing like this anymore!!

  • That opening falsetto was so nice.

  • Yo, this ish is so dope!! He said "he just wanna die".  Ted was serious.

  • phenomonal

  • Who's the "cat" wit the smooth falcetto voice?

  • Again I say: wow!!! I watched this video every day since I discovered it on YouTube wow!! wow!! Wow!!!!! Lord have mercy what a voice. The greatest voice of all times. I am speechless wow!!!!!!!!

  • where did you get this footage? is the whole concert available for purchase anywhere onlne?

  • Excellent!!!! Brought tears to my eyes and at the time he was only 23yrs old WOW! What a GOD given voice

  • This is REAL SOUL MUSIC. Where you can feel it in every fiber of your soul.

  • HE LOOK LIKE ANDRE 3000 FROM OUTCAST LMAO

  • what the name of the First Song, they were singing????

  • Thats all I can say is DAMN how I miss oldschool soul

  • @stevez11 let me into ur world...

  • TEDDY TEDDY TEDDY

  • You know Teddy was only 22 when they performed this.

  • These songs back in the day's just touch your soul. If you like R&B theres no way that you can't be feeling this!

  • OMG! That voice is soul slaughtered, sensual, and filled with deep passion. The reigning sex symbol of the 70's and 80's....RIP Teddy Pendergrass.

  • DAMMMMMMMMMMMN THESE MOTHERS CAN SING, OMG

  • Such a amazing song ,with such a prominent bass part. Does anyone know who the bassist is? ,such tasteful interplay between bass and vocal.

  • A voice for the ages...power, passion and a proclivity to provocativeness.... Put him on and women don't stand a chance....

  • Kanye west used this for" This can't be life" ft. Jay-Z and Scarface but i love the original peep the perm on Teddy classic!!

  • man what's up with teddy pebdergrass with the hair due man what a difference a few years make

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  • speechless

  • You just can't top this!!!!!! Amazing! They just too damn cool for school right here, that's so powerful sangin.

  • look at teddy

  • Best singer ever!!

  • TP with the fresh perm  ooooooo aaah

  • Man I remember when i first heard this song, I thought that David Ruffin did a great job till I heard teddy sing it. Such power and emotion. He took this song and made it his and to top it off took the blue notes to a higher and different level. I miss teddys singing and his accident and his death just really saddend me.

  • Okay...this so good...I gotta pause it. Oh I.....

  • teddy got a hell of a perm

  • @only1jamesp ...it ain't eazy bein' greazy !!

  • This dude poured his heart out in this one! we all know some body right now sayin DAMN ! I remember her... I was so in love...she broke my heart....and I still miss her.... and I am not going to cry.......

  • DAMN HOT!!!! Teddy was the VOICE~ of this group

  • This is that feel good for your soul music, but my dude Teddy P. (R.I.P. TO 1 OF THE BEST) look that the guy in the yellow jumpsuit in the movie belly with that hair

  • I love this song.....just crazy how it makes u feel inside i know exactly how he was feeling but i hope she came back to him to poor his heart out like that

  • pimp shit pimp shit pimp shit yall hear this nigga sanging this shit.....man we miss u miss u miss u miss u miss u TP rip brotha

  • This is a beautiful song! Sing it Teddy! RIP

  • my god, teddy, who did this hairstyle to you :o)

  • @PawlikSi LMBAO!!! When the video 1st came on & was like Oh lord don' t let that be perm in his head. I'm so mad at the person that did that to his head. WTF?!?!?!?! & more mad that he allowed them to do it. Hilarious but I still love this song & him.

  • Michelle .... it's been almost 3 years now since u had to leave ... When i listen to this song it really cuts so deep & makes me think of u ... thank u so much for 18 wonderful years & the greatest gift - he's 12 now & still growing ... My heart will forever be yours no matter what - I LOVE YOU FOREVER BABY ... R.I.P.

    ( cancer really sucks )

  • Classic Jam! Check out Teddy's Do!

  • "Proceesed" Teddy!

  • R.I.P!

  • I love Teddy Bear's doo!

  • Ssss MERCY MERCY MERCY!

  • Teddy w/a perm? WOW

  • Sang Teddy ! Sang Boy!!!! This cat used to put it down. harold and the boys were good as well!!!!

  • I saw Harold Melvin at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art about 3 years in Hartford CT, when I worked there. They put on a fabulous performance. Sure wish I could have seen Teddy with them.

  • is is a bad jam. teddy you will never be forgotten. rest in the arms of jesus.....vickie

  • I love this song. I remember breaking up with my girl and this is one of the songs I would have playing in the background trying to win her back. It worked too.

  • thats whatsup homie