THESE WERE THE 5 I DONOT CARE HOW MANY TEMPTS THEY HAD.THESE WERE THE FIVE.BEING 13 I WAS INLOVE WITH EDWARD LIKE EVERY OTHER WOMAN OR GIRL IN AMERICA.GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU EDWARD.I STILL LOVE YOU EDWARD.
Memories.. I had a similar experience to you with this record, I found the original Gordy 7" of Get Ready in a long gone second hand shop about twenty years ago. I've still got that even though the thing was completely wrecked when I bought it (10pence). Anyway, I had Get ready a few times probably on various comps, but i'd never heard Fading away. When I played it I felt the same way you did,it blew me away and I played the thing over and over, a very special tune. Toppost - cheers!
@crissbiscit How wonderful to read your comment! Yep, you and I had very similar introductions and reactions to this record/song! Even after all these years, "Fading Away" gives me such a special feeling, just like I had all those years ago. Thanks for sharing the memories here!
william(smokey) Robinson could have been a great poet,Instead, he turned his poems into a form of music that will be around for centuries, like other poems.
@billybamm59 What a fantastic observation and comment. I feel the same way. Smokey (and his fellow Miracles co-writers) really used language as an art form. I never stop being surprised by some of his lyrics and word play. Thanks for a great comment!
I just found out recently for around 10 years now that he wrote all those songs for the Marvelettes, don't mess with bill, my baby must be a magician etc. Most of the ones with Wanda Rogers sultry voice singing lead... Gladys Horton just passed this January.. R.I.P. Gladys Horton
I even jumped on the band wagon at the time when this girl had broken my heart and I wrote her the words from this song (The love I saw in you was just a Mirage) in a letter (Heard never hearing the song) Well she cried her heart out and begged me to come back to her.....I did but then I dumped her....she didnt past the test...aka Bronx tales lol
In fact this was another keen Talent of Smokey's with the Temptations...he could and would hear and visualize who would sing what part of a song he wrote which was why his marriage in lyrics with the Temptations were so on the money and became hits. In fact it was a couple of my older brothers friends that coined the phrase " I am not worthy (Not Wayne World) when they came out of the record store and heard "The Love I saw in your was just a Mirage" Meaning the words were knife wrenching.
@mianbear The Love I saw in you was just a mirage was probably his best I believe, That wasn't my favorite until one day I listened to the lyrics. Those lyrics are powerful. To me Smokey is the greatest spiritual being alive, when they used to play his greatest hits on oldies night in Philly, I really thought I was in Heaven..
Stevie I thought I was the biggest Smokey Robinson fan alive...still feel that I am but I had to laugh when you blurted out SMOKEY WROTE THIS ONE LOL....I have told so many people the songs that Smokey has written for his fellow artist then some. I have learned his style and can pick out a song and know that he wrote it (I am older than you since you said you were 5 when you heard Fading away...I was just coming out of Elementary school)......
@mianbear not just Smokey. It was written by 3 of the MIRACLES, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Bobby Rogers. In fact , many of Smokey's so-called solo writing efforts were co- written by his fellow Miracles as well.
I'm sayin that he wrote it well, Like smoke from a cigarette,. our dreams that you'll soon forget, our love from the day we met, Is FADING AWAY ! summed up perfectly at the end...
@stevieplez2 AAHHHHHHH! Ok, I got it! lol. I kept reading what I typed and thought I had blundered and put the wrong songwriter information- Whew! Well, you are the one that summed up this song perfectly, my friend! That line about smoke from a cigarette alone hit my 6-year old mind like a bolt of lightning- it just was such a strong visual. Only Smokey could come up with lyrics like these and I'm glad you pointed that out! :-)
@stevieplez2 not just Smokey. It was written by 3 of the MIRACLES, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Bobby Rogers. In fact , many of Smokey's so-called solo writing efforts were co- written by his fellow Miracles as well.
Beautiful song.....thanks for posting.
1956safari 1 month ago
@1956safari You're welcome! And thanks for the comment!
tomovox 1 month ago
THESE WERE THE 5 I DONOT CARE HOW MANY TEMPTS THEY HAD.THESE WERE THE FIVE.BEING 13 I WAS INLOVE WITH EDWARD LIKE EVERY OTHER WOMAN OR GIRL IN AMERICA.GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU EDWARD.I STILL LOVE YOU EDWARD.
pissedoff7771 2 months ago
@pissedoff7771 Great comment!
tomovox 2 months ago
much underated,
wiganjoe 3 months ago
@wiganjoe hopefully not for long- as long as people have you tube to discover this classic!
tomovox 3 months ago
memories of a simpler time, "like smoke from a cigarette," fleeting but memorable
gozanelli 3 months ago
Memories.. I had a similar experience to you with this record, I found the original Gordy 7" of Get Ready in a long gone second hand shop about twenty years ago. I've still got that even though the thing was completely wrecked when I bought it (10pence). Anyway, I had Get ready a few times probably on various comps, but i'd never heard Fading away. When I played it I felt the same way you did,it blew me away and I played the thing over and over, a very special tune. Toppost - cheers!
crissbiscit 3 months ago
@crissbiscit How wonderful to read your comment! Yep, you and I had very similar introductions and reactions to this record/song! Even after all these years, "Fading Away" gives me such a special feeling, just like I had all those years ago. Thanks for sharing the memories here!
tomovox 3 months ago
Good memories are linked to this song, I first heard it at a friends house, her brother was a big soul fan, (so were we), I have always loved it.
dencleo 5 months ago
@dencleo Oh yeah, once you hear it, you never can get enough of this song!
tomovox 5 months ago
william(smokey) Robinson could have been a great poet,Instead, he turned his poems into a form of music that will be around for centuries, like other poems.
billybamm59 5 months ago
@billybamm59 What a fantastic observation and comment. I feel the same way. Smokey (and his fellow Miracles co-writers) really used language as an art form. I never stop being surprised by some of his lyrics and word play. Thanks for a great comment!
tomovox 5 months ago
The greatest singing group ever was this collection of Temptations, Smokey Bill the Poet Laurette of the U.S
mrstanbmw 10 months ago
@mrstanbmw I'm not gonna argue with that! :-)
tomovox 10 months ago
Listening to Smokey is the closest to heaven you can get her on earth
stevieplez2 11 months ago
@stevieplez2 Well put!
tomovox 11 months ago
I just found out recently for around 10 years now that he wrote all those songs for the Marvelettes, don't mess with bill, my baby must be a magician etc. Most of the ones with Wanda Rogers sultry voice singing lead... Gladys Horton just passed this January.. R.I.P. Gladys Horton
stevieplez2 11 months ago
I think a lot of people can claim to be the biggest smokey robinson fan, but I believe I'm really one of them at the top... LMAO really though
stevieplez2 11 months ago
I even jumped on the band wagon at the time when this girl had broken my heart and I wrote her the words from this song (The love I saw in you was just a Mirage) in a letter (Heard never hearing the song) Well she cried her heart out and begged me to come back to her.....I did but then I dumped her....she didnt past the test...aka Bronx tales lol
mianbear 1 year ago
In fact this was another keen Talent of Smokey's with the Temptations...he could and would hear and visualize who would sing what part of a song he wrote which was why his marriage in lyrics with the Temptations were so on the money and became hits. In fact it was a couple of my older brothers friends that coined the phrase " I am not worthy (Not Wayne World) when they came out of the record store and heard "The Love I saw in your was just a Mirage" Meaning the words were knife wrenching.
mianbear 1 year ago
@mianbear The Love I saw in you was just a mirage was probably his best I believe, That wasn't my favorite until one day I listened to the lyrics. Those lyrics are powerful. To me Smokey is the greatest spiritual being alive, when they used to play his greatest hits on oldies night in Philly, I really thought I was in Heaven..
stevieplez2 11 months ago
Stevie I thought I was the biggest Smokey Robinson fan alive...still feel that I am but I had to laugh when you blurted out SMOKEY WROTE THIS ONE LOL....I have told so many people the songs that Smokey has written for his fellow artist then some. I have learned his style and can pick out a song and know that he wrote it (I am older than you since you said you were 5 when you heard Fading away...I was just coming out of Elementary school)......
mianbear 1 year ago
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@mianbear not just Smokey. It was written by 3 of the MIRACLES, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Bobby Rogers. In fact , many of Smokey's so-called solo writing efforts were co- written by his fellow Miracles as well.
williamg2552 7 months ago
I'm sayin that he wrote it well, Like smoke from a cigarette,. our dreams that you'll soon forget, our love from the day we met, Is FADING AWAY ! summed up perfectly at the end...
stevieplez2 1 year ago
@stevieplez2 AAHHHHHHH! Ok, I got it! lol. I kept reading what I typed and thought I had blundered and put the wrong songwriter information- Whew! Well, you are the one that summed up this song perfectly, my friend! That line about smoke from a cigarette alone hit my 6-year old mind like a bolt of lightning- it just was such a strong visual. Only Smokey could come up with lyrics like these and I'm glad you pointed that out! :-)
tomovox 1 year ago
SMOKEY WROTE THIS ONE HERE ! DAMMIT !
stevieplez2 1 year ago
@stevieplez2 Who said he didn't?
tomovox 1 year ago
@stevieplez2 not just Smokey. It was written by 3 of the MIRACLES, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Bobby Rogers. In fact , many of Smokey's so-called solo writing efforts were co- written by his fellow Miracles as well.
williamg2552 1 year ago
@williamg2552 Yeah but they said he really could of wrote them himself but he wanted them to be able to get some of the royalties.
stevieplez2 11 months ago
I love this vedio - looking at sweet eddie.
totaly52 1 year ago
@totaly52 I'm very glad you enjoyed it!
tomovox 1 year ago
Thanks..Great Video..
jous1rufn 1 year ago
@jous1rufn Thanks, jous1rufn!!
tomovox 1 year ago