I was a 12 year boy when I first heard this. It was all over the radio and while I had no clue as to what she was sing about, the melody put a smile on my face. I found this about 1 hour ago and am listening to it for the first time in 42 years. I'm 53 now,my marriage sucks. I am living the lyrics and have been crying for the last hour.
@ladylibra2 uh, no libra... either one of two things - he was gay OR he was impotent that night... for those that disagree my proof is in the lyrics "and love me, like you TRIED before"
@MrGLites after looking it up you could be right....but i remember seeing freda payne doing this song on a show and thats what she said the song was about....maybe she was covering..back then things wasnt so open as now...
Just a few seconds and I'm flashed back to ten years old at the city pool with this playing over the loudspeakers they always had Top 40 playing on. Hot, sunny Central California with all my little friends and no cares. Damn, I'm getting choked up.
@TDSouledOut1 Right On! I bought this in 1970, along with Chairmen of the Board etc. The beginnings of my magical excursion into the wider world of Soul music, beyond my tiny Tamla Motown and Reggae collection... :-D
I love this song and I'm old enough to remember when it came out. Would somebody please tell my daughter that this song is about an impotent man who can't perform on his wedding night?
We loved this SOUL classic in the UK way back in 1970. Freda was at Number One after the immortal Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 'Tears of a Clown'. Dear God did we have taste back then. Holland-Dozier-Holland penned this fabulous track under assumed names. Check out Freda's 'Bring the Boys Back', 'Cherish' and 'Deeper and Deeper'. Simply awesome SOUL.
I remember seeing Freda Payne sing this song on T.V. In 1970 I was a 14 year old teen living in L.A., I thought to myself, "Damn she's gorgeous!' Her and Lola Falana.
i was in 6th-7th grade when i 1st heard this song ! Man i had and still have good taste in music ! not this senseless gobleligook justin beaver crap !
Stunning song, stunning vocal, there just ain't no classy artist like her today, sadly it's mainly sleazy artist who sell themselves out with hidden agendas & make bad role models for young people, what a great era of music back then, just enjoy & remember the good memories of music from the heart that meant something.
I used to work @walgreens and we had a decent selection of music playing at this store. This was one of the songs, I had never heard it before. It became one of my favs. Didn't know the artist but just googled some of the lyrics and found it here! So happy:)
Wow! I finally found this song after first hearing it about 7 years ago, and I could never make out the title or who sang it. But today I was in my local vitamin shoppe and an employee looked it up on his phone. Of all the songs over the years that I did not know who sang them, well I found them out but this one is one of the last remaining and now I can hear it, awesome, I just got that rush!!..Beautiful song.
i cant figure out why i love this song so much..... its not like i can relate to the lyrics but it just means so much about a particular time in my life... i can remember riding in the back of mums car as a kid when this song was on the radio
I'm 24...and this the music I grew up on...yeah I listened to Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and other 90's music.....but the oldies always have a place in my heart!
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
Please, NOBODY cares how old you are and does being younger and listening to this song make you better???? its not a complex song and does not require higher intelligence or musical ability to interpret!!!!! ARRRGGHHHHH, and open your ears and you will find brilliant music nowadays!
@billpwn Haha! I was just thinking this as well. Look at almost any old song on this site and there's a comment like "I love this song and I am 12". Whoopy bloody doo!
@nenejoy9 you'll realize youngen that the music that was made back in the 50's 60's and 70's all held so much meaning and was written/ played from the heart. all expressions they wanted to show other people. now all music is is a business, making money and getting flashy things, people that call themselves musicians when they pay people to write their songs. nothing is the same
Oh, my God! This song kicks so much ass! That constant drum in the background...ahhh. I was drunk one time, and when this came on the radio I banged my head like it was AC/DC or something.
This is great stuff...but l think all era's have fantastic music and it's about finding the music that suits you. If you're not finding some brilliant contemporary music then you're just not looking...so many brilliant artists about there isn't the time to hear it all. I don't think the world has ever made much sense but good music helps to make it better.
This is great stuff...but l think all era's have fantastic music and it's about find the music that suits you. If not finding some brilliant contemporary music then you're just not looking...so many brilliant artists about there just isn't the time to hear it all. I don't think the world have ever made much sense but good music helps to make it better.
I love this song, I was in my teens 13, when this song came out. I loved it then & I still love it now; actually I love all music, especially old school.
god just come across this wow the last dance i had with my girlfriend before on the monday i went to plymouth, to join up should have said much more. a lot more than i did god speed june hope you have had the best life ever, still hold a touch for you maybe we will meet upstairs xx
This song was number one the Saturday I went to my first disco and picked up my first girlfriends. All five of them. We communicated by snail mail. Come a long way ain't we?
Just got home from Nam when I first heard Freda Payne and the Motown beat on KHJ (boss radio ) out in LA and then I was sent to Kelly AFB in San Antonio and heard her again on KONO 86 with Bruce Hathaway and on 55 KTSA with Charlie Brown..Both were big into Motown back then..........
i always wondered with this song, like whats wrong with this dude ??? is he gay??, not that theres anything wrong with that, but he shouldnt have married her !!! anyway great song always turn this shit up on the radio
Just because gay has become the new subject around the west for the past 8 years or so doesn't mean this song is about homosexuality.
If you listen to the song again she quotes 'you took me from my mother that I never knew'. It could well be that this man adopted her from a baby and raised her as his daughter and unfortunately fell in love with her adopted. OR he raised her as his own and never adopted her. Thats why he couldn't sleep with her and they stayed in separate rooms!
@lovethecaribbean1 OMG That's the sickest explanation i've heard yet. But you have the word wrong. Kinda. He took her from her mother. (period!!!) She had never known the love of any other. (period. i.e. She was a virgin) The lines run together for the sake of rhyme and poetry and music. But he didn't take her from a mother that she had never known. Sorry
I don't need for the likes of you to tell me about rhyme poetry and music. The song says you took me from a mother I had never known. Yet you say he never took her from a mother she had never known! I guess your new at this
It isn't about being gay, it is about Vietnam. Like many couples, they got married right before he deployed (they slept in separate rooms because he was on base). In the middle of the song, she is yearning for him to return. By the end of the song, she has found out that he was killed. It is called SUBTLETY and METAPHOR.
I love this song, I sing this song, I believe in this song....but I still believe that it's all about BEING GAY....."that night on our honeymoon, we stayed in separate rooms"....what else could it be....i don't believe she was afraid of sex.......i believe he was GAY......
@gtranger1 One of the cowriters of this song, Ronald Dunbar, has dismissed the claim that this song is about a gay man. He stated there was a part of the song they cut out that explained why he was in another room. You can believe this song is about a gay man, but it is not.
I'm 3 years old and i love this song. I usually crank up this tune when i'm playing with matches. What's with everyone saying how old they are? This song doesn't care how old you are!!
@jacd2k9 What the fuck is your problem? Did I say I wanted any praise? No, I'm saying because people say kids nowadays only like new music. Nobody was saying any hate around here until you showed up. Asshole.
@jacd2k9 Do you know me that you're saying I'm prententious? I could say you're incredibly rude (which right, is giving me the impression that you are) but I can't because I have no idea who the hell you are. I wasn't expecting anything from the comment, and you were the only person who had an issue with what I said. It's a comment box, I have the right of speech so I'll say what I want.
@WeirdsAGoodThing : don't respond to sicko's caught in the grip of Bestiality. Just ignore him and pray for his dog to pass quickly so the horror will stop.
now & then <3
reeyynnaa 7 hours ago
Great song .. awesome lyrics, great singing, incredible ..
MrPiperdoon 1 day ago
I am glad for the technology and You Tube. Take me back to songs I would probably never hear again.
Thank You...
love4lifer 6 days ago
I may be 17 but this song is ace! =D
DrewLouisStevenSmith 1 week ago
this song is beautiful!! my mom loves this song.
meme4dance44 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Freda Payne
1970 Song
vitateck 2 weeks ago in playlist bass
This is one song that has and always will withstand the test of time, loved this since I was a teen.
GuyinCa 2 weeks ago
LOVE this<3
xocandigirl1xo 2 weeks ago
Nice Oldie-MOldie - Like Me
MIKEandDEBERA 1 month ago
my fave<3 absolutely love it aaaah brings back memories of '67! :) thanks for uploading xxxx
TiaReturnz 1 month ago
Im 12 years old and mah pawpaw (hes like almost 50) listens to this and got me hooked on it!! I love this song!
DJL1090 1 month ago
I was a 12 year boy when I first heard this. It was all over the radio and while I had no clue as to what she was sing about, the melody put a smile on my face. I found this about 1 hour ago and am listening to it for the first time in 42 years. I'm 53 now,my marriage sucks. I am living the lyrics and have been crying for the last hour.
mbaseman1958 1 month ago
Why are all the best songs the ones that never are the radio anymore?
Stoff4Eva 1 month ago
another classic
liddy141 1 month ago
this song is about being drafted in the army..they got married but he had to leave for the army...left her with a band of gold
ladylibra2 1 month ago 2
@ladylibra2 uh, no libra... either one of two things - he was gay OR he was impotent that night... for those that disagree my proof is in the lyrics "and love me, like you TRIED before"
MrGLites 1 month ago
@MrGLites after looking it up you could be right....but i remember seeing freda payne doing this song on a show and thats what she said the song was about....maybe she was covering..back then things wasnt so open as now...
ladylibra2 1 month ago
I have heard this song since I was a kid. I didn't knew what it meant by band of
Gold since im grown now I understand the song better. I love this song even though is from the 70's
px002 1 month ago
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theradioflier 1 month ago
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theradioflier 1 month ago
wow my new favorite song. I remember my father playing this in the 80s driving down I95 while he sipped a heineken.
hdriss17 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
awesome song, they don't make music like this anymore
Plumberman412 2 months ago 2
Just a few seconds and I'm flashed back to ten years old at the city pool with this playing over the loudspeakers they always had Top 40 playing on. Hot, sunny Central California with all my little friends and no cares. Damn, I'm getting choked up.
Jeffredo729 2 months ago
Was the groom gay? sounds like it.
flenif2247 2 months ago
@TDSouledOut1 Right On! I bought this in 1970, along with Chairmen of the Board etc. The beginnings of my magical excursion into the wider world of Soul music, beyond my tiny Tamla Motown and Reggae collection... :-D
drwhatson 2 months ago
I wish this would play at a club somewhere, because I would DEFINITELY get up and dance to this.
jupiterinleo 2 months ago
im a 16 year ild skateborder and this is a tune
cairododds111 2 months ago
i wonder if Frodo Baggins thought about this song when he held ''the one'' ring?? food for thought!? haha
GozersApprentice 2 months ago
@GozersApprentice ZING!
newstarcadefan 2 months ago
don'tcha know
honeysouldreamstar 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Freda Payne
Forget that scrub baby, let me show you what a real man is like. Semper Fidelis is what I'd be to you.
MysticGon 3 months ago
Love this tune
Hot song
Hot lady
Remember this song well on AF Radio listening through Gatun Locks, baby sahn sailing on to SE Asia so long ago
Still young and fast -- never stop -- run til the end
Love music forever!!!
torque302 3 months ago
He was obviously gay and just married her for the money.
conniff44 3 months ago
I love this song and I'm old enough to remember when it came out. Would somebody please tell my daughter that this song is about an impotent man who can't perform on his wedding night?
pachirisusweety1 3 months ago
Separate is spelled wrong
aamilf82 3 months ago
We loved this SOUL classic in the UK way back in 1970. Freda was at Number One after the immortal Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 'Tears of a Clown'. Dear God did we have taste back then. Holland-Dozier-Holland penned this fabulous track under assumed names. Check out Freda's 'Bring the Boys Back', 'Cherish' and 'Deeper and Deeper'. Simply awesome SOUL.
TDSouledOut1 3 months ago
Been brought up with this type of music and I still love it at the age of 14. This is proper music.
lauraluvmj 4 months ago 2
Love this depressing song! It's the best! "We slept in separate rooms" hits me hard!
PrinceMontrey 4 months ago
wow. what a song!
cricketbat08 4 months ago 2
One of the greatest soul/pop songs of all time and Freda is so beautiful STILL!
1559godhead 4 months ago 4
fantastic song!!
always was a favoritea
another great cha cha
cynthia6637 4 months ago
Fabulous Song !
stevewaugh2 4 months ago 4
awesome.....always been in my top 5....ever!!
bazthehandyman 5 months ago
who cares how old you are, music is for everyone regardless of your age so just enjoy it.
deceon27 5 months ago 35
7 months old and lovin this song
BosnaPauer 5 months ago 3
im 14 and loving this song
musicfan4life14 5 months ago in playlist oldies
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I remember seeing Freda Payne sing this song on T.V. In 1970 I was a 14 year old teen living in L.A., I thought to myself, "Damn she's gorgeous!' Her and Lola Falana.
56kanaka 5 months ago 2
13 years old and I am loving this song..
iAmAGleeKFOREVER2 5 months ago
You spelled separate wrong...
MoveOnSoulClub 5 months ago
freda! you are the queen! i wish you was singing to me!
choppa1ify 5 months ago
awesome song!!
choppa1ify 5 months ago
My mum brought me up on this kind of music, i was bring my kids up on this kind of music aswell!
TeMpAXHD 5 months ago 2
May I recommend the book 'An Essential Guide To Music In The 1970s' by Johnny Zero. The author is a big fan of this track.
garyw930 5 months ago
i was in 6th-7th grade when i 1st heard this song ! Man i had and still have good taste in music ! not this senseless gobleligook justin beaver crap !
lchngn 5 months ago
Love this song, new all the words by the time I was 11...lol, missing my mother right now...
gwenpookie 5 months ago
Stunning song, stunning vocal, there just ain't no classy artist like her today, sadly it's mainly sleazy artist who sell themselves out with hidden agendas & make bad role models for young people, what a great era of music back then, just enjoy & remember the good memories of music from the heart that meant something.
realtimes1980 5 months ago 3
I used to work @walgreens and we had a decent selection of music playing at this store. This was one of the songs, I had never heard it before. It became one of my favs. Didn't know the artist but just googled some of the lyrics and found it here! So happy:)
sassymisslva 5 months ago
このｶﾞｯﾂあるヴｫｰｶﾙ､ﾌﾚﾀﾞ･ﾍﾟｲﾝ､ｷﾗｰ曲"BAND OF GOLD"～やっぱりﾎｯﾄﾜｯｸｽ&ｲﾝヴｨｸﾀｽの象徴歌だったネ!～偉大なり!
blackandtanful 6 months ago
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AlbertaSun 6 months ago
Damn i have always loved this song
Prizm2356 6 months ago
Wow! I finally found this song after first hearing it about 7 years ago, and I could never make out the title or who sang it. But today I was in my local vitamin shoppe and an employee looked it up on his phone. Of all the songs over the years that I did not know who sang them, well I found them out but this one is one of the last remaining and now I can hear it, awesome, I just got that rush!!..Beautiful song.
beatlebeltran67 6 months ago 44
definately a case of the oldies are the best with this tune
RobDeManc 6 months ago 2
Favorite skating song.LMBO
MegaDragonslayer911 6 months ago
I like this song and who gives a fuck how old I am 14 or 88. Noone gives a fuck.
lennywhitecarlblack 6 months ago
i cant figure out why i love this song so much..... its not like i can relate to the lyrics but it just means so much about a particular time in my life... i can remember riding in the back of mums car as a kid when this song was on the radio
Dudeareeny 6 months ago 2
I'm 24...and this the music I grew up on...yeah I listened to Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and other 90's music.....but the oldies always have a place in my heart!
TonyaMills87 6 months ago
I was born mid 90s a.good 20 yrs after this song and I love it
BabyAnimeFreak 6 months ago
@BabyAnimeFreak same here man.
victorspell1 6 months ago
This is a GREAT music memory of mine from 1973. The last year I saw My Extended family. Luv You All. Great Memory with this song
maryjaneadkisson 6 months ago
Cliff Richard - Soulicious - Songs Preview - 2011
Saving A Life - Cliff Richard & Freda Payne
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jailrock888 6 months ago
One of my favourite songs, and I'm 19. Now and Then represent!
miajanerose 7 months ago 2
Didnt this song come out in 1970?It was a hot dance hit in eighth grade.Yikes!
57ca57 7 months ago
GREAT SONG HERE,
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DANCING IN THE TEEN CLUBS WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT IN THE 60'S
cynthia6637 7 months ago
awesome song, just awesome.
Batmans00p 7 months ago
awesome song, just awesome.
Batmans00p 7 months ago
This was dropped from Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list? They have their head up their ass.
Vivalacate 7 months ago
i love this song and i'm only a sperm
10shutt 7 months ago
me m8's wedding song .... TUNE!!!!!
Chopper861 7 months ago
This reminds me of "Now and Then" :D
ThexLastxCall 7 months ago 2
ジャズ歌手としての実力もピカイチだが､ﾌﾚﾀﾞ･ﾍﾟｲﾝはこの頃､そしてこのｸﾞﾚｲﾄ･ｿｳﾙ･ｸﾗｼｯｸ"ﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞ･ｵﾌﾞ･ｺﾞｰﾙﾄﾞ"故八木誠さん絶賛だった
blackandtanful 7 months ago
I'm 14 and I think this is one of my top 10 songs that I love ...I love the ClAssics!
xmusicQueen96x 7 months ago
@xmusicQueen96x Who cares how old you? You're just trolling for attention. Shut up and listen to the music!
FitzDaily 7 months ago
Great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Salvatore218 7 months ago
NOW & THEN
DAGGERdarko 8 months ago 3
@DAGGERdarko I know right!
TonyaMills87 8 months ago
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MrsUchihaSasuke123 8 months ago
im 11 and i love it to
The227MARY 8 months ago
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Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
robertoamor2011 8 months ago
I LOVE THIS !!!!! + I'M 28 ,YEARS YOUNG.
kinstube 8 months ago
I LOVE THIS !!!!!
kinstube 8 months ago
My father played the crap out of this song when I was a kid and he and my mother where getting a divorce. I remember the song well....
Phil727ck 8 months ago
THE FUNK BROTHERS whuaaaaaau!!
glaeken14 8 months ago
we was just jamming in the 70's. I was 2yrs old jammin to this with the fam.
djpugster70 8 months ago
real music by real artists...not plastic rubbish
mrtoptenatten 8 months ago
This song is weirder than most people probably realize :)
alshouse 8 months ago
@myacidsmiles lol. i know right. youtube drama is so annoying. lol.
JohnDaniB 8 months ago
Please, NOBODY cares how old you are and does being younger and listening to this song make you better???? its not a complex song and does not require higher intelligence or musical ability to interpret!!!!! ARRRGGHHHHH, and open your ears and you will find brilliant music nowadays!
billpwn 9 months ago
@billpwn Haha! I was just thinking this as well. Look at almost any old song on this site and there's a comment like "I love this song and I am 12". Whoopy bloody doo!
DaveWBedford 8 months ago
I Love This Song And I'm 16! So Beautiful! It's So Much Better Than Music Nowadays (:
nenejoy9 9 months ago 32
@nenejoy9 you'll realize youngen that the music that was made back in the 50's 60's and 70's all held so much meaning and was written/ played from the heart. all expressions they wanted to show other people. now all music is is a business, making money and getting flashy things, people that call themselves musicians when they pay people to write their songs. nothing is the same
mrcharlie6595 7 months ago
@nenejoy9 I am 22 and born in 89 and I love the music from the 50-80s
prckay 7 months ago
@nenejoy9 Totally agree with you and I'm only a year older :D
LittleMissApril2010 6 months ago
YEP!!
1969!! The END of the 60's!!
close enough....love this song!
Thanks
cynthia6637 9 months ago
Cool.
bama3417 9 months ago
He was gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RImusclebear 9 months ago
How lucky was this to be in Jr High, High School, dancing to this song!!!
In the early 60's!!!
Loving life!
cynthia6637 9 months ago
YEP!!
This was OUR MUSIC if you were into the early 60's
I was lucky enough to dance to this song in the teen clubs , in High school
O_YELL!!!
LUCKY is what I call this, to be Jr High then on to high school in the early 60's with all these songs out there, LUCKY, LUCKY!!
Cynthia
cynthia6637 9 months ago
@cynthia6637 I thought that this about 1969 or 1970. Great song.
gotch09 9 months ago
YES!
Just a Band of gold!!
cynthia6637 9 months ago
Oh, my God! This song kicks so much ass! That constant drum in the background...ahhh. I was drunk one time, and when this came on the radio I banged my head like it was AC/DC or something.
Flagg1991 9 months ago
This is great stuff...but l think all era's have fantastic music and it's about finding the music that suits you. If you're not finding some brilliant contemporary music then you're just not looking...so many brilliant artists about there isn't the time to hear it all. I don't think the world has ever made much sense but good music helps to make it better.
randomsandwich7000 9 months ago
This is great stuff...but l think all era's have fantastic music and it's about find the music that suits you. If not finding some brilliant contemporary music then you're just not looking...so many brilliant artists about there just isn't the time to hear it all. I don't think the world have ever made much sense but good music helps to make it better.
randomsandwich7000 9 months ago
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im 104 and this is the s h i t
celticsoulman 10 months ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Memories sweet memories
marcuscato 10 months ago
I love this song and I'm 40
zambot3 10 months ago 3
NOW AND THEN!
BrokenAngel2011 10 months ago 2
destroying the replay button and dancing to this song all night long!
Luv dis song! :) some songs you can never get tired off no matter how old they are & some songs these days u can't even get through the first chorus!
sarathapova 10 months ago
Beautiful voice! Love her!
yvessaintlaurent88 10 months ago
I love this song and I'm 47.
bama3417 10 months ago
now this is music
Assalant 10 months ago
love it
236carmel 11 months ago
OMG gotta love this song whether it applies or not...
DAVIDDOVE50 11 months ago
Great song, and Freda Payne was fiiiiine!
suicidalfailuretx 11 months ago
I love this song, I was in my teens 13, when this song came out. I loved it then & I still love it now; actually I love all music, especially old school.
MultiDavis2 11 months ago 2
Im 15 and i have listened to this music since i was little i LOVEEITTT <3<3
Londonlover1995 11 months ago 2
love this song and my age does not matter
thetenmenkiller 11 months ago 3
i do love this song, but its so sad!
laaspen 11 months ago
old tunesssssssssssssssssssssssss
MrBuckley123 11 months ago
i love this song and im in my 20s everyone says i have an old soul because ilisten to music before my time
Luciouski82 11 months ago
god just come across this wow the last dance i had with my girlfriend before on the monday i went to plymouth, to join up should have said much more. a lot more than i did god speed june hope you have had the best life ever, still hold a touch for you maybe we will meet upstairs xx
cypruskev 11 months ago
Detroit soul ROCKS!
simon4186 11 months ago
HOT WAX & INVICTUS の★､ﾌﾚﾀﾞ･ペインはやっぱり”BAND OF GOLD” #jazzm
blackandtanful 11 months ago
This song was number one the Saturday I went to my first disco and picked up my first girlfriends. All five of them. We communicated by snail mail. Come a long way ain't we?
RedFrankCook 11 months ago
This song was number one the Saturday I went to my first disco and picked up my first girlfriends.
RedFrankCook 11 months ago
Just got home from Nam when I first heard Freda Payne and the Motown beat on KHJ (boss radio ) out in LA and then I was sent to Kelly AFB in San Antonio and heard her again on KONO 86 with Bruce Hathaway and on 55 KTSA with Charlie Brown..Both were big into Motown back then..........
WX5G 11 months ago
i always wondered with this song, like whats wrong with this dude ??? is he gay??, not that theres anything wrong with that, but he shouldnt have married her !!! anyway great song always turn this shit up on the radio
FozzytheRyan 11 months ago
@FozzytheRyan sorry didnt read down further, guess im not the only one, thanks for the vietnam interepritation
FozzytheRyan 11 months ago
I love the guitar riffs in this song!
pbatommy 11 months ago
@pbatommy yep, you're right....think it had a bit of a run around then. Think Joe South used it too. The song was a break song for me at the time.
MrByrdbath 11 months ago
Just because gay has become the new subject around the west for the past 8 years or so doesn't mean this song is about homosexuality.
If you listen to the song again she quotes 'you took me from my mother that I never knew'. It could well be that this man adopted her from a baby and raised her as his daughter and unfortunately fell in love with her adopted. OR he raised her as his own and never adopted her. Thats why he couldn't sleep with her and they stayed in separate rooms!
lovethecaribbean1 11 months ago
@lovethecaribbean1 OMG That's the sickest explanation i've heard yet. But you have the word wrong. Kinda. He took her from her mother. (period!!!) She had never known the love of any other. (period. i.e. She was a virgin) The lines run together for the sake of rhyme and poetry and music. But he didn't take her from a mother that she had never known. Sorry
fushiamermaid 1 month ago
@fushiamermaid
I don't need for the likes of you to tell me about rhyme poetry and music. The song says you took me from a mother I had never known. Yet you say he never took her from a mother she had never known! I guess your new at this
lovethecaribbean1 1 month ago
It isn't about being gay, it is about Vietnam. Like many couples, they got married right before he deployed (they slept in separate rooms because he was on base). In the middle of the song, she is yearning for him to return. By the end of the song, she has found out that he was killed. It is called SUBTLETY and METAPHOR.
visirith 11 months ago
@visirith
Rubbish
lovethecaribbean1 11 months ago
@visirith thanks, thats a good take on this one !!
FozzytheRyan 11 months ago
@visirith Thank you. Since childhood, i was confused about why he left w/o consumating the marriage. Thank you.
fushiamermaid 1 month ago
i love this song and I haven't even been born yet.
GamertownUSA 11 months ago 2
Remember this when it came out in 1970
jnrmack 11 months ago
I remember this from the second grade.
bama3417 11 months ago
I love this song, I sing this song, I believe in this song....but I still believe that it's all about BEING GAY....."that night on our honeymoon, we stayed in separate rooms"....what else could it be....i don't believe she was afraid of sex.......i believe he was GAY......
gtranger1 1 year ago
@gtranger1 One of the cowriters of this song, Ronald Dunbar, has dismissed the claim that this song is about a gay man. He stated there was a part of the song they cut out that explained why he was in another room. You can believe this song is about a gay man, but it is not.
MotownConnoisseur30 10 months ago
im in my mother's womb, and i love this song, I hope my mom's kidney's like freda payne
AeonFlexMusic 1 year ago
I'm 3 years old and i love this song. I usually crank up this tune when i'm playing with matches. What's with everyone saying how old they are? This song doesn't care how old you are!!
overgasped 1 year ago 2
great song with a deep meaning unlike da crap they play today u can learn something to this day in her lyrics she killed this song luv it!!!
johncordova100 1 year ago
Classic
Jaycool10 1 year ago
im 200234 years old and i love this. im kidding,however i do play in a heavy metal band.
bluefukingreene 1 year ago
i loooooove it , im only 16 years old XD
Depsrain 1 year ago
*found
jessie22496 1 year ago
I've been looking for this song for as long as I can remember. I'm soooooooo happy that I finally find it. :)
jessie22496 1 year ago
Im from The generation NOW But I really hate the music we have i heard THIS and Fell in LOVE with it AMAZING SONG!
nenejoy9 1 year ago
I love this song and I'm 12.
WeirdsAGoodThing 1 year ago 46
@WeirdsAGoodThing lol werd girl!
who1cares 11 months ago
@WeirdsAGoodThing im 14 and i do! forget justin beiber he sucks cabbage.
1996MrsBlueberry 10 months ago
@WeirdsAGoodThing what do you want a medal? fuck off
jacd2k9 8 months ago
@jacd2k9 What the fuck is your problem? Did I say I wanted any praise? No, I'm saying because people say kids nowadays only like new music. Nobody was saying any hate around here until you showed up. Asshole.
WeirdsAGoodThing 8 months ago
@WeirdsAGoodThing I hate kids like you so pretentious
jacd2k9 8 months ago
@jacd2k9 Do you know me that you're saying I'm prententious? I could say you're incredibly rude (which right, is giving me the impression that you are) but I can't because I have no idea who the hell you are. I wasn't expecting anything from the comment, and you were the only person who had an issue with what I said. It's a comment box, I have the right of speech so I'll say what I want.
Piss off.
WeirdsAGoodThing 8 months ago
@WeirdsAGoodThing : don't respond to sicko's caught in the grip of Bestiality. Just ignore him and pray for his dog to pass quickly so the horror will stop.
medic357 8 months ago
@WeirdsAGoodThing me too im 11 and i like it
The227MARY 8 months ago
@The227MARY Vitual high five!
WeirdsAGoodThing 8 months ago
oooooooooooooh so wish we could this kinda music today.
maybe just need to move with the times. with the love, thanks x
MultiMjfan1 1 year ago
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