the temptations- i know i'm losing you

A cold day in Hell... The horrifying ring of truth- what it feels like to know you're losing someone you love...

Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams are brothers of misery singing out the storm warning of failed love just around the bend. A chorus keeping their emotions in check until they come to that hook line: "Losing You-oooo" where the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end...

David Ruffin. The poor man is in so much anguish and yet his vocals never go completely off the rails. The amazing thing about David and company is how much emotion they pack into those lyrics while keeping the singing just one step away from total abandon. Economy in vocalizing, not "over-singing"; sometimes it's those tightly controlled vocals that tear your guts out- you get the feeling the man is about to combust at any moment and you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Temptations
• I Know I'm Losing You
• motown
• David Ruffin
• tamla motown
• tamla
• northern soul
• soul

[dcbandnerd]

Best breakup song ever.

[tomovox]

@dcbandnerd Hey, I agree dc!

[jaybob324]

@dcbandnerd A damn good song non the less but I have to disagree with you two on this subject the best breakup song has to go to the Ohio Players with I Want To Be Free

[tomovox]

@jaybob324 lol! hey, that one is good too- as they say, there's a song for everybody!

[LATINTORPEDO]

damnnn nice vid,,,very well done

[tomovox]

@LATINTORPEDO Well, thank you- that is appreciated VERY much! A nice thing to read at the end of my Monday!

[henryboy99]

Great Job on the video!

[yorkemaster1]

no school like the old school

[2916316]

Unsung.....

[Nebulistic]

check out my 'Fool myself' dubstep remix featuring the accapella from 'losing You'

on my channel,

Peace

[PigfootAbernathy]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID RUFFIN {1941-1991}

[tomovox]

@mangledinal This is one of my favorites as well. I don't believe I will ever see a time when I'll grow tired of listening to this!

[mangledinal]

@tomovox  I am honored, tomovox, and I accept your offer of "official proofreading dept." Have done that for years.

Thank you for being so gracious and for uploading this wonderful song. It is one of my favorites.

[tomovox]

@mangledinal Thanks, English major! Crimson red are my cheeks that I did not catch that. For the most part, I try to get my spelling correct, but this was a case of just plain carelessness. Should you come across other mistakes as this one, I appoint you as my official proofreading department.

Reminds me of the billboard I once saw for an office building with spaces for lease: "Will Divide... Immediate Occupancy... Sweets For Lease" What a Suite deal!

[mangledinal]

I gotta say it--loosing you is like goosing you. Loose is the opposite of tight. The word you want is losing just as those beautiful Temps used it. LOSING you, not loosing you. Thanks.

English major

[tomovox]

@love2kandie most definitely! thanks for the comment!

[love2kandie]

this is a bad ass song

[tomovox]

@RyukuMugen that says it all!

[tomovox]

@2124Exodus lol! well they're supposed to be snapping their fingers- I hadn't noticed that before- that's the hazard of taking still pictures of action shots!

[2124Exodus]

AT 0:04 there giving the middle finger

[tomovox]

@pinkus44  I'm with you on that!

[tomovox]

@candyontuesday You are so right!

[pinkus44]

one of my favorite songs of all time

[tomovox]

@mimusic05 I wish I did too- I was born when all of this great excitement was in full swing, so I missed out on a lot of fun!

[mimusic05]

@tomovox Dude I wish I lived back then man. That was music!!!

[tomovox]

@mimusic05 Hey, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for that compliment!! The Temptations- you gotta give 'em as good a video as you can possibly make!