Temptations - Old man river

Temptations
Arsenio_Hall_Show
14/2/1992
Otis Williams
Melvin Franklin
Richard Street
Ron Tyson
Ali Ollie Woodson

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• soul
• motown
• arsenio
• hall
• old
• man
• river
• williams
• franklin
• street
• tyson
• woodson

[lgp1987]

what year was this?

[whatiship73]

I think early 90s

[laidyeh]

this is truly beautiful. Ali-Ollie Woodson did a wonderful job singing bottom. I thought it was Melvin at first. This rendition I think is better than the one they recorded live in 1965. Melvin is booming his bass all around heaven, and Eddie is chirping like a bird. David is shouting. God tellin them alright now yall making to much noise up here. lol My boy Blue. There never be another Melvin.

[Captivation59]

The greatest male singing group of all time especially with Ollie.

[christopherbrooks100]

The greatest male group ever with great soulful harmonies.

[SLiebherr]

@lgp1987 Feb 14, 1992...

[temptsfan2]

And, it just hit me that this is what distinguishes the Tempts from their peers. To my knowledge, the OJays, Spinners, Stylistics, etc. didn't tacke standards as part of their routine. Tempts pride themselves on their versatility and taking on a good challenge; it appears their goal was to do their own music and anybody else's better than the originals.

[temptsfan2]

I am generally not given to hyperbole or false claims, but it is hard not to consider this the greatest assembly of vocal talent ever. There is always the possiblity that there are some totally unknown guys out there who can do this, but I'd have to see it to believe it. That said, I'd love to see the Woodson/Peoples/McGilberry unit doing this, but there don't seem to be many videos of them in existence.

[Minacious]

Melvin was the best bass ever.

[The022450]

@ae5914 Thank you. And I'm sure you're quite talented. Much luck to you in the biz!

[GeraldB526]

@lgp1987 Yep, 'cuz if datz Boyz II Men huggin' dem, it has 2 be sumtime around 1991.

[Baldrick1955]

I was the tour bus driver in 1992 for the uk leg of their tour, and all 5 of them were pure gents. I drove many famous artists around the uk and europe but none come close to these guys. They were the only ones i ever missed in all the years i did that job. Ali kept in touch via e mail and never mentioned he was ill, As for Melvyn i dont know how he injured his knee but i remember on the tour he needed a couple of pain killing jabs and they never missed a show because of it. Pure Class.

[ae5914]

@The022450 I do sing, play, write and produce quite well. Now after viewing the video for the first time, I agree with you. Ali is singing bottom in that background. I stand to be corrected.

[The022450]

@ae5914 You obviously can't sing "shit up a dark alley". Watch the man's vocal muscles and lip movements and get back to me. Better yet, if you have the connections you proport, ask them about this LIVE performance. Would they know anything about it or only what they perceived happened because of what they saw in the studio?