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| Amazon (Big Bend, TX) | Posted: Jun 22, 2006 - 19:30 Senior class dance my frosh year of high school, and the senior I've had a year-long secret crush on (he's the boyfriend of my best friend's older sister) asks me to slow dance to this song. Some moments are forever... |
| BluEyes (Shasta) | Posted: Jun 22, 2006 - 19:28 Ahhhhhh... The soundtrack to my life is playing once again. |
| spacemoose | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 05:27 Zep wrote: physicsgenius wrote: some crap Bwa-ha-ha! Dude you crack me up sometimes! Yeah, PG is usually good for a laugh. But actually this whole thread has been pretty boneheaded... On the one hand, if someone doesn't like a genre or style, well that's their choice/taste. It's personal, and there is no mathematics for taste. On the other hand it's pretty clear that musical taste is not entirely genetic or physical. Ideas of what is pleasant or harmonious varies across cultures and eras. Carrying an inate predjudice against or for a particular genre can cost you some pleasure in life. Just like prudishness. Sometimes putting a little effort into getting a type or piece of music will pay off wonderful dividends. Me I like people who go to a little effort to enjoy music. |
| spacemoose | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 05:20 Old_Pat wrote: Can't go higher than 10. Pity - this deserves more.
No, it just means you need to recalibrate your scale, and only give 10s to songs you feel are equal to this. |
| daddywoodland (Leeds, UK) | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 05:19 Class |
| olsaltybastard | Posted: May 24, 2006 - 15:05 Very nice. |
| Rob_S (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 11:51 My favorite song from the later Temptations. I can just see his imagination at work in this song, as so many of us have imagined the possibilities and impossibilities that other people offer us. And the final fadeout, "I never met her, but I can't forget her" is one of the best lines of lyrics anywhere. |
| Old_Pat (Belgium) | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 11:50 Can't go higher than 10. Pity - this deserves more. |
| hippiechick | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 11:49 Aah, the Temptin' Temptations! |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (La Quinta, CA) | Posted: Apr 10, 2006 - 21:36 tammaye wrote: i hear ya... what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me. oh, and thanks for the timeless track, Bill!   The same thing that happened to country music...MONEY. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (La Quinta, CA) | Posted: Apr 10, 2006 - 21:29 One of the few Temptations songs I really enjoy. In fact, it's one of my many all time favorite songs. |
| Paul_in_Australia | Posted: Feb 25, 2006 - 20:01 This song has me at the hook...mmm... late night radio....the peaceful hour...what a great sound...so poignant and mellow....like the lost romance it evokes... |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Feb 25, 2006 - 19:58 Papa was a rollin' stone... |
| passsion8 (within blast zone of NYC) | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:34 stuartgibson wrote: Uh-oh. The last couple days made me realize that this amazing station will eventually get pulled down by the lowest commmon denominator..............you know, people who still think this is a song worth hearing more than once a decade.
Oh well, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. So, I guess you're annoyed if you have to stop to let a little old lady cross the street, too? Too much time out of your pre-determined schedule? |
| Amazon (Big Bend, TX) | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:34 Reminds me of being an insecure young freshman at a high-school dance, just before the boy of my dreams came over to ask me to dance (yes, it really happened that way).  |
| aflanigan | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:33 tammaye wrote: i hear ya... what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me. oh, and thanks for the timeless track, Bill! I wonder if the mediocritization of "R&B" happened in a similar way to the way Country & Western was mainstreamed and made into a hollow imitation of what it used to be. That story, of course, has been told fairly definitively in shows like the BBC's "Lost Highway" retrospective on the history of Country music (see "The Nashville sound", Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins), but I don't know of a book, article, etc. that similarly explores how R&B lost what it once had. It can't be strictly an attempt to mainstream the music, to popularize it for imrpoved sales, because my impression is that during the "golden years" of Motown R&B, Motown was all about popularity and boosting record sales. Maybe it's the advent of focus group-driven decisions by recording execs. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell, Wyo.) | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:32 4999thnewuser wrote: Just lurve that intro, smooother than an ice cube sliding into a Martini. Sublime indeed
You put ice cubes in your martinis? 
But yeah. Nice. |
| stuartgibson (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:30 Uh-oh. The last couple days made me realize that this amazing station will eventually get pulled down by the lowest commmon denominator..............you know, people who still think this is a song worth hearing more than once a decade. Oh well, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. |
| passsion8 (within blast zone of NYC) | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 09:30 tammaye wrote: what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me.
Do ya think this music could ever make it in today's world? I mean forget the nostalgic connotations...would it break out or get relegated to soft rock channels? |
| shakitten (8500 feet, overlooking Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 19:22 tammaye wrote: i hear ya... what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me.  And let's not forget MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice... |
| tammaye (washington dc) | Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 07:18 Gregorama wrote: How did Soul music ever die, and get replaced by Rap and Hip Hop?
i hear ya... what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me. oh, and thanks for the timeless track, Bill! |
| Bodhisattva (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 07:16 MysticMilt wrote: See, this is one of the many reasons why I love RP: every now and then we get a kinda-out-of-left-field pick that really forces you reevaluate a song that's so well known it's iconic.
The beautiful thing is that listening to this song outside of its usual "All Oldies!" station or cheesy movie soundtrack really helps those of us who don't know it in any other format to take a second listen, and really appreciate it for what it is: one hell of a perfect classic Motown tune. well put.  |
| meadowwoods (Madison, WI) | Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 07:08 my favorite Temptations song...  |
| MysticMilt | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 04:57 See, this is one of the many reasons why I love RP: every now and then we get a kinda-out-of-left-field pick that really forces you reevaluate a song that's so well known it's iconic. The beautiful thing is that listening to this song outside of its usual "All Oldies!" station or cheesy movie soundtrack really helps those of us who don't know it in any other format to take a second listen, and really appreciate it for what it is: one hell of a perfect classic Motown tune. |
| oppy (Charleston, SC) | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 04:55 More Temptations please!! |
| lostintokyo (it's got to be lanikai (sigh)) | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 04:53 Hey! This one got my attention. Nice follow up from Steve Winwood. |
| JohnDolata | Posted: Nov 15, 2005 - 13:37 This is what I'm talking about. |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: Nov 15, 2005 - 13:37 Daveinbawlmer wrote: Sacrilege, I know but I like the Stones version off of Some Girls better. :-k Blasphemy, I know, but I do too....  |
| jerseygirl | Posted: Nov 15, 2005 - 13:37 OVERPLAYED!!!!!!! give us ball of confusion |
| Zep | Posted: Oct 17, 2005 - 09:33 physicsgenius wrote: If a song can't stand on its own and requires "interpretation" and "contextualization" it is crap, however much you liked it at the time.
Bwa-ha-ha! Dude you crack me up sometimes! |
| katzendogs (On the upside) | Posted: Oct 02, 2005 - 14:57 Xeric wrote: Well, no, I'm afraid that may not be the explanation: I grew up entirely in the good old U. S. of A. . . . and I think, have always thought, and so far looks like always will think that this song sucks. . . .
What? You live in the mountains or somethin?  |
| whitenoyse (PDX Stumptown) | Posted: Oct 02, 2005 - 14:51 Good grief. Even if you claim not to like the song, just listen to the production. Gorgeous. And real instruments no less! |
| Xeric (Happily Roosted) | Posted: Oct 02, 2005 - 14:50 Roverfish wrote: No criticism of you or your opinion, but I wonder if it doesn't have to do with the fact that you grew up outside the U.S. For me, this song is almost fundamental. And so so so outstanding. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Oct 02, 2005 - 14:49 Daveinbawlmer wrote: Sacrilege, I know but I like the Stones version off of Some Girls better. :-k Yeah, it is sacrilege. This version is better than Smokey Robinson's, too, since it carries the slow, dreamy feel of someone, well, letting his imagination run away with him. |
| radiojunkie (Don't get out much) | Posted: Sep 17, 2005 - 20:58 It's a 10. If this is not a 10, nothing is a 10. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Sep 17, 2005 - 20:54 Sacrilege, I know but I like the Stones version off of Some Girls better. :-k |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 23:55 pyxxel wrote: Totally HATE it. Sorry - another ONE.....
No criticism of you or your opinion, but I wonder if it doesn't have to do with the fact that you grew up outside the U.S. For me, this song is almost fundamental. And so so so outstanding. |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Aug 04, 2005 - 06:29 Totally HATE it. Sorry - another ONE..... |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Aug 04, 2005 - 06:28 Zep wrote: Gotta remember this song is closing in on 40 years old, and it reflected a long history of soul, gospel, and doo-wop that began at least 15 years before that. That it's irritating to you by today's standards doesn't mean jack shit - it's frozen in time. That's how they did the genre then.
By the way, cuz of your 2, I raised my rating 2 clicks. So what? Bach's music is just as, if not more, steeped in history and yet people still like it too. If a song can't stand on its own and requires "interpretation" and "contextualization" it is crap, however much you liked it at the time. |
| killahfunkadelic (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Aug 04, 2005 - 06:27 beautiful. smooth. creamy. like a great cup of java in the morning sun. |
| serendipity_blue (Nowhere you'd like to be) | Posted: Jul 20, 2005 - 11:47 JamieR wrote: I'm sorry but just because you don't like the song, doesn't mean it warrants a 1. <-X Actually...it does mean that. What do you think the ratings are for? It's our personal opinions of the songs. |
| Cambot (Never mind where I am now - I'm from Chicago) | Posted: Jul 20, 2005 - 11:45 what a great tune |
| lester | Posted: Jul 05, 2005 - 18:36 Some really good Temptations tracks being played of late. Fantastic. And there's more, too. Of course it would be unfair and unkind to the kids if too much such music were juxtaposed that being released today. Rubbing it in would be impolite. |
| pdjpirate (Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!) | Posted: May 22, 2005 - 16:42 Zep wrote: Gotta remember this song is closing in on 40 years old, and it reflected a long history of soul, gospel, and doo-wop that began at least 15 years before that. That it's irritating to you by today's standards doesn't mean jack shit - it's frozen in time. That's how they did the genre then.
By the way, cuz of your 2, I raised my rating 2 clicks. Ditto on that Zep! :nodhead: They just don't get it! You punks! If I remeber correctly, weren't we too? 8O LOL
I am given the song a TEN!! Because it deserves it! |
| Xeric (In the back seat, hanging on.) | Posted: May 22, 2005 - 16:38 Zep wrote: Gotta remember this song is closing in on 40 years old, and it reflected a long history of soul, gospel, and doo-wop that began at least 15 years before that. That it's irritating to you by today's standards doesn't mean jack shit - it's frozen in time. That's how they did the genre then.
Seems to me the ratings reflect one's personal feelings about a song--never mind the history of the song, its genre, etc.
By the way, cuz of your 2, I raised my rating 2 clicks. Therefore, 1. |
| Zep (The City) | Posted: Apr 23, 2005 - 09:58 Gotta remember this song is closing in on 40 years old, and it reflected a long history of soul, gospel, and doo-wop that began at least 15 years before that. That it's irritating to you by today's standards doesn't mean jack shit - it's frozen in time. That's how they did the genre then. By the way, cuz of your 2, I raised my rating 2 clicks. catmaven wrote: This is slightly less irritating than most of this genre. But I still can't stand the ooh-hoooo-hoooing and the falsetto. I guess I will leave my vote as a magnanimous 2 anyway, though. I wish I never had to hear this genre again. |
| philbertr (Palm City, FL) | Posted: Apr 23, 2005 - 09:56 The comments here are about as good a snapshot as I've ever seen of the way America has changed in the last 40 years. It's not a pretty sight. |
| Alt-Ctrl-Tom (Seattle) | Posted: Apr 08, 2005 - 20:12 Jennnn wrote: THANK YOU TO WHOEVER UPLOADED THIS! (Love it!)
You're welcome 
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| pdhski | Posted: Apr 08, 2005 - 18:47 IMHO this would be much better without the strings and horns - just have some drums, guitar, piano.
oh, and NO HARP. IMNSHO this would be much better not on RP. |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Apr 08, 2005 - 18:47 catmaven wrote: This is slightly less irritating than most of this genre. But I still can't stand the ooh-hoooo-hoooing and the falsetto. I guess I will leave my vote as a magnanimous 2 anyway, though. I wish I never had to hear this genre again.
The Temps made some songs I love more, but this still has a sweetness that characterized a lot of the "sweet soul music" of the 60s. |