Posted on 12/21/2024 1:07:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
Fabulous song. Thanks for posting.
Brings back great memories.
It’s a great song, yes.
I find I often listen to the music of the early sixties. The groups back then were really melodic and the songs were great. Everything now seems to lean heavily on electronics to bolster a weak voice. I don’t know why more people don’t point this out.
That era very much appreciated a good singing voice and this song had that in David Ruffin.
Great song. One of the first songs I learned to play on my guitar.
I agree. Videos ruined music too. Sometimes I wonder if the songs were created to fit the video, or vice versa.
I’ll take the 60s any day. Lot of turmoil and upheaval back then, but the music was the greatest!
I had to pull up that song and reminisce.
I was in GITMO when that one came out. I remember hearing it on our only radio station WGBY.
I recently discovered Smokey Robinson is still alive. I thought all the soul stars of that era got caught up in problems with drinking, drugs and women, but evidently Robinson stayed out of trouble....relatively speaking.
Love your music threads. Our life memories are set by music like this.
Motown is the best! This song is wonderful.
We ended a cruise yesterday, and one of the trivia games was 100% Motown. We did surprisingly well.
Frankly, I like the Stones’ version best.
So fortunate to have lived during America’s best years.
And the Stones version of another Temptations song “Just My Imagination”, love that song.
Romance songs sucker men into rose colored legal traps.
Some songs however tell the truth.
Jerry Reed “She got the gold mine, I got the shaft”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqe8n-pbqQ
Guns and Roses “I used to love her, ...”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDIvIb06abI
.. they split it down the middle
But she got the better half.
Stuck with me for decades
I’ve probably heard that song about 500 times as a low estimate...the guitar licks, the strings, the harmonies, and Ruffins raw voice make the song timeless.....almost 60 years later...still sounds great.
Well, it all sounds kinda funny
But it hurts too much to laugh
She got the gold mine
And they give me the shaft
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