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Post by Queenie on Jun 20, 2004 4:45:51 GMT -5
Board,
After Paul and Eddie left Tempts, how come O and Melvin hang up the dancing shoes and do something else? Melvin's voice would have garnered him a spot on radio Quite Storm while his so-called friend ran Mickey Dees shop.
Maybe, in the future, the 5 men realized they need one another other. Life lessons have taught them friendship is more important than fame and fortune. A lesson David and Eddie realized while they were touring solo, the friendship was much deeper than the pocket book.
Today, we have 500 tempts walking around singing "My
Girl" "Just My Imagination" and "Don't Look Back" just plain crazy... Board, we need to change our names to Tempts everyone is doing it: Bo, Littleman, Jughead, ECT...
The group is composed of DER, EJK, PW, MF, and dumbo O honorary mention DE everyone else is figure of the group imagination.
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Post by molly on Jun 20, 2004 12:22:59 GMT -5
QNew!No one was bigger tne the group. Remember that was their philosophy? They weren't going to break up because they no longer had Ruffin,Eddie and Paul. The Temptations were still a very poupal group after these talented men's departure. They certainly were not the same,but they were still good. They still put out the hits. Friendship is not as important to entertainers as "Fame" and "Fortune". A lot of hard work went into making that group and keeping it together. This was these mens dreams. You have to give O that much credit. He didn't let anybody destroy his dream. Paul's character in the mini-series said it. Pretty soon there are gonna be more ex-Temptations then Temptations! That's the truth!  |
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Post by BeesNVMe on Jun 20, 2004 14:40:38 GMT -5
After Dennis left The Tempts...the Temptations as I knew them ceased to exist...this is not to say that they were not a good group. But for me, they kinda lost their flavor. They have had some darn good replacements singers, but they will never again measure up to the Classix. I have to give Otis credit for maintaining the group because Otis' groups does have fans that love them too. It's just that the group does not sound like the Classix. Yes, we wanted the group to remain intact, but it was not meant to be. I am forever grateful that they did leave us some hella music to remember them by...and something for Otis to make his living nowadays! ;D
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Post by Davidfan on Jun 20, 2004 17:04:02 GMT -5
QNew!No one was bigger tne the group. Remember that was their philosophy? They weren't going to break up because they no longer had Ruffin,Eddie and Paul. The Temptations were still a very poupal group after these talented men's departure. They certainly were not the same,but they were still good. They still put out the hits. Friendship is not as important to entertainers as "Fame" and "Fortune". A lot of hard work went into making that group and keeping it together. This was these mens dreams. You have to give O that much credit. He didn't let anybody destroy his dream. Paul's character in the mini-series said it. Pretty soon there are gonna be more ex-Temptations then Temptations! That's the truth! Well at least we know david "Doesn't need no money fortune or fame" ... lol ... I think it is more then that .... Otis is just to stuborn to admit the tempts aren't the same ... I do belive that there are WAY more ex tempts then tempts now ... a ratio of 16:5 ;D |
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Post by Joy on Jun 20, 2004 20:53:57 GMT -5
Well at least we know david "Doesn't need no money fortune or fame" ... lol ... I think it is more then that .... Otis is just to stuborn to admit the tempts aren't the same ... I do belive that there are WAY more ex tempts then tempts now ... a ratio of 16:5 ;D I agree with you DavidFan, I believe Otis is just to stubborn to admit it won’t ever be the same. |
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Post by Queenie on Jun 20, 2004 21:08:59 GMT -5
I agree with every thing being said about tempt revolving door and O's has to make a living but, at what cost. Today's O is consider to be the black sheep of the tempts hell Melvin is higher on the toll pole than O. And that is not saying a lot.
Fans who supported the group before David became a tempt has turned their back on the new tempts.. All I am saying there were plenty of ways for Otis to get his 15 minutes of fame than to turn David and Eddie into a MONSTER.
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Post by Joy on Jun 20, 2004 21:13:48 GMT -5
Well the music wasn't the same. Even Eddie said the fans were crying out out about the change of the group in the 70's.
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Post by Queenie on Jun 20, 2004 22:16:03 GMT -5
Well the music wasn't the same. Even Eddie said the fans were crying out out about the change of the group in the 70's. I know that is right EJK the group does not existed it is dead... |
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Post by Joy on Jun 20, 2004 22:20:40 GMT -5
I know Mr. Otis is getting money in royalties. so I don't know why he feels the need to keep standing on stage.
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Post by Queenie on Jun 20, 2004 22:34:28 GMT -5
I know Mr. Otis is getting money in royalties. so I don't know why he feels the need to keep standing on stage. The man needs something to validate his life.. |
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Post by molly on Jun 20, 2004 23:42:34 GMT -5
The man needs something to validate his life.. :DI am noways a fan of O's. But The Temptations did validate his life. He was apart of the C5 ,apart of the Legend. I think he was in the "right" place at the 'right" time. |
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Post by Davidfan on Jun 21, 2004 17:55:32 GMT -5
:DI am noways a fan of O's. But The Temptations did validate his life. He was apart of the C5 ,apart of the Legend. I think he was in the "right" place at the 'right" time. I think he just made friends with the right person (blue) who happened to have a cousin (david) that could sding better then anyone has or will ever sing again! |
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