Common
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Post by Common on Oct 22, 2011 19:58:26 GMT -5
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Post by citystars on Oct 22, 2011 20:06:45 GMT -5
Hi Common,
Thanks for the link. What a wonderful story. I too wish they would release a coffee table book of pictures instead of the same old songs.
Citystars
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Post by BeesNVMe on Oct 23, 2011 12:50:54 GMT -5
Dang Smoke...after all these years I thought My Girl was the answer to My Guy! Afterall every song damn near had answer.
I don't see the need for this album either. After Emperors of Soul there is nothing new except Lost and Found...yeah we do need some more pictures...
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Post by rufferino on Oct 23, 2011 18:43:41 GMT -5
Bees thanks so much for posting this. It's great to hear the story told in Smokey's own voice....I get a better feeling for how he was sensitive to David. I also like the way he mentioned David's "sweetness and sincerity."
We need to get Smokey to get everybody he knows to sign the Unsung petition!!!
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Common
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Post by Common on Oct 24, 2011 9:11:36 GMT -5
Dang Smoke...after all these years I thought My Girl was the answer to My Guy! Afterall every song damn near had answer. I don't see the need for this album either. After Emperors of Soul there is nothing new except Lost and Found...yeah we do need some more pictures... Bees, Smokey has always talked about how the song 'My Girl' came about. You have given me some footage from the Four Tops/The Temptations tribute (I think it was a retrospective actually) and Smokey is on it, stating the same thing. I still have it on VHS tape. Smokey said he always called the group 'The 5 Deacons' because he loved the Temptations' vocal harmonies. |
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Post by dc on Oct 24, 2011 18:42:39 GMT -5
I guess the cd collection is a little different because it has every single A&B side the Tempts ever did until 1971. I might get it just to have it lol. But I think we need some live performances or concert footage. |
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Post by novah on Oct 24, 2011 19:57:04 GMT -5
I absolutely love the cover! The guys are so, so handsome and clean cut. I don't have the best memory, but I thought I heard an interview with David where he says My Girl wasn't initially a romantic song at all, but about his daughter.
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Post by Common on Oct 25, 2011 19:47:58 GMT -5
I absolutely love the cover! The guys are so, so handsome and clean cut. I don't have the best memory, but I thought I heard an interview with David where he says My Girl wasn't initially a romantic song at all, but about his daughter. I love the cover, too, Novah. But your memory is correct. David DID say that the song was about his baby daughter. Not trying to get into David's head, but I would assume that in his mind that he was singing to his newborn daughter. Perhaps that was the sole motivation for David's moving vocals on the song. I would have love to have been a fly on the wall when they first got the song, singing it acapella in that Apollo dressing room. |
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) Singles collection: 1961-1971. I'm like, they need to release a coffee book with pictures of the group instead of trying to sell the same old songs under different titles. Didn't the Emperors of Soul box set took care of all the songs the group ever made? If I pick up the CD, it's only because of pictures like this:
) Singles collection: 1961-1971. I'm like, they need to release a coffee book with pictures of the group instead of trying to sell the same old songs under different titles. Didn't the Emperors of Soul box set took care of all the songs the group ever made? If I pick up the CD, it's only because of pictures like this:
