On The Legacy: The Temptations Miniseries & David Ruffin
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- The 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations is a staple in many households. It told the story of its namesakes' rise from two doo-wop groups to one of Motown Record's flagship acts.
The miniseries portrayal of David Ruffin, who was in the group for five years, and its impact on his legacy is chronicled in this second installment of On The Legacy.
Thank you for watching!
Please one on Paul Williams, he deserves it.
We working on it
He does, he really does!!
Who’s that??
@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024if you have to ask you probably are too young 😂
They all do ❤❤❤❤
David Ruffin had an exceptionally beautiful and gifted voice.
Yes!!!
Even though the movie wasn't the best or the most accurate, you can't deny that Leon was the best for David! Especially the part where he said "ain't nobody coming to see you Otis". The best part is that he even looked like David and he gave David life. I don't think anybody else could be him but Leon!
The funny part about it is this line was ad libbed. Now one of the most famous lines in the movie.
Agree! Leon was perfect
To quote Joe from Family Guy - that was the worst piece of crap I've ever seen
why are yall infatuated with that line
I K R
"Ain't nobody coming to see you Otis". That's one of my favorite lines from the miniseries.
The Actors in the movie they were AMAZING they did Justice to the characters and all handsome i must say..💖💖💖💖💖💖
Agree
After I saw what the real David Ruffin looked like, I was wishing the movie one was him. 💀😂
David was an amazing singer. Movies and TV getting it wrong is almost always the case. His lead vocal on My Girl is so perfect it still gives me the chills.
Movies play his voice and actors lip-sync
What did the movies get wrong
@@teahmoore3601 Too much to list here. Almost everything really.
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@@StanSwanot everything was wrong but they definitely got stuff wrong for sure
Good to know I’m not the only one obsessed with them in the 21st century!
I cannot listen to old songs I get too sad and start crying… I think about how people were once here and now are dead and gone. Just hearing that little piece of my girl did something to me
Leon Robinson did David Ruffin justice in the same way J-Lo did Selena justice. Also, David's daughter hinted toward her beloved father being targeted by the industry. Which ultimately took his life aside from the drugs. Either way, he will always be remembered as "THE MAN THAT LITERALLY HELPED BUILD MOTOWN FROM THE GROUND" 🖤🖤🖤
Legends are born not manufactured that was the late great David Ruffin RIP Bro
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Jlos performance is no way on Leons level.
@@Myopinionmattersthemost As much as I can't stand J-Lo she did a great portrayal of Selena. Angela Bassett with Tina Turner and Wylie Draper with young MJ to name a few. The intention is NEVER to duplicate but I appreciate the performance and effort to bring these icons closer to those who didn't have the honor of interacting with them while they were still with us.
@@Lady_Kunoichi Jlo looked pretty in the film like Selena and her dancing was great, but she sounded like she was from NYC. In every movie she's in she comes off as PR. She portrays, Irish Italians and Mexicans and always comes off as PR from the Bronx.
Ruff', the original front man in black male vocal groups. His voice and showmanship, in just four short years made The Classic Five the leading R&B group of the Golden Age of Sweet Soul music. Rest in peace my brother. The world may not have understood you, but your music will forever define your presence here on earth, despite the demons you finally succumbed to. 🎤👓🎩👞
Did you check out his funeral service on CZcams? The entire procession is posted. If you don’t want to watch it in its entirety then scroll to about the last 20 minutes. Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a powerful message on the trappings of the celebrity and their personal experiences that we, the fans don’t see or often ignore.
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I actually attended the funeral. Still have the obituary. At the time I served on the state board of examiners in mortuary science with the mortician who handled the arrangements.
@@bustabass9025 How very interesting. Would you be willing to share it with us. Incidentally, Otis Williams, the Motown version of Meghan Markie, is portrayed by someone who looks nothing like Otis. The producers needed to have switched that up. Otis' counterpart in the movie should have been the man who portrayed Melvin Franklin. The man who portrayed Otis should have been played by the one who portayed Otis in the movie. We have actually watched the movie dozens of times.
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Sure, I go way back as a follower of the Classic Five. Before they hit it big with The Way You Do The Things You Do, in 1964, they played a lot of small club venues throughout Michigan and Ohio. By this time Ruff' had replaced Bryant and they were on their way to the top.
Do not limit them. They were the greatest group. And articles said he was the greatest singer of his time. He is that man
David is True TALENT David is an phenomenal singer .
The actor who played Ruffin also played Little Richard..he is amazing in both!
He was great in the five heartbeats too.
I don't care if that scene was a lie, no one came too see Otis line is top-tier base! I just love that scene.
Greatest voice ever. Rest In Peace David.
Each member of the original Temptation was unique and its hard to love just one. They all were simply the best. Temptation's music 4 Life.
david ruffin was a great singer despite his demons.
No kidding , you don't say. Easily one the greatest singers to EVER LIVE.
As much as I get the sympathy for Paul, there is a reason why we are STILL talking about Ruffin. He defined the Temps sound more than any other lead and he was so good that nobody was ever really able to follow him……save for Ali Ollie Woodson who was, at least vocally, as good as Ruffin if not a little better. Paul, in contrast, was a decent vocalist but he wasn’t great on vocals. His legacy lies with being a founding member and his prolific choreography which gave the early Temps their signature stage craft. Sadly, history doesn’t remember those in the background quite as fondly as those in the spotlight. Paul Williams should be remembered but he will never occupy the same place in music history as does Ruffin.
Legend gone but never forgotten will always love David rip David
gentleman ruffin! ❤️
Legends (plural). The TEMPTATIONS...
I love David's voice but he needed the right songs to really bring it out. Like the songs he sung with the Temptations. I love how he sounds in all those songs.
After a few weak cuts, David finally found gold with producer/composer Van McCoy [composer of 'The Hustle']. Together, they made a great album ["Everything's Coming Up Love"]. That album had 3 hits: 'Walk Away from Love', On & Off' & the title track. Van had a great orchestra & great background singers ['Faith, Hope,& Charity']. But bad luck intervened. His fans were waiting for David's next great collaboration with Van, when word came that McCoy had died from heart failure. Everone was shocked because he was so young. Then came info that Van had dealt with a weak heart from childhood. Everything that Ruffin recorded after Van was underwhelming....so sad.
He was pretty successful even without .
Yes lyrics is very important and ,backing tracks also
David did not receive the best lyrics and music for his voice
Such a great ” talent” !
Wrong. He could sing literally anything. The issue was he’s one of the first to sue Berry for those terrible contracts. Berry punished him for it by not marketing him until after his death. Don’t believe the lies. Most of your favorite hip-hop samples are him and Eddie solo work
My Pops (RIP) would have enjoyed watching this. He was the biggest Temptation fan. I remember him crying the day it was pronounced Ruffin had died.
- Signed 01/08/2023
Loved the Temptations Movie!!!❤️
All Actors were fantastic!!🎶🎵🎤
David Ruffin was a phenomenal lead soulful singer!! He had “the voice “!!
To bad he didn’t know he had it all!!
Temptations were my favorite group of Motown!!🎶🎵🎤❤️
The Temptations will ALWAYS, as in literally, be my absolute favorite group no matter how many years have passed.
Yes! The ABSOLUTE favorite group, as THE best!
Yes, the Temptations were my ABSOLUTE favorite group.
The Temptations actually agreed to let David back in the group, weeks after Dennis had already joined, but he missed the majority of the very next show (only showing up for “My Girl”) and they fired him for good.
I briefly touched on this in the video!Thank you for providing more details!
Ruff reminded me a lot of Sly Stone. An incredible talent who allowed drugs to screw up his concert appearances and destroy what was once a brilliant musical career.
@@lwmson the only time I ever heard David struggle with shows (based on what’s available out there) is the 1982 reunion. It was around the time he started freebasing and he sounded fatigued and run down.
Oh wow
@@stephenlee3495apparently Hall and Oates bailed early on during their collaboration with Ruffin and Kendricks in 1985 due to presumably Ruffin's drug abuse
David Ruffin is one of those dudes who had a conversational singing voice. A voice that is out of this world. David Ruffin despite having a substantial amount of problems had one of the best voices I have ever heard.
From the movie he never missed a step or a beat regardless of the drugs he could pop up and have them steps down to perfection ❤
To Sam Price.
According to the movie you are right. We do not know precisely what transpired.
On the other hand, a great group requires great responsibility.
All must show up at rehearsals as well as show up on time and not miss performances.
So many people often think they're so great that they are indispensable.
NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE EVER!
The Temps reunion tour, missing THREE (3) of the shows is very very terrible as each group member must be present IN ORDER FOR ALL TO GET PAID!
Absolutely
Night club scene with Ruffin and Kendrick’s is my favorite scene in the film . So true and so real !
I haven't seen the movie
@@lindahines9380 wait what? wow lolll its well over 20 yrs old now 😂🤦🏽♀️
@@lindahines9380 It’s free on CZcams, in two parts. It’s an awesome film. 🎥
🎶You're my everything🎶
@@lindahines9380Essentially by the mid/late 80’s, Eddie was in the same boat as Otis and Melvin with his notoriety/wealth fading so he was back to doing small-time gigs at night clubs. David showed up to one of the performances and the two sang a duet and serenaded a lady.
David is my favorite Temptation and my favorite male singer of all time. I feel that Berry Gordy did not stand behind David as he should've done. David will forever be the voice of the Temptations.....sleep in heavenly peace David.
THANK U, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT!! SPEAK DA TRUTH !!
Or Flo Ballard, or Mary Wilson. May they RIP.
Actually I meant to say Mary Wells of "my guy" fame.
That's because of Diana Ross, Berry even made sure his days with Motown was without any of the top Wrighter.
King David for sure. He was simply, and still is, The Greatest. What a Voice! Loved him in the Temptations and loved him even more solo. RiP David. You are singing for the angels now, those above and those below!
I love Ruffin! Leon was perfection portraying him. Wow. I read the book written by his son's mother.Geena . David has a very handsome look a like son. David Jr.
Ego and arrogance ended his run with the group. As far as him building Motown I certainly can't agree with that, but he was a contributor. For me the most important person at Motown and responsible for the early success is Smokey Robinson. What's amazing is after all the members past and present the Temptations are still recording and performing and its 2023.
This is the best David Ruffin story ever! Oh how I love that voice!
I just finished watching the mini series and I still love it!!!
I'm grateful that David, post-Tempts, continued singing and stayed on the charts..
Baddest man to touch a microphone...
David was and is an amazing artist a beautiful voice 💕❤️🥰🙏
Thank you very much 😢. I still love David. I was a young teenager when Motown introduced all that wonderful talent to the world. It was magical. The music 🎶 helped heal the integration problems , we were having at our school. Music 🎶 brought us together, and that was in the deep south. " Temptations forever " ❤
DAVID ELI RUFFIN is my Favorite Singer of All Time!!!
Sing In Peace King David 👑
his real name was Davis Eli ruffin
@@lindahines9380 well, David/Davis Eli Ruffin is my Favorite Singer then
OuRnB, Very well done. You gave Mr. Ruffin the respect he truly deserves.
You can really here DR’s influence in R&B artists like Johnny Taylor, Tyrone Davis and Willie Hutch. There will never be another. 🎼🖤🎼
Thank you for producing this exemplary video on my favorite singer of all time. David certainly was troubled and was by no means a saint, but the miniseries portrayed him as an egomaniac. David was far from that, I believe he had a good heart but that abuse was all he ever really knew hence why many of his relationships ended. I believe his 1991 recording HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE is poignant and is very much David apologizing for his past misdeeds and handling of his relationships with not just the women in his life but also the Tempts themselves.
I for one love his solo work and it is in constant rotation on my Sony Walkman whenever I am out on long drives. I love songs like "My Whole World Ended, "Common Man," Me & Rock & Roll," and the still sadly relevant "Blood Donors Needed." I also love that many of his songs are about loneliness, heartbreak and feelings of emptiness, these are emotions I feel constantly as I suffer from depression and David just gets it. I love all of his solo albums and it is tragic that possibly his best material was kept under lock and key by Motown until after his death. "Let Somebody Love Me," is my personal favorite David solo track, it explains perfectly the feelings of being a single man and how frustrating it is to see love all around you and not have any yourself.
Thanks again for this brilliant video, hopefully now the young bucks out there will see David Ruffin not as the "Ain't nobody comin' to see you Otis" guy, but as a multitalented and faceted man whose music has not only helped but inspired millions of people, black and white, across the world. For the record, I am white and I feel this music is not bound to any race, we all feel the themes and rhythms that this music provides us at some point in our lives.
Long live David Ruffin
(January 18, 1941 - June 1, 1991)
Paul, David, Eddie and Melvin we're my favorites of the Temptations original group! And, Richard, Dennis Edwards & Ollie Ali Woodson, when they came along! The best authentic, vocal style and sound came from all of these guys! I'm not feeling these knock off Temps! They just don't have that "it!" There's no more Temptation's! However; there songs will always live on!🎶
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎹❤️❤️👍
RIP Mr. David Ruffin!🌹🙏😔
David voice was my favorite, rip 🙏
I was a great fan of David Ruffin. I hated the Temptations after he left. I didn’t know what had happened. But I lost interest in the group when the main star disappeared. Until the movie came out. I finally understood what messed up my favorite group.So sorry he didn’t get the loyal support and understanding he earned and deserved.
Great video on the talented David Ruffin.😎👍
David Ruffin and The Temptations are my favorite Motown act
Ruffin was only voice that could not be replaced, no similar voices that unique ! Listen to CZcams showing all the various temps singing My Girl , all are brutal except Ruffin !
All I Need was 🔥🔥. David had “the voice” that took the Temps to legendary status. Temps forever 💜💜🙏🏽🙏🏽
I loved and still do love listening to his powerful beautiful voice. I think it is so sad that he would mess up what he had with the Temptations. That still saddens me, that he did that.
his voice was so sultry and sexy … even his speaking voice 🔥
His voice was phenomenal. All he needed was the right songs and his Solo career would've have been something legendary. I could definitely see him killing that song ( backstabbers) 💯😎👌
his voice was sexy 😍 and he was too!
David Ruffin Jr just signed a 5 LP deal with a boutique label at Sony. The first single “Time of My Life” is dope!
The Temptations was an excellent show and yeah maybe they didn't get all the facts right but poetic licence made it all the more entertaining. Ruffin was an incredible singer and should be remembered for that alone.
Thank You for restoring Truth and Facts of One of the most talented man who was not perfect, but was Pure at heart 💜
Wow. This vid is awesome. The narrative, the rhythm, and presentation are flawless.
As a Tempts fan since their early rise, I appreciate the respect that you've shown throughout this vid, even with its startling revelations. The narration is smooth and well-modulated
the results of your research are sharp and crisp; the editing is seamless.
David Ruffin was definitely the main attraction, but it seems that he hadn't developed the psychic connection with Berry as had VP/ co-founder/ top-writer Smokey, the bond that lover, friend, and Motown hood ornament Diana Ross maintained, nor even that which Martha Reeves apparently developed; all of whom went on to garner their names being above their respective groups.
David was much more of a rebel, and while that contributed to his star persona, as with the unfortunate Flo Ballard, such non-compliance rankled the Motown star-makers.
Again, excellent job.
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I thank you so much for this commentary..i thought i knew everything about David Ruffin.. and felt what a tragic sad end to one of the world's greatest voices. I'm so grateful to learn there was more to this man who had internal pain, but when he opened his mouth to sing, everything and everyone stopped to bask in the perfection of his vocal abilities... I pray he was saved and God showed him mercy and took him to heaven. Where he praises THE MOST HIGH GOD.. Thank you.
This was really good! It would be cool if you did a mini documentary on all five original members of the Temptations.
Thank you for this inspiration! I have it noted in my long list of video ideas! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, Nicole!
@@ournb5811 this is very well done OK!
I know one thing he went thru a lot but he never lost 💯 his voice he left us with
a lot of great music yes!
I enjoyed the video. Can you please also include the mystery Temptation Eldridge Bryant? Thanks 😊.
A BRILLANT IDEA .>🎤
Definitely would love to see one for Paul Williams
Beautiful voice! RIP
There must have been a lot of bad blood between Otis and David since Otis was one of the producers of the miniseries. For someone like me, not knowing the history, I would have just assumed that David's death happened as it was depicted. That was completely disrespectful to David and his family!
There was no reason to Falsify the way David died,
@lizd.8655 ...Otis hadn't any control of over that miniseries, PERIOD!!!
Common Man,Walk away from love,Staue of a fool ,classic solo hits
I love David Ruffin’s voice. I was in college when the news broke about his death. It was told in the news that David was dropped off at the hospital so it’s not like the movie just made that story line up. Ijs.
Beautifully done!! He was an extremely talented individual which the world never really got to know or experience!
Yep
I thought Otis waited til everyone who mattered had passed on to make his Version of The Temptations movie . He knew as long as David and Eddie was alive he would have a fight on his hands . The movie was entertaining at best but not the true how sad because the true was a very interesting story .
Dam...thate messed up tho, Otis was scared 😂
I heard that the family members tried to sue/stall the movie. The only person he didn't tarnish in the movie was Melvin Franklin because that was Otis's best friend.
This was well put together! I'm glad the real story of the legendary David Ruffin will never be forgotten, Regardless of the fake af movie! Thanks, I really enjoyed this! ❤
David Ruffin was the MAN. RIP bro
This is one of the best documentaries in the best 🎉🎉🎉
thank you so much for the love !
Gotta do one on Paul Williams
Thank you for finally sharing the truth. There will never be another like him. A very talented man, I still listen to his songs everyday.
Rest In Peace David Rest In Peace God Bless
No one, no one, can ever replace or try to replace the original Temptations. Believe this.❤
David's first lead was "You'll Lose a Precious Love." It was recorded months before "My Girl" which would be his single debut.
Ain't nobody come too see u Otis, good stuff 🙏
This is HIGH quality with actual emotion in the voice and good, decent audio and visuals. All these “telling” the stories of the Temptations’ (insert member here) are all repeats of the same basic info. This actually focuses his legacy and analyzes how the miniseries portrayed him.
He’s my favorite lead for the Temptations.
David Ruffin had an incredible voice.
David should have signed with a record label that allowed him to write his own songs, in my opinion. Motown never did that. The only artist on the label allowed to write his own material was Smokey Robinson, and that was company politics-he co-owned the label.
My Girl launched Temptations into hit records though & was perfect for DR.
He was right in saying, “ without David Ruffin , you’re just a group searching for a David Ruffin “ !
They was still great though, without either one of them members they’ll be searching
Not true. The Temptations didn't skip a beat with Dennis Edwards
@SuperBeachbum74 ...Ruff didn't say that, either! SMH!!!
you did a wonderful job i actually learned a lot from you 😊 can you make a part 2? i’m really interested in learning about his childhood and his relationships
I think these kind of movies have the tremendous task of condensing decades of group history into a small window of time so they change things around to give you the essence of key moments but thanks for showing what actually happened, it's good to know the history.
I'm always a fan of David for life. But even I would have voted him out the group.
This video is pretty good but don’t bash the movie. It was absolutely amazing and it’s the greatest musical biography movie.
Happy Birthday sugar ❤🎉❤❤Your such an icon an inspiration to me..I just love you girl you have no idea. Big up urself on this Birthday Beautiful continue to stand out and shine..you hv come a long way and am super proud of you love..Remember Sharisdope got nuff love and respect for you baby girl..Happy Birthday queen
Love you lots boo❤❤❤❤
Yo his voice was Crazy and it seems like Otis really hated ruffin frfr
Sir you’ve been rolling out some stellar material! I’ve been thoroughly enjoying these past few videos. Keep ‘em coming! You gotta do one on Eddie and Dennis next
I knew the movie was full of lies & embellishments. Thank you for your honest depiction of David Ruffin. To crown it all, the movie was produced when the others weren't around to debunk the lies.
Love his voice and music 🎶
Title really say I’m David Ruffin and these are The Temptations 😂😂
Yes, there were quite a few things in this movie that weren't factual, and not just about David. Just like Ruff being thrown out of a car at a hospital, Mel dying in his mama's kitchen was fiction as well. But movie makers have the license to do this when they make bio pics, so long as they use the disclaimer "based on a true story." Certain things are fictionalized to enhance dramatic effect.
I am aware of the fact that things were fictionalized to enhance dramatic effect…that doesn’t negate the fact that people take things at face value. For the longest time I believed Melvin died in his mothers kitchen. It’s easy to watch or read something and unintentionally take it in as fact. Thank you for your comment.
@@ournb5811 I guess what I'm trying to say is that no one should take any movie at face value, because it is after all Hollywood and the primary objective is to entertain and enlightenment is secondary. Thanks for responding.
I felt the same about all the untruths in the miniseries also when I first saw it. But I am now(April of this year😊) actually not as critical of the miniseries. Although there is a lot of fiction it gave the actors a chance to show their incredible acting talent on many if the scenes.
EVERY Movie have add ons and take aways to make the movie worth watching, but we got the gest of it.
Damn you make the movie seem like it’s supposed to be 100% accurate! Have you ever seen a miniseries or biopic that got everything right!
No!
You are right! They take creative liberty..which I understand.
New Edition did
@@cmoney24ish I think what helped with the New Edition series is that all me members are still alive and was allowed to be apart of the behind the scenes. So everybody could put an input into their story.
For sure one of my favorite singers of all time… such great talent u fortunately comes from great tragedy. I wish it would rain is my favorite temp Ruffin song. Next would be I heard it through the grape vine with Marvin gay…Jesus I really don’t think any music will ever top what Motown did collectively.
He was a member in the life of temps that's what mini series capture.
Statue of aFool was truly awesome..
Done heard this story a million times..i just watch to see a new version
very well done. Love David
His daughter Nedra just did an awesome interview. It's really not what we thought happened. He was definitely set up
She passed away, from Covid last year
@@delightful75 I know in May of 2021 she passed away! rip! nedra!
She passed in 2020 from Covid
Glad to see a little redemption for him
I like “me an rock and roll are here to stay” the album also had a good cover of “smiling faces (sometimes)”
I enjoy is very well and put together documentary about David ruffin I enjoyed it when listening to the documentary you can tell that the person did his homework and it was extremely put well together and very in-depth it was in my opinion not just extremely well but wonderfully put together
OMG this was SOOOOOOOO awesome!!!!
This was beautifully done!
A movie/mini series has to condense events so of course artistic license has to be applied...the general ideas were there and I loved the mini series 😀
1000% this! Loved this miniseries and I'm also glad I came across this vid to give full context. Great stuff!
Truly "The Temptations" movie was not the best because it did not show that each of these " Classic 5" were married. These family men havei a wife, they were legally wedded to and with the family experience, it singled out the unforgettable Mr David Ruffin as a villain, his adult children know this better than " the David Ruffin fans" and the many generations after us all who view this particular movie should not be deprived of seeing Mr David Ruffin as an intelligent man, who is smoother-than-smooth, rather than a charismatic firecracker who turned out to be presented as a negative role model. These family had their issues like anybody else, and their own personal style. But, on the other hand Leon is a very actor, but, he wasn't given the best script to follow which could have properly showed even more of Leon's talent.
Not sure why "Statue of a Fool" never made the charts.
Don.t walk away from love one of my favorite songs