The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2010
- Artist : The Temptations
Title : Papa was a rolling stone
Album : All Directions
Year : 1972
Label : Warwick, Miracle, Gordy, Motown, Atlantic, New Door/Universal
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My grandfather is/was one of the violins in the intro. He’s on several Motown tracks and played 46 years in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He died in May, and when we miss him we listen to music. ❤️ 😭
Hey Drwdbo
Beautiful story and sorry for your loss with your grand father.
R.I.P. to your very talented grandfather 🙏😘❤
God bless him 🙏 ❤️
My grandpa had to play on Russian guitar 🎸, he had no choice on his faith!
God bless him
Singer: Can I sing now?
Producer: Hold on, let them cook
I like to imagine that he needed a smoke break and told the band to stall for him.
Right 😂
Yes.
I did too!
@@irjake he was like y’all hold down the fort for a minute. I need to make a phone call 😂
Couldn't resist looking this up after watching the Jonathan Bynoe skit 😂
Same here 😂
+1
I just watched his video. I remember listening to this song when I was a kid and jumped when he started singing(I was so in the groove).
lol same
We know why we’re here 😅😂
My father was murdered 8 years ago yesterday in Detroit. This was his favorite song... yesterday was the third of September and that was the day that my daddy died. I miss you pop..rest easy
Smiles, hi Olivia 👋
@Olivia-bm1by Olivia be my baby did they ever catch the killer 🤔
So sorry for your loss!! My dad passed away 3 weeks ago, and he loved music and this song! RIP to both!!!❤❤❤❤🩹💔
Why? John 3:16
So sad......................Peace to you and your family....................
Anyone still here April 2024?
Damn right I am 👍🏾
A day after you, hope you be here tomorrow
Oregon's here❤
🤗
I remember when this first came out, still one of the best bits of music every recorded
I'm an old lady and loved this song back in the day, appreciate it even more now. I agree that this arrangement is brilliant, epic, awesome, superb, sublime. If aliens ever intercept it in outer space it may be the only thing that keeps them from blasting us out of the universe. They'll be like, "If they're capable of this, we can't kill them."
So much of that brilliant percussion just sound like hands clapping...
You are one sharp lady with keen, good taste :) Amen, Sister!!
yes you got the juice now
Pamcredible You lost me at aliens.
ANTHONY CLARK Dying laughing man...Wow!!
Compared to the music today, you have to appreciate not only the vocals, but these ARTISTS, makes me want to sit down at the piano.
That baseline. The horns. The strings. Back when every section had to be recorded separately. This is amazing.
And whoever mixed it to its final product was a genius!
@@tamarabrown1220 I believe that would be the legendary “Norman Whitfield”. May his soul Rest In Peace.❤
@@tamarabrown1220 and the bass line would be the legendary “James Jamerson” may his soul Rest In Peace also ❤
YES! THAT xoxo
Truly amazing
My dad told us when we were kids he wanted this played at his funeral. Today he passed away. Here's to you, Dad...
Healing prayers to you
So sorry for your loss!
😏
Sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss. Dad must’ve definitely had good taste in music ❤️
Rest in Power, Barrett Strong. He co-wrote this classic with Norman Whitfield. Barrett died today (Jan. 29, 2023); Norman passed away in 2008. They co-wrote other classics, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Smiling Faces Sometimes," "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)," "War" (Edwin Starr), and so many more.
Barrett Strong was a GENIUS who wrote So MANY Incredible Songs!
He had such #Vision and his Lyrics and Arrangements are Legendary, with inspiring metaphors.
Did not Know that he recently died; surprised that THIS #News wasn't more prominent in the media....
Thank You for Shsring this Ssd News, but fortunately, his Amazing Songs will.continue to #Motivate and #Inspire us!
@@jeffreybarkin3177 Hi, Jeffrey. Thanks for your message. Yes, Barrett Strong was indeed a genius. Yeah, the media isn't usually great with this kind of thing, as you know. I was thankful that the Grammy Awards ceremony (during its "in memoriam" segment), posted an image of Barrett, including saying he was a Motown singer and songwriter. The Recording Academy also thankfully included Thom Bell, Lamont Dozier, Anita Pointer, and others associated with soul, R&B, and pop...though personally, I feel that they could have devoted entire segments of time to each of those individually. If you didn't catch the 2023 Grammys, there was also a segment in which they honored the very much alive Smokey and Berry, featuring Stevie and some young men singing "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "The Tears of a Clown" (Smokey chiming in for that Smokey-Stevie tune, a No. 1 Miracles tune), and then Stevie doing "Higher Ground" with the decent country star Chris Stapleton. Anyway, I write all that because I was thinking about another Motown legend, too, i.e., Barrett. (Regarding the Grammys, I don't love all of it, but I tune in for tributes.)
The intro itself could be used in any 1970s movie car chase scene. I'm 46 and I was raised on this music. And I'm a white Australian
I am a white African and I agree mate.
41 here. My dad knew a lot about film and The Blues Brothers was always a cool film we shared. I play guitar now because of it.
@@hendrikdebruin4012not white African 😂😂😂😂😂 to cute
I see some kind of detective movie
@@deej_say I know you’re not gatekeeping Africa 😂 come on!
Who's still jamming to this classic into 2023 and beyond 👍
I'm 66 - and still enjoying this, er...but 'jamming'...??.......!!!
Meee #47
Moi, par example
Jammin it in 2024!!!
2024
If there ever was an ultimate Motown song, this might be it.
can't think of any other song that is better than this
Superstar by the Temptations is another good one. Smiling Faces (Sometimes) from the same year. Basically anything Norman Whitfield put out in 1971-72. He was on fire.
I was in Vietnam in 1971/72. There was some great songs during that time. Smiling Faces, A Horse With No Name, American Pie, Superstar, Inner City Blues.
+Ashley Pomeroy yes yes
Randy thanks for serving our Country. God Bless You and Your Family,
Roger Christensen, USAF, 1968-1972 .. Vietnam 1970-1971 ..... Thanks
the Good Lord everyday I made in home alive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) ......
The intro to this song (4:00) is about the same length as that of an average song. Still holds up 50 years after it was released.
Absolutely!!
There is a message in that fact 👍
Average songs got shorter over time so they could fit more in an hour on the radio. I guess older generations never communicated that fact to eachother as time went on, so the kids nowadays think anything longer than 3 minutes is "too long".
Beetoven's 5th symphony is almost 40 minutes long, and it widely considered one of the most influential and greatest peices of music ever composed. There are no lyrics period, let alone a 4 minute period of instrumentals. We've deviated greatly from that path.
Amazing song!!!
Thats the truth
I was 12 when I heard this song in its entirety, and now as a 63 year old Metal Head I have to say I still get shivers down my spine every time I hear it. Real music that will last forever.
At 63 you haven’t grown to find metal annoying?
Not at all.
@@TheRedverb
@@artinheaven4572What other genres are you into? HOOK ME UP WITH OLD FUNK
@@artinheaven4572...And metal. Lmaoooo
INDEED!❤️
My father died on the 15th of September and this was one of his favorite songs. 😢😢
This is the ultimate in musical genius; this from this 84 y/o white country boy. Pure music!
A masterpiece....the arrangement, the instruments, the message, the VOCALS.....still gives me goosebumps at 65 yo......it is beyond music, it is an experience............
"it was the 3rd of September". This song is fastest 11 minutes in my life. Great Tune
I'm 67 and always get goose bumps when I hear this masterpiece.
What a song. (67yo)
older than that
Je pense pareil .
My 2nd daughter was born 9-3-1989. As soon as they put her in my arms I began singing...It was the third of September...a day I'll always remember...yes I will....bc that was the day that my angel was born.
The nurses and doctor laughed. I think they thought it was the demerol. I sing this to her every bday.
This song is a masterpiece. It's # 1 on my top 10 list.
How sweet.
This is the Motown band you don't put ads on this type of song.
Haters gonna hate the intro. I don't care, it is totally awesome. They don't make songs like this anymore.
Hell yeah its “awesome.” It shows their versatility in musical talent.
In my opinion probably the best ever, and likely never to be equaled !
its too long
AMEN!
What people don't understand these days is, the beautiful sound of the "instruments"
the bass,the strings,the orchestra in this track is pure genius. Whoever hates this song is not human!
Mélodieuse
To me perhaps the best song ever... the music is away better than any Queens song... I love the Beatles and the Motowns ...
Right freaking on!!
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MUSIC IS LEGENDARY!!!!!!!
Absolutely
If “let ‘em cook “ was a song
Stolen
Wellllllll🤷🏿♂️
@@themanwithnothingtolose👉🏾👀👉🏾🤣 You caught that too?!?!
the clapping during the chorus is one of the greatest decisions ever made in songwriting/production history. It adds a sort of energy to the song, and I don't think I'd have ever thought to add such a cool touch in a million years
This is the most badass main intro of a song of all time.. The instruments of this was just perfection.
The Fabulous Funk Brothers
❤It's music and not what the young people listen too today . I'm 38 and I was raised on this type of music because of my parents
Shaft is good, but this one is next level shit
@@jazminesaldana8312 record players and 8-Track tapes!!
Yes, indeed! I love listening to it over and over again!
After four minutes of opening the song, he sings; *"It was the third of September."* And after four minutes, you can bloody well believe when he tells you it was the day his daddy died.
🤩 best comment 🙌🏼
Loving it. ..
Last I heared this in 1972 but the song remained in my mind 5hese 47 yrs
Big Al.... I'm cracking up... damn ..... you killed it... lol
No song oozes Detroit more than this song. It has a spiritual connection or something-paints a picture of 7 mil and Gratiot in my brain lol
Yes……. My hometown……. It was like an industrial version of Rome in the 1970s. Well stated comment. Thank You
I played trumpet for the temptations and played solo for 60 years
Id love to hear you big bro.. what's your solo work titled.
And I played for the Israelis when Moses came to get them out of Egypt. Played solo throughout the the whole old testament.
Edwin Cool thanks sharing❤
Do you have videos on CZcams to show your work over the years?? Or, are you on here lying?
@@char-lee212 you got a good sense of humor. That brighten my minutes.
My Dad passed away on Friday...five days later I’m playing this in his workshop on a 500 watt system we built...LOVE YOU DAD!!
Sorry for loss. Crank it for him!
Sorry for your loss, I hope you are doing well.
Sorry for your loss
Bro my dad died a year ago too… crank that shit up
Pap i feel you in every sec of that song. You still alive in every tone and word of it. I love you even if i did had the balls to told you then.. sorry paps
Every damn instrument on this just goes so hard and crazy. This song really should be revered in this day and age.
It IS..
You not going to hear instruments at all today hardly.
I'm bcuz of the short version. Only 7 minutes and something
Only over the last year, ages 73-78, have I truly appreciated the instrumental beginning of this song--noticing it years earlier, but not truly appreciating it. It's genius
The coldest intro ever made!! They will be playing this song forever
Who but the Temptations would be willing to invest nearly 40% of a song's total length to something as subtle and well-crafted as this? They created a musical masterpiece by slowly but steadily building up the listener's tension and a growing sense of uneasiness. Magnificent! Truly a masterpiece, and certainly one of the greatest recordings ever produced!
You have to hand it to them...they really knew how to get a listener all shook up!♥️
Such a true and accurate statement…. It has you sitting there wondering what’s about to happen? What are they gonna say?
@@malikataylor3478 Thank you very much, Malika. I may not be the most sensitive or self-aware person in the world, but I still feel the steadily growing tension over that brilliant introduction. Then, after bringing us almost to the edge of our seats, voila...the great reveal!
I can still remember the first time I ever heard this song, and how I felt at the almost unearthly slow build-up of tension. The music was ever so slightly creepy, almost jarring, and just kept building that sense of something ominous just around the next corner.
Then the vocals cut in, and you finally learn why! A brilliant composition, all to convey all the sense of suffering and emotional blight that this kind of "parent" leaves in their wake.
As a musician myself, I must tip my hat to these musical geniuses!
Shout outs to Norman Whitfield, Paul Riser and Wah Wah Watson, plus Bob Babbitt on bass.
Classical musicians, Isaac Hayes, lotsa people really. I mean, this is a masterpiece, i'm just saying.
Such an amazing musical entro to a
Beautiful song by an amazing group!!!
One of the best bass lines in history
Let me guess, you play bass.
Michel Bilodeau Yes I do
Agree... the entire intro to this song is pure magic - all done without any synthesized computer effects...
agreed brotha
💪
The Netherlands, Almere, 13 februari 2024. Ik ben 70 en luister wekelijks Motown muziek uit de jaren 60-70-80……..
Doe je goed.....😊
I am almost 56 and I grew up with this music.. how lucky i am......
+Mischtchratzer We sure are! :)
+Mischtchratzer Yes, you are very lucky. :)
+Mischtchratzer I'm 22 and I grew up with this music. I'm luckier :-)
Zero.. hehe.. guess you're "almost" right
+Mischtchratzer I'm 16 and I grew up listening to this, thanks dad!
Who here sat and listen to all 11 minutes and 51 seconds? ✋🏻 I did
So did I!
Yes sir
Wouldn't listen to it any other way. It's "All or nothing at all" ,!!
I did! I’m not willing to give up on old qualities of being patient and not rushing to the next thing all the time! We can learn a lot from that prior generation.
....
The story of the lyrics to this song still rings true in this fallen world. Single parent households are a devil.
60yr old dude here, every molecule of that song is pure genius. It tells an extremely painful story that can be heard in the leads voice. My old man was a womanizing filanderer too and this masterpiece totally illustrates the devastation a man causes when he doesn't live up to his responsibilities. The line "all he left us was alone" is probably the most potent lyric I have ever heard in a piece of music. I absolutely love it, but shed a tear every time I listen to it!
9.9K thumbs down?..... What????? This was, is, and always will be a Masterpiece!
FUCK the haters!!
Along with the Greats,,,, Lotta assholes in this world too.
There’s no dislikes now :)
Absolutely
Yes yes sir
Real strings, real horns, a real introduction. Virtuoso vocals and harmony. A song that tells a story. A musical, soul masterpiece. The Temptations, the Four Tops, the Isley Brothers, Marvin, Aretha, . . .I miss them.
me too
Totally agree. Fantastic !
And Frankie lymon
So true! I don’t think we will ever hear the caliber of music that was created back in the day. It was so WONDERFUL!
They are right here brother , they never die , music like this is forever
The Way The Let The Beat build Was Flawless!
The longest intro in intro history….. and it still bang 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
A real song about real problems, made by real musicians with real instruments, real style and real class. Something you don’t find today.
Yall just not lookin
@@officialarchiemo Looking for what? Tattooed losers rapping about bitches and hoes? No thanks.
Good music is still being made, you just have to look for it
Kendrick released an album, but I'm sure you'll find excuses
@@kostajovanovic3711 Kendrick who?
This song will never get old. One of the masterpieces.
Ik I jus got goose bumps after I've known this song for 300 yrs 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥
Say mal schwör.
Hey, great name for another temptations track 🌝
The intro last longer than my marriage, funny
Gold
My Papa played this for me and my siblings and this is the day he Transitioned to his Creator 6/10/2020
Thanks for giving me my culture pops
Context: The intro instrumental for "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" is literally 4 minutes long.
Imagine listening to more than an entire song's worth of instrumental music BEFORE the first verse.
This is one of those songs that when you hear the first couple of notes on the car radio you turn up the volume and start that deep shoulder action while driving!!! Love it!!!
Shoulder action haaaa
Cruising music that makes all white men feel black... Lol
I'm moving my shoulders now🤣
Funny comments
even better , it comes on just as you turn off the engine so you can close your eyes and let your soul dance ❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 I Pray Everyone has Peace ....
Never knew my father- he walked out on my mother when she was pregnant with me, along with my then four-year old sister, who later told me she literally watched him walk out forever. This was in late 1957. Whenever the 60+ years of rage, emptiness and shame feels like it's about to overwhelm me, I listen to this all-time masterpiece- it does more for me than the 40+ years of therapy I've been through....
I will be your brother, father and anyone else that your precious little heart desires....⚘
David Whitney Keep healing man!
@@coreyrinehart5734 you're a kind great man. Wow
He ddn walk out on her life with women get to real for even a man to handle
My heart goes out to you, I'm going on 66 come July 2022. My mom was pregnant with my (7 yrs) older half brother in Canada of all places & her POS first husband walked out on her leaving her alone & broke along with her pregnancy. My brother still uses the guys last name even though never meeting or hearing from the dude again! Fortunately for her, grandpa went & got em' both, truthfully, I don't think my dad treated her much better, although he did claim his rights to visit me by paying some child support, but her luck with men wasn't there that I ever saw & she was extremely attractive ( sometimes that can be a setback in relationships) but it took me a number of years before I understood why she made absolutely sure, that I knew how to treat a woman with respect & courtesy always, no matter what, opening car doors, I still do it & have in my relationships all of the time, not just while dating, and everything else that came along, lighting a cigarette for them, table manners, the works! She was not going to send me out into the world treating women like crap, the way it always worked out for her. She died at the age of 54 in pain & penny less thanks to the last & top of the heap when it came to worthless ass wipes, they say you shouldn't hold grudges but if I could go back and knew the added lies he put out there, I'd have killed him twice just for being what he was & the things he did, well, killed him one time, then run over him a few times just because! I imagine life hasn't been what you wanted it to be, I fucked mine up enough to last a while & a few times have wished it was done, tried once but it comes & goes, like the stuff in our heads, some days chicken, some days chicken shit. I know about depression all too well also, unlike you, I have never really said anything other than what they wanted to hear to keep me from being put under a microscope. And I have a trade I'm pretty good at (concrete) & that has been a huge part of keeping my head pointed in sort of the right direction. I'm serious when I say that I know some of your pain brother, I hope you're doing better. And it may not be the same for me, but this time does hit home & it brings back memories of in my opinion, the best Motown group ever & say group because James Brown was only one man, but damn, NEVER be another one like him either! ✌️
When music was real
This song for me has been considered the best song ever written and sung
One of the TOP songs ever. Who agree???
+PAV Lindenberg Yes Indeed it will always be a top ten, and longest as well. And it was a true story back then and still is today. Yes my Papa was a rolling stone.
No, sadly. But it's definitely in my top 200. There are so many great songs, you know.
+PAV Lindenberg agree
My god, the intro to this song....gets me every single time. STRAIGHT outta the 70's. Not that I would know...being in my late 20's. But still. My parents generation had the jams. I swear they had the best music I have ever heard. Nothing like this garbage that plays on the radio now. I'll take the Temptations, The Spinners, Blue Magic, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Parliament....all of the old tunes over the crap being produced now ANY DAY. Love this song.
+heywaitMarlee Still gets me, too - and I've been listening to it since it first came out - had my kids listening to it,
too, and they're in their 50's now! Sounds, to me, like you've got a good well tuned ear for great music.
3:36 this violin riff gets me every time ❤️
Maaan….you can totally hear all the native, old blues and Appalachian (think clogging on the porch) influences that people just skip over…incredible!
In honor of my father who passed away 34 years ago today. I play this every year on the anniversary of his death at 47, way too young. Love you Dad, until we meet again 😘
@Laura....peace to you
Lost my dad too. Huge hole to forget. Sorry it hurts so bad!
Thank you all 💖
@@lauranowak3632 children never get over the death of a parent especially a well loved one, it stays with us forever.
I'm 64 years old. Man I grew up in Alabama in the 50s and 60s. Listening to music by folks different colored than yourself wasn't looked upon with favor. I didn't give a "Cool Jerk" what they thought, I loved the music. Still do. God bless Motown! It was uplifting music fringed with bright lasting hope. I went to Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama back in the late 60s to see The Temps. There lots of other white kids there as well. It was terrific, and I'll never forget it.
+Lamar Coffey Did a lot of whites hold off from letting folks know they were listening to black music?
+Lamar Coffey top!
+Lamar Coffey Proper
+Lamar Coffey ,You go with your soul and groove with the music. That's what we do up here in Cincinnati. All from the heart!
+Lamar Coffey Thanks very much just for listening and defying those people. As a black man, you have no idea how much it means to me, to hear about someone defying them, especially from Alabama, which I'm sure you know, didn't have a great reputation.
You, are brave and amazing and just a massive thank you for standing up to them. You didn't need to, it probably would have been safer if you didn't but you did and that's amazing.
Thank you so much. :)
By daddy passed on 9/3/19. Definitely was no rolling stone but of course I think of him whenever I here this song.
My dad died before he could see 2023… I know he loved this song so I listen to it now as a tribute.
Rest In Peace Papa!! ❤️🕊
Sorry for your loss. I hope you're doing alright, man.
Same here 🙏🏾
Mine too 09.12.2022❤
Amen 🙏 and Love 💕
My father died 3 years ago....miss him everday since and think of him every day...But don't forget what it means when your father dies.....It means you gotta take his place in beeing excelent, decent, kind, a fighter and a worker, a leader and friend...It's our responsibility now...we can make them proud.
People ask " Who's listening in 2019?"
Since 1972 when I bought the album, I have never stopped listening.
Today is Thursday, November 7, 2019 and I'm listening. Gripping.
Me I loved Motown got all the Albums found a turntable in a Charity shop, the sound racked right up.
Born in 76 pops raised me on all the good stuff!
Agreed
Anderson Long I’m still listening. Is Jayz?
I'm just a white boy who was raised in Motown and still listen to my childhood tunes and its a great flash back! Thank you.
Imagine having a 4 minute intro to a song. Beautiful.
Pop music used to be THIS good. 😢
Everything USED to be good - even me.
This isn't pop music; this is SOUL music!!!! ❤❤❤
I'm 28 and didn't grow up in this era at all, but I am a sucker for that late 60's/early 70's Motown funk. Soul beyond anything made today...
+GTOAviator Music will heal your soul and i love all music except thrash metal lol but my favourite Northern Soul tune has to be THE NIGHT by frankie valley and the four seasons!! i am a sucker for blues music but i mostly listen to reggae and roots dubs and steppa tunes :) checkout ABA SHANTI and you will see what i mean, i also collect vinyl and if you love your music then get into buying vinyls and get a proper good set up and trust me you cant beat the sound of a record!! peace and light dude,,,
+GTOAviator I bet you wake up in the morning and don't know what your name is!
+stat2k IKR? Maybe throw in some Iggy while we're at it..
+GTOAviator Oh my god shut the fuck up. There's a lot of good music out today.
+Nexus NOMNOM Really?
This is more than just a masterpiece of music, it is a work of art.
Motown ruled and Whitfield was one who helped it to rule.
Dude, music itself is art, wtf are you saying? I mean, i get you, but no, this does not trascend music, this IS music.
@@hasake8873❤
These days music is helped too much by electronics. I miss the background singers who actually were often the stars of the songs. I could cite many examples.
Yessss master of masterpiece
Shout out to my uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson! He played the Wah Wah Guitar on this record!!!!! Unc also played on Let’s Get It On, Car Wash, Urban Hang Suite for Maxwell and other countless records!!!!!!! We love you Unc and miss you but you left yo DNA for all of us to enjoy and learn!!!! The true session GOAT!!!!!
Loved his guitar playing. I think Dennis Coffey introduced him to the wah-wah. Melvin is killing that wah-wah.
@@hasake8873 Dennis did do that and Ray Parker Jr who was his mentee at the time gave him that Gibson L-5 that he played in countless hits!!!!! RIP!!!
I was a guy that liked rock and blues. I wasn't a fan of Soul. Hearing this for the first time opened up a whole new genre of music tom me.
Musically, lyrically one of the greatest song ever written!
Facts
Speak......
Ever written. Motown sound at it's finest!
What can one reply but Amen
A Big Thanks to Norman Whitfield and
Barrett Strong for writing all those great songs for Motown and the Temps and many others.
The arrangement is genius.
So boring for the bass player though ;-) lol
Yeah but it very good if you are playing to this track because he gives you that very base line so you can play around with your bass ;)
True! =D
Whitfield deserves a lot of credit for this and the whole psychedelic soul sound. Don't think the Tempts we too enthusiastic about the new direction.
True!
People whose last names don't exist yet will listen to this on other worlds.
True excellence is timeless.
There will just never be anything like '70's Motown. I grew up when this music was current, and it just gets better with time. This song is genius.
Agreed. ❤
@@nicoleraheem1195❤😊
70, best music ever
That Philly sound too.
This song is pure genius. It captures the talent, complexity of musical and vocal arrangement. It makes you feel you're living that era. Young artists should take a lesson from these masters. These cats were as cool as ice! I'm digging it man!
I'd up you more if I could
The original old school music
Came here due to a vid explaining the craft of music composition and I’m glad I found this song.
That's all gone now
@@alexanderthegreatest2104 What's the name of the video?
One of the best Motown groups. This is a "Classic"!!!!
Yasss
They’re all so good, if I had to choose, give me all.
THE TEMPS WERE UNTOUCHABLE, ONE OF A KIND!!! THEY WERE THE GREATEST EVER!!!! I MEAN THE ORIGINAL TEMPS, NOBODY COULD SANG THAT TENOR NOTE LIKE EDDIE KENDRICKS..YOU HEARD ME?????
Saw The Temps and 4 Tops one night on the same bill. It was awesome
with over 15,000+ people in the audience ... I've never seen so many standing ovations in my life ... all very well earned .... :) Needless to say the orchestra was GREAT also !!!!!!!!!!! Roger C.
THIS is one of the all time great recordings. Period.
Father's Day anthem 🥂
Legend has it, the intro is still on going to this day 😂.
There's so much going on in this song, but there's a reason most songs are around 3 minutes long. Most groups aren't able to spin that many plates for nearly 12 minutes. This song is incredible. I know that bass player had to be bored, but if he isn't a machine with that steady rhythm the piece falls apart. His concentration is amazing. Almost every time I play this song I turn around and play it again.
Papa was a rolling stone came out when I was a teen , I'm 61 now and I still jam it
i'm *almost* 30... and it is *great*... *first time listening* **good stuff** :D (in a hurry or I'd write something more articulate, got a Christmas party)
keep it funky
instead of mentioning that you had to hurry up and go to a christmas party couldnt you have used that same amount of words to articulate yourself better?
I love joyce
i'm 61 and yes my friend it does take me back dancing at samantha's night club
Still here 62 years and still getting it
The Temptations were in a class by themselves...this song set them apart from any group during their era....their music, especially this gemstone was 3 fold in nature...
It commented on the social environment and dealings of their day...laid out the music with harmony, grit and cool smooth...and delivered EVERYTIME!!
They will forever be one of my all time favorites!!
I remember first hearing this as a kid... The bass, the drums, and the singing... Omg. I'm 21 now and STILL bumps this. Love me some temptations
+Deena Brown lol.....u know it !!.x
+Z SeaPharo I bet that must of sounded so good ????
temptations are great singers and all. but it was gordys funky house band at Motown responsible for those songs.
+Jason Jordan crazy thing was half the band was white.
+Jason Jordan I know this song jams hard!
Love the menacing sound of the bass ~ that sense of anticipation ~ @ 2.50 the momentum is building - then the story begins "Papa was a rolling Stone....." This song is so cool ~ love love it !!!
Got this on a 45 demo awesome track ☆:-D
Hi Ian, thanks for your comments - I was lead vocals in a band - when I uploaded my post to you somehow your comments appeared on Rick Danner post which went directly onto his youtube channel - I am not very savvy with disconnecting google+ comments from youtube. Anyhow you must be getting ready for another great dj Northern Soul night so enjoy - I will sub you back - warm regards ~ Lorraine.
Ian Stacey I love all that kind of music - it is right up my alley!!
Yes thats how it works the idea was to bring utubers together more .g+ that is .you have a great voice so how about some motown covers hint hint . No not this weekend got dvds for in night with sally I got the hobbit &sally the councellor ridley scott film I am checjing out a new venue later with mark (the promoter ) in a town near nuneaton a small nightclub give it to us free to use so may as well do a tamla motown &northern soul nite there fir charity
Ian Stacey Oh Thanks for telling me that you pro. lol! - I was worried. I love motown - I grew up with it The Supremes, Marvelettes, Stevie Wonder etc. Just did a rough cover of Etta James 'I would rather go blind' also Dusty Springfield 'Stay awhile.' Ian Stacey you are one busy man - it's nice that communities help each other out. Thanks for listening to Rick and myself - talk to you soon ~ Lorraine
But I do not understand how is possíble a masterpiece Over since 69/70 about THE WEIGHT. Go on.
Haven't listened to this is in God knows how long but this track absolutely kicks ass. My generation (gen z) just doesn't see soulful music like this anymore. Amazing
Thank God for Motown, & the incredible artists it supported! They brought the "Black" sound to the fore, giving the majority of white America their 1st real exposure to soul, the blues, & jazz, to name a few genres. This has always been 1 of my fave songs from the Temps, & any time it played on the radio, I'd turn the volume up to "11". Really, an exceptional song!
A masterpiece; nothing else to say.
Yep. Nailed it
Indeed and Absolutely.
You're right my dude...It's simply crazy...awesome fucking good sound and voice !😮😮😱😱🙃🙃😁😁🤣🤣👅👅👅
Axel Santiago well said
Check out "temptations - masterpiece"
I’m going to see The Temptations tonight 1/15/23 in Napa, California. They still have one original member. I hope they play this song. I can’t wait.
This is one of the most incredible soulful songs of all time ❤
Wow. Best long intro for a funky song. Loved this song since I was six and had to wait in the car while my sister went to the doctor. This came on the radio, and my tiny 6 year old brain was shattered and funked, forever.
right on man. my mom listened to a whole lotta motown as i came up. i still love all this .i have thanked her more than once for turning me onto this music at an early age.
Charles & Danny, I did it to my kids and they're in their 50's now. My daughter even had Isaac Hayes singing
Shaft as her and her hubby's entrance song at their wedding. We've got to keep this funk going on.
Danny Mundy bruh you too
Charles Williams young man was Funkified! Caught boogie fever at a young age myself, I feels ya.
+Trevin Gaffney right on
The best instrumental open of all time..
u already no
Great song! One of the all time best intros to a song! All the different instruments, and clapping leading up to the vocals.....
The fidelity, richness, soul, and separation of them all. I use this song to check out new speakers, and ear buds to make sure they are worth buying. Magnifique!!!😎
Действительно, звук в этой записи великолепный !!!!😊👍А в наушниках это просто КОСМОС !!! BRAVO !!!👏👏👏
Yes. Back in the day when I bought my Yamaha system this was the test song. Awesome
Good idea!
Saludos. Tengo 72 años han pasado 5 décadas y este tema llego para quedarse hoy día lo sigo disfrutando. Gracias Señor por esta vida, gracias!
Je vous donne Des Bisous ❤❤❤
Amen
Thing about good music, it lives throughout generations
Its eternal
He is. My God
Run and tell that. Know that just as sure as You are born 🙄🙄🙄🙄👍we are blessed. Water baptized in the name of jesus
Amen 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Yes it does my daughter is in love with it when its just her and i mom wait we have to play Womack first
Agree kristoff
Im 24 and my children who are 7 and 6 know this song word for work jus like i do
I took just took my wife to a rooftop cocktail bar for her birthday. This track just popped out of nowhere and just made the whole experience beautiful. Feeling reborn ❤️
One of the greatest tunes of all time.
I am a father and my dad left me when I was a wee bairn!
This song makes me the best father I can be and no matter where she is, I am there. In all frequency levels
Did your daughter paa away?
Stay strong ❤❤
My Father passed today. He always loved this song. Playing it in remembrance of Him.
Once again, on the third of September, this song is front and center. An utter masterpiece.
My son's birthday today! His birthday dateline is 9-3-93!!
It should be known as Rolling Stone Day!!!
Or Father’s Day!
@@perezencehaha mine too 9/3/97😎
@@perezenceI’m 9-3-83
dis song jus bring me back to my childhood my mother would play dis song early on Saturday morning...when my father would piss her off lol i didn't know what song ment till i got older...bless their souls
Christi - how cute is that! (lol)
They put the fun in dysfunctional.
that was her way of letting him knw
Christi Holley yep greatest song ever made
Christi Holley 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You cant beat good funk music
Every year on the 3rd September, i play this first thing after getting up! Surely the greatest intro to a pop song in history.
The guitar, the strings, the base , the horns........then the singers......everyone on top of their game......just doesn't get any better ....
The Funk Brothers
Have you watched Phil Collins do the remake with a lot of original players? Funk Brother's
The dude on the guitar hits those notes with the wah peddle going, never missed a beat.
Edward Nicks ... Perfection !!!
And not the AM or Greatest Hits version. This is some top-notch soul.
I miss when we used real Instruments on albums.