Posted on 09/10/2018 8:59:35 AM PDT by rktman
There is a wonderful musical, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, on stage in Los Angeles. It is a superb theatrical production. For those of us of a certain age, the music of the Temptations was the soundtrack of our youth.
From "My Girl" of 1964 to "Papa was a Rolling Stone" in 1972, the Temptations made their indelible musical mark on the 1960s. There were countless hits in between and many later. The Temptations differed from the surf and car songs of the Beach Boys and of course sounded nothing like the Beatles. They were the voice of the era all their own; the gospel-inspired sound of the South blended with the smooth, soul crossover R&B and the gritty urban sound of Detroit's blacks.
The left today revels in and promotes the ideal that America was and remains a racist nation. This was Obama's mantra over the eight years of his presidency despite his having been elected by a majority of white people. If so, how did the Temptations and their many, many gifted black musical colleagues become the fantastic celebrities they indeed became?
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“If so, how did the Temptations and their many, many gifted black musical colleagues become the fantastic celebrities they indeed became?”
Because the nation wasn’t/isn’t racist, and it recognized and respected their musical talent.
I wish we still had popular music like this. Except for the very occasional performer, I never hear anything new I want to listen to.
The Temptations the mini series from 1998 was entertaining and a half-way decent history of the Temps.
I rarely hear anything new I like either. I heard John Mayer’s song “New Light” on the radio last week, and I did like that one.
Its music from another world, just let it go already.
Love the Temptations. Listened to them as a teenager...I always loved “Ball of Confusion” even if I didn’t agree with the whole message, but it was interesting musically with the lyrics. To me, it DID highlight the weirdness, confusion, and seeming untethered-ness of the Sixties.
People movin’ out, people movin’ in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run, but you sho’ can’t hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I’ll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on.
Well, the only person talkin’ ‘bout love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation,
humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today (yeah, yeah)
The sale of pills is at an all time high
young folks walkin’ ‘round with their heads in the sky
Cities aflame in the summer time, and oh the beat goes on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors,
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul,
Shootin’ rockets to the moon, kids growin’ up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve ev’rything, and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today. (yeah, yeah)
Fear in the air, tension ev’rywhere
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle’s new record’s a gas,
and the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation,
and the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors, mod clothes in demand,
population out of hand, suicide too many bills, hippies movin’ to the hills
People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Fanatic group, I loved many of their songs and still do.
And the band played on.
Just for that I’m crankin’ up Poppa was a Rolling stone. LOL!
thanks for the inside stuff.
That was a great movie. Most of the Funk Brothers gone now, but Motown wouldn’t be nearly the influence without them.
stream WMOT 89.5 Roots radio out of Nashville. You’ll be hooked. Plays it all
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