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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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9. There Was Tension Around This Song

Reply to marble falls (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:32 PM

Mar 24

The Temps were increasingly annoyed at how much of the song was instrumental.
The guy who wrote it, arranged it, & originally recorded it also produced it. He wasn't about to give on hus arrangements.
It got bad enough that he got fired from the project. But, Gordy decided to finish it because they'd already rung up a lot of production costs.
And, he & Smokey calmed the Temps down and convinced them to let it ride.
The result of all that conflict was this incredible tune.

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Temptations - Papa was a Rolling Stone [View all] marble falls Mar 24 OP

Loved this tune mdbl Mar 24 #1

The Temptations, were music in my life. Akron was more Detroit in the early sixties than rock. marble falls Mar 24 #2

I was living in Cleveland, so was pretty close. mdbl Mar 24 #3

I was born in Cleveland at St Luke's on 25th street. We lived on John Ave just off Lorain Rd. We'd go to ... marble falls Mar 24 #4

Not guessing your age but mdbl Mar 24 #5

Hell yes. Went there when I was a young fella with my uncles who were still going John Marshal HS ... marble falls Mar 24 #7

A Masterpiece ProfessorGAC Mar 24 #6

And I mean everything. Barry Gordy was a genius. marble falls Mar 24 #8

There Was Tension Around This Song ProfessorGAC Mar 24 #9

Sometimes a rumble shakes the questionable stuff out. marble falls Mar 24 #10

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