I love that Smokey Robinson's muse when he wrote this was his wife Claudette, who was one of The Miracles🎶 You're so right about it being such a present for us all, including the Temptations; Smokey has always been so generous with his creative talents💝
The great David Ruffin, lead singer of the Temps at that time. I was 12 years old when this song came out and instantly I knew that Motown was my music. There's a great documentary called "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the Funk Brothers - the house band that played on every Motown song you've ever heard until 1972, when they backed up Marvin's masterpiece album What's Goin' On. Then Berry Gordy moved the shop to L.A. and that was that for the Funk Brothers. Without them there would be no Motown sound. Sorry to go on and on, but really, this music is the soundtrack of my life.
This was masterful. Besides the glorious harmonies, they had the looks, the unmatched choreography, the smoothness and talent that made them the Temptations. The lyrics provided by Smokey Robinson and Ron White guaranteed this would be a huge hit. And now 60 years later, it’s still a song that most people know and sing. Kudos too to the fabulous Funk Brothers for the great instrumentation. Everything about this was great. Thank you so much for the great memories. Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Love Airplay Beats. 👏👏🥰🎄
Saw the Temptations at least 5 times. I even took my mom to see them. They were great! And the Temptation movie is one of my favorites. The acting is terrific!
Thanks for sharing this, fellas!! The guitar riff is all the introduction this song needs! You know instantly what song it is!! Excellent reaction, fellas!!
Is there anyone who doesn't love this song. It has a special memory for me - my brother danced to this with my niece at her wedding. Ahh, how sweet ❤❤❤
I still have my favorite vinyl album of all time The Temptations Sing Smokey. Also The Way You Do The Things You Do, What Love Has Joined Together, You Beat Me To The Punch, etc.
As a little kid Motown was my first love in music. Then I stumbled onto the "black station" in town and discovered all the incredible soul music that wasn't played on the "white stations". Great stuff.
After a long day working at a landscape company, we would often sing this song while driving back to the shop with the words "talking 'bout my job/my job/my job..."
Had to have those stylized outfits and a dance routine back then. Now we need some Mary Wells "My Guy" or "The One Who Really Loves You" or anything she did.
When I was a teen growing up in North Philly I wanted to be cool and smooth so my role model was David Ruffin. As Sonny Hobson aka The Mighty Burner on WDAS would have said back in the day--give it up for the tall--tan--talented--tempting--Temptations. By the way--a young Daryl Hall worked for the Temps in the mid 60s...
One of my very favorite temptation songs but you know it’s hard to decipher because there were so many… But this was one of the first so I think that’s why it sticks out in my mind
Such a great song. David Ruffin had an incredible voice. One of my favorites by him is I think his first solo single release - My Whole World Ended. If you guys don’t know that one, please check it out. I can guarantee you’ll love it.
You guys should look into, “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.” It’s a documentary about the musicians who played on all of the recordings. Their roster had very little turnover resulting in the Motown Sound.
Robert White played that iconic guitar line, Papa Zita was playing drums and you know that those are classic Jamerson bass lines. The Funk Brothers were the key to the "Motown Sound". That's what I believe, anyway.
It's emotionally difficult for me to watch David. I was at the last concert he performed. He was found dead a few days later. Having been through all the 27 club members then years later David. So much talent gone way too soon. Hits hard.
Love the Temptations. Ball of Confusion is an absolute must. Also I don’t know if you reacted to Tina Turner if you do start with You Better Be Good to Me. ❤
This song is played at every sweet sixteen and wedding where the father dances with his daughter. No motown group - soul group touches the Temps when we were kids in Brooklyn it seemed every 3 months the Temps had a hit on the radio !! GOD BLESSED THE 60's & 70's that music aint never coming back ! All other REACTIONERS should be banned and AIRPLAY BEATS would stand alone.
I those days they Lip Synced when appearing on Rock n Roll tv shows. Notice the kids doing "The Temptation Walk"? Its a great dance in your in your mid 70s.
I would want to be Eddie Kendricks who told all those Motown jerks to go to hell and then had a successful solo career. He also helped Paul Williams record some songs but Motown wouldn't release them. He also gave Florence Ballard money to feed her children after Diana Ross got her fired.
BY THE WAY THE FUNK BROTHERS HANDLED MOST OF MOTOWNS RECORDINGS SESSIONS WITH JAMES JAMERSON BLASTING THE BASS __BELIEVE IT OR NOT __THEY(THE TEMPS) COULD ALL SING ON VARIOUS SONGS __SOME OLE SCHOOL ADVICE ---GET AWAY FROM WHO IS THE BEST __THEY(THE TEMPTATIONS)WERE A GROUP ---THEIR MOTTO AS A GROUP (TEMPTATIONS FOR EVER)
I wish we could have Motown Mondays everyday. Love it.
Those songs are pure absolute joy to listen to.
Man, I loved it when this song came on the radio back then. Happy memories.
Hahaha I was 14 when this song came out. One of the greatest songs ever! Thank you both
I love that Smokey Robinson's muse when he wrote this was his wife Claudette, who was one of The Miracles🎶 You're so right about it being such a present for us all, including the Temptations; Smokey has always been so generous with his creative talents💝
This is the stuff of Greatness ..
TOTALLY AGREE! My favourite!
Holland Dozier Holland , Smokie , Stevie and all the rest wrote some of the greatest songs in the Motown Catalogue and in the Great American SongBook.
when I was in Vietnam in 1969 we used to sing this song to our right hand !
😂😂😂
This is Motown on it's best.
🎶🎶🎶🎶😘🙋♀️
The great David Ruffin, lead singer of the Temps at that time. I was 12 years old when this song came out and instantly I knew that Motown was my music. There's a great documentary called "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the Funk Brothers - the house band that played on every Motown song you've ever heard until 1972, when they backed up Marvin's masterpiece album What's Goin' On. Then Berry Gordy moved the shop to L.A. and that was that for the Funk Brothers. Without them there would be no Motown sound. Sorry to go on and on, but really, this music is the soundtrack of my life.
This was masterful. Besides the glorious harmonies, they had the looks, the unmatched choreography, the smoothness and talent that made them the Temptations. The lyrics provided by Smokey Robinson and Ron White guaranteed this would be a huge hit. And now 60 years later, it’s still a song that most people know and sing. Kudos too to the fabulous Funk Brothers for the great instrumentation. Everything about this was great. Thank you so much for the great memories. Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Love Airplay Beats. 👏👏🥰🎄
Thank my Mama evert day for her love of music! Miss her so.💙🎶
Both Paul Williams and Motown choreographer, Cholly Atkins, choreographed My Girl.
Saw the Temptations at least 5 times. I even took my mom to see them. They were great! And the Temptation movie is one of my favorites. The acting is terrific!
My favorite movie!!
Smokey Robinson song with the Funk Brothers and the unmistakable opening guitar riff. Now, we need Mary Wells’ “My Guy” on Motown Monday. 💜💜💜
Thanks for sharing this, fellas!! The guitar riff is all the introduction this song needs! You know instantly what song it is!! Excellent reaction, fellas!!
Thanks ML. We tried silent night but had some technical difficulties so we just put out the Rudolph song.
@AirplayBeats I actually forgot about the Temps doing Rudolph. Great call. Have a blessed and safe holiday, my friends!!!!
LOVE this channel! Thanks guys-from O.G. in CA...
I love this song!! It's one of my all-time favorites!! I'm 69 years old, so I was nine when this came out! Thanks!!
Style and finesse…never gets old!! Thanks guys!
My god, what a simpler time. The vocals were everything back then.
It was a treat back then everybody was on TV, so you didn't miss any artist and their hits.
Is there anyone who doesn't love this song. It has a special memory for me - my brother danced to this with my niece at her wedding. Ahh, how sweet ❤❤❤
When perfoming on TV meant something.
I still have my favorite vinyl album of all time The Temptations Sing Smokey.
Also The Way You Do The Things You Do, What Love Has Joined Together, You Beat Me To The Punch, etc.
As a little kid Motown was my first love in music. Then I stumbled onto the "black station" in town and discovered all the incredible soul music that wasn't played on the "white stations". Great stuff.
Me too! Exactly the same experience...Motown forever!
I sang this song with my daughter in the car. Such great music and memories. Thank you dudes
Still a great song all these years later. The Temps at their prime.
Motown Forever !!!! Merry Christmas from Detroit
Merry Christmas!!
I've seen the Temps three times- for this song, the standing O starts with the first few notes.💜☮
Pure magic. Happy Christmas everybody.
Another great review on one of the greatest songs of all time. Btw, Paul Williams did the choreography for "My Girl'🙌🏿
I know this song so well, but I never saw this video before. This was a treat. Merry Christmas, guys!
That guitar line is iconic!😊
After a long day working at a landscape company, we would often sing this song while driving back to the shop with the words "talking 'bout my job/my job/my job..."
This is a song to sing to. Love it
Laa and Chee! Nothing better than this…David is incredible..
Fantastic! Also love the Bulls cap (Chicagoan here!)
I remember being a little kid and mom running the vacuum and singing this one.
Merry Christmas Gentle Men , and to Your Families and Loved Ones.
You guys are so good at this - the best. Your format and insight make me smile, such fun!
Had to have those stylized outfits and a dance routine back then. Now we need some Mary Wells "My Guy" or "The One Who Really Loves You" or anything she did.
@@EricAnderson888 And, You Beat Me To The Punch! ❤️
When I was a teen growing up in North Philly I wanted to be cool and smooth so my role model was David Ruffin. As Sonny Hobson aka The Mighty Burner on WDAS would have said back in the day--give it up for the tall--tan--talented--tempting--Temptations. By the way--a young Daryl Hall worked for the Temps in the mid 60s...
One of those perfect records
I met the man himself...Berry Gordy a few years ago. Quite the gentleman. What an icon (and ladies man.) ❤😊
Back in the days when they didn’t even bother trying to make it seem “live.” But the moves were great!
love motown i grew up listening to it
my mother played it all the time
A great classic. Everyone loves this song. Have a great Christmas boys. Later...
Timeless !!!!
One word. SMOOTH.
NOW this is REAL R&B!!!! There is nothing better than the 60’s and 70’s R&B!
I do motown on Sunday morning, everybody's still sleeping in, i can enjoy my coffee and just chill.
Yay! A classic … thanks for sharing … Merry Christmas 🎄
Classic, classic
YOUNG FELLAS WORD TO THE WISE__LEARN THE TEMPTATIONS WALK 😊😊
I think there is a pretty cool story on how they came up with that riff. Great song great performance.
Temps, Supremes, Beatles, Stones. At least one was on the radio 24/7.
In a year of great records,1964, the year of Beatlemania, this may be the very best.
Written by Smokey Robinson, first lead vocal for the Temptations by David Ruffin…
@@VincentAgostino-gy6hr Ron White of the Miracles also got writing credit along with Smokey. 👏👏👍
Robert White of the Funk Brothers, the unsung genius behind one of the greatest guitar hooks of all time...
My favorite song in the R&R Era
What a song !
This is some of the best music of all time. Four Tops, The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, etc.
Hard not to smile when watching this.
One of my very favorite temptation songs but you know it’s hard to decipher because there were so many… But this was one of the first so I think that’s why it sticks out in my mind
Classic!!!!
Class act
This is one of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Not kidding.
Such a great song. David Ruffin had an incredible voice. One of my favorites by him is I think his first solo single release - My Whole World Ended. If you guys don’t know that one, please check it out. I can guarantee you’ll love it.
You guys should look into, “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.” It’s a documentary about the musicians who played on all of the recordings. Their roster had very little turnover resulting in the Motown Sound.
I smile and sing from start to finish!! I'm sorry to the lady neighbor upstairs right now.
They were the coolest in every way
Robert White played that iconic guitar line, Papa Zita was playing drums and you know that those are classic Jamerson bass lines. The Funk Brothers were the key to the "Motown Sound". That's what I believe, anyway.
The Ruffin/Kendricks "Pure Soul" Period and later the Edwards "Psychedelic" Periods were unmatched in music history!
Now this is MUSIC
It's emotionally difficult for me to watch David. I was at the last concert he performed. He was found dead a few days later. Having been through all the 27 club members then years later David. So much talent gone way too soon. Hits hard.
Made my day, young men! The beards are starting to rock! My beard is about the only hair left on my head and it is white!
Shout out to Smokey Robinson and Ronald White for writing such an influential classic for The Temptations.
👍🏻👍🏻💯❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏
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AM radio in the 60’s and 70’s was as diverse as it gets! They played everything! Except country! You had to tune into the country station.😂
A great, great classic from Motown. Peace out.
The best music to come out of the 20th century, Motown
I miss those days
Love the Temptations. Ball of Confusion is an absolute must. Also I don’t know if you reacted to Tina Turner if you do start with You Better Be Good to Me. ❤
This song is played at every sweet sixteen and wedding where the father dances with his daughter. No motown group - soul group touches the Temps when we were kids in Brooklyn it seemed every 3 months the Temps had a hit on the radio !! GOD BLESSED THE 60's & 70's that music aint never coming back ! All other REACTIONERS should be banned and AIRPLAY BEATS would stand alone.
Sharp!
I those days they Lip Synced when appearing on Rock n Roll tv shows.
Notice the kids doing "The Temptation Walk"? Its a great dance in your in your mid 70s.
You guys should listen to "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by The Temptations. One of David Ruffin's finest moments.
David's Process is TIGHT!!
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YOU MAY AS WELL REACT TO--(I WISH IT WOULD RAIN) DAVID RUFFIN SINGING LEAD ---THEN SWITCH OVER TO LEVI STUBB (4 TOPS)SINGING BERNADETTE
That wAs good
My ringtone for my wife’s calls.
Motown at their very best!
I would want to be Eddie Kendricks who told all those Motown jerks to go to hell and then had a successful solo career. He also helped Paul Williams record some songs but Motown wouldn't release them. He also gave Florence Ballard money to feed her children after Diana Ross got her fired.
Hey Claire, do you and Eddie have the same birthday?
@@AirplayBeats We do! He was born in 1939 and I was born in 1954.
@ that’s awesome. I saw it was his birthday the same day you told me it was your birthday.
@@AirplayBeats Paul Rodgers, lead singer for Free and Bad Company, was also born on Dec. 17. He was born in 1949.
How sweet was that?
Thank you.
BY THE WAY THE FUNK BROTHERS HANDLED MOST OF MOTOWNS RECORDINGS SESSIONS WITH JAMES JAMERSON BLASTING THE BASS __BELIEVE IT OR NOT __THEY(THE TEMPS) COULD ALL SING ON VARIOUS SONGS __SOME OLE SCHOOL ADVICE ---GET AWAY FROM WHO IS THE BEST __THEY(THE TEMPTATIONS)WERE A GROUP ---THEIR MOTTO AS A GROUP (TEMPTATIONS FOR EVER)
like it is a different league
The best song of all time. Beats Billie Jean.
Which one Otis
British Invasion meet Motown……pretty much a draw…..brilliant music