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Post by sukkafu on Jun 4, 2003 13:35:30 GMT -5
i would not want to be on stage singing my girl for 1 second without preparation and polish. sure, it's nice to be next to your favorite group but to sing with them i would feel even for one moment i would want to keep the highest standards so as not to trivialize the song or to appear cartoonish.
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Post by Jonel on Jun 4, 2003 14:21:40 GMT -5
Oh no, Sukka, you just have fun with it. I think the more fun you have, the better. I did it in Richmond a couple of years ago and my daughter did it in Salem in 2000 and we both loved it. We'll never forget it.
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Post by sukkafu on Jun 4, 2003 15:09:46 GMT -5
when's the cd coming out jo? ;D
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 4, 2003 17:38:10 GMT -5
Well is there anyway the Temptations know this.
I actually told Otis that. Well, I told him *I* didn't like it. His reaction was, "ok."
I doubt seriously they'll get rid of it any time soon. I mean for us hard core folks it's one thing. That song is the holiest of holy's and we don't like to hear it messed up, plus, we've heard them mess it up over and over and over and over and over because we go to so many shows. But for the average concert goer, the folks the Tempts make their money off of, it's "cute" and entertaining. Like Jonel said, it does create a great memory for the person doing it.
Unfortunately, I think we're gonna just have to deal with it.
And I can understand their side. I mean, it IS nice to get the audience involved and that's the one song everyone knows at least the chorus of. What else are they gonna have folks sing? "Ball of Confusion"?
I would/could never do it because doing so would break one of my personal life rules, "thou shalt not act like a Tempt whenever you're in 100 feet of them, you're just gonna look dumb." Or *I* would anyway.
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Post by sukkafu on Jun 4, 2003 18:48:10 GMT -5
i agree with the fairest ivory!
i also don't like it when we sing just my imagination- i paid to hear them sing it!
it seemed to me i was in a setting like las vegas- the wedding chapel where you have the solemn ceremony- only it's next to the one armed bandits(slots)
you go to see the polish of the tempts and the performance and professional clean look- then you get
folks come up like the price is right and walk away with a t shirt like coney island.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 4, 2003 21:36:36 GMT -5
i also don't like it when we sing just my imagination- i paid to hear them sing it!
That doesn't bother me as much, I guess because it's so short. Also, it's actually helped me LIKE their rendition of it a little more.
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Post by Aba21 on Jun 4, 2003 22:26:07 GMT -5
Having done it myself I will say that I enjoy it when they bring one man and one woman up to do the song. In AC we got champange not t-shirts. I don't think you trivialize the song because you allow someone from the audience to sing it. To me when you don't have a singer who can sing it then that's what I have a problem with. Richard didn't do it for me but I understand why he had to sing it. Sukka you say you didn't pay to see someone else sing the song but if you were there with your wife and they asked you to come up and sing it, you can't tell me you wouldn't get your butt up there and sing the song to your wife. I don't even want to hear it! ;D ;D It's an honor to be up there suk. A once in a lifetime thing that you can take with you forever. TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU SANG WITH THE TEMPTATIONS is something very few can say they did. I don't care which combination of temps it was....hell it could be the review it would still be an honor. I know you sing better than me so if they call you, get your butt there and do it!!!! ;D  If Jonel, her daughter and Ivory and me can get up there so can you! |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 4, 2003 22:44:32 GMT -5
Bottle of champagne!!! Now nobody told me they were giving out liquor!!!! That changes things!!!! What are the chances of me and O splitting a bottle of gin when it's over with!!!!  ;D Aba, I haven't done it.  I made it clear a long time ago I'd Rho-Shambo anyone who tried to make me.  |
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Post by Aba21 on Jun 4, 2003 22:50:42 GMT -5
Oh I'm sorry Ivory. Then I mistook that beautiful, blonde, fine , sexy woman I saw in DC for you!!!!Sorry bout that! I didn't know that wasn't you!!!!! ;D ;D |
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Post by sukkafu on Jun 5, 2003 1:10:36 GMT -5
i appreciate you aba! you are some special man!
but i do agree that it is important that somebody sing it well. however, couldn't they compromise and have the audience thing first and THEN have a real full rendition as a finale or an encore? it would make the classy show finish on a high note. i'm sorry, but i feel the audience
deserves a great show ,not a great mike.
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 5, 2003 1:23:26 GMT -5
i appreciate you aba! you are some special man! but i do agree that it is important that somebody sing it well. however, couldn't they compromise and have the audience thing first and THEN have a real full rendition as a finale or an encore? it would make the classy show finish on a high note. i'm sorry, but i feel the audience deserves a great show ,not a great mike. That's not what Woodson says! He says to have a special show,you need a special mic ! :laughing: |
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Post by selfishreasons on Jun 5, 2003 1:25:48 GMT -5
special mic? hmmmm. I got hear this special mic. Does it do it's own EQing? Does he record with it? I wonder if he's got insurance on it.
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 5, 2003 1:29:18 GMT -5
Nope,it helps a baritone hit a falsetto note and hold it! :hairraiser: :laughing:
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Post by sukkafu on Jun 5, 2003 1:32:36 GMT -5
i though clothespins in a crucial area of the loins would make a baritone sing soprano! |
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 5, 2003 1:49:33 GMT -5
i though clothespins in a crucial area of the loins would make a baritone sing soprano! That was in the 50's! :hairraiser: |
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