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Post by AnnaKonda on Jan 29, 2004 17:24:27 GMT -5
Mike!
If you're finished with him, may I have what will be left of him? ;D
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Post by temptfan on Jan 29, 2004 17:25:47 GMT -5
I think the review should just QUIT!! and let the REAL Temptations do their thing so there wont be these arguments and angry people barking at eachother.....I love Dennis and i think he is a great artist, but he has to go and do his own thing as a soloact and stop obsessing with trying to build up a fake Temptations group. It pisses me off that some people actually writes in articles and in newspapers that Dennis group is the temptations...or when the tempts have a concert somewhere and they're promoting it with a tempts review poster. I applaud Otis for keeping The Temptations alive for 43 years and more and more and more..... no disrespect to the review or its members(especially dennis) but there can only be ONE Temptations group, Otis is one of the originals ... none of the reviews are....4 of them haven't even been in the group. I also think it's unfair that some of the Temptations fans are told that they will see the Temptations at some concert but instead end up with a coverband. p.s. I'm totally excited 'bout the new album 'Impeccable' that will be out this year!!! i'm guessing it will sell at least 3 million copies and win 5 Grammys. much love to Otis,Ron,Terry,G.C. and Joe. and of course to Paul,David,Melvin,Eddie and Al.......I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Tempts 4-ever./peace
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Post by AnnaKonda on Jan 29, 2004 17:39:55 GMT -5
Why have the Review quit? There is an alternative ... It is simply ridiculous to say something like that :laughing The Temptations Review is as legitimate a group as any other. Just because they are a thorn in O's side doesn't change a thing.
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Post by kalisa2 on Jan 29, 2004 18:07:12 GMT -5
If you're not taking Shelly's quotes as truth then why take Otis'? See this is just what I mean....everyone makes the thing fit what they want to believe........... I take Otis's quotes as the truth as he knew it, from somebody way down the totem pole, as told to someone higher up,(insert as many levels to the totem pole as needed), as told to Shelly . I don't believe the story is the truth, but I'm calling neither Otis nor Shelly a liar. Somebody started it and I will never believe it was George Bush in this case. That's all I'm saying. And Ivory...repeating that story for public consumption was very disparaging to the Review. The reporter got it from somewhere, I don't think he made that part up out of the whole cloth. (called 'damning with faint praise") That doesn't sound a bit disparaging to you? I have never seen Dennis be anything but complimentary toward Otis's Group (yes, I'm mad enough at Otis right now to leave the word that starts with "T" OFF their title  ) Not in public. (he's never said anything bad about them to ME in private either, just for the record  ). Whatever ill feelings may be between them should stay between them, at least in public. |
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Post by TrueReflection on Jan 29, 2004 18:56:32 GMT -5
I think the review should just QUIT!! and let the REAL Temptations do their thing so there wont be these arguments and angry people barking at eachother.....I love Dennis and i think he is a great artist, but he has to go and do his own thing as a soloact and stop obsessing with trying to build up a fake Temptations group. It pisses me off that some people actually writes in articles and in newspapers that Dennis group is the temptations...or when the tempts have a concert somewhere and they're promoting it with a tempts review poster. I applaud Otis for keeping The Temptations alive for 43 years and more and more and more..... no disrespect to the review or its members(especially dennis) but there can only be ONE Temptations group, Otis is one of the originals ... none of the reviews are....4 of them haven't even been in the group. I also think it's unfair that some of the Temptations fans are told that they will see the Temptations at some concert but instead end up with a coverband. p.s. I'm totally excited 'bout the new album 'Impeccable' that will be out this year!!! i'm guessing it will sell at least 3 million copies and win 5 Grammys. much love to Otis,Ron,Terry,G.C. and Joe. and of course to Paul,David,Melvin,Eddie and Al.......I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Tempts 4-ever./peace AMEN!!!!! I would never go see the review or any other Temptations wannabe group, buy I will go see the Tempts when they come to my town! I would also go see Dennis Edwards by himself anytime, maybe even over the Tempts, by with the review? No cause I know Dennis is more talented than that. |
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Post by edafan on Jan 29, 2004 19:11:34 GMT -5
All 22 temptations and the spinoff groups are not going to be alive forever.
When we bury the last of the hall of fame 6 who will you see perform the songs live then?
I hope all temptations and temptations review members keep on singing forever.
Remember Melvin's words at the beginning of Harrah's tape
"If I could sing and dance on stage I could live forever"
You are forgetting the only 2 certain things in life are death and taxes.
Someday the live voices will be silent, who will you listen live to then, I hope their children keep up the magic.
Melvin you are right.
edafan
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Post by kalisa2 on Jan 29, 2004 19:18:48 GMT -5
AMEN!!!!! I would never go see the review or any other Temptations wannabe group, buy I will go see the Tempts when they come to my town! I would also go see Dennis Edwards by himself anytime, maybe even over the Tempts, by with the review? No cause I know Dennis is more talented than that. I'm sorry to see you say that, Luke. As Otis himself said (if we can at least believe THAT quote  ) "People love to be entertained. "...and the Review does just that, as well has having a recognizable (from the old days) voice up front. The fact is, that if you are going to see the Legendary Dennis Edwards at all, it will most likely be with the Review. Much as *I* prefer (LOVE) the Review and Dennis, I'm not going to cut myself out of being entertained by refusing to see "the legendary" hahaha Otis and his group. They do a reasonable job of entertaining . |
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Post by Elbridge on Jan 29, 2004 19:59:57 GMT -5
No disrespect to our President OR Mr. Williams.... but I have this feeling George doesn't even know who Otis is. ;D ;D Peach LOL!! Ed Edited 'cause I messed up the quote |
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Post by Peach on Jan 29, 2004 20:31:09 GMT -5
I'm sorry to see you say that, Luke. As Otis himself said (if we can at least believe THAT quote ) "People love to be entertained. "...and the Review does just that, as well has having a recognizable (from the old days) voice up front. The fact is, that if you are going to see the Legendary Dennis Edwards at all, it will most likely be with the Review. Much as *I* prefer (LOVE) the Review and Dennis, I'm not going to cut myself out of being entertained by refusing to see "the legendary" hahaha Otis and his group. They do a reasonable job of entertaining . I had to see Dennis....no question! And as everyone knows, I was very wary. I didn't know what I was getting into when I went to see the Review, but I had the best time.... plus there was a warmth and appreciation there that wasn't at Otis' show. (Read my reviews of both.....of course, everyone has already. This is for you new people.) Personally, if I was George W. Bush and wanted to hire a group for an evening of fun....I would actually hire the Review. And not to save money either. Peach |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jan 29, 2004 22:25:21 GMT -5
You're gonna fault the Tempts for what a REPORTER says about the Review? That doesn't even make any sense.
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Post by AnnaKonda on Jan 29, 2004 22:32:18 GMT -5
No. I don't blame the Temptations for that idiotic article. If I were Otis, I would talk that guy ... he (Pullen) was the one who created the bad impression. Why are ou always twist lmy words  Ivory? |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jan 29, 2004 22:34:49 GMT -5
Well the Tempts are gonna do their things regardless of what the Review does. And if that happens, mark my words, I will kiss Mikey on the mouth!!!! Anyway, there's no reason for them to quit, it just gives us more groups to enjoy. That's a shame Luke, you're cheating yourself. There's a joke in there I could make about Bo, but I won't. ;D Are you saying he's NOT a legend? |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jan 29, 2004 22:36:42 GMT -5
I didn't twist your words, I was asking for clarification. You said "It didn't help The Temptations' case a bit; it made them look pretty childish in my opinion." I'm a bit confused how a third party can make the Tempts look bad by saying bad things about Dennis. Now if you want to elaborate..........
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Post by kalisa2 on Jan 29, 2004 22:47:59 GMT -5
let's break it down here...there are those, you included, who have implied that some folks don't care for Otis cuz they're mad that he's still alive while the other Classic 5 aren't. What actually has Otis done to be a "legend"? He's stayed alive and done the only thing he knows how to do to keep food on the table. If he WEREN'T the only Classic 5 member to still be alive, nobody would know his name...he'd be one of five guys up there on the stage, regardless who else was up there with him, he'd be one of the Temptations. Period. A nameless face. No legend. So, IMO, HE is the one capitalizing and "making a name" for himself for ... still being alive.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jan 29, 2004 23:23:50 GMT -5
I wish you'd make up your mind whether or not you like the man or not. Now let me explain my position because I think it's getting a little ......... um .............. I dunno. But it's not like I think you could find someone who doesn't like Otis and you could say to them "why don't you like Otis?" and they would say "because he's alive and Eddie's not." I think it's a subconscious thing, I WONDER if some don't blame Otis, or resent him, for being alive when David, Eddie and Paul, who were all much more talented, left us too soon. So what has he done to be a legend? Well, let me ask you this, are Obie Benson and Duke Fakir legends? Well of course they are, no one would argue with that. So why is Otis any different? That's a steaming pile of :bs: and you know it. Joe Herndon is a man up on the stage, Bernard Gipson is a man up on the stage. Otis is more than that and has been ever since we first decided that the Tempts were legends. They were never "the legendary Temptations ........... and a dude from Texas." Please. What else should he do? Seriously, how else do you expect him to behave? Does he not have the right to make use of the fame he has helped create? Otis doesn't begrudge Dennis the name "Temptations Review" so why are you begrudging Otis the very thing he's done all his life? What's he supposed to do? Crawl off into a hole somewhere just because he's the only one still living? Need I remind you that if it weren't for him, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. |
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). Whatever ill feelings may be between them should stay between them, at least in public.
Ivory?