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Post by sukkafu on Jan 22, 2003 4:25:27 GMT -5
i love that song ! whenever i play it in the car , constance immediately says-david!
i love the guitar riffs on i could never...
with the strings mixed in for good measure.
ss you are very witty and funny on your own right!
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Post by KEEKS on Jan 22, 2003 22:13:20 GMT -5
Now, now... I did some stuff on the David Ruffing thread, too!!!  I'm just happy I'm learning lyrics after all these years! ;D Where is the David Ruffing thread I been tearin' this place up lookin' for it...?? |
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Post by SoulStirrer on Jan 22, 2003 23:47:54 GMT -5
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Post by KEEKS on Jan 23, 2003 12:18:09 GMT -5
I thought you meant another thread...but thanks SS. I thought it was called David Ruffing...  |
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Post by DramaLJDiva on Jan 23, 2003 15:00:02 GMT -5
This is intriguing.
"Farewell My Love"...good timing or coincidence? I posted this on iMusic back in Spring 2000. This was Al's last song with the Tempts, so it's as if it was a message from the Tempts to their fans.
I love Melvin's "boom booms" on this tune!
Is David's last name spelled "Ruffing" on purpose or is that a type-o?
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Post by SoulStirrer on Jan 23, 2003 20:27:29 GMT -5
Naw, the David Ruffing line was done on purpose... I should call him Davis Ruffin instead...  My favorite part of "Farewell My Love" are the harmonies. That's bootiful!!!  |
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Post by Aba21 on Jan 23, 2003 22:28:26 GMT -5
As Melvin got older and unable to move as he had in the past,he began just standing at the end on a lot of songs and making bass as he went along. It was truely awesome to hear. Songs that I never heard the bass before became incredible when Melvin did that. He would dance some and stand some, dance some and stand some and when he stood he tore it up with his great bass. As time went on he had to leave the stage and it hurt me to not see him there bercause it was his bass and Eddie's tenor that defined the Temptations sound for me.
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Post by MikeNYC on Jan 23, 2003 23:27:17 GMT -5
Same thing with Eddie when He got sick ! Dance some, Stand some..........same thing !
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 24, 2003 1:53:54 GMT -5
they did the best they could with the conditions they were in. they did a fabulous job and if they didn't get up
on the stage and do their act, they might've died sooner.
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Post by Aba21 on Jan 24, 2003 12:37:41 GMT -5
There is something to what you just said suk......Melvin lived and died to be a Temptation. I can't speak for how the others felt but my time with him showed me he was proud to be a Temptation, knew what it meant to be a Temptation and acted like a Temptation is supposed to act whenever you saw him.
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 24, 2003 14:27:05 GMT -5
yes, i agree with you completely. i know the miniseries
was major fiction and flawed, but i can't help thinking that's the feeling they wanted to portray when poopie says ''i 'm gonna die'' if he doesn't get back up on that stage and sing and dance.
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Post by earthangel on Jan 24, 2003 21:06:56 GMT -5
If Paul really said that to Otis (cant trust the movie) and I was Otis, that might haunt me a little. "Man, I'm gonna die; I swear I'm gone die"  |
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 25, 2003 4:10:14 GMT -5
well, drama helps ratings. but the sentiment might have been real.
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Post by KEEKS on Jan 26, 2003 0:37:13 GMT -5
well, drama helps ratings. but the sentiment might have been real. I agree 100% I felt the same way...about Poopie. Some people want things so bad in life and if they dont have that anymore then they cant go on...and in my heart I believe that about Paul...I could be wrong and heck i probably am...I mean what do i know(barely anything about the C5)...but either way thats what I believe. Its just a feeling I have inside. |
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Post by iratherlikeme on Jan 26, 2003 0:54:54 GMT -5
Kikiaj, that's how I was feeling about Paul. He had been singing and performing his entire life, and then all of a sudden he wasn't able to do that anymore. It's like his livelihood was taken away, and I'm not completely sure what that does to a person, but I imagine that it can be very damaging.
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