Instead, the music had turned lush and psychedelic and orchestral. The Temptations were vehicles, conduits for someone else’s grander vision. The first two were "My Girl" (1965) and "Just My Imagination" (1971). They still worked with the songwriter Barrett Strong, once the singer who’d scored Motown’s first-ever hit, and with Norman Whitfield, the visionary producer who was also Strong’s songwriting partner. Classic-era Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams had just left the group — one for solo stardom, the other for the addiction and depression that would soon kill him. The Undisputed Truth were Whitfield’s pet project. Whitfield would leave Motown and start his own label. The Temptations' “Papa Was A Rollin' Stone” was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and produced by Whitfield. By 1972, the classic Motown sound — that gorgeous, efficient pop-soul assembly line — was just about dead.

But there’s something to be said for playing a role in a great director’s masterpiece. Em Folks say Papa would beg borrow or steal to pay his bills. For parties like those, a record like “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,” as dark and heavy-hearted as it might be, must’ve felt like a blessing from above.There’s no lead singer on “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone.” The different Temptations all trade off lead vocals. [Verse 2] Em Hey, Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trades; Am Tell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave? Even edited down to become a single, “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” was still a monolith — at seven minutes, one of the longest #1 singles of all time. Music was changing. "The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song. Disco didn’t really exist yet, but the amniotic beginnings of it were just taking shape — New York party kings like David Mancuso throwing all-night invite-only ragers with state-of-the-art soundsystems and acid-spiked punch. 50+ videos Play all Mix - The Temptations Papa Was A Rolling Stone 1972 Single Version YouTube The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (Ruud's Extended Mix) - Duration: 6:37.
And throughout the 61-year history of the (Run-DMC’s highest-charting single was the 1986 Aerosmith collaboration “ The world was changing. He built and built the song, carving a towering monument out of tense hi-hats and pulsating bass and shivering strings and hard-strutting chicken-scratch guitars and panicked trumpet-blasts. There are a lot of rolling stones out there, and a lot of fatherless families. The guitars, from Funk Brothers masters Melvin “Wah Wah Watson” Ragin and Paul Warren, murmur and weep to each other throughout the song, even during the verses; they’re as expressive as the voices. Because there’s no specificity to “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone.” Instead, it’s the story of millions. "Come On Eileen" was a colossal '80s hit, but the band - far more appreciated in their native UK than stateside - released just three albums before their split. It’s a pretty amazing example of what Whitfield could do.But when Whitfield took the song to the Temptations, he blew it all the way out. But it’s not their song. The A-side won for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus, and the B-side took the award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance.Speaking about this song's writer/producer Norman Whitfield in a 1995 interview with This was the last big hit recorded in Motown's famous Studio A, located in a two-story house in Detroit. The Temptations would stop working with Whitfield. Auteurs like Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield were cranking out heady, sprawling masterpieces. Jay-Z was going to ask Mary J. Blige to duet on "Empire State of Mind," but he decided on Alicia Keys when he heard the piano stabs on the track.The "Highway To Hell" is the Canning Highway in Australia, which seems to go on forever, at least according to AC/DC.The electronic instruments in "Atomic Dog" represent the coming computer age, which is balanced by the instinctual dog, who barks and pants throughout the song.Sia Furler wrote “Titanium” and originally wanted to give the tune to Katy Perry. "The Way We Were" was the first of five Hot 100 #1 singles recorded by Barbra Streisand. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Letra e música para ouvir) - It was the third of September / That day I'll always remember, yes I will / 'Cause that was the day that my daddy died / / I never got a chance to see him /