Four Tops - The Good Lord Knows

[mysterysinger]

There doesn't appear to be a clean quality video of this song on YouTube but it rates with me among my top 5 tracks by the Four Tops. It's Motown by virtue of the "Keeper Of The Castle" album being released a couple of times by Motown on CD. Wonderful.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1sISsNEXRc

[soulster]

There doesn't appear to be a clean quality video of this song on YouTube but it rates with me among my top 5 tracks by the Four Tops. It's Motown by virtue of the "Keeper Of The Castle" album being released a couple of times by Motown on CD. Wonderful.



It's NOT Motown by any stretch of the imagination.

[theboyfromxtown]

I don't consider this to be a Motown track either. The production is too lightweight for me

[mysterysinger]

The production is ideal for this song. Relaxation and Motown go hand in hand for me. Love the voices on here.

[theboyfromxtown]

Maybe I should listen to it a few more times. It was good to hear Obie though.

Is there any track that has a few solo lines from Duke...I can't think of one off the top of my head

[mysterysinger]

That's an interesting question XT. There's a nice exchange of voices on "Do What You Gotta Do" though not Duke . I think he's more to the fore on some lines in "MacArthur Park" but not solo. I do like the ones where they swap vocals and, I guess I'm one who goes more for the softer side of the Tops.

[144man]

Whether it's Motown or not, I think the best place to discuss the Four Tops ' work is on the Motown forum.

[theboyfromxtown]

Duke does say a line on Ain't No Women Like The One I Got

[soulster]

I don't consider this to be a Motown track either. The production is too lightweight for me
It's my least favorite song on the album. The rest of the album smokes, though.

[mysterysinger]

And it's my favourite song on the album as well as being one of my top 4 Tops tracks of all. Opposite ends of the spectrum on this one! That's allowed.

[marv2]

I've had the Keep of the Castle album for years but have never listened to this song. Nice indeed. Obie sounds good.

[Daan76]

Maybe I should listen to it a few more times. It was good to hear Obie though.

Is there any track that has a few solo lines from Duke...I can't think of one off the top of my head

Yes, there is. Listen to "Bits and Pieces":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxxCfkGYV_0

[biggestfourtops fan]

Maybe I should listen to it a few more times. It was good to hear Obie though.

Is there any track that has a few solo lines from Duke...I can't think of one off the top of my head

Ain't No Woman and Mama You're All Right With Me and Peace Of Mind

[Daan76]

Duke can also be heard doing some lines we are used to hear sung by the lead, on this tribute:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbel00

[mysterysinger]

I still love "The Good Lord Knows" which I first heard as the B-side to
"[[I Think I Must Be) Dreaming" on Probe all those years ago.

[tmd]

Pretty sure he also wrote it, I would love to hear this on the Christian radio stations, Keeper of the Castle album is super, another great track on this LP is Please Remember what I Told You to Forget.
Amen Brother, good to see someone recognize this song.

[tmd]

BTW this was the first 4 Top LP recorded after they left Motown on the Dunhill Label, I purchased it when it first came out in 1972-1973, wrote a music review of the LP on my high school newspaper, I had an opportunity to meet my music idol Levi in 1974 and told him that I had written the review , and that it was at an all white high school He got a great kick out of that.

[Daan76]

Is there any track that has a few solo lines from Duke...I can't think of one off the top of my head
Not really a solo but Duke does puts his performance into the foreground on the high parts in this clip of "In the Still of the Night" & "Eleanor Rigby" seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4T9yCdo72s

But the ultimate Duke-solo is offcourse "We did it our way":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXypcapLuY4

[marv2]

Duke also has his line in "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got".