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Coppelia-Birdsong
06-13-2018, 10:11 AM
Mine is Send me No Flowers. I get chills from that song: Diana's voice is haunting, and I would say the lyrics may well be HDH's best for the Supremes, and definitly my favourite. I like to make up my own verses around the theme as I love flowers and people like the person described in the song by the singer are a huge pet peeve of mine. Only today the song would be Send me No Whatsapp Messages, or at least based on my own experiences with emotionally constipated men.
mysterysinger
06-13-2018, 03:03 PM
"You Don't Love Me No More" - Gladys Knight & The Pips.
Coppelia-Birdsong
06-13-2018, 03:11 PM
For a while, when someone I was in love with completely broke my heart, If I were Your Woman was my song. Made me cry but feel better too.
mysterysinger
06-13-2018, 03:36 PM
but..... Didn't You Know [[You'd Have To Cry Sometime)? Gladys did.
blkfrost
06-13-2018, 04:03 PM
"It's My Turn"...
TomatoTom123
06-13-2018, 06:35 PM
I would add Brenda Holloway's Every Little Bit Hurts"... Brenda's vocal and the way she is in absolute control of the song is amazing... and chilling indeed :D
sansradio
06-13-2018, 07:26 PM
"Neither One of Us [[Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)." Full stop.
RanRan79
06-13-2018, 09:20 PM
"Neither One of Us [[Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)." Full stop.
That's what I was going to choose. One of my favorite songs period.
lockhartgary
06-14-2018, 12:12 AM
All by the Miracles...so far
1. Baby Don't You Go [[hypothetical, I know)
2. My Girl Has Gone
3. After You Put Back the Pieces [[I'll Still Have a Broken Heart)
4. We've Come Too Far to End it Now
the sound of young america
06-14-2018, 12:21 PM
One To Many Heartaches - The Isley Brothers
Rainy Morning - The Marvelettes
The Love I Saw in You Was Just A Mirage - Smokey Robnison And The Miracles
Boogiedown
06-14-2018, 01:01 PM
I will survive
RanRan79
06-14-2018, 01:42 PM
One To Many Heartaches - The Isley Brothers
Rainy Morning - The Marvelettes
Two great choices!
arr&bee
06-14-2018, 01:51 PM
Smokey's[i can't find]will tear your heart out!
RanRan79
06-14-2018, 03:20 PM
Martha and the Vandellas "Go Ahead and Laugh" is killer.
Motown Eddie
06-14-2018, 03:36 PM
The Marvelettes-"That's How Heartaches Are Made"
robb_k
06-14-2018, 05:14 PM
Mine is Send me No Flowers. I get chills from that song: Diana's voice is haunting, and I would say the lyrics may well be HDH's best for the Supremes, and definitly my favourite.
14317
Can't be the same song as Doris Day sang in 1964 [[as the theme song of the film of the same title)! :cool:
midnightman
06-14-2018, 06:00 PM
"Neither One of Us [[Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)." Full stop.
This one. Nuff said!
PeaceNHarmony
06-15-2018, 01:14 PM
'Neither One Of Us'. Still heartstopping 40 years on.
lucky2012
06-15-2018, 01:30 PM
Neither One of Us
but also, among several by Smokey, these two:
When I'm Gone
You'll Lose a Precious Love
144man
06-15-2018, 01:59 PM
"And I thought you loved me,
when I saw that loving feeling in your eyes.
And I thought you loved me,
but you were only kissing me goodbye."
And I Thought You Loved Me - The Supremes. [Also a great version by Marbaya.]
Fourtopsbiggestfan
06-16-2018, 04:19 AM
The Four Tops- BRING ME TOGETHER, IF YOU DON'T WANT MY LOVE, I'M SO AFRAID OF LOSING YOU, JUST ONE LAST LOOK [[The Temptations version too)
The Temptations- I NOW SEE YOU CLEAR THROUGH TEARS,
jaybs
06-18-2018, 05:39 AM
"Forever Came Today" sent it to a girl I was dating on Valentines Day, as work got more busy working on the radio I decided to sell all my disco equipment and went with a mate for three weeks in the USA, visiting yes Detroit & Philly, she was not Happy and we broke up. When she got married she asked me if I would do a spot for her on the disco she had booked as we remained friends then, you can guess what single I managed to fit in LOL! Never met anyone else?
captainjames
06-18-2018, 08:40 AM
Oh wow the memories behind the Black Majic album
"In and Out of My Life," Martha Reeves and the Vandellas -
In Fact that is what I call my break up album and I will always say Martha was killing it.
"Tear It Down"
"No One There"
"I hope I don't get My Heart Broke"
"I Have Given You the Best Years of My Life"
All were good for wine and cursing.
lucky2012
06-18-2018, 10:35 AM
^ [
"Tear It Down"
"No One There"
"I Have Given You the Best Years of My Life"
All were good for wine and cursing.]
Yes. Thank you.
nysister
06-18-2018, 12:08 PM
Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations
alexstassi
06-18-2018, 03:09 PM
My first ever gf... when we broke up it was The Four Tops " I just can't walk away"... bawled my eyes out when i heard that song
lockhartgary
06-18-2018, 08:18 PM
Another: Just Another Lonely Night - Temptations. The way Paul sings it you'd think he was speaking from real experience. A tearjerker as far as I am concerned.
What becomes of the broken-hearted!!
midnightman
06-18-2018, 11:35 PM
Ugh. Why did I forget to mention:
Marvin's Just to Keep You Satisfied!
rovereab
06-19-2018, 04:34 AM
'Cos We've Ended Now As Lovers - Syreeta.
captainjames
06-19-2018, 05:22 PM
'Cos We've Ended Now As Lovers - Syreeta.
That was a good one
blkfrost
06-20-2018, 11:40 AM
Cannot forget "Touch Me In The Morning"... the Diana Ross and Marlena Shaw versions.
Philles/Motown Gary
06-28-2018, 04:38 AM
Nobody could identify with the pain of a broken heart like Motown:
Diana Ross - "After You"
Diana Ross - "Never Say I Don't Love You"
The Contours - "It's So Hard Being A Loser"
Diana Ross - "All The Befores"
The Spinners - "Truly Yours"
Valerie Simpson - "Back To Nowhere"
thommg
06-28-2018, 04:41 PM
"And I thought you loved me,
when I saw that loving feeling in your eyes.
And I thought you loved me,
but you were only kissing me goodbye."
And I Thought You Loved Me - The Supremes. [Also a great version by Marbaya.]
I totally forgot this one while thinking about breakup songs. Yes, yes, yes! I second this emotion!
midnightman
06-30-2018, 04:46 PM
Nobody could identify with the pain of a broken heart like Motown:
Diana Ross - "After You"
Diana Ross - "Never Say I Don't Love You"
The Contours - "It's So Hard Being A Loser"
Diana Ross - "All The Befores"
The Spinners - "Truly Yours"
Valerie Simpson - "Back To Nowhere"
OMG, that song is soooooo heartbreaking and beautiful.
So much depth Diana gave that song. Valerie and Nick could write the you-know-what out of songs, I swear.
Miracles - A Fork In The Road
Miracles - Baby Don't You Go
Miracles - What Love Has Joined Together
Miracles - I Cry
Miracles - My World Is Empty Without You
Martha & The Vandellas - I'll Have To Let Him Go
Martha & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not
Martha & The Vandellas - In My Lonely Room
Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before
Edwin Starr - If My Heart Could Tell A Story
Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place
Four Tops - Ask The Lonely
Four Tops - Stay In My Lonely Arms
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Supremes - A Breath Taking Guy
Supremes - My Heart Can't Take It No More
Tempts - I Wish It Would Rain
Tempts - Lonely Lonely Man Am I
Stevie - Yester-me, Yester-you. Yesterday
Stevie - A Place In The Sun
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