A very powerful performance from the temps,dennis is all business on this one a nice message.
A very powerful performance from the temps,dennis is all business on this one a nice message.
I remember seeing them sing this on television. Dennis did a great job, but the lyrics I never really cared for.
It was more suited to a female performer but one cannot argue with the quality of the vocals.
R & B,
Always liked the story told in the lyrics, great stuff!!
S.S.
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First love this when it was performed by Charlene but then Nancy Wilson did and I have never heard anyone else sing it better. Dennis does a good job but Nancy takes it home.
I love nancy,but the temps version does it for me.
The Tempts were my introduction to this choon; always loved their take. Charlene's is...nice. But Nancy grabs it by the throat. I was listening to her version on the subway this weekend and swooning. Would love to hear Randy's; she's another who could sing the ingredients off of a Cheez-It box and make it work.
Nancy Wilson's version is slightly spoilt for me when she sings "moved like Barlow in Monte Carlo" instead "[Jean] Harlow".
lol sorry Nancy's first .....................hey lady to her final ..............................hmm.... is just incomparable. it just seems fitting for a mature woman trying to educate a novice.
BUMP: On listening to Nancy's version again this morning, I distinctly heard her sing, "Moved like Bardot through Monte Carlo," which, though not in the original lyrics, makes a lot more sense. This has been troubling me since Nancy's always been such an intelligent song stylist; I didn't think she'd randomly sing "Barlow." Give it another listen and sound off when you do.
Last edited by sansradio; 09-29-2015 at 10:51 AM.
I pulled out my vinyl copy and also listened again to the version on YouTube and am now unsure what she sings. "Barlow" rhymes, "Bardot " makes more sense, but the pronunciation is too indistinct to tell.
While I was on YouTube, I listened to the Randy Crawford version for the first time. I liked it a lot.
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