I have this album, but I've never understood why 98% of the lead vocals on the other songs are by Dennis.

Man Rick was a bad Mf'er.

I was introduced to the music of the Temptations thur my parents(as a young kid)but after i heard this jam, i actively sought out their whole back catalogue. Pairing the Temptations(the old) with Rick James(the new)was brilliant.

I love this song...

Okay, I love just about everything by RJ!

I still play this song quite a bit.

SoulAlive said:

exactly.

Gotta be the full 10 minute version tho

Someone give me the relations with Meliv, Rick and also some other in Motown?

THe Ruffin Brothers were kin to Lamont Dozier and Levi Stubbs and Jackie Wilson and Mary Wilson?? How does all this work?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Someone give me the relations with Meliv, Rick and also some other in Motown?

They're not really related.

JamFanHot said:

SoulAlive said:

exactly.

Gotta be the full 10 minute version tho

indeed!

It's a hot funky jam and I definitely love the line....We want the funk and NOTHING else will do. Damn right!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Someone give me the relations with Meliv, Rick and also some other in Motown?

THe Ruffin Brothers were kin to Lamont Dozier and Levi Stubbs and Jackie Wilson and Mary Wilson?? How does all this work?

...calling Timmy! I'm sure he can give you the exact tea on this. He's the walking Motown encyclopedia book.

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missfee said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Someone give me the relations with Meliv, Rick and also some other in Motown?

THe Ruffin Brothers were kin to Lamont Dozier and Levi Stubbs and Jackie Wilson and Mary Wilson?? How does all this work?

...calling Timmy! I'm sure he can give you the exact tea on this. He's the walking Motown encyclopedia book.

[Edited 8/6/12 12:11pm]

Everyone in the Tempts were always calling some other Motown artist their kin. Wasn't always true. It's debatable whether or not Melvin Franklin and Rick James were really uncle and nephew or even that Melvin Franklin and David Ruffin were cousins of any sort. I know Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs were real-life cousins though.

^^I remember when I was growing up, some people would call others "kinfolk", whether they were related or not. I guess it's a southern thing.

MickyDolenz said:

^^I remember when I was growing up, some people would call others "kinfolk", whether they were related or not. I guess it's a southern thing.

Technically you see a lot of that in the South. Families in the Midwest and West Coast usually have Southern ties and would say it too. Since most of the known Tempts are from the South, it's no surprise they would do that.

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Timmy84 said:

MickyDolenz said:

^^I remember when I was growing up, some people would call others "kinfolk", whether they were related or not. I guess it's a southern thing.

Technically you see a lot of that in the South. Families in the Midwest and West Coast usually have Southern ties and would say it too. Since most of the known Tempts are from the South, it's no surprise they would do that.

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Others would say "cuz" (cousin). I heard a lot of that in the neighborhood and at school. It was usually older people who would say "kinfolk" and younger ones that would say "cuz".

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

Technically you see a lot of that in the South. Families in the Midwest and West Coast usually have Southern ties and would say it too. Since most of the known Tempts are from the South, it's no surprise they would do that.

[Edited 8/6/12 14:33pm]

Others would say "cuz" (cousin). I heard a lot of that in the neighborhood and at school. It was usually older people who would say "kinfolk" and younger ones that would say "cuz".

Folks over 30 are starting to say "kinfolk". I do say "cuz" though.

JamFanHot said:

SoulAlive said:

exactly.

Gotta be the full 10 minute version tho

there ya go!!! !!!!

Now this was thee jam heah

written by Smokey

I wonder when will we ever get a remastered 'Throwin' Down' set? A 2-CD Deluxe Edition,similiar to what they did with 'Street Songs', would be nice.

SoulAlive said:

I wonder when will we ever get a remastered 'Throwin' Down' set? A 2-CD Deluxe Edition,similiar to what they did with 'Street Songs', would be nice.

SoulAlive said:

whitesockedfunk said:

SoulAlive said:

I wonder when will we ever get a remastered 'Throwin' Down' set? A 2-CD Deluxe Edition,similiar to what they did with 'Street Songs', would be nice.

Yeah, shame on Hip-O that we still don't have the full Rick James catalogue remastered by now!

I've never been REAL big on remasters (I prefer my original vinyl usually)...but even I gotta admit, that "Street Songs Deluxe Edition" was killer.

It WOULD be cool if the rest of his catalog got similar treatment. No shortage of material in the can, for sure.

JamFanHot said:

I've never been REAL big on remasters (I prefer my original vinyl usually)...but even I gotta admit, that "Street Songs Deluxe Edition" was killer.

It certainly was it was sheer genuis to include one of the Long Beach concerts as the second disc! That show is explosive! If one of the 'Throwin Down' shows was recorded,they should release that on a deluxe edition of the album,too.

JamFanHot said:

SoulAlive said:

exactly.

Gotta be the full 10 minute version tho

BAM there it is! ! mad funky face there

Temptations SING!