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The Temptations are an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown . The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B , doo-wop , funk , disco , soul , and adult contemporary music . Read More
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012piacular \pahy-AK-yuh-ler\, adjective: 1. Expiatory; atoning; reparatory. 2. Requiring expiation; sinful or wicked. Piacular is derived from two Latin roots: pia, which is related to the word pious, and a variation of the suffix -cule which denotes a diminutive nouns, like particle. I tell you what By the use of this phrase to open or close a statement, the user acquires or asserts a pleasant, folksy authority. Sometimes paired with "boy" for added authority and folksiness (see example). Frequent famous users include Cris Collinsworth and Hank Hill. "Boy, that was a heck of a down field block by Michael Vick ...Baxojayz8 February 2012
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Earth Angel - The Temptations Pretty sure th ..Earth Angel - The Temptations Pretty sure this song will remind me of Back to the Future for as long as I live.The Silver Owl25 January 2012
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Knowledge Medina ft. Co$$ - Can You Let Me B ..Having garnered, respectively, 4.4 and 4.0-star average ratings for Dead or Alive and You Don’t Really Care , Medina">Knowledge Medina only needs one more reader-acclaimed record to achieve a hat trick in the Booth. Can he pull it off? Well… yeah, I’m pretty sure he can. The last of three world premieres off his forthcoming street album with West Coast beatsmith Numonics, Can You Let Me Be finds the South Florida representative copping to his fatal attraction to the street life. Over Numonics ’ moody rock grooves (featuring live acoustic/electric guitar and bass by the beatsmith ...DJ Booth22 January 2012
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012persnickety \per-SNIK-i-tee\, adjective: 1. Overparticular; fussy. 2. Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob. 3. Requiring painstaking care. Persnickety dates back to the late 1800s. It is a variant of the Scots word pernickety, which is of uncertain origin. Pernickety is perhaps related to other Scots words with the per- prefix, like perskeet which meant "fastidious." mompetition The one-up rivalry that moms play making their child seem better, smarter, and/ or more advanced than yours. May involve two or more moms and any number of children, even full-grown. She engaged me in mompetition insisting her son walked at ...Baxojayz18 January 2012
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A Loss For Words Cover The TemptationsA Loss For Words played a show in Philadelphia, PA the other night on their acoustic tour with Koji and covered “My Girl” by The Temptations. Check out the performance below by clicking “Read More.”PropertyOfZack16 January 2012
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A Loss For Words Acoustic Tour Set ListA Loss For Words are currently out on an acoustic tour with Koji, Bright And Early, and Brian Marquis. You can check out A Loss For Words’s set list for the Philadelphia, PA date of the show below by clicking “Read More.” Hold Your Breath Wrightsville Beach Pirouette Raining Excuses All Roads Leads Home The Promises You Keep America Needs A Sweetheart The Hammers Fall My Girl (The Temptations Cover) Mt. St. Joseph Water Runs Dry (Boyz II Men Cover)PropertyOfZack15 January 2012
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Britain’s Michael Kiwanuka Releases EP, ‘Hom ..Although Michael Kiwanuka introduced himself in 2011, it looks like 2012 is really going to be his year. This charming Brit lures you in with his gentle voice and calm demeanor, setting a breezy tone for whatever your surroundings are. Riding the same wave as Bon Iver and adding some of The Temptations deep funky soul, Michael is comfortable and nostalgic with handsome vocals that settle the nerves. Produced by British indie band The Bees’ Paul Butler, Home Again features [...]Indie Rock Reviews6 January 2012
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Van Halen's David Lee Roth: 'I've always bee ..Later this week, a re-formed Van Halen are due to make their return with a gig in New York, with a tour and album to follow. Here, in our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – Mick Brown meets a chirpy David Lee Roth in 1984 It is another perfect day in paradise, and David Lee Roth has decided to go for a drive down Hollywood Boulevard. There is a certain style involved in this. Roth drives a pristine red and white 1951 Mercury, the size of the small ...Guardian music5 January 2012
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Forgotten series: Tesla – Real to Reel (2007 ..Tesla undertook a unique idea in releasing a covers project called Real to Reel. The releases included music that inspired the band to become who they are, beginning with an initial album that featured Deep Purple, the James Gang, the Guess Who, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Robin Trower, the Temptations, UFO, Uriah Heep, Derek and the Dominoes, the [...]Something Else! Reviews4 January 2012
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The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone ( ..Received this in the emails this morning from Mr. Matt Hesseltime who has done a pretty tasty rework of The Temptations’ Papa Was A Rolling Stone alongside Dark Sky’s Benyayer. You can grab it as a free download from the ever dependable Feel My Bicep. You’ll know Matt as one of the guys behind the [...]SlothBoogie28 December 2011
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One Track Mind: The Temptations, “Rudolph th ..Celebratory, but not entirely reverent, the Temptations took a kid’s song and transformed it into a funked-out and rollicking Yuletide hoot. That made “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” a high point in the group’s first holiday release, 1970′s The Temptations Christmas Card.” Also included are memorable uptempo remakes of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Little Drummer Boy.” The album, [...]Something Else! Reviews24 December 2011
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Holiday Classics: The Christmas SongLes Brown & his Orchestra feat. Doris Day : The Christmas Song [ purchase ] John Edwards : The Christmas Song Out of print Smokey Robinson & The Temptations : The Christmas Song [ purchase ] The Christmas Song might be the best of all Christmas songs in the pop canon. It was written in the space of 45 minutes on a hot summer’s day in 1944. Mel Tormé wrote the lyrics, Bob Wells the lyrics — on that hot day the lyricist sought to conjure images of winter in a bid to keep cool. It was first recorded in 1946 by the King Cole Trio, also on a ...Star Maker Machine23 December 2011
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10 of the Worst Covers in PopThis week Leona Lewis kicked up a right old stink by announcing her intention to cover the Nine Inch Nails classic ‘Hurt’ . Johnny Cash is widely acknowledged to have made the song his own on his 2002 covers album, and we can safely assume that it’s his version Leona will be bringing her toothy lung busting presence to. All the signs, literally everything I know about music, and every fibre of my being knows its going to suck worse than a rapping footballer .But Leona’s not alone in titting up someone else’s masterpiece. Pops history is littered ...SupaJam10 December 2011
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TRACKING THE BIG Q FACTOR , PT 2: The Unempl ..After innumerable sidetracks crisscrossing by best intentions, I'm back with the next installment in this series of posts on one of the most significant producers and arrangers on the New Orleans popular music recording scene, Wardell Quezergue , who passed away on September 6th. As noted last time, since I started HOTG in 2004, I've done well over a dozen posts featuring his work; and the links are listed at the end of that piece, should you care to take note. He was deeply involved in bringing many songs and artists to prominence over the years, yet also had ...Home of the Groove2 December 2011
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Rat CitySo...between the death of a beloved relative, revised worked schedule, our trip to to the Big Big City of New York for the Norton Records 25th Anniversary blowout, and general idleness....we're god-awfully behind....but then, what's new? So, here's our new modus operandi for the next week or so... You've heard of Nuggets , you've heard of Pebbles ...we're gonna give you Pellets. Great records we're diggin', without the usual Big Rock Candy Mountain blathering on and on. Following that, of course, is our annual, world-famous Xmas blowout. Oh yes. The Xmas ...Big Rock Candy Mountain22 November 2011
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