The Temptations are on TV tonight I LOVE the temptations have seen them twice

[greenbriar]

Wish I had been alive to see the original 5

but they are AWESOME

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I noticed they were on tonight... Thanks for the reminder!

I think they're terrific too... :bounce:

[greenbriar]

2. My god the talent those 5 had ummmmmmm

I wish they had kept their senses about them

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I just like their music. Nobody harmonizes like that anymore.

I don't know about their personal lives, but I guess that personal tragedy is common in the music business. :-(

[greenbriar]

4. Ruffin liked the pipe

and got a huge ego



Kendricks died of Lung Cancer

Paul Williams shot himself because he had Sickle Cell and couldn't handle the drink




but in their heyday My GAWD no one could top them

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Oh, wow, that's really a tragedy. Those guys had real talent.

I wondered why they weren't the originals, but groups do make changes for lots of reasons. But it hasn't changed, Kurt Cobain, Dennis Wilson, Keith Moon, Elvis... It's really tragic that these talented performers get messed up and die young. ;(

They're listed in this macabre website:

http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html