When I first heard this song, I was going to Basic Training in the Army. I was leaving everything behind and didn't know if I would pass this way again, and then Russell Thompkins tore me up with his amazing falsetto voice. Yo, Ya'll I thought I was hearing an angel. The greatest falsetto of all time. The instrument playing at the beginning is a "Sitar." Invented in India several hundred years ago. However, The Coral electric sitar, made by Danelectro, was a popular instrument in the '60s and '70s. It was really an electric guitar with a special bridge and a set of amplified resonant strings to imitate the sound of a real sitar. Of course I made it back or I wouldn't write this down. I'm an old man, but I still have a young heart. But in the end time has it's way with all of us. God bless ya'll. Try to love one another. This is your boy from Tennessee! Peace!
@Lfg117
Жыл бұрын
Trynna pick a fav' Stylistics song is impossible. So grateful I heard this on AM radio CKLW, 1972-1974.
@EmpressReacts
Жыл бұрын
The did have 🔥 bops
@simonpoole2333
2 жыл бұрын
I was in the village I grew up in, in England, this weekend. I passed the site of the now demolished youth club where I would have first heard this song. All the lush tunes of the early 70s would be played on 'disco nights', Wednesdays, 7 - 10. Glorious days to be young
@BrooklynLove55
2 жыл бұрын
This is my song, especially the end with the high notes! I love the Stylistics!
@TheRealKymiPoo
2 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories.
@joshuawatts4684
2 жыл бұрын
Classic Saturday cleanup song
@robertasirgutz8800
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I forgot how much I love this song. Crying.
@shirleycollins6241
2 жыл бұрын
OMG yes! Other great hits Peek-A Boo, Rock & Roll Baby, Payback Is A Dog, you’re A Big Girl Now, You’re Never Get To Heaven ( If You Break My Heart), People Make The World Go Round, Children Of The Night…. And many other great hits . You can’t go wrong with The Stylistics.
@darnell49
2 жыл бұрын
💯
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
....***STYLISTICS TRIVIA TIME!!*** ...are you everything!?? ....I find it INCREDULOUS that Empress realized 'Tletoya' sampled this tune, when almost 1,500 others sampled, or covered it FIRST!...ha-HAAA!! ...I MEAN IT, many People covered (&sampled) this classic Thom Bell produced tune; some examples... Regina Belle Hall & Oates Toni Braxton Mary J. Blige Johhny Mathis Roberta Flack Rod Stewart MISS ROSS & Marvin Gaye Melanie Williams & Joe Roberts (90's Dance / Club Singers) Jennifer Lopez ....I would give MUCH more trivia on this classic tune, but I'm working, so , just know it's a CLASSIC, MASSIVELY CLASSIC tune.....period....
@darnell49
2 жыл бұрын
💯
@craigcraigster4999
2 жыл бұрын
"just know it's a CLASSIC, MASSIVELY CLASSIC tune" -- talk about an RBS understatement! Arguably one of the greatest under-3-minutes R&B songs ever penned, although "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" from the same monumental Stylistics debut album ("Betcha By Golly, Wow," "You're A Big Girl Now," "People Make The World Go Round") gives it a run for its money. Once you've heard that Russell Thompkins, Jr. falsetto and beautiful vibrato, you'll never forget it -- I first heard this beautiful song when it slithered out of my dime store AM radio in '71 when I was 12, and it still sounds just as incredible 5 decades later, sans the terrestrial AM band's fade-in/fade-out/bleed over (ahh, the good ol' pre-FM days). "I just can't go on living life as I do, comparing each girl to you, knowing they just won't do -- they're not you." A true classic indeed RBS!
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
@@craigcraigster4999 ....Sir Craig gets it....he GETS it!!! ...ha-HAA!! ...I hated that I was working when Miss Empress posted this, because I wanted to say EVERYTHING you did, so kudos to YOU, for savin' me fingers! ...ha-HAA!
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I can see why it was sampled so much
@Lfg117
3 ай бұрын
🔥
@patrickriley7214
2 жыл бұрын
Miss Ross & Marvin Gaye have a beautiful VERSION on their DIANA & MARVIN album --- and Diana re-did it with DALLAS' J.R. on her 'diana' special - the same one where she invites MICHAEL up to the round to dance and sing to "Upside Down". (And JR - Larry Hagman - was at the LIVE show as well - for the REACH OUT AND TOUCH sing-along along with MUHAMMAD ALI). AMAZING SONG! AMAZING MEMORIES! But I ALWAYS LOVE the ORIGINAL! Great REACTION, EMPRESS - as always! I'M STILL GLEAMING from VOICE OF THE HEART! LOL!
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
The voice of the Heart was 🔥😂. And omg I have to hear her version
@missbigkim
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I was just about to comment to Empress that “if you like this wait until you hear Diana & Marvin!!!”
@fucker661
Жыл бұрын
Great version. Have the album and i would also recommend their version of stop, look, listen to your heart as well
@Reagan98
2 жыл бұрын
As everyone has already stated this song has been sampled many times and not just by R&B artists but by different genres. Shot out to Thom Bell who cowrote the song and Russell Thompkins jr lead vocals who has one of the greatest falsetto voices of all time and who is still touring.
@JARHEAD54
Жыл бұрын
They don't make it like that anymore when music was music
@kevinbutler7055
2 жыл бұрын
The Manhattans.. Kiss and say good bye.. great song..
@nollaeel5697
2 жыл бұрын
Classic song from one of the great soul groups of the 70s. Absolutely loved your moves and the joy on your face Empress!
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
😂 thank u!
@douglastaggart9360
2 жыл бұрын
I think the Marvin gaye and dianna ross version is the best
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
I gotta hear it
@lamusiclover2264
2 жыл бұрын
Produced and arranged and co-written by the great Thom Bell, who has written so many classics, you can't count them. Spinners, Deniece Williams, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Phyllis Hyman, Elton John....on and on......
@tammywhatever8602
Жыл бұрын
My FAVORITE BAND from my childhood!! I sang their songs to my baby son when I breastfed him, 27 years ago.... today, HE KNOWS these songs, before ever hearing the originals! ☺️🥰😍
@chucknorris2266
2 жыл бұрын
Love this song. Please pleaseeee react to the ojays " forever mine "
@darnell49
2 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC ‼️The Stylistics are one of my favorite groups(because of my grannie). Like RBS said this song has been sampled and remade so many times. Deborah Cox sampled it for a song named Things Just Ain't The Same, it came out around the same time as Mary's Everything so it was a bit overshadowed.
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
....HOW can I forget D-Cox sampled that tune!?? ...I PROMOTED the damn thing! ...that was me first Major label promo gig; I promoted the remix....
@darnell49
2 жыл бұрын
@@RBS_ well you did a great job
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
@@darnell49 ....I know, I'm still TIRED!! ...ha-HAA!! ...I did the Frankie Knuckles remix of "I Don't Want To" (Toni Braxton) & "Request Line" Fitch Bros. remixes (Zhane) RIGHT after that (May-Sept., 1997)....WHEW! ...ha-HAA!
@darnell49
2 жыл бұрын
@@RBS_ You were asa hot as fish grease
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
@@darnell49 ....LOOKED it, TOO! ...ha-HAA!
@rpdbu8250
2 жыл бұрын
Torn between the two! 😆 LeToya Luckett did a very good sample back in 2006. That’s a hot song that revived interest in the original Stylistics version.
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
😂💯
@kevinbutler7055
2 жыл бұрын
Omgosh great song.. my mom was into motown .. even though I was a little rocker.. I was raised listening and I'm glad that I did.. this reminds me of my mom.. she was a wonderful lady.. but all the motown.. I have a play list a mile long of the old motown disco Era lol
@deadpoo4707
2 жыл бұрын
Mary J Blige also sampled this, with same title by different lyrics.
@alboystewart2212
2 жыл бұрын
Check out the Marvin Gaye as Diana Ross , version of this classic
@EmpressReacts
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow they covered this
@mickeyhank
2 жыл бұрын
@@EmpressReacts Yes, first song on the album. They alter it a little which I guess is good if you’re going to do a cover. I like it but I prefer the Stylistics version.
@michaelcarson7941
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great chill song💯
@mickeyhank
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree about the vividness of the lyrics. I have this 45, a special song for me. Glad you fully enjoyed it, Empress. It is really beautiful, and yes, Russell Tompkins Jr. has a once in a lifetime voice.
@davidhoward6254
2 жыл бұрын
Mary J. Blige also sampled this (although in a quite sneaky way) for her song 'Everything'...With the help of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis they even included the chorus in her song...Go check it out!
@craigcraigster4999
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome reaction Empress to one of the greatest R&B tunes of the '70s by one of the greatest R&B groups and greatest lead singers (Russell Thompkins, Jr.) of that or any other decade! Wish you could have experienced that era for yourself (you would've fit right in), but these classic songs will get you at least halfway there. :)
@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv
Жыл бұрын
BREAK UP TO MAKE UP.
@peterwalsh2470
2 жыл бұрын
FIRE
@804reezy
2 жыл бұрын
Mary J Blige -You Are Everything sampled too🔥🔥🔥.React if u haven't ❤️
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