Private Gaia 5: The Temptations of Clarisse Page #4

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rehearsing 'm my house.

.7 Oh, mama .0'

Owner's ready.

Knock, knock.

Hey, how ya doin'?

They just gettin' started.

How ya Gain"?

Lord have mercy.

If y'all ain't five of the

handsomest men in Detroit.

Y'all don't even need to sing.

Just parade back and forth.

D Oh, mother I!

Now we had a group.

Eddie and Paul turned out to be

just what we needed,

and Al, who quit almost

every week, was excited too.

And here it was,

the Hitsville building,

home of Motown Records.

Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye,

The Miracles, The Marvelettes.

It was too much.

Well... We're here.

Melvin, did y'all

hook up with The Primes?

Looks that way, don't it?

Man, y'all gonna kick some ass.

What ya callin' yourselves?

The Elgins.

Elgins?

Like the wristwatch?

Yeah.

Cool.

Well, good luck.

Why, thanks.

Who are they?

Oh, that's Jimmy Ruffin

and his little brother David.

They both cut solo records.

Motown?

No, no, man,

but they're hoping.

Hmm.

Well.

Go on.

I'm gain'.

I'm sorry. Mr. Gordy's

in a recording session.

He'll have to get

back to you.

J1 Please, Mr. Postman look at me... J1

Excuse me.

I'm Otis Williams.

Hi. Martha Reeves.

Uh, Mr. Gordy's expecting

my group for an audition.

Group name?

Well, he knows us as The Distants,

but now we go by The Elgins.

Like the watch?

Wait here.

Hey, so, what'd they say?

He said to wait outside

and come up with a new name.

New name? Damn.

Yes.

Thank god.

No, no. Look, Blue, don't

worry about it, all right?

What we'll do,

we'll put our heads together...

And just come up with

a new name out here, hmm?

The Edsels.

The Pontiacs.

The Corvairs.

Oh, no, no, no.

- The Radicals.

- No.

- The Spectacles.

- Testicles.

Uh... Probably not.

Yeah. Sorry.

The Hearses.

The Undertakers?

The Stiffs.

No, no, guys- Guys, look, it's gotta

be somethin' forbidden, you know?

Somethin' that everyone wants

but no one can have.

It's gotta be somethin' sexy.

Pop. Yeah, yeah, snap

those shoulders up-

Hey, y'all,

they're ready for you.

Whoo. All right,

guys, let's do it.

Hey, we can't leave

nothin' to chance.

Lord, we call on you

to give us the faith...

And the courage to make the most of this

great opportunity that you've given us-

Amen. Amen.

Now let's do it.

Ooh, yeah.

So, you guys come up

with a name for yourselves yet?

The Temptations.

"Temptations. "

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Okay, gentlemen, let's hear it.

I! Ohhhh D

I! Mower D

D Oh, mother o! mine D

J7 I've been blind J11

I-I So blind III

J1 The things that you tell me, yeah J1!

J1 Oh, mother IJ

J1 I paid, I really paid 'em

no mind J7 J1 Oh-oh-oh-oh IJ

J7 Oh, please, oh, please forgive

me, yeah J7 fl Oh, mother H

J7 I know I was wrong J7

J7 Doo, doo, doo, doo fl

J1 But now, now I know, yeah J1

J1 Oh, mother J1

IJ Mother of mine IJ

III My place my place is at home III

J1 Can't you see I've been cryin' IJ

III Oh, yes J1

IJ He's been cryin' D

III Almost dyin' JII

J1 Almost, almost dyin' III

JII Oh, mother J1

III Please, mother III

J1 Oh, mama J7

III Please, mother III

I1 Oh, mama I!

D Fflease, mom D

J1 Come on and tell me now J7

III How much of mom's love J1

D You don't undersmnd D

D Doe-don, doo doo-doo, doo D

J7 When you said That you were

wrong J7 J7 Doo-doo, doo I!

IJ Yes, it was that your girl J1

III Doo-doo, doo J3

IJ She put you in such a whirl D

III Doo-doo, doo J3

J1 Well, I'm not gonna be no fool no

more III J3 Be no fool no more J1

J7 Oh, I'm so sorry now J7 J7

Mama, it's gonna be all right J7

D Oh, mother of mine D

III Mother of mine III

Well, did you like it?

No.

I loved it.

I loved it. Huh?

Motown?

Yeah.

All right.

We did it.

Congratulations, guys.

Welcome to Motown.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

- Thank you, sir.

- Yeah.

Hey. hey. hey. guys. guys!

Hold it up, hold it up.

Yeah, Temptations forever.

Yeah.

Ever, baby.

Jo.

We got it-

Motown signed us!

Berry Gordy said he loves us.

What's the matter?

Otis, I'm pregnant.

Don't worry about anything.

Everything's gonna be fine.

So I became an instant

family man.

Our son Lamont arrived

right on schedule.

If only our careers

had happened as fast.

- J7 Why don't you come, come J7

- Oh, yeah, I like that.

I1 To my paradise I!

D Ba-a-a-a-by D

D To my paradise D

I got it.

JII Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh III

I1 Come back, ooh-ooh

To my paradise D

D Ba-a-a-a-by D

D To my paradise D

The Temptations became

part of the Motown machine,

Jil Why don't you come J1 Berry Gordy's

assembly line approach to artist development-

IJ To my paradise JII we had vocal

coaching from Maurice King.--

And countless sessions

in Motown studio a...

With the in-house band

known as The Funk Brothers.

Berry Gordy himself wrote and

produced most of our first records.

I1 With her back in my arms again I1

And there was choreography

by a legendary dancer,

Charlie Atkins.

Paul and Charlie...

Didn't always agree.

Jil With all your talk III

J1 And l-l-l-l don't wanna wake up J1

J1 Don't wanna wake up III

J1 Don't wanna wake up III

D Oh, no, no, no D

Probably the most unique part

of the whole operation...

Was the quality control

meetings.

Berry borrowed this from his

days working at the Ford plant.

He would gather key executives,

songwriters and producers together,

And every record would get voted on

for its hit potential.

For the longest time, it seemed we couldn't

even get a record they thought was good enough.

Who thinks it's a hit?

Okay. If you were

down to your last dollar,

Would you buy this record

or a sandwich?

Sandwich.

What's next?

J1 I want a love I can see J1

IJ That's the only kind that means

a thing to me III IJ Ah-ah-ah IJ

J1 Don't want a love you have to

tell me about IJ J1 Ah-ah-ah IJ

JII That kind of loving I can

sure do without J7 IJ Ah-ah-ah IJ

J1 I can sure do without J1

I1 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I want a love I can see J1

Smokey Robinson was the next

to take up the challenge,

And we knew we had a hit.

I1 Don't wanna be going

by something I heard now II

J1 'Cause, baby, action

speaks louder than words J1

All right, who thinks it's a hit?

As good as it was,

it wasn't good enough.

It didn't even make the charts.

Two years had passed, and we were starting

to be known as the Hitless Temptations.

Don't worry, y'all.

Next record'll make it.

I hope so, 'cause

I'm startin' to wonder.

Well, I ain't. Why are we

rehearsing on Christmas?

If any of y'all had any sense, you'd go find

yourselves a real job too. Merry Christmas.

Once again, there he goes

bein' a jerk!

Once again, man,

you know, he's right.

I can't afford one baby- Here I

am, about to have my fourth-

Come on, Paul.

I know it's gonna get better.

Don't see how. Hell, if Smokey

and Berry can't write us a hit,

Then maybe it's no! the songs.

Know what I'm sayin'?

Well, hey, look at it this way- We

ain't got nowhere to go but..- Up.

See, now that's what

I'm talkin' about, y'all.

See, I feel it.

We're all gonna be big stars.

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