The Four Tops! the most loyal foursome of our life! And only Duke will tell you all the best story of the best music, and the best friends of our Motown Era! And yes, I was made when Berry Gordy left Detroit and went to LA!
My brother s and sisters would play this song more than the other Motown songs that where also popular at that time l was too young to really understand the significance of this song and now at 68 yrs of age. I have lived it, learned to move on and learned to make myself find contentment in what life experience s offer me.💕A True Classic Soul the 4 Tops the greatest singers and the studio musicians masterful in their crafts .💕A fan always.
That's how I feel after 51 years of my life gone by. I'm blessed to have my 3 children, thank you god for giving me them, cause who knows where I'd be. You have truly given me my heaven through them, and my life.
The Four Tops... I was born in 1953..the birth of the Tops or The Four Aims...I remember hearing their first UK hit in 1965..Baby I Need Your Loving...been listening ever since.. My life with the Incredible Four Tops. Thank you❤❤❤❤ 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Ron DayVoo; Levi was a natural baritone. He had to teach himself how to sing at the tenor range. H-D-H wrote the songs for a tenor, because the sound was more effective. They told him to figure it out. That’s why you hear this wonderful tenor voice.
@@darrylpope7740 did you know Marvin Gaye complained about the HDH classics he sang? He said they were cut so high that after 2 weeks singing them on the road he got hoarse, but maybe the drugs made him hoarse too.
The Funk Brothers, the Andantes, Four Tops, Temps and Jimmy Ruffin will make you SLAP somebody...This is when "MUSIC" was really "MUSIC"...Thank you Motown!!!
Loved them as a child in the 60s. Love them now. Levi had such an infectious smile and a voice for the ages. Makes me sad when I think of how many greats we have lost over the years.
I feel bad for years of loving the Temps, Marvin, Smokey and rest of Motown and not giving 4 tops their credit. After going through their catalogue I cant get enough. Levi was the MAN.
So much incredible Motown Four-Tops music...Something About You nails me every time!! (And of course, this version of Ask the Lonely is a masterpiece.) Glad you discovered them...what a joy!
ACAPELLA - SYMPHONIC!! "Just Ask The Lonely" is a PLATINUM expression of encouragement for those who were victims of deceit ... thinking someone loves you but has undermined and betrayed you on every possible level! Levi Stubbs masterfully serenades us with his experiences as an example to draw strength from!
@kewanbonhardt7749-Wow! Don't we ALL know someone like that who is a Malignant Narcissist void of any and all forms of Love and who's only interest in life is SELF! Yeah, tell me about it! Oh, but don't worry, at the END OF THEIR LIFE when they're OLD and alone, they will do anything to find LOVE but it will EVADE them! Karma's a real B-I-T-C-H ain't she!
A wasted life trying to prevent a repeat of the same mistakes in the life of another. It is prudent for the young to weigh the experiences & wisdom of the old avoid obstacles already traversed. NEVER BEEN TO ME🎉🎉🎉
Well, "mosogotam", you've done it again! These versions never cease to amaze me. Levi Stubbss acapella was the most feared by many of the other Motown performers. Smokey Robinson once said the performers used to go to house parties for acapella contests and the winner would win the money collected. Whenever the Four Tops showed, they knew the contest was over!
Thanks for showing a photo of Mr Earl Van Dyke & The Funk Bros . No words to express how I love this song. I kept this on repeat today when I visited the graveside of my true love, 28 yrs gone from this world, never gets easier, the best & brightest at Motown help me get thru . Thanks for this beautiful version 💕
Man, I am so glad to have grown up listening to artists like Levi Stubbs, Marvin Junior, Isaac Hayes, David Ruffin and Jerry Butler (to name just a few). I'd say there were over 500 singers during the 50's to 70's that put pure emotion into their music. Don't know if that's still true today. For the sake of soul, I hope so....
This is my favorite Motown song, I have just recently gone thru a very difficult break up with someone I thought loved me and this song hits the nail on the head, and like Kewan Bonhardt stated, thinking someone loves you but instead betrayed you, this is a true song and a hauntingly sad, losing a love that will never return, wow great writing of this song by Mickey Stevenson.
HOPE YOU'RE BETTER NOW. This is my favorite Motown song too. It really did something to me when I first heard it. It was just before my time and I didn't get into oldies until the early 80s.
Sheer perfection...both the original and this extended version. 52-years later this song still touches me way down deep in my soul. The instrumental intro is just plain joy and the instrumental fade-out is 30-seconds of pure bliss and something I've never heard before. That's why I adore mosogotam and all his gifts. He's taken music I've treasured all my life, treated it with respect and given us more of it. Many many thanks.
I like the rest of my Generation and those before us are very fortunate to have lived in a moment of America's great history when it was abundantly rich with tremendous talent such as the FOUR TOPS!What OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINERS to have delivered so much to AMERICA despite the hatred that was forced upon them!THANK YOU to my beloved FOUR TOPS!!!!
Amazing cannot get enough of it. I am from Belgium and at that time that beautifull music did not cross the big ocean Lucky we have u tube and some nice people downloading this
What would Motown have been with out the Funk Brothers? The 60's and part of the 70's were the best Music their was every song just absolutely beautiful. A time when you could set in the park with your girl and just be yourself. Love and miss that time in my life. Miss my sweet heart back then Nancy Gills, Columbus Ohio.
I saw these guys at the Stern wheel Regatta , Charleston West Virginia 1988. The brought the damn house down. Best concert I ever went to. They played outside and were total showmen Thanks you 4 Tops for all the music. Music that I grew up listening to and will never forget
A year after discovering this I can't...I won't...I don't want to stop listening to this. Its magical-rhythmic-beauty just blows me away and fills my heart and my soul with pure bliss. Thanks so much Mosogotam.
One of the greatest groups that have emerged from R&B genre. And certainly, this is one of the Four Tops love songs that remain ageless. Their devotion to quality music and lyrics made them exceptional throughout their entire music career. May the passing members RIP eternally.
Four beautiful, talented, eloquent, stylish men who knew their craft. Thanks Motown, from an old English bloke. Still listening to this gorgeous music. Love 💘 to all
Fantastic Mix. I liked the vocal only, Then I really got blown' Away,.When the song went Instrumental. Then ending the third verse with a complete mix. Great Sounding. Thank You for Your Work to Make This Mix.
TO BE QUITE HONNEST,,,I DIDNT THINK THE BEST TOPS TUNE COULD BE BETTERED,,,IT HAS BEEN ALL 5 AND A HALF MINS OF IT.......THANK YOU AND WELL DONE,,SUPERB...STILL DOES MY SPINE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.....
I love this song from Four Tops. May all the original Four Top members rest in peace. I look forward to listening to the surviving members do more music.
Just incredible! Just cannot express how grateful I'm for the time you are taking to bring these old priceless classics to new life. The quality of the sound along with your remix touches are phenomenal
And the Grammy Award for 'Best Extended Version'...and the Lifetime Achievement Award for 'Excellence in Extended Versions'...AND the inductee into the 'Extended-Versions' Music Hall of Fame...all go to...mosogotam!!!!. Well deserved...take a bow. And thank you.
I really enjoy your extended versions. Very well done and the transitions are smooth. Getting a chance to hear the nuances of this music is a real treat. Keep it up.
GORDON BENNETT! How good is this?! One of my top three Tops songs, ever. And now it's twice as long. Everything about this is wonderful. And the acapella from the mighty Levi at the start has come straight from heaven. My beautiful old Mum died this week. A truly lovely woman called Jean. This is now the song I'll play, to remember her by. Thank you for this wonderful mix. And God bless her.
This is awesome, a brilliant masterpiece. put together by a master enginer, thank u, thank u and thank u again monsogram for the post, this is beyond well done, love this song by Levi Stubbs & The 4 Tops and all who contributed. Love it.
Oh man! Just found this and it is great! One of my all time favorite 4Tops songs. So much feeling Mr. Stubbs puts into it and the lyrical content is just fantastic. Thank you
Oh WOW. That's fantastic. Levi's voice - amazing. I saw him several times with the tops then met him when they did the UK 'Giants of Motown' tour with the Tempts and Jean Scherrie & Lynda. What an amazing show that was!
MOSOGOTAM, I've listened to this extended version many times and I think it's Awesomely Beautiful, and very well blended. I love how you mixed the instrumental version in and out with the vocals and the ending is so smoooooth. Very Well Done, "M" ! EXQUISITE JOB. I'm sure if Holland Dozier Holland alone with the Adantes heard this, they will also agree, that you've done a very good job.
Best male voice from Motown!
The Four Tops! the most loyal foursome of our life! And only Duke will tell you all the best story of the best music, and the best friends of our Motown Era! And yes, I was made when Berry Gordy left Detroit and went to LA!
Abdul Kareem "Duke" Fakir passed away on 7/22/24 at age 88,RIS ,REST IN SOUL!
Levi wasn't singing on this track he was testifying. What a voice. RIP Levi Stubbs . RIP Mosogotam how we miss your Motown mixes.
Amen to that!
You truly understand what loneliness is all about.
Standing ovation for Levi Stubbs, the Four Tops and mr. Mosogotam
damn what a voice (Levi Stubbs)the best of all "Motown"! This song still gives me chills.
It. Really does gives ya the chills , and brings tears to my eyes he sings
This song like no other with his handsome, fine self!🖤💋🖤
Me too. A classic and the sad thing is it didn't chart well. I can't figure that one out.
My brother s and sisters would play this song more than the other Motown songs that where also popular at that time l was too young to really understand the significance of this song and now at 68 yrs of age. I have lived it, learned to move on and learned to make myself find contentment in what life experience s offer me.💕A True Classic Soul the 4 Tops the greatest singers and the studio musicians masterful in their crafts .💕A fan always.
That's how I feel after 51 years of my life gone by. I'm blessed to have my 3 children, thank you god for giving me them, cause who knows where I'd be. You have truly given me my heaven through them, and my life.
What incredible precision of the Funk Brothers and all of those Motown artists,well done never got old.
Best male vocalist ever. Sir Levi Stubbs . !!!
A TRUE MASTER PIECE
Backing music no backing music makes no difference this song by the Four Tops is out of this world, who still listening to this classic in 2020.
The acapella is exceptional. While all the other kids were going for the British invasion, I was loving Motown. Great music.
I was crazy about both. -John Low
Grew up on Motown and will die listening to Motown!💕
So happy I grew up when they were making this incredible music. They were my favorite Motown group.
Amen❤
44 yrs together..........WHAT a group love them,so many hits.Levi's vocals PURE GOLD.
The Four Tops...
I was born in 1953..the birth of the Tops or The Four Aims...I remember hearing their first UK hit in 1965..Baby I Need Your Loving...been listening ever since..
My life with the Incredible Four Tops.
Thank you❤❤❤❤
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Amen
Wow still listening in 2024 am a 69 yr old Mancunian girl just love this one of my davourite motown songs ever
I feel you. One of my favorites ❤
UNITED!!🇪🇬
Happy Birthday to Levi Stubbs of Four Tops REST IN POWER Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Very good and I love the way this emphasizes Levi Stubbs. That man had a tone NO OTHER singer had, just like David Ruffin did.
Ron DayVoo; Levi was a natural baritone. He had to teach himself how to sing at the tenor range. H-D-H wrote the songs for a tenor, because the sound was more effective. They told him to figure it out. That’s why you hear this wonderful tenor voice.
@@darrylpope7740 and he did .....
💯💯💯💯💯💯
The two best of all time....The Four Tops & The Temptations
@@darrylpope7740 did you know Marvin Gaye complained about the HDH classics he sang? He said they were cut so high that after 2 weeks singing them on the road he got hoarse, but maybe the drugs made him hoarse too.
The Funk Brothers, the Andantes, Four Tops, Temps and Jimmy Ruffin will make you SLAP somebody...This is when "MUSIC" was really "MUSIC"...Thank you Motown!!!
Levi killing and the background is awesome with the instruments and strings
MOST BEAUTIFUL AND POIGNANT SONG THEY EVER MADE 😢😢😢
Bernadette
Loved them as a child in the 60s. Love them now. Levi had such an infectious smile and a voice for the ages. Makes me sad when I think of how many greats we have lost over the years.
When creation needed a voice, God let there be Levi and saw that it was good.
Amen to that truth!!
I feel bad for years of loving the Temps, Marvin, Smokey and rest of Motown and not giving 4 tops their credit. After going through their catalogue I cant get enough. Levi was the MAN.
So much incredible Motown Four-Tops music...Something About You nails me every time!! (And of course, this version of Ask the Lonely is a masterpiece.) Glad you discovered them...what a joy!
Yes he was. From the time I first heard Levi's voice on Baby I Need Your Loving in 1964, he became my favorite singer !!!!
You’re making up for it now.
Real instruments and voices! timeless classic!!!
Levi Stubbs.... Rest in Paradise... and thank you for leaving behind songs like this that will live on forever.
one of my all time favorites,brings tears to your eyes.
Yes it does...
For Sho..
ACAPELLA - SYMPHONIC!!
"Just Ask The Lonely" is a PLATINUM expression of encouragement for those who were victims of deceit ... thinking someone loves you but has undermined and betrayed you on every possible level! Levi Stubbs masterfully serenades us with his experiences as an example to draw strength from!
@kewanbonhardt7749-Wow! Don't we ALL know someone like that who is a Malignant Narcissist void of any and all forms of Love and who's only interest in life is SELF! Yeah, tell me about it! Oh, but don't worry, at the END OF THEIR LIFE when they're OLD and alone, they will do anything to find LOVE but it will EVADE them! Karma's a real B-I-T-C-H ain't she!
What angelic voices the Andantes are.
The greatest male vocalist ever. Levi Stubbs. A wonderful song as well.
A wasted life trying to prevent a repeat of the same mistakes in the life of another. It is prudent for the young to weigh the experiences & wisdom of the old avoid obstacles already traversed. NEVER BEEN TO ME🎉🎉🎉
always brings tears..... 4 Tops, all time greatest Motown, love the soul
Me too...a mixture of sad for the love I lost and also for just the sheer utter beauty of this song and what Mosogotam has given us.
No music teacher can teach this...Its from the DEPTHS of the souls of each of these masters!!!!
Levi... Obie... Duke... Lawrence... 4 Ever !!!!
me too
The harmony is SO TIGHT!!
His voice is amazing in this track ! A definite standout !
Best male vioice ever!!!
Well, "mosogotam", you've done it again! These versions never cease to amaze me. Levi Stubbss acapella was the most feared by many of the other Motown performers. Smokey Robinson once said the performers used to go to house parties for acapella contests and the winner would win the money collected. Whenever the Four Tops showed, they knew the contest was over!
This is so true, I was in Baltimore in the early eighties and met this brother who told me this story and a dozen others.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Levi Stubbs was NO joke, huh??? LOL!!!
this is my most favorite song by the four tops for all time!
This and Still Waters!!
Thanks for showing a photo of Mr Earl Van Dyke & The Funk Bros . No words to express how I love this song. I kept this on repeat today when I visited the graveside of my true love, 28 yrs gone from this world, never gets easier, the best & brightest at Motown help me get thru . Thanks for this beautiful version 💕
I understand❤
Once a week I play this so I can keep remembering where the good times and when you could understand the songs lyrics
Levi Stubbs could match David Ruffin on any day. Both were the heart and soul of Motown
Motown sound can't be best
@@brewsterrooster2306 They were both great. Two different styles of singing !
Man, I am so glad to have grown up listening to artists like Levi Stubbs, Marvin Junior, Isaac Hayes, David Ruffin and Jerry Butler (to name just a few). I'd say there were over 500 singers during the 50's to 70's that put pure emotion into their music. Don't know if that's still true today. For the sake of soul, I hope so....
heaven is jammin with Levi Stubbs. your extended versions are awesome. brings tears
This is my favorite Motown song, I have just recently gone thru a very difficult break up with someone I thought loved me and this song hits the nail on the head, and like Kewan Bonhardt stated, thinking someone loves you but instead betrayed you, this is a true song and a hauntingly sad, losing a love that will never return, wow great writing of this song by Mickey Stevenson.
HOPE YOU'RE BETTER NOW. This is my favorite Motown song too. It really did something to me when I first heard it. It was just before my time and I didn't get into oldies until the early 80s.
I love motown, Four Tops were the greatest four man group in history to put voices to music. Thank you much Moso
This lovely song and download truly give me goosebumps with beautiful memories no one can take.
Back when you not only heard the song
You felt the music. Thank you God for letting me grow up in the greatest musical years.
Saw them in oxford England about 45 years ago fantastic they were
Sheer perfection...both the original and this extended version. 52-years later this song still touches me way down deep in my soul. The instrumental intro is just plain joy and the instrumental fade-out is 30-seconds of pure bliss and something I've never heard before. That's why I adore mosogotam and all his gifts. He's taken music I've treasured all my life, treated it with respect and given us more of it. Many many thanks.
So powerful, My all time favourite singer Levi Stubbs
Hearing the Andantes with such clarity was an absolute JOY! Thank you so much for this.
I like the rest of my Generation and those before us are very fortunate to have lived in a moment of America's great history when it was abundantly rich with tremendous talent such as the FOUR TOPS!What OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINERS to have delivered so much to AMERICA despite the hatred that was forced upon them!THANK YOU to my beloved FOUR TOPS!!!!
So glad I had the privilege 2 see them several times at the Apollo...Levi was a bad man .RIP.
I haven't been this much in love with a song since I was in my 20's. Thanks for this remix.
Amazing cannot get enough of it. I am from Belgium and at that time that beautifull music did not cross the big ocean Lucky we have u tube and some nice people downloading this
+dirk de jonge We send our heartfelt condolences to you and your countrymen for the horrible tragedy. Stay strong.
+brandx01 Thanks very much. Indeed it is horrible and wish for all the world this madness would disapear and never return.
Levi's voice was angelic.
John just LOVE the acapella, it just shows what an amazing singer he was, and how you ALWAYS give these classics an extra twist, superb.
What would Motown have been with out the Funk Brothers? The 60's and part of the 70's were the best Music their was every song just absolutely beautiful. A time when you could set in the park with your girl and just be yourself. Love and miss that time in my life. Miss my sweet heart back then Nancy Gills, Columbus Ohio.
A masterpiece of a truly wonderful yet sad song. I know I've been there. Thanks for the great download.
I saw these guys at the Stern wheel Regatta , Charleston West Virginia 1988. The brought the damn house down. Best concert I ever went to. They played outside and were total showmen Thanks you 4 Tops for all the music. Music that I grew up listening to and will never forget
Nice to see a picture of the Andantes. Now I won't have to wonder what they look like.
A year after discovering this I can't...I won't...I don't want to stop listening to this. Its magical-rhythmic-beauty just blows me away and fills my heart and my soul with pure bliss. Thanks so much Mosogotam.
Thank you very much, brandx01...and happy new year!
One of the greatest groups that have emerged from R&B genre. And certainly, this is one of the Four Tops love songs that remain ageless. Their devotion to quality music and lyrics made them exceptional throughout their entire music career. May the passing members RIP eternally.
The quintessential master piece 🙌 Levi's powerful opera voice brings this track to life! Extraordinary passion!
Four beautiful, talented, eloquent, stylish men who knew their craft. Thanks Motown, from an old English bloke. Still listening to this gorgeous music. Love 💘 to all
Fantastic Mix. I liked the vocal only, Then I really got blown' Away,.When the song went Instrumental. Then ending the third verse with a complete mix. Great Sounding. Thank You for Your Work to Make This Mix.
+Harmony Man Pretty amazing what he did with this isn't it! I can't stop playing it.
It is Amazing.
Awesome awesome awesome version
2024...precious memories
How true you are ❤
Four Tops wlll live on forever. One of the first albums I purchased back in the mid 60s . I remember when !!!!
TO BE QUITE HONNEST,,,I DIDNT THINK THE BEST TOPS TUNE COULD BE BETTERED,,,IT HAS BEEN ALL 5 AND A HALF MINS OF IT.......THANK YOU AND WELL DONE,,SUPERB...STILL DOES MY SPINE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.....
fucking awesome! still breaks my heart ,after 50 years! I was about 10 years old when this hit,hit!
+alrobin Amen to that.
WOW ! Where is this God Given Talent today?
I love this song from Four Tops. May all the original Four Top members rest in peace. I look forward to listening to the surviving members do more music.
Just incredible! Just cannot express how grateful I'm for the time you are taking to bring these old priceless classics to new life. The quality of the sound along with your remix touches are phenomenal
Thanks so much, mtrycity!
And the Grammy Award for 'Best Extended Version'...and the Lifetime Achievement Award for 'Excellence in Extended Versions'...AND the inductee into the 'Extended-Versions' Music Hall of Fame...all go to...mosogotam!!!!. Well deserved...take a bow. And thank you.
I really enjoy your extended versions. Very well done and the transitions are smooth. Getting a chance to hear the nuances of this music is a real treat. Keep it up.
Who's here in 2024 with?
Yes indeed!👍🏾👍🏾❤️💜❤️💜❤️❤️😊😊😊😊🙏🏾
@@debbiethompson4510😊
Epic !!!!! The only word to describe this !!!!!
My sad song. No one knows me like Levi and this song....
I Love This Song Thank You For Sharing
The most wistful song I’ve ever heard.
Beautiful music one of my favorite groups soooooooooooo beautiful 😴
makes me cry when I hear this song man.
Me too. Just amazing.
Excellent. Thank you for this outstanding rendition of this timeless classic.
GORDON BENNETT! How good is this?! One of my top three Tops songs, ever. And now it's twice as long. Everything about this is wonderful. And the acapella from the mighty Levi at the start has come straight from heaven. My beautiful old Mum died this week. A truly lovely woman called Jean. This is now the song I'll play, to remember her by. Thank you for this wonderful mix. And God bless her.
One of my favorite tops song. Thank you for the Re mix.
phenomenal presentation, and, you've created a time warp for many of us as well
Beautiful!
I closed my eyes and it was as if Levi Stubbs was in this den with me!!! Thanks for the thrill.
This is awesome! And this was a HUGE hit during my HS days - sixties!
This is awesome, a brilliant masterpiece. put together by a master enginer, thank u, thank u and thank u again monsogram for the post, this is beyond well done, love this song by Levi Stubbs & The 4 Tops and all who contributed. Love it.
Oh man! Just found this and it is great! One of my all time favorite 4Tops songs. So much feeling Mr. Stubbs puts into it and the lyrical content is just fantastic. Thank you
YO MAGNIFIENT WONDERFUL GREAT FEEL IT AS IF IT WAS YESTERDAY
Noel...thank you!!
Sure do miss these guys.
You somehow equaled the brilliance of your first extended version of this amazing ballad. THANK YOU!
MBD.....thanks so much...I really appreciate it!!
Thank You, Mickey Stevenson and Mr. Hunter,, One of Your BEST collaborations...ed
One of my favorites..❤
I can't decide which is better. One or Two. Both are GREAT!
Thank you a lot, Fred!!!
Amazing extended version! Well done
Oh WOW. That's fantastic. Levi's voice - amazing. I saw him several times with the tops then met him when they did the UK 'Giants of Motown' tour with the Tempts and Jean Scherrie & Lynda. What an amazing show that was!
This sounds great !!! My favorite Four Tops tune.
Awesome song and arrangements!!
The Harmonies the musical arrangement, orchestration to the Funk Brothers the Lyrics that makes this a classic among Classix
Who's here in 2023 with me
Nah, 2024.....get with the future already 😅
Im right here 💗
Of course it's 2024 but, it's still a great song...
@@jameswilliams8568 Legends never die🍻 Chicago did a disservice to the legends by paving over the vacant lot on Maxwell Street.
2024
Thank you for this AMAZING remix of one of my favorite songs from my favorite group !!!!
MOSOGOTAM, I've listened to this extended version many times and I think it's Awesomely Beautiful, and very well blended. I love how you mixed the instrumental version in and out with the vocals and the ending is so smoooooth. Very Well Done, "M" ! EXQUISITE JOB. I'm sure if Holland Dozier Holland alone with the Adantes heard this, they will also agree, that you've done a very good job.
Charles....I am appreciative of your kind words!
I Agree 100%