Just My Imagination(Running Away With Me) - James Lanman (Temptations Cover)

Описание: This is one of the best songs ever written. My music is heavily influenced by the music of the Motown Era and anything that Berry Gordy touched. This is my mom's favorite song and as she introduced me to a lot of the music that shaped the sound I have today(Nat King Cole, The Supremes, Michael Jackson) it's got a special place in my soul.

I once played this song at a corporate event and this young girl came up to me afterward and said, "I really like that... what genre is that?" and I told her it was Motown. That blew my mind. I like to think somewhere out there this girl is now rocking to The Ronettes, The Flamingos and Marvin Gaye miles ahead of her friends in musical taste, :P.

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James Lanman performs 'Just My Imagination(Running Away With Me)' by The Temptations. One Take Live is a Youtube series where James Lanman performs a cover song live and posts it to Youtube every Tuesday afternoon. All songs are live recordings and shot with a Sony a6000 camera.

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From Wikipedia:

"Just My Imagination" was the result of one of the few times that Whitfield relented and produced a ballad as a single for the group. Whitfield and Strong wrote the song in 1969, but with the Temptations' psychedelic soul singles consistently keeping them in the US Top 20, Whitfield and Strong decided to shelve the composition and wait for the right time to record it. In late 1970, the Temptations' single "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)", a psychedelic soul song about world peace, failed to reach the Top 30, and Whitfield decided to record and release "Just My Imagination" as the next single. He approached Barrett Strong, and asked him to pull out "that song we were messing around with a year ago... because I'm going to record it today." Except for their late 1960s duets with Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Temptations had not released a single that was not based in psychedelia since "Please Return Your Love to Me" from The Temptations Wish It Would Rain in 1968.

The Temptations added their vocals at Motown's Hitsville USA headquarters. While all five Temptations usually sang lead on singles during the psychedelic soul era, "Just My Imagination" is primarily a showcase for Eddie Kendricks, who sang lead on such Temptations hits as "Get Ready," "The Way You Do the Things You Do," and "You're My Everything"; in fact, this is the only Temptations hit in which Dennis Edwards did not have a lead vocal during his entire tenure with the group. The Temptations remained at Hitsville overnight recording "Just My Imagination," and while the other four members went home at six o'clock in the morning, Kendricks remained in the studio, spending several additional hours recording takes for his lead vocal."

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Written By:
Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong

Produced By:
The Glimmer Twins

Arranged By:
Jerry Long

Norman Whitfield - Non orchestral elements
Guitar – Eddie "Chank" Willis
Marimba – Jack Ashford
Timpani – Jack Brokensha
Bass – Bob Babbitt
Drums – Andrew Smith