And yet “My Girl” still may have been the best of them. But they were consistently brilliant, coming up with so many absolutely incredible songs. Over the next decade or so, the Temptations would go through plenty of turmoil, changing up sounds and members. “My Girl” was the beginning of a hell of a run. By the time that bridge hits, when the strings from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra open up, it feels like sunshine punching you in the face.
But then open up: The insinuating guitar line, regal horns, the stabbing drum-rolls. It starts out sparse, with just a few fingersnaps and that simple heartbeat bass riff from Funk Brothers virtuoso James Jamerson. A heart-breaking and universal story about family and love, hailed by the Observer as the 'NO.1 THEATRE SHOW OF THE YEAR'. It strains against itself, becoming bluesier, churchier. Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) boldly reimagines the legendary songs of Bob Dylan, like you’ve never heard them before, in GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY. But as the song gets on, his voice gets looser and looser. Ruffin does incredible things on “My Girl.” At the start of the song, he’s a pleading tenor. Nick, Jess, Cece, and Schmidt decide to go on a double date However, Cece’s concerned by Schmidt’s weird behavior and it’s not long until Schmidt’s truth. “My Girl” ended up being the first Temptations song to feature Ruffin singing lead. This podcast covers New Girl Season 3, Episode 3, Double Date, which originally aired on Octoand was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Max Winkler. And so Robinson and his fellow Miracle Ronald White wrote “My Girl” with Ruffin in mind.
Ruffin started out as one of the guys in the background, but Smokey Robinson heard enormous potential in his beautiful liquid rasp of a voice. The guys in WALK THE MOON were crossing their fingers in hopes of a hit from their December sophomore album TALKING IS HARD when they released Shut Up and Dance. So the group brought David Ruffin in as a replacement.
Elbridge Bryant left the group in 1964, deciding that he’d liked his previous life as a milkman better, and he’d gotten himself fired for hitting Paul Williams in the head with a beer bottle during a backstage argument. Even in the Motown system, they weren’t scoring any hits early on. The group had formed when members of two rival Detroit singing groups joined forces. The Temptations had been around for a few years before “My Girl” landed in their laps.
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