Papa Was A Rolling Stone came over the waves and I had to stop and think about what an amazing anomaly that song was. When I heard it as a youth I was unimpressed but what did I know? Back then I didn’t notice the power of My Girl or Just My Imagination either. The extra amazing part is that Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin and Paul Williams, the three stars in my estimation, had left. Then the current version was probably like a cover band. I wish I heard the pitch session, “Guys you’re going to love this.. it has a three minute instrumental opening and it is not a ballad and it suggests our fathers are losers. What do you think?” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"