'Papa Was A Rolling Stone'

Who did it best? The Temptations or George Michael? I love both versions of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." In fact, this is one of my favorite songs period! I was listening to the Temptations version last night and thought it might be fun to talk about here today. The long musical interlude for The Temptations version gets me every time! I pulled out my 70s miniseries soundtrack (NBC did these special mini series several years ago). I was jamming.

The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Not to be outdone, George Michael's version is just amazing. Great throwback to the original and outstanding backing vocals. Plus I love "Killer" at the beginning of this one. In my top 5 George Michael tunes of all time. And since he's one of my favorites period, that's saying a lot.

Here's the actual original by The Undisputed Truth. Largely forgotten after the song was reworked for The Temptations.

Def Leppard To Open For Bon Jovi

This is just baffling to me. Def Leppard will open for Bon Jovi on a handful of European dates next summer. Def Leppard is a bigger band than Bon Jovi and that is most certainly true in Europe of all places! But whatever, shows are shows and maybe they all just want to hang together. Who knows. I sure would love to go to Sweden Rock someday. I am going to Spain and Italy next summer - but no shows planned!