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By Pages:   1    2    3    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Papa Was a Rolling Stone (page 1/ 3) ------ performed by The Temptations He left them alone, and with LOANS.... | Reviewer: James Sheets | 10/23/09 If you look at this from a BIBLICAL position the FATHER who is the Husband, or bands the house toghether in a cohesive manner, if not in position will leave the family alone, and with loans.... It is the role of the FATHER, who carries the title deed AS FATHER, which means there are deeds that must be carried out with the title of FATHER, and those deeds are to ensure the family is secure financially (NO EXECUSE JUST RESULTS). The Bible states a FATHER LEAVES HOUSES, and RICHES, so if he did not do that as Father, then he was simply a daddy which spits a seed, and splits the scene, where as a FATHER GOVERNS that seed to SUCCESS... What he was suppose to do as a FATHER, he neglected, and operated solely as a daddy, becasue all he did was simply leave them alone, and with LOANS..... BE OPEN MINDED PEOPLE! | Reviewer: Mattie | 9/11/09 Be open mined people the song is clearly using the word alone as a double meaning to make you think: yes in this situation both alone and loan make sense have you ever sat down and just thought maybe he was really talking about both but couldn't use both words to finish the song so they used what was appealing to the ear and the eye....marinate on that. My papa was a rolling stone too... | Reviewer: Damon | 6/23/09 And he wore a hat as well. I think there are many people in the world who reflect on their dad when hearing this song. I always wonder why he choose to live like a rolling stone and die because of this unhealty lifestyle. My father became an alcoholic, ended up as a homeless with a hat and died at age 44. All he left us was alone. Double Meaning | Reviewer: Motown Jimmy | 6/5/09 In my opinion, the lyrics provide an intentional double meaning. Yes, he left them alone, but he also left them in debt with an outstanding loan. For me, the lyrics enhance the impact and poignancy of the entire piece. really | Reviewer: leah s | 4/7/09 i love this song. it is one of my favortie songs to sing ever. and i agree that this a stupid argument. its alone. although "a loan" isnt unthinkable, why would their father who left them leave them money? that just makes no sense. but a father who left and then died, left them alone for sure. sooo, ya. thats about it. and love this song! whooo! and i also love dreamgirls which doesnt really have anyting to do with this but its one of my favorite movies never around | Reviewer: Anon | 1/19/09 Obviously it is "alone." The boy sings that "I never got a chance to see him" .... he never met his father, but he heard things about him. If the boy was old enough to hear the kinds of things about his father that he heard, he had to be at least five, and more likely at least a pre-teen, based on his level of questions to his mom. It seems hardly unlikely that a man who never came around to even see his son once would have loaned this family money and thus "left them a loan." If he left them debt, then it would say debt. A loan taken out is not a loan to a beneficiary who didn't take it out, it's a debt. This is a silly argument. The man went off to other women and left this family "alone." A Loan is not unreasonable | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/20/08 It's not at all unreasonable to go along the lines of 'a loan' versus 'alone', especially given the following: frequent references to debt and the cringe-worthy, verging-on-the-inane parts of the lyrics (which results in the mind not dismissing the interpretation as 'a loan' b/c we've already cringed with other examples in the song). That said, 'alone' DOES make more sense and is one of the saving graces in a song that has ups and downs in terms of its lyrical cleverness. As a final not, why the hell am I even spending time on this? :) Alone | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/9/08 No, it has to be alone, it makes much more sense lyrically. Does anyone have the original score someplace. Were the lyrics written on the inside sleeve of the album? Many of my albums have lyrics written there. Ass kicking song though, I just sang it tonight with some buddies backing me on keyboards, drums and guitars. Wahoo! Alternatives | Reviewer: john robb | 10/13/08 We used to ride around the Bronx when this song first came out arguing about whether Papa left his family alone or a loan. After a few months, we decided it was BOTH. Often, controversies can be resolved by acknowledging the validity of competing alternatives. Materialistic | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/30/08 A loan??? Alone definitely has a wider area of definition, be that financially or emotionally. I guess people in US are so hurt with loans these days that lona only comes to mind. But if one reads the remainder of the text, the style, the emotions behind it, alone rings a emotional bell, and goes in line with all the rest. Then again, that is only one opinion. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3