Golden Moldies

[SportsFan68]

From 1966, name the artist of this song.

For extra credit, name the 1990 Aerosmith song which was close enough to this song to get the writers a songwriting credit.

Standing in the shadows of love
Waitin' for the heartaches to come
Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love
I getting ready for the heartaches to come
I'd run but there's no where to go
'Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love, the love I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
'Cause you've taken away all me reasons for livin'
When you pushed aside all the love I've been giving
Now wait a minute
Didn't I teach you right, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best I could, didn't I?
So don't you leave me standin' in the shadow of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Don't you see me standing in the shadow of love
Just tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come

All alone I'll desperately be
With misery my only company
Come today, in fact come tomorrow
Sorrow, I ain't got nothin' but sorrow
Don't your conscience bother you
How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you
Now hold a minute
Gave you all the love I had, didn't I?
When you needed me I was there, now wasn't I?
(Standing in the shadows of love
Gettin' ready for the heartaches to come)
I've tried not to cry out loud
No gal you ain't gonna help me now
What did I do to cause all this grief
Now what'd I say to make you want to leave
Now wait a minute
I gave my heart and soul to you, didn't I?
Now din't I always treat you good, didn't I?
I'm Standing in the shadows of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Hope to see you standing in the shadows of love
Tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of..........(fade)

[earendel]

From 1966, name the artist of this song.

For extra credit, name the 1990 Aerosmith song which was close enough to this song to get the writers a songwriting credit.

Standing in the shadows of love
Waitin' for the heartaches to come
Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love
I getting ready for the heartaches to come
I'd run but there's no where to go
'Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love, the love I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
'Cause you've taken away all me reasons for livin'
When you pushed aside all the love I've been giving
Now wait a minute
Didn't I teach you right, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best I could, didn't I?
So don't you leave me standin' in the shadow of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Don't you see me standing in the shadow of love
Just tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come

All alone I'll desperately be
With misery my only company
Come today, in fact come tomorrow
Sorrow, I ain't got nothin' but sorrow
Don't your conscience bother you
How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you
Now hold a minute
Gave you all the love I had, didn't I?
When you needed me I was there, now wasn't I?
(Standing in the shadows of love
Gettin' ready for the heartaches to come)
I've tried not to cry out loud
No gal you ain't gonna help me now
What did I do to cause all this grief
Now what'd I say to make you want to leave
Now wait a minute
I gave my heart and soul to you, didn't I?
Now din't I always treat you good, didn't I?
I'm Standing in the shadows of love
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come
Hope to see you standing in the shadows of love
Tryin' my best to get ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of..........(fade)

That would be none other than

Spoiler

The Four Tops

[SportsFan68]

That would be none other than The Four Tops.

Well done, Ear.

[etaoin22]

I thought this was Holland-Dozier-Holland for the Four Tops.

Of course, it is.

A bit of research shows that the soundsortaalike is "The Other Side", by Aerosmith. The ascending riff on the verse sounds like the ascending riff in the chorus of SITSOL. I would say Motown got good lawyers, and/or it wasn't terribly bad publicity to give the credit -- might have stirred up enough interest to earn back more than was paid. If every rock song which sounded like another rock song to had to give credit, there would be very long lists of writers for many songs.

I would post a youtube link but I know sprotsie thinks youtube is a haven for viruses.....

[SportsFan68]

I thought this was Holland-Dozier-Holland for the Four Tops.

Of course, it is.

A bit of research shows that the soundsortaalike is "The Other Side", by Aerosmith. The ascending riff on the verse sounds like the ascending riff in the chorus of SITSOL. I would say Motown got good lawyers, and/or it wasn't terribly bad publicity to give the credit -- might have stirred up enough interest to earn back more than was paid. If every rock song which sounded like another rock song to had to give credit, there would be very long lists of writers for many songs.

I would post a youtube link but I know sprotsie thinks youtube is a haven for viruses.....

Bam! Good work on the Four Tops and The Other Side, Doc.

RadioDude pretty much said what you did, the part I bolded in your post.

You're right about that last part too. I wonder if All Summer Long is paying anything to Lynyrd Skynrd.