What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

[eleny]

Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying
You know we'ver got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, hey

Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

[acmavm]

1. I love that song. I loved Marvin Gaye.

That song says it all so eloquently and with such feeling.

[Skittles]

2. oh I blubbered when he died

I think I was in love with him. :)

[hlthe2b]

3. and the irony...that his own father shot killed him....

the world misses you, Marvin....

[blue sky at night]

4. Just heard it on Ring of Fire........

ya, man we need To bring some lovin' here today..........thanks.

[eleny]

7. That's why I posted it!

They've played some good bumper music today. Took me back. Way, way back. And then it all came forward. :cry:

[blue sky at night]

9. It's funny........

but I knew you were listening. Small world, Great Show!!

[livetohike]

5. Oh, the memories

:-) and that voice, just like honey......

[H2O Man]

6. Great song.

I listen to that a lot. Marvin joined the effort to raise funds for Rubin Carter in the 1970s. He did a lot of good works. It's sad when gentle people are driven by the pain of everyday life to substance abuse which, as in his case, contributes directly to his dying too young.

[eleny]

8. And Tammi's death, so tragic

[H2O Man]

10. Her brother Ernie

was a top heavyweight boxing contender in the 1960s. (Played the acoustic guitar pretty well, too.) Ernie got caught up in the public's hostility for Muhammad Ali when he converted to Islam. For a brief period, one of the alphabet groups called him the "champion." He refused to call Ali by his name, until February 1967, when they met in the ring.

Ernie had remembered sparring a young Cassius Clay, who he was able to hit with his long left jab. Ernie was about 6'5" tall. When he fought Ali, he absorbed a lot of punishment before he finally called him "Muhammad Ali."

I guess Marvin was connected to boxing before Rubin. I remember that Marvin shaved his head before taking the stage at one fund-raiser for the Hurricane. Man! That was a short time after old Richard Nixon had resigned, and I remember thinking we were going to save the world.