grannylib
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:08 AM
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Marvin Gay gone 20 years today...what a voice was silenced that day |
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Was just listening to Marvin yesterday, and then on MPR today there was an interview with an author of a new book on Marvin Gay's life and music and demons. Best male R&B voice ever, I think...beautiful.
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:16 AM
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1. yeah I remember that day succinctly |
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that was the day my now husband kissed me for the first time, and earlier we had listened to an obit on good old Marvin...
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:17 AM
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2. mercy mercy me, what's goin on |
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amazing songs that are as fresh and relevant today as they were 30 years ago.
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Reciprocity
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:18 AM
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3. He had a voice that was smooth as treacle. |
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This song is as true today as it was back then.
What's Going
Mother, mother There's to many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today - Yah
Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, 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
Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me So you can see Oh, what's going on What's going Ya, what's going on Ah, what's going on
(Background music and conversation) In the mean time Right on, baby Right on Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us Simply because our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understanding here today Oh
Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me, So you can see Oh, what's going on What's going on I’ll tell you Ya, what's going on - Uh Ah, what's going on Right on baby Right on baby
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:22 AM
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"Let's Get It On"-arguably the best slow "bootknocking" song ever.
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:30 AM
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6. Wasn't that Al Green? Or am I totally fubar?? |
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Fri Apr-02-04 02:17 AM
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:28 AM
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5. "What's Going On'.....indeed. Appropriate for the times. |
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:31 AM
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7. Still time to correct the spelling of his last name... |
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Fri Apr-02-04 01:32 AM
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8. Yeah Marvin and Sam Cooke are about my two favorites |
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Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 01:32 AM by nothingshocksmeanymo
both died very tragic deaths.
Trouble Man and Let's Get It On (LP's) were BOTH so radical for their time...
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Fri Apr-02-04 02:48 AM
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10. Heard it Through the Grapevine |
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is still on of my all time favorites. Gives me tingles in the spine every time I hear that song.
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Fri Apr-02-04 07:56 AM
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11. I never realized the power of Marvin Gaye |
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Until I saw some film of him performing live, made sometime in the late 60s I reckon. Jesus Harold Christ!!!! Marvin had that audience in the palm of his hand. It was a cross between church and an orgy.
I have watched Al Green and Otis Redding, but Marvin Gaye made them look like they were backing up!!! He may well have been
The Man.
:loveya: dbt
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Fri Apr-02-04 08:23 AM
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12. Has it been 20 years. |
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Gawd, do I feel old. It don't seem like it.
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