1. Let's Get It On 2. Let's Get It On 3. Let's Get It On
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― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Everyone needs a copy of In Our Lifetime.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
wowhttp://www.eurweb.com/2014/02/marvin-gayes-1964-passport-found-inside-an-album-bought-for-50-cents/
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
why wouldn't they mention what album it was?
― owenf, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.wimp.com/isolatedvocal/
Marvin's vocal track for "I Heard it through the Grapevine"
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 April 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
I would be cool with God is Love being played at my funeral
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 June 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, August 2, 2010 10:34 PM
I was right eight years ago.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
The chorus/“bridge” for “Funk Me” that begins at 1:25 might be my single favorite Marvin moment. The fact that it follows the most skeletal of refrains (“Funk me/Funk me”) only accentuates how glorious the whole section is – as does the fact that he never repeats it which I find thrilling and frustrating in equal parts. Leave it soul’s weirdest dude to write the first and only through-composed homage to Rick James.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 2 November 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
good point
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
One of my favourite Marvin moments is at 3:42 on "You Can Leave" where he throws in a quick Bee Gees homage that amps up the track's disco funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsdUHJWz3Y
― dinnerboat, Friday, 2 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
The “So satisfy you baby/You have won the battle/Oh but/Daddy’s gonna win/The war” bit? It is awesome – and the climax of the album, I think.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 2 November 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that’s the part.
― dinnerboat, Friday, 2 November 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
Was just sort of idly thinking about this recently. I think the first six are unquestionable:
1. Ain't That Peculiar2. Can I Get a Witness3. Heard it Through the Grapevine4. Let's Get It On5. What's Going On6. Mercy Mercy Me
Then things get murky.
7. Sexual Healing
It sounds dated but I think there is still a fantastic song under the cheesy sounds.
8-10. ?
After that I just don't know. There are some fine-ass gospel sounds in his early career but nothing nearly as grittily good as "Can I Get a Witness." And I've always found the duets a Bit Much. Even "Ain't no Mountain High Enough," which is nicely groovy, doesn't rise to the level of his solo performances.
― The Mad Puffin
This is pretty much my same top 6... I’d probably add “Where are we going” (although I think I like Donald Byrd’s version better) and “if this world were mine”. Are these not considered that good? Noone has mentioned them so far.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
It ain’t that murky.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 3 November 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/marvin-gayes-lost-1972-album-youre-the-man-set-for-release/
Motown has announced the release of Marvin Gaye’s scrapped follow-up to 1971 classic What’s Going On. You’re the Man features all of Gaye’s solo and non-soundtrack recordings from 1972. It’s out March 29, four days before what would have been Gaye’s 80th birthday on April 2. Listen to album track “My Last Chance,” mixed by Salaam Remi, below.Of the LP’s 17 songs, only the title track was released at the time. Most of the songs have never been released on vinyl until now. David Ritz wrote liner notes for the physical issue.
Of the LP’s 17 songs, only the title track was released at the time. Most of the songs have never been released on vinyl until now. David Ritz wrote liner notes for the physical issue.
i'm assuming most of the tracks have been released in other forms, but i'm not sure i've ever heard them. is it good?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
this is kind of an obvious and lame thing to say, but i LOVE his music, especially of that period. if there are even a few tracks that approach the brilliance of What's Going On i will be a happy camper.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
looks like a lot of it is on the deluxe Let's Get It On reissue
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
"where are we going" is fabulous
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
arranged/mixed by the mizell brothers!
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
I was flabbergasted when I heard the outtakes on that, there was so much!
― legislative fanboy halfwit (Οὖτις), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
oh shit, great! i can check that out when i get home, then. i didn't even realize there was a lost marvin gaye album from this period, so i'm pretty pumped
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Can't wait to hear it. I like the faithful cover art, too, and agree this era was his peak.
Though these "[artist] would have been [this] old" thought experiments are odd. Like, 80 isn't impossible but it's pushing it for someone who indulged the way Marvin did. I get celebrating the anniversary of his birth. But framing it as "he would have been 80" makes me picture something like BB King's last tour, which was a sad spectacle.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
What's Going On [Tamla, 1971]This may be a groundbreaking personal statement, but like any Berry Gordy quickie it's baited skimpily: only three great tunes. "What's Going On," "Inner City Blues," and "Mercy, Mercy Me (the Ecology)" are so original they reveal ordinary Motown-political as the benign market manipulation it is. And Gaye keeps getting more subtle vocally and rhythmically. But the rest is pretty murky even when the lyrical ideas are good--I like the words on "What's Happenin' Brother" and "Flyin' High (in the Friendly Sky)" quite a bit--and the religious songs that bear Gaye's real message are suitably shapeless. Worst of all, because they're used a lot, are David Van De Pitte's strings, the lowest kind of movie-background dreck. B+
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 05:31 (five years ago) link
B+ for fucking what's going on, ok
baited skimpily? that's a fun phrase, but is that true at all with this album? the bait consists of three all-time legendary songs that would be the best songs of just about any other singer's career.
as for the rest, the string arrangements don't break new ground but they provide the stylistic glue (along with the congas, and of course gaye's voice) that makes the album flow so smoothly. what's going on is possibly the fastest 35 minutes in history. the forgotten songs are hardly filler, it's just that they're designed to provide the scaffolding to the rest of the album. "save the children" is a beautiful song on its own, for example, but its purpose in the context of the album is to establish a melody that later reaches it's fruition in "mercy mercy me" several minutes later.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
is this the right thread for me to talk about how fucking awesome the trouble man soundtrack is
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
T Plays It Cool is the absolute bomb
― brimstead, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
who plays drums on that song they are amazing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
My go-to from Marvin for many years- that tune in particular is a killer. Sax solo is lights out as well
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
I suspected as much— the drums sound so great on T because the drums on this album are played by..... Marvin himself!
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
i thought that might be the case
god he really was the goat
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
you're the man is really wonderful, i'm surprised at how well it works. the songs are brilliant
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 September 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Free online panel tonight called Marvin Gaye from DC to Detroit with singer Kim Weston and others. I think you need to register early on Eventbrite . On April 24 as part of Pop Con there will be an online panel re What’s Goin On album
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marvin-gaye-from-dc-to-detroit-tickets-148427361233?ref=eios
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 April 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
Louvain Demps who sang backup vocals on lots of Motown records will also be on the panel
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 April 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Cool!
― It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 April 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
How was it?
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 18 April 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
It ended up being great after starting very awkwardly because the host didn't know how to work zoom. It was recorded and I hope it will be transcribed or something, but i wouldn't count on it. A Dc person named Sandra Butler Truesdale told a story about walking into her high school and hearing her classmate Marvin Gaye singing. Ray Fauntroy talked about Marvin singing in various DC groups and also supporting civil rights activists. Louvain Demps talked about how Gaye had the studio dark while recording What's Goin On, and how it took a bit for everything to come together for that song, but when it did she knew it would be a success. Kim Weston talked about she came in as a substitute for Mary Wells as a duet partner for Marvin, and how she was replaced by Tammi Terrell. She also mentioned Gordy's lack of respect for them - he just wanted us to shut and sang. There was a discussion of Marvin Gaye's brother Frankie and another singer coming back from Vietnam with ptsd. They said Frankie saying "What Going On" to Marvin inspired the song, as well as Frankie questions about things. A grown folks go-go-r'n'b singer was on the panel and he talked more about Marvin's influence and his parents playing him. There were more stories that I am forgetting plus the women talking about how cute Marvin was.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
My quick look at the panel participants for the upcoming pop con Gaye What's Going On panel is that it is critics and not people who were involved with the album
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
"you got what you need." Marvin Gaye cuts 'How Sweet It Is" with Holland-Dozier-Holland, 1964 (from Lamont Dozier's memoir) pic.twitter.com/R7ldPshmNN— Bowiesongs (@bowiesongs) October 24, 2021
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
Yeah, well. Fuck.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 25 October 2021 07:19 (two years ago) link
Just play me the song
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 October 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
In other news , Marvin can be heard with 2 groups he was in during his DC high school days on the new Bear Family release Washington DC R & B 1940 to 1960. 16 cds plus 352 page coffee table size book. Clovers. Impalas, and other obscure DC acts included
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 October 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
Man, “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” is some serious ping-pong stereo.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 01:25 (four months ago) link