Marvin Gaye POX

is this the right thread for me to talk about how fucking awesome the trouble man soundtrack is

T Plays It Cool is the absolute bomb

who plays drums on that song they are amazing

My go-to from Marvin for many years- that tune in particular is a killer. Sax solo is lights out as well

I suspected as much— the drums sound so great on T because the drums on this album are played by..... Marvin himself!

i thought that might be the case

god he really was the goat

you're the man is really wonderful, i'm surprised at how well it works. the songs are brilliant

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

Louvain Demps who sang backup vocals on lots of Motown records will also be on the panel

Cool!

How was it?

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.

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

"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

Yeah, well. Fuck.

Just play me the song

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

Man, “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” is some serious ping-pong stereo.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68674814
!!

Damn, this will be awesome to listen to in 2063.

I think Distant Lover is my favorite Marvin song right now. I don’t have time to go through this thread but I don’t hear a lot of praise for the string sections in his classic run. At the end of Distant Lover the strings swell and Marvin is just absolutely begging on top of it. Almost makes me cry when it hits