Post by timmy84 on Feb 26, 2006 12:36:18 GMT -5
Before I go on with this topic, will some kind person please re-up/upload this song for me again for YouSendIt.com, I had lost it when the d**n comp was acting up, but it's back now, lol. Anyway, if you can, please send me the song again through YouSendIt.com? Thanks.
Okay. AHEM!
"Piece of Clay" by Marvin. Wow, what another unreleased gem from the master of soul. What can I say? The song hits at me in a lot of levels. First off, Marvin is begging parents everywhere to stop trying to mold your sons and/or daughters into what you want them to be. Why do you want your kid to be like who you were? Why not be yourself? I think what Marvin detailed vocally is the final output and of course you know how people go about "it's more deep when you write it" well just because Marvin didn't write it don't mean it don't match what he was feeling when he was singing the song.
I also feel the song was BIOGRAPHICAL for Marvin. Again, all of his songs had a biographical account/texture to them. That's how great his music is, you know exactly what he's going through when he's singing it. And he's a lyrical genius.
But you know I also believe he was a great song stylist as well as a songwriter/song maker because he could take the song that people write and make it into a revelation! That's what made me a fan. It wasn't the fact that he was known for being a master at writing, arranging, composing and producing but the fact that he was a bad-a$$ singer, ok, my bad, SANGER, just made it more worthwhile in my book.
Musically the song was very different compared to what Marvin was making. It was more a touch of rock with gospel because of the fabulous Curtis Mayfield/Jimi Hendrix-like guitar solo that came out of it. It also had horns in it which turned it out. And of course, Marvin's background harmonies making it somewhat of a doo-wop record. It had the textures of soul and mellow funk, and really, those mixtures of sounds just makes the song even better.
It's also interesting to know that even when he was given a song, he made you not think that someone else wrote it. "Like that's gotta be HIS handwriting", you know? The song definitely has a preacher-teacher element and the fact that he was one of the first soul singers to actually touch on that, that's why many always seem to think this guy was not only tortured by his divided soul but also blessed to have such different worlds and try to connect that.
That's why "Piece of Clay" reigns true to me.
Okay. AHEM!
"Piece of Clay" by Marvin. Wow, what another unreleased gem from the master of soul. What can I say? The song hits at me in a lot of levels. First off, Marvin is begging parents everywhere to stop trying to mold your sons and/or daughters into what you want them to be. Why do you want your kid to be like who you were? Why not be yourself? I think what Marvin detailed vocally is the final output and of course you know how people go about "it's more deep when you write it" well just because Marvin didn't write it don't mean it don't match what he was feeling when he was singing the song.
I also feel the song was BIOGRAPHICAL for Marvin. Again, all of his songs had a biographical account/texture to them. That's how great his music is, you know exactly what he's going through when he's singing it. And he's a lyrical genius.
But you know I also believe he was a great song stylist as well as a songwriter/song maker because he could take the song that people write and make it into a revelation! That's what made me a fan. It wasn't the fact that he was known for being a master at writing, arranging, composing and producing but the fact that he was a bad-a$$ singer, ok, my bad, SANGER, just made it more worthwhile in my book.
Musically the song was very different compared to what Marvin was making. It was more a touch of rock with gospel because of the fabulous Curtis Mayfield/Jimi Hendrix-like guitar solo that came out of it. It also had horns in it which turned it out. And of course, Marvin's background harmonies making it somewhat of a doo-wop record. It had the textures of soul and mellow funk, and really, those mixtures of sounds just makes the song even better.
It's also interesting to know that even when he was given a song, he made you not think that someone else wrote it. "Like that's gotta be HIS handwriting", you know? The song definitely has a preacher-teacher element and the fact that he was one of the first soul singers to actually touch on that, that's why many always seem to think this guy was not only tortured by his divided soul but also blessed to have such different worlds and try to connect that.
That's why "Piece of Clay" reigns true to me.