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Post by fantagurl on Feb 13, 2006 16:40:34 GMT -5
Yep, those are the reasons why I've always dug Marvin Gaye because he stuck to his guns to sing whatever it was he wanted to sing about be it socially conscious, street conscious, self-conscious, sexually aware, sensually adept, politically minded, I mean whatever he wanted to sing about, it was there. And the fact that his rebellion helped transform the music industry is amazing. When you look back at his life, you'll know how musically relevant he truly was compared to those he's a contemporary of. And that`s the reason why the public needs to know about Marvin`s whole career from beginning to the very end.
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Post by Emerald City on Feb 14, 2006 18:48:19 GMT -5
But you know, back to Marvin as a social commentator, many of the things he was singing, still reigns true to this very day. As they said, Marvin's voice was a voice for a generation. It seems Marvin had a vision and what he saw in his vision(wether it was political,social,enviromental,and so on) he told it through his music. Marvin`s music was(in my opinion) his life story. And that's what I love about him personally :givemesome:
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Post by mpgfan on Feb 15, 2006 14:28:30 GMT -5
Holy Smokes Timmy! Going through your posts here I must say you are just as much a MPG fanatic as I am! It's always nice to know one is not alone. I say this because I grew up in a South American/West Indies family so basically most of the stuff I heard as a kid was reggae and soca but thankfully my father had a Marvin Gaye greatest hits LP and I just fell in love with his music.
Anywho, to stick to the topic I will expand upon his social commentary. Have you ever noticed through his music and reading the various biographies of his life how Marvin tried to do the impossible?
What was the Impossible you may ask? Well he tried to bridge the gap between the carnal act of sex and the universality of God's love. In fact that was the ONE thing musically that he never was able to do. The closest to that was "Sanctified P***y". Sadly CBS records and Harvey Fuqua decided to overdub the offending word and synth the song up to all hell.
As someone mentioned Marvin's music was his life. I've never heard an artist that was so brutally honest and open about their life the way Marvin was through his music. The closest that comes to mind is Billie Holliday tho she never took part in the writing or production side of things.
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Post by fantagurl on Feb 15, 2006 17:38:27 GMT -5
Holy Smokes Timmy! Going through your posts here I must say you are just as much a MPG fanatic as I am! It's always nice to know one is not alone. I say this because I grew up in a South American/West Indies family so basically most of the stuff I heard as a kid was reggae and soca but thankfully my father had a Marvin Gaye greatest hits LP and I just fell in love with his music. Anywho, to stick to the topic I will expand upon his social commentary. Have you ever noticed through his music and reading the various biographies of his life how Marvin tried to do the impossible? What was the Impossible you may ask? Well he tried to bridge the gap between the carnal act of sex and the universality of God's love. In fact that was the ONE thing musically that he never was able to do. The closest to that was "Sanctified P***y". Sadly CBS records and Harvey Fuqua decided to overdub the offending word and synth the song up to all hell. As someone mentioned Marvin's music was his life. I've never heard an artist that was so brutally honest and open about their life the way Marvin was through his music. The closest that comes to mind is Billie Holliday tho she never took part in the writing or production side of things. (((mpgfan))) :wave: Welcome!!! That was a powerful post.... Exactly,Marvin and Billie had a lot in common about their life through the music. Marvin`s "What`s Going On", done it for me, when I listen to that album and hear the songs it brings me to tears sometimes. You can feel Marvin`s pain in songs like Mercy,Mercy Me,Make Me Wanna Hollar, and What`s Happening Brother. Also I can REALLY feel the romantic love side of Marvin in songs like, You Sure Love to Ball...WOW!! That song makes me sweat!! :love: You see Marvin has that effect on us females.
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Post by Kay on Feb 15, 2006 18:00:18 GMT -5
Holy Smokes Timmy! Going through your posts here I must say you are just as much a MPG fanatic as I am! It's always nice to know one is not alone. I say this because I grew up in a South American/West Indies family so basically most of the stuff I heard as a kid was reggae and soca but thankfully my father had a Marvin Gaye greatest hits LP and I just fell in love with his music. Anywho, to stick to the topic I will expand upon his social commentary. Have you ever noticed through his music and reading the various biographies of his life how Marvin tried to do the impossible? What was the Impossible you may ask? Well he tried to bridge the gap between the carnal act of sex and the universality of God's love. In fact that was the ONE thing musically that he never was able to do. The closest to that was "Sanctified P***y". Sadly CBS records and Harvey Fuqua decided to overdub the offending word and synth the song up to all hell. As someone mentioned Marvin's music was his life. I've never heard an artist that was so brutally honest and open about their life the way Marvin was through his music. The closest that comes to mind is Billie Holliday tho she never took part in the writing or production side of things. Two of my favourite people Hmmm In addition to Sanctified Pu**y I would say he came close with Keep Gettin It On too. We all know what it's about but it sounds like a church sermon going on at times. Maybe it's just me but there's something about that song that contains a slight element of chuuuch
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Post by Kay on Feb 15, 2006 18:04:46 GMT -5
(((mpgfan))) Welcome!!! That was a powerful post.... Exactly,Marvin and Billie had a lot in common about their life through the music. Marvin`s "What`s Going On", done it for me, when I listen to that album and hear the songs it brings me to tears sometimes. You can feel Marvin`s pain in songs like Mercy,Mercy Me,Make Me Wanna Hollar, and What`s Happening Brother. Also I can REALLY feel the romantic love side of Marvin in songs like, You Sure Love to Ball...WOW!! That song makes me sweat!! You see Marvin has that effect on us females. He knows how to make you feel the words like nobody else can! :love: :love:
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Post by fantagurl on Feb 15, 2006 18:22:37 GMT -5
(((mpgfan))) Welcome!!! That was a powerful post.... Exactly,Marvin and Billie had a lot in common about their life through the music. Marvin`s "What`s Going On", done it for me, when I listen to that album and hear the songs it brings me to tears sometimes. You can feel Marvin`s pain in songs like Mercy,Mercy Me,Make Me Wanna Hollar, and What`s Happening Brother. Also I can REALLY feel the romantic love side of Marvin in songs like, You Sure Love to Ball...WOW!! That song makes me sweat!! You see Marvin has that effect on us females. He knows how to make you feel the words like nobody else can! Guuurrrl!!!!!!!! When "You Sure Love to Ball" came out I was about eight or nine years old. I liked the song,but my mom didn`t want me listening to it. So about four years ago,I listened to it for the first time in nearly 28 years.Gurl when I heard that song,my heart skipped beats and I broke out in a sweat.Marvin had me in a romantic trance. :cloud9:
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Post by timmy84 on Feb 15, 2006 23:56:04 GMT -5
Hey, MPGFan, and yeah, "Sanctified P***y" was the record that Marvin tried to bring both worlds together and I heard it and I agree, I don't think Marvin would've wanted the song to be like that, sounded too techno or something, lol. Great, enjoy your stay at Motown.
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 8, 2006 17:34:23 GMT -5
Bump... I really want to talk more about this. I'm hearing his In Our Lifetime[/i] album and it's true to state that Marvin never forgot his roots. Some of the songs on there have a doo-wop/blues texture to them as is the case with "Love Me Now or Love Me Later". Songs like "Love Party" and "Praise" showcased the kind of melding sounds of funk and gospel that would be an influential part for so-called gospel singers and musicians to bring on a hip-hop format to sing songs of praise. The entire album musicially, vocally and lyrically wise is incredible despite some of the unfinished feel to some of the songs especially "Far Cry" in particular (Motown was wrong to just release it like that by the way).
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Post by Kay on Mar 8, 2006 18:53:11 GMT -5
The entire album musicially, vocally and lyrically wise is incredible despite some of the unfinished feel to some of the songs especially "Far Cry" in particular (Motown was wrong to just release it like that by the way). That's another thing, even though In Our Lifetime was released while he was 'away' I think it's one of his best. He says some things on there that had me like whoa lol I love Praise btw
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 8, 2006 19:28:11 GMT -5
YEP! Especially on songs like "Life Is For Learnin'", "Love Party", "Ego Trippin' Out", "Praise", "Love Me Now or Love Me Later", man, Marvin was saying some stuff on there! And "Praise" is my song too!
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Post by mpgfan on Mar 10, 2006 19:23:39 GMT -5
I think "life is for learning" is one of Marvin's more interesting views of the responsibilities of the musical artist.
The album also contained what i think is Marvin's best lyrics in terms of melody and lyrical content in "funk me"
If you don't know what it is it's the section where he starts off with "I need us for me to love, mother nature taught me love...."
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 10, 2006 20:02:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I caught that, (((mpgfan))) I love every song on "In Our Lifetime". The title track is just too much, yo! But yeah, "Funk Me" had the best lyrics along with "Life is For Learning".
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 10, 2006 20:05:57 GMT -5
In fact, "Here, My Dear" and "In Our Lifetime" featured some of the best socially-conscious material of his catalog.
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Post by Kay on Mar 15, 2006 20:19:42 GMT -5
In fact, "Here, My Dear" and "In Our Lifetime" featured some of the best socially-conscious material of his catalog. You're right, and Anger is another song that stands out to me. I think it's sorta in the same vein as those on Lifetime
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