Marvin Gaye’s voice is cool and smooth beyond description. A lot was going on, and Marvin was singing of all of it - Vietnam, hippies, black power movement, violence, etc. He was speaking universally to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and so forth, not necessarily to his parents. Great song, great reaction.
Another Motown artist breaking out of the.Motown straightjacket was Stevie Wonder who rebeled with the self written Music of my Mind on which he also played all the instruments. His career went from strength to strength after this album through the decade and beyond
Marvin Gaye wanted him to play bass specifically and went looking for him. He was found in a bar. He played it with one finger while laying on his back because he was drunk and couldn't even sit up
This is a masterpiece and I think Marvin Gaye's best. I think it's just as relevant today as when he first recorded it. I always understood it as a song directed at the older generation at the time, the "establishment'. As in 'don't dismiss us because of our youth and the way we dress".
Inner City Blues from the same album. If you like hip hop you'll have heard most of it before, it's been sampled many times. I think I can honestly say that Marvin's voice is the best there's been before or since. Just stunning. Check out If I Should Die Tonight from Let's Get It On. Or Ain't No Mountain High Enough with Tami Terrel or I Heard It Through The Grapevine or so many more. Incredible voice.
This album is a masterpiece and love and I mean love this song among many other hits from Marvin. Thanks for sharing, you will love this man as much as I loved him. I grew up with his music and so much was going on back in the day, war, race relations, hate, love, the hippie movement, the civil rights movement, and many other movements. You would listen to Marvin and other singers to forget about what was happening in the world at that time.
I wouldn't take this so literally. He's not necessarily a vet coming home from war; he could just as easily be a protester against the war and/or against police brutality during the civil rights protests. Those movements were all going on at the time (which appear to never end, sadly). In any event, when he calls out "Mother, Mother," he's not addressing his own mother but mothers in general. Or "Brother, brother, there's too many of you dying," i.e., too many black men dying. Or, "Father, Father, we don't need to escalate" reads to me like a general outcry to men and particularly to the men who were running our country at the time.
Agreed. This guy's reactions are among the better ones on YT, but so often reaction posters take lyrics very literally and look for a coherent story from a single person's perspective. But songs are often just a series of images and ideas that reflect on a wider situation and the feelings that are involved. They aren't always a narrative that can be simply explained.
This song is a masterpiece as is the album. The reaction is appreciated as during this era many music lovers were listening to multiple genres of music! I was listening to the richest era of music during the seventies and Marvin Gaye R.I.P. was among the best of soul music as we called it back then. More of his incredible talent on what’s going on…
Gotta do a whole album review there... and it needs to be the vinyl version as the songs are mixed together as a continuous play... It's one of the options on Spotify I think! Incredible stuff...
An amazing song that may be unfamiliar to you is "At Last" by Etta James. She is a legend. Another great song from her is "I'd Rather Go Blind" (than see you walk away from me)
He's just speaking in the collective voice of the youth at the time. War is not the answer is the driving point. Marvin's voice was amazing! Died one day before his 45th birthday. Tragic loss.
I had the great pleasure to see Marvinin Bournemouth in the seventies. He was so good that I bought a ticket to see the later performance. My great claim to fame, I saw Marvin Gaye perform twice in one day and I would have gone back for a third time if I could truly awesome talent.
Marvin was a musical genius. He also played several instruments. Many of the background voices were friends of Marvin’s including a couple of professional NFL players. There’s a great documentary called “Hitsville. The Making of Motown”. It talks about how Marvin developed the song that remains even relevant today. I recommend the documentary especially if you like the Motown era. On many different lists What’s Goin On is often in the top 5 of most important songs of all time. Thanks for reacting to this. 👏👏
Here, Marvin is just an observer of society, commenting on the problems and the bloodshed and the hatred, etc... It's sooooo smooth but Marvin's voice is always like that, he's just a wonderful singer. He was under contract with Motown at this time, but Berry Gordy would not release this "controversial" album under the Motown label. So Berry created another label under which to release this album, which is full of acute social commentary. And terrific songs!! Just a great album. I can't help but suggest you to listen to it, on channel, end to end.
There’s a cover version of this by the incomparable Donny Hathaway on his live record from ‘72. The whole album is a groovy masterpiece, and his cover of this is a standout.
People often comment about The Wrecking Crew, they should mention The Funk Brothers in the same breath. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra are also on this track.
If you get a chance, his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game is a revelation. The crowd starts clapping in time by the end. Think about it, clapping in time to the Star Spangled Banner.
What an amazing artist and album. An amazing artist and voice. Smooth but totally on topic. "We don't need to escalate" refers to the Vietnam war which was going on at the time. His brothers were being sent to die in Vietnam. What a song. Thanks for this reaction.
When you gonna do full bob dylan album? Take your pick : Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, The Times They Are a-Changin' ...
Listen to the album from beginning to end, to understand Marvin Gaye’s message to the world, this is a masterpiece! I also like his live performance singing this song and Marvin is playing piano along with his band… it is an extension of this song & is fantastic !
Riots in LA 1992. Oprah Winfrey did a show, showing all the scenes from the riots and this song was in the back ground. I’ve loved it ever since. Great song!
I think I remember a documentary where they indicated that Marvin basically did this song on the QT on his own in the studio but I can’t remember for sure why. I think it may have been because he thought the concept might have been turned down but the finished product would be undeniable.
I'd like to suggest Wilson PICKETT, The Isley's, and James Brown. Thx! This song is an anti establishment statement. For instance, having long hair was a real big deal at the time. One didn't want to go to the wrong neighborhood with long hair. And yes, totally anti war, released during the Nam years, where there was a ton of turmoil in the streets.
I would like to suggest you look into fela kuti. (and his backstory) He's a real inspiration for not only a generation of artists and genre's but also as a freedom fighter in his country. I feel like he's very underrated as influence goes. Going from your previous reactions, I think you really like him.
When this song came out I was a teenager living in Detroit now we had just had the 68 riots and the Vietnam war was raging and for the first time and we’re wearing their hair long no brush cuts this was radical this song and then there was that voice I just took it out of the place and meaning was moving I just prayed it will get better
Love me some Marvin. This song is to ALL mothers and fathers, and brothers and sisters. He himself has long hair because he is a hippie. Its also about police brutality, mothers losing sons to violence and war, and the generation gap. (unbelievably, Marvin Gaye's own father shot him to death at a very young age).
I am torn on who made a bigger contribution to Motow.n, Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye. And then I listen to the Temptations and must reconsider. And a Smokey Robinson tune comes over the radio and I have a fourth candidate. What a great time for music.
Just stumbled across your channel!! On your own time you should watch Hitsville: The Making Of Motown. An awesome documentary about Motown and it’s artists!!
Excellent choice 👍. Iconic. You gotta explore early Funk like James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, etc as well as Motown and artists from Chess records (Blues artists), and others like Bill Withers.. modern day hip hop stole their beats from these artists and were inspired by them. Prince, Micheal Jackson and everyone else after in pop, hip hop and rap wouldn't exist without these earlier artists. Earlier Funk got a boost from Disco which was sort of great but also disappointing because Disco lacks the purity of Funk. Rock N Roll is also heavily influenced by the earlier artists I mentioned.
I love the line, "Who are they to judge us simply cause our hair is long." Martin did not have long hair, but this tells the listener this is a unifying issue. We're in this all together. Maybe he was saying black and whites together. With the hair thing? That might be reading into it too much. But it has a beautiful unifying thought paired with the hopeful mood of the music. The lyrics are saying all that is wrong. The music is telling us to have hope and we will make through this. The music has a feeling of the sun rising on the...horizon.
this was a protest song -- aimed at those who kept us at war in vietnam. and yeah, he's talking about how people at the time saw those with long hair as a greater threat.
To get my hands on his 80s song Sexual Healing, I bought a CD with less than stellar songs, but its just such a sexy song I had to own it. I wish someone had made better audio recording of his live shows at Montreux, but as you hear his each of his songs, you ought to treat yourself later (not on the channel perhaps) to seeing his band play live. Horn section, bongos, Marvin's charisma, and those videos are fun to see for the first time. Hey- - last week on another good channel (there are just a couple of good ones, and you are there!), we started clamoring in greater numbers for the song "Watcha See is Watcha Get", from a Black group called The Dramatics. You should beat their channel to reacting to it! It's got fantastic, fun vocals, and it's from a famous recording studio called Stax.
I'm only guessing that when Marvin sings Mother and Father he is asking the older generation to understand what the young generation is protesting and not that he's a Viet Nam vet coming home from the war. A fantastic song for a time capsule. Marvin was known for singing beautiful love songs and this was him getting into something more serious.
I would still very much like to see you react to the album called Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds. It is a very well polished production based on the original book by H. G. Wells.
My perspective of it was always that it was someone who'd been drafted to fight in the war, had gone off and seen how bad it was, and returned home an anti-war activist who was protesting against more young men being sent off to die needlessly. And also just the idea that fighting for freedom was also supposed to mean freedom to protest, but then being brutalized for wanting to exercise that right. So not really directed at literal parents so much as the establishment generally. But I don't know for sure!
It really doesn't matter whose hair he's talking about. It's just one more prejudicial thing that was going on in that dark, violent and racist era. But I appreciate your attempt to be a good and thorough reactor. And you are. This song never gets old and it never ceases to make us all think. Peace.
If the channel is for more than classic rock/heavy metal, at some point you’ve gotta hit Steely Dan, a 70s jazz/yacht rock band with a cult following. It will probably be the second most rewarding rabbit hole besides Zeppelin (and besides classical music if you ever go for that).
Love Marvin. My dad played motown all the time which was imports cause we lived mostly around white people. As I grew I began to realize how important it is to love music and appreciate all artists. Marvin was a man of his own. Very sad life with his dad. So yes, there's a double message because his own dad killed him.
Would like to know more about your background and level of education. Are you “just a rap fan” or do you have some musical experience besides a part time drummer. You have good insight and you seem well educated or well versed. Where in the world are you reacting from (in general) ~Peace
What’s going on is the social commentary about what was happening in 1960s and early 70s it’s a bigger picture commentary not necessarily his parents directly
These are iconic musicians! No one can replce them!
My favorite singer ...great reaction to one of his greatest songs, a timeless classic
Marvin Gaye’s voice is cool and smooth beyond description. A lot was going on, and Marvin was singing of all of it - Vietnam, hippies, black power movement, violence, etc. He was speaking universally to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and so forth, not necessarily to his parents. Great song, great reaction.
Another Motown artist breaking out of the.Motown straightjacket was Stevie Wonder who rebeled with the self written Music of my Mind on which he also played all the instruments. His career went from strength to strength after this album through the decade and beyond
Listen to it almost every day. Real music never gets old.
The whole album is a masterpiece. Should be listened to in one sitting. Still one of the top albums of all time. Still relevant in many ways!!!
A masterclass in the bass too! One of James Jamersons' iconic bass parts - just the right notes with his amazing feel helps propel the song along!
Marvin Gaye wanted him to play bass specifically and went looking for him. He was found in a bar. He played it with one finger while laying on his back because he was drunk and couldn't even sit up
This is a masterpiece and I think Marvin Gaye's best. I think it's just as relevant today as when he first recorded it. I always understood it as a song directed at the older generation at the time, the "establishment'. As in 'don't dismiss us because of our youth and the way we dress".
This whole album is one piece of amazing work. Please do the whole album. Still sounds fresh after all these decades.
Inner City Blues from the same album. If you like hip hop you'll have heard most of it before, it's been sampled many times. I think I can honestly say that Marvin's voice is the best there's been before or since. Just stunning. Check out If I Should Die Tonight from Let's Get It On. Or Ain't No Mountain High Enough with Tami Terrel or I Heard It Through The Grapevine or so many more. Incredible voice.
This is probably my fav song on the album! I battle between this song, what’s going on and mercy mercy me but this one usually wins 😂😂
This album is a masterpiece and love and I mean love this song among many other hits from Marvin. Thanks for sharing, you will love this man as much as I loved him. I grew up with his music and so much was going on back in the day, war, race relations, hate, love, the hippie movement, the civil rights movement, and many other movements. You would listen to Marvin and other singers to forget about what was happening in the world at that time.
In Rolling Stone Magazine's most recent edition of their top 500 Albums of All Time, this was rated #1. It's a great album.
Haven’t heard this for awhile. Get the chills…this song is still relevant today. Important message done so well.
i love Marvin, maybe check out some Al Green too. Let's Stay Together is a good one but Tired of Being Alone is my favorite.
I know it is said about so many albums, but this one is so awesome when it's listened to start to finish. A masterpiece!
I wouldn't take this so literally. He's not necessarily a vet coming home from war; he could just as easily be a protester against the war and/or against police brutality during the civil rights protests. Those movements were all going on at the time (which appear to never end, sadly). In any event, when he calls out "Mother, Mother," he's not addressing his own mother but mothers in general. Or "Brother, brother, there's too many of you dying," i.e., too many black men dying. Or, "Father, Father, we don't need to escalate" reads to me like a general outcry to men and particularly to the men who were running our country at the time.
Agreed. This guy's reactions are among the better ones on YT, but so often reaction posters take lyrics very literally and look for a coherent story from a single person's perspective. But songs are often just a series of images and ideas that reflect on a wider situation and the feelings that are involved. They aren't always a narrative that can be simply explained.
Don't put him down!!!. Walk a dY in his shoes
This song is a masterpiece as is the album. The reaction is appreciated as during this era many music lovers were listening to multiple genres of music! I was listening to the richest era of music during the seventies and Marvin Gaye R.I.P. was among the best of soul music as we called it back then. More of his incredible talent on what’s going on…
Gotta do a whole album review there... and it needs to be the vinyl version as the songs are mixed together as a continuous play... It's one of the options on Spotify I think! Incredible stuff...
This is one of those immaculate albums you need to hear, amazing music.
It's almost unfair when he layered his voice and how effortless his vocals were, incredible
Yes please do an album review! That would be awesome. Your in depth perspectives are fantastic 👏
An amazing song that may be unfamiliar to you is "At Last" by Etta James. She is a legend. Another great song from her is "I'd Rather Go Blind" (than see you walk away from me)
He's just speaking in the collective voice of the youth at the time. War is not the answer is the driving point. Marvin's voice was amazing! Died one day before his 45th birthday. Tragic loss.
How Ironic that he says "Father Father, we don't need to escalate" . His father shot him and killed him after a fight.
I remember that. He was making great records right up until the end. Too soon. Way too soon.
I had the great pleasure to see Marvinin Bournemouth in the seventies. He was so good that I bought a ticket to see the later performance. My great claim to fame, I saw Marvin Gaye perform twice in one day and I would have gone back for a third time if I could truly awesome talent.
Marvin was a musical genius. He also played several instruments. Many of the background voices were friends of Marvin’s including a couple of professional NFL players. There’s a great documentary called “Hitsville. The Making of Motown”. It talks about how Marvin developed the song that remains even relevant today. I recommend the documentary especially if you like the Motown era. On many different lists What’s Goin On is often in the top 5 of most important songs of all time. Thanks for reacting to this. 👏👏
That opening sax (the only time it's heard in the song) is iconic and sets the mood for the song.
Here, Marvin is just an observer of society, commenting on the problems and the bloodshed and the hatred, etc... It's sooooo smooth but Marvin's voice is always like that, he's just a wonderful singer. He was under contract with Motown at this time, but Berry Gordy would not release this "controversial" album under the Motown label. So Berry created another label under which to release this album, which is full of acute social commentary. And terrific songs!! Just a great album. I can't help but suggest you to listen to it, on channel, end to end.
Couldn't go to a party without hearing SWEET Marvin! RIP ❤ Such an horrific death. Still dance to his albums at 63 yo. ❤✌
One of my top 5 LPs of all time. This whole LP is brilliant!
Fabulous tune and resonates with the difficulties of today- we need love and peace- thanks for your reaction .
There’s a cover version of this by the incomparable Donny Hathaway on his live record from ‘72. The whole album is a groovy masterpiece, and his cover of this is a standout.
Marvin Gaye is iconic and so is this album.
People often comment about The Wrecking Crew, they should mention The Funk Brothers in the same breath.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra are also on this track.
Oh wow I am two days late. I wish I had been here on time, to say how much I appreciate your channel starting to be inclusive!! Great fun to watch.
Great reaction. You're on the right track brother. 👍👍
If you get a chance, his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game is a revelation. The crowd starts clapping in time by the end. Think about it, clapping in time to the Star Spangled Banner.
Excellent choice 👍
I think you'd like Stevie Wonder from around 72-73. Amazing era for all genre's
One of the all time best. 👍❤🤙
What an amazing artist and album. An amazing artist and voice. Smooth but totally on topic. "We don't need to escalate" refers to the Vietnam war which was going on at the time. His brothers were being sent to die in Vietnam. What a song. Thanks for this reaction.
Echoing all the comments saying the whole album needs to be heard. It is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Good stuff, Syed. Thank you.
Excellent choice and review! Another great anti-war Motown song is War by Edwin Starr a whole other vibe 👌🏽
Awesome to see you “branch out” and discover the roots of grooves you love. SO much more to discover.
When you gonna do full bob dylan album? Take your pick :
Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, The Times They Are a-Changin' ...
One of my forever favorite albums ❤
Listen to the album from beginning to end, to understand Marvin Gaye’s message to the world, this is a masterpiece! I also like his live performance singing this song and Marvin is playing piano along with his band… it is an extension of this song & is fantastic !
Perhaps the best album ever recorded.
Perhaps, there are many great albums recorded in the 50 years since this one. But this is one is just so so special 😊
Riots in LA 1992. Oprah Winfrey did a show, showing all the scenes from the riots and this song was in the back ground. I’ve loved it ever since. Great song!
Magic!! ❤️
Helene here. Hi Syed! 👋. The words speak social activism , but the voice? This is bedroom music. Like Isaac Hayes’ album Hot Buttered Soul…….oh my!
R.I.P. Marvin, a great voice for the ages. 😪❤🎶
The line only love can conqueror hate. Getz me everytime.
Great idea. Brilliant artist.
Next: Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the key of Life". First, "Ribbon in the Sky".
Ball Of Confusion by the Temptations is a perfect companion piece to this song. The long version is required.
I think I remember a documentary where they indicated that Marvin basically did this song on the QT on his own in the studio but I can’t remember for sure why. I think it may have been because he thought the concept might have been turned down but the finished product would be undeniable.
I'd like to suggest Wilson PICKETT, The Isley's, and James Brown. Thx!
This song is an anti establishment statement. For instance, having long hair was a real big deal at the time. One didn't want to go to the wrong neighborhood with long hair. And yes, totally anti war, released during the Nam years, where there was a ton of turmoil in the streets.
Marvin is one of the titans of Motown!
The four tops! ❤
Syed, you were RIGHT. The era was the 70's, so the "the long hair" was a reference to the HIppie's who were protesting the war in Vietnam .
Any Motown is great music. Always loved this one.
Let’s appreciate the way Syed says “butter” lol
The album this appears on is amazing. Definitely give it a listen.
Thank you Debra Beck you are exacty right we know what he was singing and the pain for a
I would like to suggest you look into fela kuti. (and his backstory) He's a real inspiration for not only a generation of artists and genre's but also as a freedom fighter in his country. I feel like he's very underrated as influence goes. Going from your previous reactions, I think you really like him.
When this song came out I was a teenager living in Detroit now we had just had the 68 riots and the Vietnam war was raging and for the first time and we’re wearing their hair long no brush cuts this was radical this song and then there was that voice I just took it out of the place and meaning was moving I just prayed it will get better
Check it out Marvin Gaye - My Love is waiting
Love me some Marvin. This song is to ALL mothers and fathers, and brothers and sisters. He himself has long hair because he is a hippie. Its also about police brutality, mothers losing sons to violence and war, and the generation gap. (unbelievably, Marvin Gaye's own father shot him to death at a very young age).
One of my favourite albums the past 30 years along with Jackson Browne Late for the sky and Dylan’s 65-70 albums.
I think you are a good 20 years short, more like 50 years 🤣 I do find it easy to agree with you though!
@@tonydelapa1911 wrong! I bought the album in the early 90s. It was old then. I was young.
@@eirikrdberg1161 OK, I understand your point of view. It came out in 1971 when I was 12 years old, which is my perspective.
Great bass work...
Oh, and Sexual Healing next. Marvin is amazing.
This track sets the stage...The second track is from the perspective of a Viet Nam vet...and my favorite track on the album.
Marvin produced his own music 🎶,
Do it all.
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Marvin was talking for everyone 👍
I am torn on who made a bigger contribution to Motow.n, Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye. And then I listen to the Temptations and must reconsider. And a Smokey Robinson tune comes over the radio and I have a fourth candidate. What a great time for music.
Syed You have to watch the music documentary standing in the shadows of Motown it’s the best music documentary I’ve ever seen
Just stumbled across your channel!! On your own time you should watch Hitsville: The Making Of Motown. An awesome documentary about Motown and it’s artists!!
Excellent choice 👍. Iconic. You gotta explore early Funk like James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, etc as well as Motown and artists from Chess records (Blues artists), and others like Bill Withers.. modern day hip hop stole their beats from these artists and were inspired by them. Prince, Micheal Jackson and everyone else after in pop, hip hop and rap wouldn't exist without these earlier artists. Earlier Funk got a boost from Disco which was sort of great but also disappointing because Disco lacks the purity of Funk. Rock N Roll is also heavily influenced by the earlier artists I mentioned.
I love the line, "Who are they to judge us simply cause our hair is long." Martin did not have long hair, but this tells the listener this is a unifying issue. We're in this all together. Maybe he was saying black and whites together. With the hair thing? That might be reading into it too much. But it has a beautiful unifying thought paired with the hopeful mood of the music. The lyrics are saying all that is wrong. The music is telling us to have hope and we will make through this. The music has a feeling of the sun rising on the...horizon.
Marvin Gaye/Got To Give It Up ALBUM VERSION
this was a protest song -- aimed at those who kept us at war in vietnam. and yeah, he's talking about how people at the time saw those with long hair as a greater threat.
Marvin had it all. This actual song was based on his conversations with his brother who was serving in Vietnam.
To get my hands on his 80s song Sexual Healing, I bought a CD with less than stellar songs, but its just such a sexy song I had to own it. I wish someone had made better audio recording of his live shows at Montreux, but as you hear his each of his songs, you ought to treat yourself later (not on the channel perhaps) to seeing his band play live. Horn section, bongos, Marvin's charisma, and those videos are fun to see for the first time.
Hey- - last week on another good channel (there are just a couple of good ones, and you are there!), we started clamoring in greater numbers for the song "Watcha See is Watcha Get", from a Black group called The Dramatics. You should beat their channel to reacting to it! It's got fantastic, fun vocals, and it's from a famous recording studio called Stax.
Marvin Gaye/The End Of Our Road 1970 VERSION
I'm only guessing that when Marvin sings Mother and Father he is asking the older generation to understand what the young generation is protesting and not that he's a Viet Nam vet coming home from the war. A fantastic song for a time capsule. Marvin was known for singing beautiful love songs and this was him getting into something more serious.
Listen to the legendary BLUE album by the great Joni Mitchell ❤
Smooth like buh-uh 🙂
I would still very much like to see you react to the album called Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds. It is a very well polished production based on the original book by H. G. Wells.
Listen to “Let’s Get it On” and “Sexual Healing”. Master level music.
My perspective of it was always that it was someone who'd been drafted to fight in the war, had gone off and seen how bad it was, and returned home an anti-war activist who was protesting against more young men being sent off to die needlessly. And also just the idea that fighting for freedom was also supposed to mean freedom to protest, but then being brutalized for wanting to exercise that right. So not really directed at literal parents so much as the establishment generally. But I don't know for sure!
It really doesn't matter whose hair he's talking about. It's just one more prejudicial thing that was going on in that dark, violent and racist era. But I appreciate your attempt to be a good and thorough reactor. And you are. This song never gets old and it never ceases to make us all think. Peace.
If the channel is for more than classic rock/heavy metal, at some point you’ve gotta hit Steely Dan, a 70s jazz/yacht rock band with a cult following. It will probably be the second most rewarding rabbit hole besides Zeppelin (and besides classical music if you ever go for that).
The song title just gives out the meaning to the whole album. Were going wrong as humanity
Love Marvin. My dad played motown all the time which was imports cause we lived mostly around white people. As I grew I began to realize how important it is to love music and appreciate all artists. Marvin was a man of his own. Very sad life with his dad. So yes, there's a double message because his own dad killed him.
Would like to know more about your background and level of education. Are you “just a rap fan” or do you have some musical experience besides a part time drummer. You have good insight and you seem well educated or well versed. Where in the world are you reacting from (in general)
~Peace
Read the story of the bass playing
What’s going on is the social commentary about what was happening in 1960s and early 70s it’s a bigger picture commentary not necessarily his parents directly
Listen to Inner City Blues
Can you react to Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees" or Bruce Springsteen "Thunder Road"?