Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (REVIEW)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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One of Marvin's best ...great music, incredible singing, powerful lyrics. Masterpiece!
The voice. The styling, range & phrasing. Transporting.
Still as relevant as is today. Meen listening to this king since i was 10yo. 42 years ago. RIP MG
The world is a lesser place without Marvin. He was a national treasure. 😢
Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder changed the game with their conceptual albums during that time. Can not be beat.
For me "What's Going On" is in the top 10 albums of ANY genre of the 20th century.
This is one of the best albums that was ever written
This song came out over 50 years ago, and it still rings true today. Thanks for the reaction.
Haven't grown much have we....
71
Marvin speaks the truth to the world ❤️👌🏻
I'm scrolling through the comments and I agree with most of what people are saying that here we are 50 years later and the song is still relevant as was What's Going On!!😢😢😢😢
And that's the reason that I can't hear these songs without tearing up!😢😢😢
❤❤❤
The greatest vocal album EVER!!! Still relevant 50+ years later.
Top 10 of all time. I have heard this 500 times, and it still sounds fresh every time.
First time I heard this album was in 1971, upon my return from Asia, when I was in the military. It has remained one of my most favorite pieces of music over the years; and still triggers the same emotions in me, and brings back memories of what was going on at that time (good and bad).
I’ve commented about this album on several videos on your channel, so I’ll try to keep this short. This became my favorite song from this album when I discovered it at the age of 7 in 1974. I wasn’t near old enough to comprehend everything at that age, but it resonated in my soul. I had a vague, but innate understanding that it was a man very soulfully speaking of frustration and disappointment regarding realities and inequalities. My connection to this song only deepened as I grew older and had a greater understanding of the world, and both this song and album as a whole. No other single piece of art or media has had a greater impact on my world view as this song. I always appreciated the message, then when I got old enough to start playing instruments and pursuing music seriously, I gained a greater appreciation for the production of this album. A true sonic and artistic masterpiece. This song is also a time machine for me. From the opening percussion, Marvin’s scatting, then the drop of that iconic bass line as the verse starts is just overwhelming to my senses - it makes me remember what the early 70s felt like and even smelled like. Pure magic that will never leave the playlist.
Marvin’s spittin some bars here!
Those lyrics 'trigger-happy policemen' were a big reason Berry Gordy didn't want to release this album. But Marvin would not change anything. Also, I firmly believe that the IRS made up amounts of money that they said artists owed them. This song is flawless and heartfelt. The whole album is and it doesn't get the praise it deserves.
Berry Gordie didn't think Marvin was going in the right direction...But Marvin knew What was Goin On!! Some of the BEST music ever written. And only Marvin could sing it..bring it on!
🔥🔥Timeless!
Gordy just worried that the controversial subject matter would lose him money.
A great song!!! The meaning still holds true today. Marvin's voice, the Funk Brothers. Detroit Sympony Orchestra and Bobbey Hall on the bongos . Excellent reaction fellas!!! It is much appreciated 🙏 😊❤. It was a diffentley a different time to grow up in.
About time somebody said something about the Bongos…
Who needs to travel when you have Marvin. He takes you on a trip wll over the map of your heart.
I was 12 when this came out. I have this album & still to this day at age 64 it’s still one of my all time favorites 🥰 Marvin was a supremely talented musician with such vision 🫶🏻🎤 LEGEND 🎤
Brilliant album, start to finish, 1971. I was 16. Top #3 all time desert island disc. Perfection, masterpiece, it's brilliance has never dulled in 53 years.
One of the most gifted musicians ever 💗 his music is majestic
Holy mackerel! Never heard the ending on that before. Thanks guys.
Wish we still had Marvin....😢
Greatness by the Genius!
Lifts me off of the grounds and floats me to a magical place.
Favorite R&B singer of all time. The man. Killer tune
Remember the day that album hit the streets. Most of my hood was in Vietnam. Marvin is the GOAT and this is the greatest album of all time. At every house party people were singing these words. I don’t care where you went this was blasting in the streets. What a great time to be young.
God I love this song. Such a great tune to drive to. Thanks guys!
He’s so good it gives me chills.
One of his BEST💋💋💋💋💋
Great reaction. The great Bob Babbitt on bass. RIP Marvin. RIP Bob.
You don’t hear a song for years and you kind of forget about it and then when you hear it again so much comes flooding back and you remember stuff and it’s power returns and you can associate it with the present. One of the greats, both the song and Marvin.
great album. telling the story of his time and yes, all times. discuss. history via great music.
This is one of the Greatest Albums of All Time. Like one of, if not the first concept albums. That live video of What's Going On is just next level.(plus the video of people from the 70's is so real it takes me back. The cars, the clothes, being in the park, all of it. I remember seeing Blackstone graffiti)
Hey my brothers…..great song!!! Have a great Sunday ❤️❤️❤️❤️💋💋
Such a vibe. The whole album.
Finally! What took you so long to do this song? This is a Marvin Gaye masterpiece!
And the way some of the songs just ran into the next. Beautiful!
I remember buying this album when it was released, the same year I graduated high school. I still have the album and to this day it's my all time favourite. It's Marvin Gaye's musical masterpiece in my opinion and the lyrics were an accurate portrayal of "what's going on" back then and sadly still.
You can really feel every note .
Oh! It got deep!
bout time!
Still powerful. It brings me right back, I still have my draft card, but I never burned it.
I was just thinking: Detroit brought us Marvin, Stevie, MJ, and Eminem. That’s some Hall of Fame level big-league ball, right there.
My fav MG song, and a political statment that barry gordy of Motown did not want them to be Political but MG said forget that ill do what i want!!!!!
I grew up a poor dirt farmers son, and although I can't relate to being in a large city, this song always hit home with me because I was of age during the Vietnam War draft and I had shoulder length hair which caused me to be looked down on and very harshly judged in a southern state. This album is a masterpiece from start to finish, and I still have my original album in my massive album collection.
I'm a bass player. I need to learn this slick bass line today.
Somebody played the HELL out of the triangle
Top 3 Marvin song for sure Bros. 😎 Edit: Oh shit this is the album version of this song... That's bad ass!
Everything about this is perfect. Never gets old. You guys should also check out Curtis Mayfield's There's No Place Like America Today and Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale (or Music of My Mind, Innervisions or Talking Book) - all fabulous records that deal with similar issues. A lesser known album by Eugene McDaniels, Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse, is also a great soul protest record that gets pretty far out in places
As a footnote.. I have to play the Temptations 'Runaway Child Running Wild' after this.
Can you believe that Motown founder Barry Gordy was against Marvin moving in this direction? Real soul, real emotion, real anger. A timeless classic. Aliens from space will one day listen to this.
“What’s Gonna On”
Probably one thee best albums in history
i gots this on CD great one
The man never hit a sour note! Gregg Allman cited Marvin as his favorite singer. I cried like a baby when I heard he'd been murdered.
Best album. Ever. Thanks for sharing.
I agree 100%
Marvin Gaye fought to have this album made Berry. Gordy didn’t want to make it. It was too political for him. I’m glad Marvin won.
Like going to church and receiving the Gospel. The world is a lesser place because Marvin Gaye was taken from us all.
Even us white guys in high school loved this back then, helped relieve any racial tension at school, we all liked the same music
This song could have been released yesterday. Sums what people are going through today. Sad that in 50 years we we still don't know what What's Goin On.
Barry Gordie was the Don King of music
Berry Gordy was the Don Vito Corleone of music.
Absolutely a goat on an island album...stranded with this.😊❤
Awwwww yeaya!!!!
An amazing ending to an amazing album
I’ve been waiting for you to do this😁 1:38
I LOVE music any kind of music - O'Jays
There's 2 kinds of music: the good kind and the other kind - Duke Ellington
Today it's even worse than 50 years ago ... a sad song but great art.
He foresaw where we were headed.
There is one thing that keeps me from describing Gaye as the #1 R&B singer. Al Green is from my hometown.
Damn! Ima have to do a Marvin deep dive
This is the best album Motown ever released. Berry Gordy didn't want to release it because the songs weren't all the happy, sappy love songs Motown was selling at the time
Can you guys PLEASE play Bob Dylan's, "Hurricane"? It's a sad story, and Mr. Dylan wrote a heartbreaking classic!
Can't listen to this album without thinking about how Berry Gordy hated it so much that he didn't even submit it for a Grammy nomination. Looking back, everyone now realizes he would have swept every award with this masterpiece.
He also kept it on the shelf for a year before releasing it to the public.
Whoa whoa whoa…🤯
Jesus…
This groove ain’t fair
Check out Snarky Puppy- “What about me “! Steely Dan vibes…
Sorry i meant whats going on is my fav lol
This song grabbed a nation by the neck.
Yall need to listen to dazed and confused live by Led Zeppelin
Music just isn't like this anymore. :(
See, the things Marvin was singing about were across the tracks from where my life took place. So when I got a little older I was determined to get on the other side of those tracks and understand what was going on. I didn't like it on that side because my long hair caused me to be at odds with authority figures. So within about 3 or 4 years of this album coming out I could actually relate to some of it. I had seen the brutality. And I had seen the indifference from others. Peace and love y'all. It's the only way.
The anthem of every hard-working, tax paying American! My favorite Marvin Gaye song.❤
You two are on fire today. Sadly, most of us are still wondering, after all these years, "What's Going On?"
Marvin went to war with Berry Gordy to get autonomy to make this album. Berry didnt want to release a “protest album”, preferring to stick with the light pop stuff that made Motown that money. He (Marvin) threatened to leave the label so Gordy relented and let Mr. Gaye sing the songs he was feeling. Such a great historic record!
Make me wanna holla…today! What an ethereal sound, great Marvin. He was amazing in concert.
Yes he was,i saw him at the forum in 75
One of the best Albums of all time
Absolutely. Masterpiece.
No doubt.
This album is a masterpiece…RIP Marvin Gaye..
The best social commentary. Used to teach this in class. 34 years in Harlem and The Bronx.
Only Gil Scott-Heron rivals Marvin.
@@324cmac You forgot Curtis Mayfield!
We haven't learned a thing have we?
We are now in the dystopia Marvin predicted.
I thank my mom for raising us kids on Marvin’s beautiful music, along with other great soul singers/groups. I’m soon to be 63, & we are an all white family, my oldest son inherited my moms album collection. My son loved listening with my mom too. I only mentioned our race, because not all whites were raised on this fantastic music, maybe hearing a song here or there. Marvin had a beautiful voice, & it’s heartbreaking how it ended. Thank you guys, I also loved you Led Zeppelin journey, you keep the music alive.
I have recently been watching your UA-cam music reactions especially ALL the Steely Dan and you're both my favorite by far !
I'm so glad though that you are reacting to the Great Marvin Gaye ! However, one word you missed about his vocals and his music . . . Spiritual !
the more things change the more they seem to stay the same. The War Pigs are evil as ever in '24.
This album is something special
There haven't been more than 3 albums in my life that completely shook me to my core. This is one of them. This album is pure genius hitting your senses in 3 dimensional waves of awesomeness!
Ok, I’ll bite. What are the other two?
MOTOWN Forever !!!!!!
When I was 19 or 20 I reached a point in my life where I was discovering and appreciating all kinds of great music at the same time. The Bad Brains, pre-'65 Miles Davis, '68-'74 Stones, Waterboys, Thomas Tallis, John Coltrane, Ariel Ramirez, late edition Talk Talk, Sam Cooke, Allman Bros.. All that stuff came at me at the same time. And the one guy who just constantly blew me away was the Marvin Gaye from '71 to '78. I have no words to describe this.
Great song with bassist James Jamerson's fellow Funk Brothers Bob Babbitt on bass & Eddie "Bongo" Brown on bongos & congas. Seen the surviving members of the Funk Brothers in 2005 at The House of Blues in Cleveland, awesome show! If you haven't already, make sure you listen to Marvin's "Live at The Kennedy Center (May 1, 1972)" concert. It's included with the 2001 What's Going On Deluxe Edition cd & he performs most of the What's Going On album.
Timeless yet timely classic. God bless. 🎉😅
…and that place is one of fairness and justice.
Masterpiece from back in the day.
This album brings back a lot of memories. Thank you for sharing.