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Reply #1 posted 04/15/12 10:50am
Timmy84 |
It's funny how things were then, some radio stations on both pop and R&B refused to play it because of the word "ball". Back then "balling" meant "fucking". That was the street slang at least.  Didn't help that he had a couple moaning on the record. |
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Reply #2 posted 04/15/12 10:53am
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Timmy84 said:
It's funny how things were then, some radio stations on both pop and R&B refused to play it because of the word "ball". Back then "balling" meant "fucking". That was the street slang at least. Didn't help that he had a couple moaning on the record.
And now when you turn on the radio you hear lyrics like, "P-p-p-poker face, f-f-fuck her face." |
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Reply #3 posted 04/15/12 10:54am
Timmy84 |
smoothcriminal12 said:
Timmy84 said:
It's funny how things were then, some radio stations on both pop and R&B refused to play it because of the word "ball". Back then "balling" meant "fucking". That was the street slang at least. Didn't help that he had a couple moaning on the record.
And now when you turn on the radio you hear lyrics like, "P-p-p-poker face, f-f-fuck her face."
Exactly. |
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Reply #5 posted 04/15/12 11:02am
aardvark15 |
One of my faves. Marvin really took that first step to bring sex into the popular music  |
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Reply #6 posted 04/15/12 12:59pm
LittleBLUECorv
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My shiznit from Let's Get It On. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Reply #7 posted 04/15/12 1:55pm
Cinnamon234 
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One of my faves by Mr. Gaye "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ 
"Baby, that was much too fast"...Goodnight dear sweet Prince. I'll love you always |
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Reply #8 posted 04/15/12 5:02pm
Gunsnhalen |
ahhh shit! HE TOOK THEM TO SEX CHURRCH ON THIS ONE Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen
Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce
Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive |
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Reply #9 posted 04/17/12 12:32am
MadamGoodnight |
This is so smooth and sexy, Marvin did that! 
It's one of my favorites from him.
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Reply #10 posted 04/17/12 5:29am
TD3 
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Timmy84 said:
It's funny how things were then, some radio stations on both pop and R&B refused to play it because of the word "ball". Back then "balling" meant "fucking". That was the street slang at least. Didn't help that he had a couple moaning on the record.
It still means fucking... 
If Marvin had left the moaning out of the song, a lot of people wouldn't have known what he was speaking of. Well most of the "puritans". They played this song in Chi-Town. I heard some stations use to play sexual suggestive songs after 8:00pm or close to midnight, I don't recall that being the case. |
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Reply #11 posted 04/17/12 10:11am
Timmy84 |
TD3 said:
Timmy84 said:
It's funny how things were then, some radio stations on both pop and R&B refused to play it because of the word "ball". Back then "balling" meant "fucking". That was the street slang at least. Didn't help that he had a couple moaning on the record.
It still means fucking...
If Marvin had left the moaning out of the song, a lot of people wouldn't have known what he was speaking of. Well most of the "puritans". They played this song in Chi-Town. I heard some stations use to play sexual suggestive songs after 8:00pm or close to midnight, I don't recall that being the case.
But I wonder who says "balling" now.  |
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Reply #12 posted 04/17/12 10:31am
TD3
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Timmy84 said:
TD3 said:
It still means fucking...
If Marvin had left the moaning out of the song, a lot of people wouldn't have known what he was speaking of. Well most of the "puritans". They played this song in Chi-Town. I heard some stations use to play sexual suggestive songs after 8:00pm or close to midnight, I don't recall that being the case.
But I wonder who says "balling" now.
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Reply #13 posted 04/17/12 10:31am
Timmy84 |
TD3 said:
Timmy84 said:
But I wonder who says "balling" now.
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Reply #14 posted 04/17/12 10:51am
Identity |
Timmy84 said:
But I wonder who says "balling" now.
Very few- if any at all - still use the euphemism.
Mr. Nelson used it on "Let's Pretend We're Married" but that was back in '82.
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This album marked Marvin's odyssey into eroticism. Upon first listen , my young ears had a very distinct feeling the subject matter was unsuitable for teens, but his vocals and the musical arrangement imbued the song with a touch of, dare I say, class and sweetness. |
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Reply #15 posted 04/17/12 11:28am
Timmy84 |
Identity said:
Timmy84 said:
But I wonder who says "balling" now.
Very few- if any at all - still use the euphemism.
Mr. Nelson used it on "Let's Pretend We're Married" but that was back in '82.
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This album marked Marvin's odyssey into eroticism. Upon first listen , my young ears had a very distinct feeling the subject matter was unsuitable for teens, but his vocals and the musical arrangement imbued the song with a touch of, dare I say, class and sweetness.
By 2012 standards, the album's subject matter is real tame but 40 years ago, this was wild for one artist to talk about. Shows you how far ahead of his time he really was. |
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