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Marvin Gaye's I Want You and I want you to want me to...
just like I want you.. Incredibly sexy song, awesome rythmn guitar, this is the reason why RnB needs the guitar back into it. At this point in history, we have a choice to make
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An instant classic! BOth the album and the song are vintage classics, in my book.  Check me out and add me on:
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Great cd, id like to get hold of the delux version that was released with the remaster.
after the dance is great too, motown band in full swing. El debarge did a good job with the cover of after the dance | |
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absolutly love this song!!
In fact, i'm gunna put it on now!! | |
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 "I Want You" is in my top 10 songs of all time. That track, those vocals, those exquisite harmonies... it's perfect! 
The album is also great. "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again" might be the sexiest song ever recorded.   [Edited 1/7/07 5:33am] "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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The acapella version & bass & congas may be the sexiest shit EVER    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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For some reason, I couldn't fully get into that album. I prefer "Here, My Dear", its more personal than "I Want You". | |
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Harlepolis said: For some reason, I couldn't fully get into that album. I prefer "Here, My Dear", its more personal than "I Want You".
I like Here, My Dear a lot, but I'll take I Want You any day. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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u just cant fuck with marvin gaye - he is THE TRUTH. i want u are some of the most beautiful lyrics ever put down. a great great man. | |
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This is one of my favorite tracks from the master. It shows pain, love and a wanting that only Marvin and Prince display. The only other version of this song that comes close to Marvin's, is the one by Robert Palmer. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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That album is pure sex. | |
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No one other than Prince has come anywhere close to fucking with Marvin when it comes to putting "sexy" in music!
Love the song! Love the album! And will always love me some Marvin Gaye!! [Edited 1/7/07 11:37am] | |
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That album is a classic. I think I'm gonna listen to it now!    ...it's groovy baby | |
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Harlepolis said: For some reason, I couldn't fully get into that album. I prefer "Here, My Dear", its more personal than "I Want You".
I agree with you completely. (Yup, I'm shocked too). Sublime though it is, Marvin didn't write most of I Want You. It was Leon Ware's work. Check out "Musical Massage", which came out in the same year, and you'll hear a very similar album. The deluxe version of In Our Lifetime (subtitled The Final Motown Sessions) is due out later this year. Quite a lot of outtakes and alternate versions from the two scrapped/rejected versions of the album. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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Shapeshifter said: Harlepolis said: For some reason, I couldn't fully get into that album. I prefer "Here, My Dear", its more personal than "I Want You".
I agree with you completely. (Yup, I'm shocked too). Sublime though it is, Marvin didn't write most of I Want You. It was Leon Ware's work. Check out "Musical Massage", which came out in the same year, and you'll hear a very similar album. That's part of the reason I think it's so spectacular. Marvin wrote a lot of great music, but that voice took other people's songs and gave them something extra -- something that was simultaneously raw and smooth, confident and vulnerable, commanding and pleading, and always sexy. The man could sing like no other. The deluxe version of In Our Lifetime (subtitled The Final Motown Sessions) is due out later this year. Quite a lot of outtakes and alternate versions from the two scrapped/rejected versions of the album.
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Shapeshifter said: Harlepolis said: For some reason, I couldn't fully get into that album. I prefer "Here, My Dear", its more personal than "I Want You".
The deluxe version of In Our Lifetime (subtitled The Final Motown Sessions) is due out later this year. Quite a lot of outtakes and alternate versions from the two scrapped/rejected versions of the album. Great news,,,lets hope they include the infamous "Sanctified Pussy "  | |
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ehuffnsd said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvREAy0LRg
[Edited 1/7/07 15:31pm] That was one of the WORST covers ever,,,,a bland singing on a fluffy production. Her and Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" are battling for the same position. | |
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Harlepolis said: ehuffnsd said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvREAy0LRg
[Edited 1/7/07 15:31pm] That was one of the WORST covers ever,,,,a bland singing on a fluffy production. Her and Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" are battling for the same position. one man's treasure is another man's trash, but apprently Marvin's people wanted her to cover it since it was originally from a Marvin tribute album. You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece. | |
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SoulAlive said: I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece.
And Madonna's is better.  | |
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GangstaFam said: SoulAlive said: I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece.
And Madonna's is better. you're gonna get in trouble for saying that | |
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SoulAlive said: you're gonna get in trouble for saying that
I cannot tell a lie!  | |
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GangstaFam said: SoulAlive said: I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece.
And Madonna's is better.  You're both wrong. I Want You is every bit as good as Let's Get It On, but What's Going On is better than both of them."Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: GangstaFam said: And Madonna's is better. You're both wrong. I Want You is every bit as good as Let's Get It On, but What's Going On is better than both of them. But I give Here My Dear some edge too!Check me out and add me on:
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Harlepolis said: Shapeshifter said: The deluxe version of In Our Lifetime (subtitled The Final Motown Sessions) is due out later this year. Quite a lot of outtakes and alternate versions from the two scrapped/rejected versions of the album. Great news,,,lets hope they include the infamous "Sanctified Pussy " THAT won't happen .... at least not just yet, because Sanctified Pussy was recorded when Marvin was under contract to CBS not Motown, so they have the rights to that. I thought they were going to release it with the expanded Midnight Love, but they didn't. Instead they included the priceless acapella version of "Sexual Healing" with its final line - "Please don't procrastinate/Or I might have to masturbate" - clearly enunciated. Anyway, Sanctified Pussy's one of the funniest songs ever written - "I'm saving mine for Jesus!" There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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GangstaFam said: SoulAlive said: I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece.
And Madonna's is better. NO WAY!  Her version is anodyne, bloodless crap.[Edited 1/8/07 6:26am] There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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AlexdeParis said: GangstaFam said: And Madonna's is better. You're both wrong. I Want You is every bit as good as Let's Get It On, but What's Going On is better than both of them.Here My Dear, mate, Here My Dear - it's soul music's Blood on the Tracks, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning and then some. An absolutely extraordinary album. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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SoulAlive said: I love the song but I don't think the album is one of Marvin's best works.The previous album 'Let's Get It On' is superior...his absolute masterpiece.
eh, different strokes...I Want You is my Favorite Marvin Gaye album...while I can't argue that it's better than What's Goin On, Let's Get It On or Here, my Dear, it Is my Favorite...for some reason I Want You just hits me in a way that the others don't.... Oh yeah, and grab the deluxe 2-disc version, if you can get ahold of it... 
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Shapeshifter said: NO WAY!
Her version is anodyne, bloodless crap.
I guess I must love exsanguinated music then! | |
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