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Marvin Gaye April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984 
Today, marks the 23rd anniversary of Marvin Gaye's death and tomorrow will be his 68th birthday. He was an innovator, philosopher, and the ulitmate lover man. His music continues to inspire the world today and he is still one of the most influential artists in music history. With albums like Here My Dear, What's Going On, Let's Get It On, and I Want You; he became an artist in his own right spiritually and emotionally. Let's remember the legend, the music, and his enduring legacy... [Edited 4/1/07 12:55pm] Check me out and add me on:
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My favourite Marvin Gaye song is "Sexual Healing" 
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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moderatorDid anyone get around to see the new play, My Brother Marvin? I saw it yesterday here in Chicago at the Arie Crown Theater and it was pretty good. His sister, Zeola Gaye really told the honest truth with this project. If you ever get a chance to see it, you're in for a treat!
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"Wow".. "twenty-three" years.
I can remember the day i heard the news over the radio ( yes when radio was still worth listening to). Finding out that Marvin Sr. shot his son. was the heartbreaker. I was preparing things for graduation.. sad sad day.   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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Being that it was April 1, did anyone think this was a really bad april fools joke. National Funk League✮✮ | |
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I'm 'bout to make it rotate right now. National Funk League✮✮ | |
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Marvin was a legend in every sense of the word and I always get sad when I think about "what could have been". He was taken from us much too soon. My fave album of his is "What's Going On"?.
This is one of my fave performances of Marvin's. He was just brilliant. I can't say enough good things about him. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ 
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StarMon said: Being that it was April 1, did anyone think this was a really bad april fools joke.
I sure did! It was like losing a favorite family member... Check me out and add me on:
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StarMon said: Being that it was April 1, did anyone think this was a really bad april fools joke.
My friend Larry and I were talking about that---In a way, it was almost like that "Where Were You When Kennedy was Shot" kind of thing---he was driving with the radio on back when it happened, and his first thought was that it was somebody playing a tasteless April Fool's joke. I heard it from my girlfriend that day and I thought she was kidding at first..... ... [Edited 4/1/07 13:42pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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CinisterCee said:
Proud owner of all of these... Including the deluxe editions  | |
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funkpill said: CinisterCee said:
Proud owner of all of these... Including the deluxe editions  Yes Lawd!!!!
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Actually I was just posting about Thomas Dolby, and here's his story of seeing Marvin's "National Anthem" performance" for the first time (only recently, believe it or not)... From Dolby's Blog: " ...Stevie and Marvin Friday, February 9th, 2007 I just watched a clip on YouTube that filled in a missing blank in my personal history. And I’m crying my eyes out right now. In 1985 I was asked to perform live at the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. [Note: there is also a clip of this, but that’s NOT what this blog is about. Read on!] The producers wanted us to play a synth medley consisting of one hit from each of us, and ending with the US National Anthem. As the TV show was to be mimed, we were booked to record the backing track the day before the dress rehearsal at Stevie’s studio on Western in Los Angeles, which was a huge and beautiful old movie theater. This was quite an elaborate process, and it took all day. Towards nightfall Stevie’s manager took myself and Howard aside and told us that Stevie was going to play a practical joke on Herbie, and it was going to be filmed for a TV show called ‘Bloopers.’ Stevie had told Herbie that we’d been recording on a brand new prototype Sony 48-track digital recorder, and that two top Sony executives from Japan were coming to be filmed with us at the session. They showed up, bowing very cheerfully, everybody danced around to our groovy backing track, and the cameraman was getting it all down. But suddenly someone in the control room pressed the wrong button, and the tape went silent. It seemed all 48 tracks had mistakenly gone into ‘erase’ mode, leaving a 5-second silence in our recording. Of course, everybody but Herbie knew it was all a hoax. They allowed him to suffer for about 5 minutes before telling him the truth. Everybody was delighted with the joke, even Herbie, and around midnight people started to disperse to different parts of the building. But I was a bit concernced as we had not yet recorded ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, and we were due at the Grammy’s rehearsal in about 10 hours’ time. So I went to look for Stevie in the maze of small rooms scattered around the building. Usually he is pretty easy to find as there’s an entourage of several people with him. But on this occasion he was nowhere to be found. I eventually tracked Stevie down. He was all alone, in an attic-like room on the top floor of the building filled with old files and papers. He was on his knees, playing a beaten-up upright piano. I announced my presence, and reminded him we had an anthem to record. He asked if I had any ideas for it. I said, what about a really slow sexy groove on a drum machine, and really spread it out? Stevie thought for a moment, then said ‘uh-uh. Marvin tried that one time man. He sang it that way at an NBA all-star game, and you know what? he never got on TV again until the day he died. Because all the network executives couldn’t handle a black man singing a sexy soul version of the National Anthem.’ Ok, I thought, that wasn’t such a good idea. But the image of Marvin, one of my all time favorite singers, shocking televisionland in his own inimitable style, was too much. So I said ‘wow, that must have sounded pretty great! How did he sing it?’ Stevie’s head stopped moving and for a few seconds he was completely motionless. Then slowly his fingers found the piano keys, and he started to play and sing. He sang the song through to the end. For those two minutes I don’t think my heart beat at all. I couldn’t breathe. I swear if my vital signs had been hooked up to a monitor, it would have been a flatline. He was simultaneously recalling the song; translating the chords into a gospel style; and playing in his memory banks, if not perhaps the exact licks, then at least the soul and the feeling of Marvin’s vocal performance from two years earlier. His only audience was me, huddled in a corner of this dusty attic. And any single line was one that I (or any almost other singer on the planet) would have given my right eye for. I’ve told this story a few times over the years. But until tonight, I had never seen Marvin’s actual performance the NBA game. I’d never thought to look for it on YouTube—though now I come to think of it, it’s a natural for someone to put up there. By chance I saw an article today about Marvin, and it included a link to the clip. So, thanks to YouTube, a little piece of history is now complete for me. From the first few seconds I was completely crying my eyes out. Here it is." http://www.youtube.com/wa...RvVzaQ6i8A ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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StarMon said: Being that it was April 1, did anyone think this was a really bad april fools joke.
Yes and No. Yes because I just didn't believe it, and No, because I didn't think the news would joke about his own father killing him. Anyway, I am still missing him all these years later. | |
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I sure miss that man!  | |
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In Memory my phone is heavy | |
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He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating. | |
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PapaSmurf said: He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating. that's what I remember my phone is heavy | |
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My favorite singer!
"I Want You" is my favorite song by Marvin, but there are so many to love. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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My favorite song is "T Plays It Cool"  | |
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RIP 
Fave song is "What's Going On?" never get tired of it. And I loved his duets with Tammy... or with anyone! VOTE....EARLY | |
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PapaSmurf said: He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating.
Yeah, the man had a lot of faults but some of these faults made him a genius. So many people has said that he was so rebellious as a person, ever since he was a child, but that was never the case. He just wanted something different in every moment. Check me out and add me on:
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silverchild said: PapaSmurf said: He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating.
Yeah, the man had a lot of faults but some of these faults made him a genius. So many people has said that he was so rebellious as a person, ever since he was a child, but that was never the case. He just wanted something different in every moment. My sentiments too. The faults don't stop me from missing him. | |
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PapaSmurf said: He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating.
Oh please  Artists are people too.They have their good and bad qualities.Even Prince has alot of character flaws.All that matters is their art.That's what people should be focusing on. | |
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PapaSmurf said: He was a wife beater, womanizer, and drug addict. Sure, Marvin made good music but as a person he's hardly anyone worth celebrating.
who are you to judge someone? there's always somebody on the org that tries to ruin good threads by being ignorant. Anyway, Marvin is one of those people that you wonder would be like now had he lived on...at least that's what i wonder about. Would he still had made legendary music? Hmmm...guess we'll never know right? I had forgotten all about this until I saw this thread, usually the radio station plays his music all day long on the day he died, didn't hear it this year. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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Actually I was just posting about Thomas Dolby, and here's his story of seeing Marvin's "National Anthem" performance" for the first time (only recently, believe it or not)... From Dolby's Blog: " ...Stevie and Marvin Friday, February 9th, 2007 I just watched a clip on YouTube that filled in a missing blank in my personal history. And I’m crying my eyes out right now. In 1985 I was asked to perform live at the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. [Note: there is also a clip of this, but that’s NOT what this blog is about. Read on!] The producers wanted us to play a synth medley consisting of one hit from each of us, and ending with the US National Anthem. As the TV show was to be mimed, we were booked to record the backing track the day before the dress rehearsal at Stevie’s studio on Western in Los Angeles, which was a huge and beautiful old movie theater. This was quite an elaborate process, and it took all day. Towards nightfall Stevie’s manager took myself and Howard aside and told us that Stevie was going to play a practical joke on Herbie, and it was going to be filmed for a TV show called ‘Bloopers.’ Stevie had told Herbie that we’d been recording on a brand new prototype Sony 48-track digital recorder, and that two top Sony executives from Japan were coming to be filmed with us at the session. They showed up, bowing very cheerfully, everybody danced around to our groovy backing track, and the cameraman was getting it all down. But suddenly someone in the control room pressed the wrong button, and the tape went silent. It seemed all 48 tracks had mistakenly gone into ‘erase’ mode, leaving a 5-second silence in our recording. Of course, everybody but Herbie knew it was all a hoax. They allowed him to suffer for about 5 minutes before telling him the truth. Everybody was delighted with the joke, even Herbie, and around midnight people started to disperse to different parts of the building. But I was a bit concernced as we had not yet recorded ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, and we were due at the Grammy’s rehearsal in about 10 hours’ time. So I went to look for Stevie in the maze of small rooms scattered around the building. Usually he is pretty easy to find as there’s an entourage of several people with him. But on this occasion he was nowhere to be found. I eventually tracked Stevie down. He was all alone, in an attic-like room on the top floor of the building filled with old files and papers. He was on his knees, playing a beaten-up upright piano. I announced my presence, and reminded him we had an anthem to record. He asked if I had any ideas for it. I said, what about a really slow sexy groove on a drum machine, and really spread it out? Stevie thought for a moment, then said ‘uh-uh. Marvin tried that one time man. He sang it that way at an NBA all-star game, and you know what? he never got on TV again until the day he died. Because all the network executives couldn’t handle a black man singing a sexy soul version of the National Anthem.’ Ok, I thought, that wasn’t such a good idea. But the image of Marvin, one of my all time favorite singers, shocking televisionland in his own inimitable style, was too much. So I said ‘wow, that must have sounded pretty great! How did he sing it?’ Stevie’s head stopped moving and for a few seconds he was completely motionless. Then slowly his fingers found the piano keys, and he started to play and sing. He sang the song through to the end. For those two minutes I don’t think my heart beat at all. I couldn’t breathe. I swear if my vital signs had been hooked up to a monitor, it would have been a flatline. He was simultaneously recalling the song; translating the chords into a gospel style; and playing in his memory banks, if not perhaps the exact licks, then at least the soul and the feeling of Marvin’s vocal performance from two years earlier. His only audience was me, huddled in a corner of this dusty attic. And any single line was one that I (or any almost other singer on the planet) would have given my right eye for. I’ve told this story a few times over the years. But until tonight, I had never seen Marvin’s actual performance the NBA game. I’d never thought to look for it on YouTube—though now I come to think of it, it’s a natural for someone to put up there. By chance I saw an article today about Marvin, and it included a link to the clip. So, thanks to YouTube, a little piece of history is now complete for me. From the first few seconds I was completely crying my eyes out. Here it is." http://www.youtube.com/wa...RvVzaQ6i8A ... Great story.
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Rest in peace, Marvin
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silverchild said: [ he is still one of the most influential artists in music history.
I really dug Marvin, but was he REALLY one of the most influential artists in music history? I don't believe that. | |
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