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An incredible song. His way of being able to write a song from a state of mind and being was sublime. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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That song lyrically, vocally and musically send chills up and down my spine. 
Marvin truly knew how to get to you! 
You heard the mid-tempo version of this song ("Sad Tomorrows"?) It's just as cool. 
The Originals were doing some serious backup on that one.  [Edited 8/9/07 22:36pm] | |
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Timmy84 said: That song lyrically, vocally and musically send chills up and down my spine.
Marvin truly knew how to get to you!
You heard the mid-tempo version of this song ("Sad Tomorrows"?) It's just as cool.
The Originals were doing some serious backup on that one.
[Edited 8/9/07 22:36pm] Yeah, I love the outro to "Sad Tomorrows": I did the best I could/nobody understood Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Like most of the songs on Whats Going On this is another masterpiece. I've assumed it was about drugs. | |
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Beautiful record.
i go to the place where danger awaits me and its bound to foresake me so stupid minded, so stupid minded but i go crazy when i cant find it in the morning i'll be alright my friend but soon the night will bring of the pain... the pain of the day So many strong lyrics in this track. Marvin at his most raw and desperate. | |
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namepeace said: Timmy84 said: That song lyrically, vocally and musically send chills up and down my spine.
Marvin truly knew how to get to you!
You heard the mid-tempo version of this song ("Sad Tomorrows"?) It's just as cool.
The Originals were doing some serious backup on that one.
[Edited 8/9/07 22:36pm] Yeah, I love the outro to "Sad Tomorrows": I did the best I could/nobody understood And here it is
http://www.youtube.com/wa...DtnZlaF-lI There's another great rendition from this album... 
But it's a bonus track on cd w/ an Mercy Mercy Me medley.. How he calls out Jesus on this one is just touching | |
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whatsgoingon said: Like most of the songs on Whats Going On this is another masterpiece. I've assumed it was about drugs.
This was about heroin. Apparently, Marvin dedicated the track to Vietnam vets who suddenly got addicted to the drug as soon as they came home. I think Marvin's brother Frankie told him about that. I don't know if Frankie was hooked on the drug though it wouldn't surprise me.
This lyric meant heroin addiction: Well I know I'm hooked my friend To the boy who makes slaves out of men... "Boy" is a slang for heroin. | |
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Timmy84 said: whatsgoingon said: Like most of the songs on Whats Going On this is another masterpiece. I've assumed it was about drugs.
This was about heroin. Apparently, Marvin dedicated the track to Vietnam vets who suddenly got addicted to the drug as soon as they came home. I think Marvin's brother Frankie told him about that. I don't know if Frankie was hooked on the drug though it wouldn't surprise me.
This lyric meant heroin addiction: Well I know I'm hooked my friend To the boy who makes slaves out of men... "Boy" is a slang for heroin. To me Whats Going On is the most important album ever made because every song was a message about the way the world was back in the 70s, but what's so ironic is that the album probably reflects more of whats happening in the world today than it did in 1972. | |
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whatsgoingon said: Timmy84 said: This was about heroin. Apparently, Marvin dedicated the track to Vietnam vets who suddenly got addicted to the drug as soon as they came home. I think Marvin's brother Frankie told him about that. I don't know if Frankie was hooked on the drug though it wouldn't surprise me.
This lyric meant heroin addiction: Well I know I'm hooked my friend To the boy who makes slaves out of men... "Boy" is a slang for heroin. To me Whats Going On is the most important album ever made because every song was a message about the way the world was back in the 70s, but what's so ironic is that the album probably reflects more of whats happening in the world today than it did in 1972. I concur. The album had so many messages in it than any album I ever heard, you felt like you were in some scene in a movie just the way the songs were brilliantly produced. The album is timeless because the pain is indeed unbearable and is still going on 36 years after its release. | |
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Timmy84 said: whatsgoingon said: To me Whats Going On is the most important album ever made because every song was a message about the way the world was back in the 70s, but what's so ironic is that the album probably reflects more of whats happening in the world today than it did in 1972. I concur. The album had so many messages in it than any album I ever heard, you felt like you were in some scene in a movie just the way the songs were brilliantly produced. The album is timeless because the pain is indeed unbearable and is still going on 36 years after its release. I definitely agree with both statements! Marvin went through a lot by the time this album came out in 1971. Tammi Terrell, his dear "intimate" friend, collapsed on stage in 1967, leaving Marvin depressed than ever about her brain tumor illness. And then she died three years later, and he went into seclusion. Before he started working with the group The Orginals and the WGO album, he promised his peers that he would retire from the music business and even tried to try out for a famous football team, but after he saw that the Orginals were getting successful, he was confident in making this landmark record. What's even more shocking is that after he recorded some of the classic songs that would appear on this album and wanted to release the single, What's Going On, Berry Gordy refused because he thought it was too "uncommercial" and in fact, too "irrelevant". Wow how silly and fantasy-minded Berry was, the single was released and became one of the biggest, most acclaimed hits of Marv's career only because Marv refused to record for Motown anymore if it wasn't released. Berry requested an album of familiar songs like WGO, and Marvin changed the forefront of pop and soul music. I've never heard an album with so much anger, sorrow, and pain that reflected the world's ills and spirituality at once. It's as if Marvin put himself in the shoes of his own brother who was in the Vietnam War and told this story of coming back to the world and seeing nothing but a living hell we are still living in today. Its production is perfect, the songs are timeless, and the messages still hits the nail on its head more today than when Marv addressed them back in the day. I can't imagine what music (soul music in particular) would be if it wasn't released. Check me out and add me on:
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silverchild said: Timmy84 said: I concur. The album had so many messages in it than any album I ever heard, you felt like you were in some scene in a movie just the way the songs were brilliantly produced. The album is timeless because the pain is indeed unbearable and is still going on 36 years after its release. I definitely agree with both statements! Marvin went through a lot by the time this album came out in 1971. Tammi Terrell, his dear "intimate" friend, collapsed on stage in 1967, leaving Marvin depressed than ever about her brain tumor illness. And then she died three years later, and he went into seclusion. Before he started working with the group The Orginals and the WGO album, he promised his peers that he would retire from the music business and even tried to try out for a famous football team, but after he saw that the Orginals were getting successful, he was confident in making this landmark record. What's even more shocking is that after he recorded some of the classic songs that would appear on this album and wanted to release the single, What's Going On, Berry Gordy refused because he thought it was too "uncommercial" and in fact, too "irrelevant". Wow how silly and fantasy-minded Berry was, the single was released and became one of the biggest, most acclaimed hits of Marv's career only because Marv refused to record for Motown anymore if it wasn't released. Berry requested an album of familiar songs like WGO, and Marvin changed the forefront of pop and soul music. I've never heard an album with so much anger, sorrow, and pain that reflected the world's ills and spirituality at once. It's as if Marvin put himself in the shoes of his own brother who was in the Vietnam War and told this story of coming back to the world and seeing nothing but a living hell we are still living in today. Its production is perfect, the songs are timeless, and the messages still hits the nail on its head more today than when Marv addressed them back in the day. I can't imagine what music (soul music in particular) would be if it wasn't released. Wow, amazing story, thanks for that info. | |
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Wow pill...very nice pick. Not a run of the mill pick, by any means. And that's why I dig it. Yeah, great song. Marvin was a genius. Pure and simple. As popular as he was and still is, I do feel that he is underrated in other areas. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: Marvin was a genius. Pure and simple. As popular as he was and still is, I do feel that he is underrated in other areas.
Indeed. Marvin knack for creating music is underrated. He has a unique approach to songs. | |
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