alphastreet said:

Me too. April is always my Marvin month.

i was singing grapevine while working earlier in the week, I love his transitions in the chorus.

lol The beautiful thing about Stevie is that even on his less popular albums he still has things there that'll blow your mind.

I heard this song during his B.E.T. Walk Of Fame in 2002 as my grandfather was dying of cancer and I cried like I never cried before to one of his songs....

diamondpearl1 said:

The live version of that is actually better than the studio version on "A Time 2 Love". I think Stevie had a cold the night he performed it though... then again, his voice has been really froggy for the last little while. Might be age. The last track I heard him on was today and he was on a Raphael Saadiq joint and he almost sounded like Marvin.
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Timmy84 said:

Sho' ya right about the live version bein better than the studio cut. At the B.E,T, show he didn't have a title for it, he just went into it acapella on his keyboard but the way he did it left not one dry eye in that audience. I tell ya who I was sad that their voice didn't hold up over the years, Maurice White and Rick James.

alphastreet said:

Me too. You can feel the tension even from the intro before he even sings and then when he does, it's over. There was something genius about Marvin's voice in the sixties. Especially in the latter half of it.
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diamondpearl1 said:

The live version of that is actually better than the studio version on "A Time 2 Love". I think Stevie had a cold the night he performed it though... then again, his voice has been really froggy for the last little while. Might be age. The last track I heard him on was today and he was on a Raphael Saadiq joint and he almost sounded like Marvin.
[Edited 4/10/09 15:02pm]

Timmy84 said:

I think Stevie may be having a few health issues. I say that because when he's on his show, he tends to breathe a little heavy and you can hear him breathing even when it's quiet. I'm not saying it's because he's gained a few pounds, I'm saying it may be something else going on with him that he's keeping private.

Timmy84 said:

I think Stevie may be having a few health issues. I say that because when he's on his show, he tends to breathe a little heavy and you can hear him breathing even when it's quiet. I'm not saying it's because he's gained a few pounds, I'm saying it may be something else going on with him that he's keeping private.

daPrettyman said:

"few"

dilwithers said:

I'm trying to be nice

I've heard stories of how he has a personal cook/chef and he won't eat the healthy food he prepares. He'll send a staff member out to get some soul food for his meal.

daPrettyman said:

Stevie don't give a damn... I honestly feel it's because he's eating though... come on Stevie, take care of yourself, dawg.

Timmy84 said:

Yeah, he LOVES his peach cobbler!!!

daPrettyman said:

That's why he doesn't look like he looked fourteen years before, he was fit then. He kinda looks like a shaman now. Especially with his bald spot around his braids.