http://www.youtube.com/wa...KPoHgKcqag

Has to be one of the most used songs for commercials ever but I'm listening to it now and it is definitely a song that will remain a classic-I it You could definitely feel the emotion in Marvin when he sung it Any love for Marvin's classic? I think I like the live version better

The demo version was going to be a repeat of the social issues Marvin was exploring earlier that era. It was also initially a gospel song Ed Townsend had wrote by his lonesome. Elgie Stover wrote the lyrics to what became the demo. Ed then argued "this song is not about politics! This is about making love!" And that's when Ed and Marvin produced new lyrics. To be honest even the version that was released still had social elements ("since we've got to be, let's live"). Free love can be seen as a social issue sometimes.

[Edited 11/9/10 19:39pm]

nursev said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...KPoHgKcqag

Has to be one of the most used songs for commercials ever but I'm listening to it now and it is definitely a song that will remain a classic-I it You could definitely feel the emotion in Marvin when he sung it Any love for Marvin's classic? I think I like the live version better

The reason why I don't care for it anymore,,,,,,damn near EVERY lame commercial/movie featured that song and Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More" to give their product some hipness I guess.

They have ran those two great songs to the ground with redundancy.

Harlepolis said:

nursev said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...KPoHgKcqag

Has to be one of the most used songs for commercials ever but I'm listening to it now and it is definitely a song that will remain a classic-I it You could definitely feel the emotion in Marvin when he sung it Any love for Marvin's classic? I think I like the live version better

The reason why I don't care for it anymore,,,,,,damn near EVERY lame commercial/movie featured that song and Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More" to give their product some hipness I guess.

They have ran those two great songs to the ground with redundancy.

That's why I barely watch commercials featuring those songs anymore. There comes a point when you overdo it.

Are you kidding? I play Marvin all the time...including this song. And I don't currently have a TV so I've never heard that commercial...and don't want to. Nobody can ruin this song for me!

what do you guys think of that remix uhm this one

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ature=fvst

this is one of the very few remixes of any song ever that i like

distant lovvuhhhhhhh

MickyDolenz said:

I this-never heard this one

Harlepolis said:

nursev said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...KPoHgKcqag

Has to be one of the most used songs for commercials ever but I'm listening to it now and it is definitely a song that will remain a classic-I it You could definitely feel the emotion in Marvin when he sung it Any love for Marvin's classic? I think I like the live version better

The reason why I don't care for it anymore,,,,,,damn near EVERY lame commercial/movie featured that song and Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More" to give their product some hipness I guess.

They have ran those two great songs to the ground with redundancy.

Yeah they have done these great songs a disservice by using them so damn much.

purplethunder3121 said:

Are you kidding? I play Marvin all the time...including this song. And I don't currently have a TV so I've never heard that commercial...and don't want to. Nobody can ruin this song for me!

I still love it too-even after all the stupid uses of it

Timmy84 said:

The demo version was going to be a repeat of the social issues Marvin was exploring earlier that era. It was also initially a gospel song Ed Townsend had wrote by his lonesome. Elgie Stover wrote the lyrics to what became the demo. Ed then argued "this song is not about politics! This is about making love!" And that's when Ed and Marvin produced new lyrics. To be honest even the version that was released still had social elements ("since we've got to be, let's live"). Free love can be seen as a social issue sometimes.

[Edited 11/9/10 19:39pm]

I'm glad they re-worked the song I prefer the "making love version"

The ideal pre-distribution of sperm song.

Find the remainder of the album pretty underwheming.

[Edited 11/11/10 18:42pm]

Did you know that Herbie Hancock actually played keyboards on this album? And that he actually met Wah-Wah Watson there during these sessions; they would work together soon afterwards because of this.

I play this on the piano, love it!

SamSamba said:

Did you know that Herbie Hancock actually played keyboards on this album? And that he actually met Wah-Wah Watson there during these sessions; they would work together soon afterwards because of this.

He played in this if my memory serves me correctly.

Harlepolis said:

SamSamba said:

Did you know that Herbie Hancock actually played keyboards on this album? And that he actually met Wah-Wah Watson there during these sessions; they would work together soon afterwards because of this.

He played in this if my memory serves me correctly.

Yeah he did. I gotta check album credits because I think the keyboardists in the original album were Marvin and Joe Sample (I know Joe played on "Let's Get It On" the single I believe).

[Edited 11/12/10 12:17pm]