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Thread started 04/01/11 7:32pm

paligap

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Marvin Gaye - "Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)" / "Sad Tomorrows"

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still get chills with these....

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[Edited 4/1/11 12:34pm]

" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #1 posted 04/01/11 7:41pm

Timmy84

Impressive versions. One has a jazz flow and a chilling coldness when you hear him talk about heroin addiction (which was what many Vietnam veterans were apparently having at the time) and another version with a more street, doo-wop take of it. Both great. Marvin hit the button on both renditions. Nice to hear Marvin & the Originals harmonizing on the 1971 remixed version. nod

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Reply #2 posted 04/01/11 8:02pm

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Timmy84 said:

Impressive versions. One has a jazz flow and a chilling coldness when you hear him talk about heroin addiction (which was what many Vietnam veterans were apparently having at the time) and another version with a more street, doo-wop take of it. Both great. Marvin hit the button on both renditions. Nice to hear Marvin & the Originals harmonizing on the 1971 remixed version. nod

Ndeed... I love that falsetto at the end of the "Sad Tomorrows" version..."Take me away, take me away..." -that just hits me in the gut every time.....

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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #3 posted 04/01/11 8:05pm

Timmy84

paligap said:

Timmy84 said:

Impressive versions. One has a jazz flow and a chilling coldness when you hear him talk about heroin addiction (which was what many Vietnam veterans were apparently having at the time) and another version with a more street, doo-wop take of it. Both great. Marvin hit the button on both renditions. Nice to hear Marvin & the Originals harmonizing on the 1971 remixed version. nod

Ndeed... I love that falsetto at the end of the "Sad Tomorrows" version..."Take me away, take me away..." -that just hits me in the gut every time.....

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YES! That's why I almost preferred it over the one they used for the album. music

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Reply #4 posted 04/01/11 8:24pm

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Timmy84 said:

paligap said:

Ndeed... I love that falsetto at the end of the "Sad Tomorrows" version..."Take me away, take me away..." -that just hits me in the gut every time.....

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YES! That's why I almost preferred it over the one they used for the album. music

By the way...did Marvin use falsetto much on record? I was trying to think of some more examples.....

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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #5 posted 04/01/11 8:38pm

funkpill

yes!!! yes!!! yes!!! music

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Reply #6 posted 04/01/11 8:41pm

funkpill

Timmy84 said:

paligap said:

Ndeed... I love that falsetto at the end of the "Sad Tomorrows" version..."Take me away, take me away..." -that just hits me in the gut every time.....

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YES! That's why I almost preferred it over the one they used for the album. music

You know it's included on the "What's Going On?" deluxe set nod

Fell in love with it the first time I had it on 45 music that Marvin

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Reply #7 posted 04/01/11 8:42pm

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Oh!! and that's The Originals singing background....biggrin

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Reply #8 posted 04/01/11 8:43pm

Timmy84

paligap said:

Timmy84 said:

YES! That's why I almost preferred it over the one they used for the album. music

By the way...did Marvin use falsetto much on record? I was trying to think of some more examples.....

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  • Distant Lover
  • Let's Get It On (in brief spells)
  • Come Get to This (near the end)
  • Just to Keep You Satisfied (he uses it more on the alternate version)
  • I'm Gonna Give You Respect
  • You Are That Special One
  • You're the Man
  • Poor Abbey Walsh
  • Trouble Man
  • You Sure Love to Ball
  • Love Twins (with Diana)
  • After the Dance
  • Got to Give It Up
  • I Met a Little Girl
  • You Can Leave But It's Going to Cost You (in brief spells)
  • In Our Lifetime
  • Ego Tripping Out
  • Midnight Lady (in spurts)
  • Walking in the Rain
  • She Needs Me (in spurts)

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Yeah he used it quite a lot especially after 1970.

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Reply #9 posted 04/01/11 8:44pm

Timmy84

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

YES! That's why I almost preferred it over the one they used for the album. music

You know it's included on the "What's Going On?" deluxe set nod

Fell in love with it the first time I had it on 45 music that Marvin

I heard that version when I bought his Anthology tape at 16. biggrin

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Reply #10 posted 04/01/11 11:18pm

Shaolin325

Classic songs......delivered beautifully by Marvin.

@Timmy84 how long did it take you to get that list together??? Impressive biggrin

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Reply #11 posted 04/01/11 11:22pm

JoeTyler

he's daed lol fhis music fuiclin lives on man fuclkin rocks

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Reply #12 posted 04/01/11 11:24pm

Timmy84

Shaolin325 said:

Classic songs......delivered beautifully by Marvin.

@Timmy84 how long did it take you to get that list together??? Impressive biggrin

Not too long. lol biggrin

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Reply #13 posted 04/01/11 11:25pm

Timmy84

JoeTyler said:

he's daed lol fhis music fuiclin lives on man fuclkin rocks

Had too many beers, bruh? drink lol

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Reply #14 posted 04/01/11 11:28pm

JoeTyler

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

he's daed lol fhis music fuiclin lives on man fuclkin rocks

Had too many beers, bruh? drink lol

a dh hwat majes fyou fuckinm think thst eh? fudkin beer is the nbetyer than pousys jicie

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Reply #15 posted 04/01/11 11:29pm

Timmy84

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Timmy84 said:

Had too many beers, bruh? drink lol

a dh hwat majes fyou fuckinm think thst eh? fudkin beer is the nbetyer than pousys jicie

falloff

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Reply #16 posted 04/01/11 11:31pm

JoeTyler

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

a dh hwat majes fyou fuckinm think thst eh? fudkin beer is the nbetyer than pousys jicie

falloff

memmmmmmmmmmmetal rules man heavy fuckin metal rules man and fuckin marvin rule sman he fkuckin rtules man he rules form heaven man

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Reply #17 posted 04/01/11 11:34pm

Timmy84

"Flyin' High" was one of those songs I wished he had done more live. Sure the musicians were off beat with Marvin during the Kennedy Center '72 performance of it but I think Marvin could've really shocked his audience doing this song live. Maybe if he didn't die so soon maybe we would've seen it as part of a fan request.

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Reply #18 posted 04/01/11 11:36pm

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JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

falloff

memmmmmmmmmmmetal rules man heavy fuckin metal rules man and fuckin marvin rule sman he fkuckin rtules man he rules form heaven man

So are saying that Marvin Gaye fronting Judas Priest would be the ultimate musical experience?

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Reply #19 posted 04/01/11 11:36pm

JoeTyler

rialb said:

JoeTyler said:

memmmmmmmmmmmetal rules man heavy fuckin metal rules man and fuckin marvin rule sman he fkuckin rtules man he rules form heaven man

So are saying that Marvin Gaye fronting Judas Priest would be the ultimate musical experience?

yeeeewah man yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafh

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Reply #20 posted 04/01/11 11:47pm

Timmy84

lol

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Reply #21 posted 04/01/11 11:49pm

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Timmy84 said:

"Flyin' High" was one of those songs I wished he had done more live. Sure the musicians were off beat with Marvin during the Kennedy Center '72 performance of it but I think Marvin could've really shocked his audience doing this song live. Maybe if he didn't die so soon maybe we would've seen it as part of a fan request.

The one on his remastered live album with "Mercy Mercy Me" is so cloud9

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Reply #22 posted 04/01/11 11:55pm

Timmy84

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

"Flyin' High" was one of those songs I wished he had done more live. Sure the musicians were off beat with Marvin during the Kennedy Center '72 performance of it but I think Marvin could've really shocked his audience doing this song live. Maybe if he didn't die so soon maybe we would've seen it as part of a fan request.

The one on his remastered live album with "Mercy Mercy Me" is so cloud9

[Edited 4/1/11 16:50pm]

I found it kinda odd that they didn't include "Mercy Mercy Me" in it... maybe they'll do it for the 40th anniversary re-release (yes they are re-releasing the album sometime in May I believe).

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Reply #23 posted 04/02/11 12:21am

funkpill

Timmy84 said:

funkpill said:

The one on his remastered live album with "Mercy Mercy Me" is so cloud9

[Edited 4/1/11 16:50pm]

I found it kinda odd that they didn't include "Mercy Mercy Me" in it... maybe they'll do it for the 40th anniversary re-release (yes they are re-releasing the album sometime in May I believe).

you mean this one?

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Reply #24 posted 04/02/11 12:23am

Timmy84

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Timmy84 said:

I found it kinda odd that they didn't include "Mercy Mercy Me" in it... maybe they'll do it for the 40th anniversary re-release (yes they are re-releasing the album sometime in May I believe).

you mean this one?

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Nah, "What's Going On" lol

I have to admit it took me a minute to figure out what you were talking about. lol

Now I get what you mean. When he did "Mercy Mercy Me" he actually made it a NEW song but you can tell it was the same song "It's all about the ecology"... whistle

I was sitting there looking stupid. lol

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Reply #25 posted 04/02/11 12:26am

funkpill

lol k

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Reply #26 posted 04/05/11 5:35am

DiscoFunkChick

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[Edited 5/8/18 14:19pm]

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