I stan for Donny ALL day. Marvin just doesn't mean much to me.

Marvin 4 me. I've never been a huge Donny fan. I think he was a wonderful singer, but I'm a bigger Marvin fan.

scriptgirl said:

I stan for Donny ALL day. Marvin just doesn't mean much to me.

Marvin.

Now if you said Stevie or Donny...

Timmy84 said:

Marvin.

Now if you said Stevie or Donny...

I'd pick Stevie over Donny any day. I am just not a big fan of Donny for some reason.

Stevie for Prezident!

Marvin Gaye was the greatest artist of the 70's in my opinion. His majestic voice, his sexual image, his wonderful messages. Why did he have to leave us, such a talent

aardvark15 said:

Marvin Gaye was the greatest artist of the 70's in my opinion. His majestic voice, his sexual image, his wonderful messages. Why did he have to leave us, such a talent

You should read the David Ritz book. It gives you a good glance into his psyche. The man was a genius and crazy at the same time.

Donny by a mile.

Donny's music impacts my mood...............that is rare.

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daPrettyman said:

aardvark15 said:

Marvin Gaye was the greatest artist of the 70's in my opinion. His majestic voice, his sexual image, his wonderful messages. Why did he have to leave us, such a talent

You should read the David Ritz book. It gives you a good glance into his psyche. The man was a genius and crazy at the same time.

It's sad to say, but he basically caused his own death. Personally I think if Tammi hadn't died had such a young age, neither would have Marvin.

Now this is a tough one for me.

Both had phenominal talent, that has had immeasurable impact on my musical upbringing and well-being. I can only choose between the two, based on the mood I'm in.

If I'm in an introverted mood, it's Donny.

If I'm in an extroverted mood, it's Marvin.

Marvin

Both of them were actually matched up by their talent and their behavior though Donny was deemed legally paranoid.

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Now this is a tough one for me.

Both had phenominal talent, that has had immeasurable impact on my musical upbringing and well-being. I can only choose between the two, based on the mood I'm in.

If I'm in an introverted mood, it's Donny.

If I'm in an extroverted mood, it's Marvin.

I'm in that same boat.

Thought Donny was schizo-is that the same thing as legally paranoid? Also, when was donny deemed this?

scriptgirl said:

Thought Donny was schizo-is that the same thing as legally paranoid? Also, when was donny deemed this?

Yeah paranoid schizophrenia. It's the same thing. Donny was deemed this around 1971 or 1972.

Did he seek out diagnosis and that is how it came out?

scriptgirl said:

Did he seek out diagnosis and that is how it came out?

Eulalah Hathaway, his wife, said that she noticed how Donny would go into his mood swings and she tried to ask his musicians what did they do when he would go into his mood swings, they all said "we were watching him" and Eulalah said something to the fact of "thanks a lot (sarcastically) but I gotta do a lot more than watch." So she took him to the doctor and they diagnosed him to see if something was wrong with him and that's when she heard "yeah he has paranoid schizophrenia". Treatment of this disease wasn't widely known at the time so they gave him medication to treat it. Donny's youngest daughter said when Donny was living with her mother (one of Donny's girlfriends during his split with Eulalah), there were times she could deal with Donny's issues and then when she wouldn't, she leave. The woman didn't quite tell her what would made her leave but it leaves you to believe the man was off his rockers.

Simply because he released the greatest pop album of all time, I will

go with Gaye.

...and Stevie over Hathaway as well.

Seriously though, I think Donny's illness hampered whatever impact he did have. Stevie and Marvin were able to create great legacies. But Donny's, while great himself, was hampered by the fact that his illness basically crippled him.

duccichucka said:

Simply because he released the greatest pop album of all time, I will

go with Gaye.

...and Stevie over Hathaway as well.

agreed

daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:

Marvin.

Now if you said Stevie or Donny...

I'd pick Stevie over Donny any day. I am just not a big fan of Donny for some reason.

yup

Somebody is smoking tooooooooooo much if they would pick Donny OVER STEVIE WONDER

To answer the question... Marvin Gaye NO QUESTION. Now I LOVE Donny but Marvin Gayes overall work cant be touch.

I dont get all these comments about Marvin having a bland voice That man says two words and it speaks to my soul, so full of emotion and story nothing bland about Marvins singing but maybe your ears might be bland and need to get checked

mjscarousal said:

To answer the question... Marvin Gaye NO QUESTION. Now I LOVE Donny but Marvin Gayes overall work cant be touch.

I dont get all these comments about Marvin having a bland voice That man says two words and it speaks to my soul, so full of emotion and story nothing bland about Marvins singing but maybe your ears might be bland and need to get checked

This. I get goosebumps when I hear some of MArvin's songs. That very rarely happens to me.

aardvark15 said:

mjscarousal said:

To answer the question... Marvin Gaye NO QUESTION. Now I LOVE Donny but Marvin Gayes overall work cant be touch.

I dont get all these comments about Marvin having a bland voice That man says two words and it speaks to my soul, so full of emotion and story nothing bland about Marvins singing but maybe your ears might be bland and need to get checked

This. I get goosebumps when I hear some of MArvin's songs. That very rarely happens to me.

I almost punched my computer screen after reading that bullshit mess

Yea I can probably count on one hand how many singers give me that feeling... Marvin is definitly one of them!

Donny has an amazing voice as well a very very very very underrated voice indeed.

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It ain't that serious. I don't mind script's comment (and I said what I said just to get a response of course ) but seriously if she thinks that, that's her. Marvin's the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) to me but her comments don't hurt.

mjscarousal said:

aardvark15 said:

This. I get goosebumps when I hear some of MArvin's songs. That very rarely happens to me.

I almost punched my computer screen after reading that bullshit mess

Yea I can probably count on one hand how many singers give me that feeling... Marvin is definitly one of them!

Donny has an amazing voice as well a very very very very underrated voice indeed.

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Marvin's voice trickles through my soul like honey AND curls my toes. Doesn't get much better than that!

purplethunder3121 said:

mjscarousal said:

I almost punched my computer screen after reading that bullshit mess

Yea I can probably count on one hand how many singers give me that feeling... Marvin is definitly one of them!

Donny has an amazing voice as well a very very very very underrated voice indeed.

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Marvin's voice trickles through my soul like honey AND curls my toes. Doesn't get much better than that!

oooooo and there it is... you listening to some Marvin arent you? Im about to put some on now