First off, I like Jamiroquai and have purchased their music for years. I am no hater. I understand how folks think they were influenced by Stevie Wonder,but to my untrained ears, though, he gets a whole lot from Marvin. To me his entire sound and vision come from this source:Marvin Gaye's Here,My Dear. The funk, the extraterrestial trappings, and the general vibe of J's stuff hew pretty close ...
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Secretly I am happy. It's about freakin time. I dedicate this one to the victor. You derserve it now more than ever.
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has just been announced. He was 65. Full details here -http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1642379720080917.Following the death of Isaac Hayes a few weeks ago, it is no exaggeration to say that an era has come to an end.There really are few words in the lexicon that can do justice to his writing talent. He moved easily from the pop-soul of the early days at Motown to the psychedelic s...
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You know you had a kick ass career when two separate movies about your life are released back to back. The first movie will simply be called "Marvin", and will be directed by F. Gary Gray. Gary's most successful film is "The Italian Job", but I will forever know him as the mastermind behind the cult classic that is "Friday"."C. Gaby Mitchell (”Blood Diamond”) is aboard to write the script. Gra
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[Marvin Gaye - Anger (Extended Mix, Alternate Take with Marcus Miller) / 5:55]There is a bird that sings only when its love is lost. The echo of distress serves as a beacon for the loved one to find its way back.Edward Hopper, Room In New York, 1932 - Sheldon Memorial Art GalleryFalling in or falling out, love is such a dangerous feeling that it inevitably causes pain and suffering. While some ...
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What a great feeling to wake up and be a full time music blogger! That is code for unemployed actually...but being an unemployed full time music blogger preparing for an impending move to California already feels WAY better than being an employed cubicle drone.So i guess music bloggers are supposed to hip people to new stuff, right?Well...i have stumbled across this tune...its by this really so...
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Thank you to The Latest Maxwell News for telling me to check out this treat of Maxwell discussing Marvin Gaye's music.Wow - how dope is that?ENJOY!imeem icons: Maxwell and Marvin - MP3 Music Streams on IMEEMmaxwell (yes he is acting a real trip here. Lord, HELP HIM!) Picture source: his myspace page from 2 years ago! Marvin Gaye - picture from vibe.com
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The latest edition of Britain's Mojo magazine is a salute to the 50th anniversary of Motown Records. Included is a Motown Nuggets CD with 15 great tracks from the label, interviews with Barry Gordy, Martha Reeves and Holland-Dozier-Holland and the selection of the 100 greatest Motown tracks as picked by Iggy Pop, Paul Weller , the Clash and others. The Mojo website also has an exclusive l...
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Today would have been Marvin Gaye's 70th birthday. Tragically, it was 25 years ago yesterday that Gaye was killed at the hands of his father on the day before his 45th birthday.Gaye's influence on music, even in the intervening quarter century, is undeniable. I Heard It Through the Grapevine was Motown's biggest selling single of the 60's and considered a classic. His 1971 album What's Going...
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Today, I was on youtube and saw that actor Hill Harper had made a video requesting average joes like us to send a video to him just stating:1. Name as an Average Joe so you say, "Joe" for male and "Joanna/Joanne" for Female2. Location (even if you are outside of the USA and you are moved to join in on this video project PLEASE DO)3. Voting for Barack ObamaThat is it. Simple and to the point. RE...
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How better to cushion the blow of those pesky alimony payments than by mopping up royalties from songs about your marriage break-up?Loads have done it: Phil Collins, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, sundry country music folk, even Eminem. Most famously, Marvin Gaye released Here My Dear, an entire double album of such stuff after a court decreed that most of the cash from his next record should be ha...
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this song is just the best, and I must say that cyndi laupers cover version is just as goodmog.comMore about this songShare
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Amazon.com is giving away Marvin Gayes song "Lets Get It On" for FREE today and tomorrow (via Gizmodo). HERE. Related: No Related Post
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so the question is: who's version of this song do you prefer? marvin gaye'sgladys knight & the pips (soon to follow)mog.comMore about this songShare
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