Marvin Gaye

Who knew Undertale a RPG is the best game ever? Undertale is a roleplaying game where you play as a child who fell down a mountain into a place called the Underground. The Underground is where the monsters live because the humans put a magical seal to trap them down there, inside the Underground you can spare or kill everyone. Anything can enter, nothing can leave, or so they thought. Undertale is the best game because you get to choose what your gonna do in the game, The characters make the…

Now Make We Merthe is a collection of early Renaissance English carols and rounds sung by The Purcell Consort of Voices, Boys of All Saints, the London Brass Ensemble, David Munrow, Bernard Thomas, Michael Oxenham, Don Smithers, John Sothcott, Francis Grubb, Tess Miller, and Michael Morrow (Now Make We Myrth). This CD is a compilation of three different recordings. One recording was done in 1965, the next was in 1966, and the third was in 1969. The highlights from all three of these recordings…

Chapter Thirty-Two Slipping Through Glass I sat in my room on the floor, silent, still, straining to make out the sound of footsteps downstairs, while I waited for what seemed like forever. Finally, I saw an arm holding a stack of books, a leg, another arm, and Emma slipped all the way through the glass. “That was awesome,” she said, setting her books down on a table. “We made it back, and hey, look, your room is perfect, except for the pile of dirty clothes in the corner.” “Right, which is…

Berry Gordy Jr was born on 28 November 1929 in Detroit. After a period as a professional feather-weight in the late Forties, Gordy was then drafted for service in the Korean War in 1951. Discharged in 1953, he married 19-year-old Thelma Coleman. Then in 1959, at the age of 30, Berry Gordy Jr. started a company called Motown based off a eight-hundred dollar loan from his family. Little did Gordy know that his automobile assembly line based music label would be starting a revolution. He wanted to…

December 2nd, 2014; In the large room decorated in shades of pink and splashes of a pastel blue stood a girl. Her long ivory hair that went down to her hips swayed back and forth as she giddily walked around her room. Goosebumps danced upon her Pale skin as she peeked back down to her phone. Her lavender eyes sparkled as she gazed at the image of a boy with long black hair and dark blue eyes. She fell back into her bed, her smile Widening as she sighed. “Lucy! Dinner is ready!” An older,…

Berry Gordy Jr. was born in November 28, 1929, in Detroit, Michigan, to his parents Bertha and Berry Gordy Sr., he was number seven of eight children. Gordy was brought up in a tight knit family with strong morals. Berry Gordy Jr., dropped out of high school in the eleventh grade, with hopes of becoming an professional boxer and hopes of becoming rich quick. A career he followed until the 1950, when he was drafted in the United States Army for the Korean War. After his return from Korean in…

The Magnificent Motown Records There story of Motown Records is a story about the dreams and determination by one man incorporated with the aspirations of many others culminating into the realization of a tremendous music and cultural change throughout the world. Berry Gordy, a young man whose great- grandfather was an enslaved person of African descent, established a legacy that still resonates throughout the world even today. The Gordy family comes from humble beginnings in Georgia,…

In my opinion, unlike popular rap songs, I don’t believe Marvin Gaye’s song degrades sex in any way. I believe that this song conveys passion and emotion toward sex and involves two people being in love. I believe that he is smooth talking his lady into having sex with him because he has been holding his desire to for a while, which is evident when he says “I’ve been tryin’ to hold back these feelings for so long”. He not being aggressive or pressuring her to have sex with him, which is also…

As in the article “Marvin Gaye is Shot and Killed by His Own Father” on History.com states, “By some reports, Marvin Sr. harbored significant envy over his son’s tremendous success, and Marvin Jr. clearly harbored unresolved feelings toward his abusive father” (“Marvin Gaye is Shot and Killed by His Own Father”). The envy of his father caused the murder of Marvin Gaye. As the name implies, extreme passion is the main cause crimes of passions…

Munzher Rana Mr. Peter Amies The 1960’s 10/6/18 1960’s Essay: Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye The 1960’s were a period full of social revolution as well as conflict between various demographics. One of the most prominent happenings of this time period were related to American Civil Rights and the treatment of black people in America. In a time period where Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made their presence known and a movement began to take flight, other figures began to make their voices…