What's Going On

What’s Going On 2 Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is one of my favorite songs. Honestly, every generation down through the years can ask this question. What’s Going On? What’s going on with our children, with in our homes, in our schools, in our cities, in our nation? There are far too many mothers crying from the loss of their sons or even their daughters dying. Unjustifiable deaths, kids killing kids or those in authority for whatever reason assassinate our loved ones. According to Mr. Gaye “You know we’ve got to find a way to bring some lovin’ here today” I submit to you that only when we hate…

Marvin Gaye was an American singer, record producer and songwriter. During the 1970’s, he recorded “What’s Going On”. The spring of 1970 was a dark time for Marvin Gaye and this song helped him talk about some controversial issues. His marriage to Anna Gordy, was crumbling, and he was devastated by the death of one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell. His lyrics for this song were inspired by the stories his brother Frankie told him when he came back from the Vietnam War. The whole purpose of…

Marvin Gaye makes a lot of bold statements in his song, “What's Going On”. His song is a timeless piece of work that will always be relevant no matter the year. The song was made in the year 1971, which was a decade littered with war. Coincidentally, the song can be applied to 2016 with the current news of hate crime. Marvin Gaye says, “Don't punish me with brutality. Talk to me. So you can see. What's going on.” I chose this line because it really speaks to me. As an Indian American, there is…

enlisted as a basic airman, but he was shot down by all of the menial tasks he was required to perform. To get out of his duties, he faked an illness so he would be discharged. Number Twelve: He Worked as a Session Singer. Before he was famous, Gaye relocated to Chicago, Illinois to be a session singer with Harvey and The New Moonglows. He was introduced to Chuck Berry shortly thereafter, and he worked with Berry on "Back in the U.S.A." and "Almost Grown." Number Eleven: He Worked With His…

Marvin Gaye Net Worth Marvin Pentz Gay Jr was born on the 2nd April 1939 in Washington D.C USA and died on 1st April 1984. He is known to the world under the short name, Marvin Gaye, the American soul and R&B singer. During his career, Marvin has released a total of 17 studio albums, some of which include “The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye” (1961), “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” (1968), “What`s Going On” (1971), “Let`s Get It On” (1973), “Midnight Love” (1982) among others. Have you ever…

“I don 't know let 's just focus on getting out of here” my dad replied. I could tell my parents were scared, and they are never scared. I 'm really hoping that the person the followed my parents and followed us here isn 't hiding in the rows of corn because then we 're doomed. My parents and I couldn 't find our way out, so we decided to split up. I told them that it probably wasn 't the smartest idea to split up in a corn maze but all the wanted to do was get out of there. So my mom was…

Music Final Paper Blurred Lines vs Got to Give it Up Marvin Gaye's’ family sued Pharrell and Robin Thicke for copyright infringement claiming “Blurred Lines” sounded too similar to “Got to Give it Up”. The guest rapper T.I and the record label, Universal Records were also included in the suit due to their involvement in the song. While Pharrell, the co writer to “Blurred Lines”, was clearly influenced by Gayes work, which he admits to, he did not break any copyright laws. Pharrell made sure that…

What is going on? In 2018 our society is ran by a corrupt racist Donald Trump billionaire and the police killing young black men like ,Michael Brown, Tamir rice and Trayvon Martin. These are the same issues Marvin Gaye called out in 1971 in his iconic song What is going on? “Marvin starts the song by saying Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today.” When this song was…

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This is the story of a young man who is introduced to a gift he couldn’t imagine. The gift is what he imagines. His imagination or what he thinks can happen if really wants it to happen. This young man’s name is Brice Coltman. Brice Coltmans gift was discovered one day when he was headed to the gym (Brice is an athletic, smart, average man, so the gift comes from his intelligence and an unusual mixture of his genes when he was born). Brice was crossing the street and a car was headed straight…