Marvin Gaye

paper will inform you of the criticism and memories Marvin Gaye faced while creating his album What’s going on. The black community as able to have hope and something that allowed the black community as a whole. He was able to reach out with love and respect type of approach instead of using his platform to cause more conflict to the war. We must take a moment and look at what he has to offer to our life being that he was a significant figure Marvin Gaye’s what’s going on gave

On April, 2 1939 Alberta and Marvin Gay Sir gave birth to the famous R&B artist Marvin Gaye in Washington DC. He had two sisters and three brothers all lived with him. Marvin Gaye started singing at his father’s church when he was only four years old. When Gaye realized he could sing he fell in love with it and wanted to make music a career for him. The only down fall Marvin had was the brutal beating he had to take from his father and his mother would just watch he was to the point he wanted to

culture as music legend Marvin Gaye. Gaye fought an uphill battle most of his life: As a child in Washington, D.C., his father beat him nearly every day. The two fought constantly, and it was actually his father who fatally shot a 44-year-old Gaye in 1984. He scored 41 Billboard Top 40 hits in all – including reworked material released nearly two decades after his death. Today What's Going On is hailed with Rolling Stone naming it in 2004 as the 6th best album ever recorded. Gaye would

A court ruled this week that “Blurred Lines” singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams must pay Marvin Gaye’s children $7.3 million for infringing on the copyright of Gaye's 1977 song “Got to Give It Up.” Such plagiarism cases have been a familiar refrain in the music business for decades, and Thicke and the "Voice” coach are just the latest performers to be slapped. As troubling as it is to learn that favorite artists may not be as original as they claim to be, taking legal action against big-name

On by Marvin Gaye is about “a couple that is in love and are starting to get sexual. He talks about how he is in love with her and that she loves him back. He says that he is feeling love for her and wants to have sex with her to show her this. Although if she is not ready he won’t push her to have sex, but he knows she wants to have sex and is just beating around the bush. Marvin talks about how since they got to live their lives they might as well live it together loving each other (Gaye M. 1973)

MARVIN GAYE “WHAT’S GOING ON” Marvin Gaye’s Style of Music: Marvin Gaye was a musical genius and inspiration to individuals like myself. According to the website Marvin Gaye (2015), Marvin Gaye was a Motown soul singer-songwriter from the 1960s to the 1970s, who often addressed themes of controversy. The genre of music Mr. Gaye created was Protest R&B, for example his song “What’s Going On.” Characteristics that sets Marvin Gaye Apart from Popular Recordings: What set Mr. Gaye apart from other

"What's Going On" is the title track of Marvin Gaye's eleventh studio album, released May 21, 1971, on Tamla Records a subsidiary of Motown. "What's Going On" was also the 1st studio album where Gaye, the Funk Brothers and, the session musicians were all awarded credits. A concept album and masterpiece based on Marvin's own life and the social and political forces and movements that were shaping and influencing American culture during the 1970's. The album was a huge success both critically

Sean Walsh Explorations in Music What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye Introduction This essay will analyse the piece What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye, based on it’s melodic, harmonic and rhythmic content. It will also consider the form, structure, instrumentation and use of dynamics in the piece, while providing a contextualisation of the piece to convey where it sits in a broader context, historically, socially and politically. In addition, how it relates to its genre, what influenced the piece and what

Sean Walsh Explorations in Music What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye Introduction This essay will analyse the piece What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye, based on it’s melodic, harmonic and rhythmic content. It will also consider the form, structure, instrumentation and use of dynamics in the piece, while providing a contextualisation of the piece to convey where it sits in a broader context, historically, socially and politically. In addition, how it relates to its genre, what influenced the piece and what

Marvin Gaye composed “What's Going In”, along with fellow Motown songwriters, Al Cleveland and Renaldo "Obie" B Jenson. This song was released May 21, 1971 by Motown Records. Gaye was overwhelmed by the stories his brother, Frankie Gaye, was telling him about the tragedies he witnessed while serving in the Vietnam War. His song was more of questioning why these "tragedies" were occurring and basically stating we should love more and battle less. Gaye's lyrics proclaim, "picket lines picket signs