Jazz pianists unpack the GENIUS inside Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On'

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• YO

  @YoullHearIt · 2 months ago · pinned

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• PE

  @percyvolnar8010 · 11 months ago

  &quot;Father, Father.... We dont need to escalate.. &quot; When you know how Marvin Left us, that lyric sends chills down your spine..

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• TY

  @tylermoore4388 · 1 month ago

  “Father, father we don’t need to escalate.” <br><br>Haunting lyrics given how he died.

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• BA

  @backbay2242 · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s hard not to cry when you listen this record.

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• MI

  @middlepassage7023 · 1 year ago (edited)

  the chatter heard at the beginning of &apos;What&apos;s Going On&apos; is actually members of the NFL Detroit Lions whom Marvin invited to the recording session. being a huge fan of the city&apos;s professional sports teams.

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• SU

  @SunyattaAmen · 1 year ago

  If you listen to this whole album and you don’t tear up, your soul is broken.

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• PR

  @ProgressiveTruthSeekers · 2 weeks ago

  The most beautiful and greatest music ever written and performed was in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 90s. Talent meant something then. Back when talents mattered. And African American music was respected all over the world. Teaching the world that, &quot;BROWN&quot; skin humanity, cares about us ALL!

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• DA

  @dainb5783 · 1 year ago

  I need this pod to stay forever it&apos;s great. Such a good format to go over classic albums and still keep the essence of the old pod with covering the musical &quot;theory&quot; and ideas going on in the music. Appreciate you guys !

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• NE

  @nelsono4315 · 1 year ago

  so happy I found this channel. You guys are right up my alley. It&apos;s like being in music school. Kudos gents!

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• SL

  @slimdugger99 · 1 year ago

  At the time this album dropped this country was in the darkest days of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. It served as a beacon for our community and helped us to come to a concensus on what we should be doing. This album plus James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James album with, “Fire and Rain”, helped move us out of that low period in our lives. Just hearing that music now brings back a sense of foreboding with our current national discourse and dissolution. I wonder what music will help us through these difficult days ahead? Love your program.

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• AR

  @ArunKonanur · 1 year ago

  Something I’d not previously noticed is that I’d always read the album’s title as if it were asking a question: “What’s going on?” — but in fact Marvin isn’t asking, he’s making a definitive statement: “What’s going on”<br><br>Thanks for another great episode.

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• MA

  @marvingaye8336 · 1 year ago

  This podcast is great for the soul. Thank you guys.

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