Articles tagged "marvin gaye"

Column: Busted Headphones

The Messengers

by Quentin B. Huff

[12.Oct.09] :. K'naan's The Messengers series is a trilogy of episodes designed to highlight the genius of Nigeria's Fela Kuti, Jamaica's Bob Marley, and the United States' Bob Dylan.

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The Things They Carried

by Sean Murphy

[30.Mar.09] :. From Sunday’s New York Times: On March 29, 1973, the last United States troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. I can’t...

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Calling Out Around the World: Motown Turns 50 Feature

What It Was Like

by Diane Leach

[30.Jan.09] :. In the early '80s Detroit, Motown was as unquestionable as air. Who didn't like air?

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What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye’s Liberation from the Motown Sound

by Charles Moss

[29.Jan.09] :. When Obie Benson of the Four Tops brought him a song he had co-written with Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye found something that had reflected the way he had been feeling ever since Tammi Terrell's death -- anger, sadness, and disillusionment about his friend's death and the chaotic world around him.

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Calling Out Around the World: Motown Turns 50 Feature

Twirling the Dial: My Motown Memories

by Bill Gibron

[28.Jan.09] :. For those of us in tune with the sounds of the genre-redefining decade, a transistor radio was the seminal social sidekick. We loved listening to that little mono wonder, its tiny shrill speaker sparking a hundred journeys directly into the center of our mind.

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Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Singles

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Jan.09] :. From the Four Tops and the Temptations to the Marvelettes and the Velvelettes, we narrow down our favorite singles from the "Sound of Young America" era to 25 indisputable picks.

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Music Review

Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear

by Mike Joseph

[11.Apr.08] :. Gaye put his frustrations and anger into one of the most painfully intimate song cycles in musical history and then released it to the public, creating a time-delayed classic.

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The Best Re-Issues of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Dec.07] :. From '60s soul to bluegrass and Krautrock to post-punk, PopMatters counts down the year's best re-issued albums.

 

Various Artists: Slow Jams for Christmas

by Quentin B. Huff

[27.Nov.07] :. Recipe for a romantic Christmas -- light the candles, pop the bubbly, hang the mistletoe, and play this CD.

 

Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live in 76 [DVD]

by Dan MacIntosh

[27.Sep.07] :. Marvin Gaye sure knew how to woo his audience. Although he exuded sexuality, it was his great songs that gave his shows substance.

 
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Reflections: Motown in 1967

by Zeth Lundy

[17.Aug.07] :. The latest installment in Hip-O Select's impressive reissue series, The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 7: 1967 collects every A-side and B-side released that year, including planned and deleted singles, as well as alternate and promotional mixes -- 120 tracks in all.

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Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On [SACD]

by Matt Rogers

[23.Mar.04] :. So what the hell can I say about Let’s Get It On—a work of art that is firmly woven into the American fabric—that hasn’t already been said? Umm, nothing. If you want...

 

Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On [SACD Hybrid]

by Seth Limmer

[11.Jan.04] :. Let’s get this straight: this is no review of Gaye’s classic 1973 classic homage to “sex between consenting anybodies”. As spiritual and compassionate as What’s Going...

 

Marvin Gaye: Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads

by Mark Anthony Neal

[14.Jan.02] :. Marvin Gaye has long been acknowledged as the “Crown Prince” of the Motown Corporation. Beginning as a session drummer for the label (after a brief “doo-wop” career in Harvey...

 

Marvin Gaye: Midnight Love

by Dave Heaton

[29.May.00] :. My first memory of Marvin Gaye is of seeing him singing “Sexual Healing” on TV and giggling with my friends, not only because, as nine-year-old boys, we probably found the chorus funny,...