that s us. and that s no jive. the last act from the motown hits system. motown was a very incredible place. we had a music man at the helm. barry goredy. ironically he was trying to make black music that would cross over to the white world and make the greatest black music ever. take the artist and polish him up play about the ed sul vaughn show and kill. back in the 60s he wanted to be frank sinatra. all of that changed in the 70s. marvin wanted to compete at a high level, why can t i compete like the beatles, why can t i have that artistic expression?
making a protest record about the war. you don t talk about the government. i want to know what s going on right now people ultimately when he agrees to put out, what s going on, if you re right i ll lirn something and if i m right as barry gordy said i learned something. every ar stift at motown also wanted to try their chance at freedom. when people say soul they put you in one category. they say he s a soul artist. that s all they expect for you to sing and all they want to you sing. that s not true. soul is being able to express yourself. stevie wonder went to barry goredy and he expressed his
talk to me honey so you can see what s going on what s going on hey what s going on tell me what s going on affected by the vietnam war, his brother was in vietnam. so he s hearing all these stories about what s going on there, he s seeing the protest here and it s changing him. he holds up a mirror to america, look at yourself, america. he is talking about the war and poverty the way barry goredy is not super-happy about. everybody thinks we re wrong they do initially barry gordy didn t want marvin to do what s going on. now you have marvin gaye