tell me what s going on ooh marvin gaye was affected by the vietnam war. his brother was in vietnam. so he s hearing all these stories about what is going on over there. he s seeing the protests here and it s changing him. he holds up a mirror to america, look at yourself, america. he is talking about the war, he s talking about poverty. changing as an artist in a way that berry gordy is not super happy about. mother, mother, everybody thinks we re wrong, they do initially berry gordy did not not want marvin to do what s going on. motown was supposed to be nonthreatening and you have marvin gaye making a protest record about the war. that could potentially ruin good money. you don t lightly talk about the government. yes, i want to know what s going on right now ultimately when he agrees to put out what s going on, berry tells marvin, okay, if you re right, i ll learn something.
music in my mind. he made it. he ain t going to do it again. talking book. oh, my god he did it! and then suddenly, songs in the key of life. when you believe in things you don t understand and you suffer superstition is the way what the beatles did in the 60s i feel stevie wonder was the person to do that for music in the 70s. [ cheers and applause ] hi, there. welcome aboard. you are right on time for a beautiful trip on the soul train. if the sight and sound of soul is your pleasure, you bet your bottom, we got them, baby. soul train finally offered america its first view of afrocentricity. it was a new idea to say black
it was bound to happen, but it comes as a shock nevertheless, in a poll taken by a leading pop, music magazine in england, the beatles came in second. the most popular rock group in england these days is called the led zeppelin. in their 20s, they are rich, powerful, temperamental and pampered. they are the led zeppelin, a rock group on tour. and in the vernacular of the record biz, where to be merely big is nothing, the zeppelin is very big. to get around, the zeppelin uses a chartered 707, the kind of plane president nixon uses. but the president s plane doesn t have an organ, nor a 15 foot mirrored bar, nor in the private quarters does it have two bedrooms and a fireplace. i m a bit upset that there s not a pool table onboard. but, apart from that, i think this is about the best way to travel.
what the beatles did in the 60s i feel stevie wonder was the person to do that for music in the 70s. [ cheers and applause ] hi, there. welcome aboard. you are right on time for a beautiful trip on the soul train. if the sight and sound of soul is your pleasure, you bet your bottom, we got them, baby. soul train finally offered america its first view of afrocentricity. it was a new idea to say black is beautiful. i would run home from church to get home to see soul train. it was the one reliable place to see the artists you loved. there s no question that soul train broke a lot of artists and introduced a lot of artists to audiences they never performed for before. she s a dynamite attraction
marvin wanted to compete at a high level. why can t i make a record like the beatles? i m selling records like they sell. why can t i have that artistic expression? punish me with brutality talk to me when you can see what s going on what s going on yeah, what s going on tell me what s going on ooh marvin gaye was affected by the vietnam war. his brother was in vietnam. so he s hearing all these stories about what is going on over there. he s seeing the protests here and it s changing him. he holds up a mirror to america, look at yourself, america. he is talking about the war, he s talking about poverty. changing as an artist in a way that berry gordy is not super happy about. mother, mother, everybody