you look to the horizon that you want to move towards and that horizon was here in l.a. that s where the record companies are, not just some. the way i got to california is just really civilized, got there in a 57 chevy by skipping my finals that year in college. virtually no one was in southern california and they were all drawn to the light and the light was the tr trubad owradou club. revealing themsn to so many people, why do you have to do this? i feel an obligation to
[applause] hi there and welcome aboard you re right on time for a beautiful trip on the soul train if the sight and sound of soul is your pleasure we got em baby. offered its first view of afro-centricity. it was soul train, the one reliable place to see the artistry we loved. there s no question soul train broke a lot of artists and introduced artists to audiences that they had never performed for before. [ singing ] ten years before he did the moon walk, michael jackson debuted the robot in 1973 on soul train. people had done the robot before but there was a way he did it, it was faster, it was
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
some adventures of my own, and this is kind of a letter back home. california, oh, california, i m coming home. or make me feel that rock n roll band i m your biggest fan california, i m coming home you look to the horizon that you want to move toward, and that horizon was here in la. that s where the record companies were, and there was lots of sun. well, the way i got to california is just really simple.