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.
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 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.
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 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.
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
they can play the ed sullivan show and kill. back in the 60s, marvin gaye wanted to be frank sinatra. he was svelte, clean-shaven, debonair and all that changed in the 70s. 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.