There is too many of you crying marvin touched the show of millions and millions of People. 50 years later is all happening today. No one listens to the words of this album. Whats going on . Hi, i am don lemon, this Album Right here, Sound Track of my childhood. I remember my mom cranking up the radio when whats going on came on. Marvin gayes album went pla platinum. Half a century later, Marvins Music is still going strong. It made me wonder how and why this one album could be singing so much to so many People after 50 years. My father is a minister, i recall seeing a lot as a child. My own music reflects my ethnic upbringing fortunately. I knew him before he was marvin, yeah. He was just my brother. We hung out almost everyday. Marvin originally wanted to be the black frank sinatra. Thats how he wanted to sing. He didnt want to sing Rock Or R B Or Anything like that, you know . His introduction to Music World as a singer he came out of the vocal Group Tradition of t the 50s. He was schooled. He could sing all the parts. Marvin joins motown. He didnt like anybody being in charge. He had this acrimonious relationship with his own father who was an authoritarian figure. Marvin motown was some what they all live pretty much in the same neighborhood in motown. We all hung out with each other. We went to each others homes. There is a thing and a lot of People think it is, called the motown family, thats exactly what it is. You signed your motown in 1961. I was 11 or 12. Everyone over 13 saw themselves being my parents. Marvin was more like smooth, kind voice, you know, oh, hold the drumstick his way. We always say we built it. The Motown Record Concept borrowed that popularized in the they would be recording at Hit Usa 24 hours of the day. Berry us looking for a studio in detrou at that time. He saw this house that had a garage that attached to the back of it who became a studio. The studio was about 55 feet long and about 47 feet wide. Small place. We were all in one room. We can see each others face. It was something about that magic of looking at a persons eyes when hes doing a Pick Up. We had the funk brothers. Efb in detroit could sing. I never seen anything like it. The Competition Level was super high. He very easily could have not hit. He was a decent Drummer And M mus musician, he started to be my drummer with the miracles in me, going On The Road playing drums. He started writing some and he was singing frank sinatra, thats when he became Marvin Gaye. You have a love that goes back your entire life. Even before this album. Tammy terrell, Marvin Gaye. Oh my god, your precious love. Lines, the albums they made were lovers. They were never lovers. The fact that tammy collapsed in his arms on stage and she passed away and that tore him up. For a while he didnt want to record with any of the girls ever again. He felt guilty about it like it was false. The death of tammy terrell, tragic. I dont think marvin ever got over that. It leads up marvins late 1960s and very intense and depression. He didnt want to continue to produce for other producers. I think it was around 1969 and 1970, that period at motown record, i started to think about the war in vietnam, and i heard some pretty horrible stories. If you live in detroit in 1969 or 1970, you see the turmoil on the streets. The country was full of Fear And Turmoil and anger. A black person was killed in l. A. That started the riot. We didnt hear from marvin, didnt make any appearances or come out. Everything with the War And Everything he was facing with the racism. I dont know if i can continue without talking about whats going on. This prophecy. In the Romo Household we take things to the max oh yeah honey, you still in bed . Yep bye thats why we love Skechers Max cushioning footwear. Theyve maxed out the cushion for extreme comfort. Its like walking on clouds big, Comfy Ones oh yeah i have an idea for a trade. 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Every one of these things were sparked by instances of police over reaction. Modern day civil war. Hey, it caused me to look at Society And Something happened with many during that period and i felt strongly to write music and lyrics that would touch the soul. I love that he was not just a great musician but he was well red. I like that he loved history. It was so subtle how he got the message into your Mind And P pysche. It was not accusatory of anyone. It was not preachy. How do i feel about this as oppose to picking a side. He would sit at the piano, god is writing this album. War is no the answer for only love can conquer. Hes speaking to god on one level but hes speaking to the father of our country, the lol leadership of our country to deal with the Vietnam War but also dealing with everydays brutality. I know he was going through the Pain And Agony of my youngest brother who was in vietnam at the time. He takes us from vietnam back to the united states to see what was going on. What was going on, the war. He makes you hear the lyrics which are very important and potent but then he tricks you into listening to them with his music by miaking you move and feel and hypnotizing you. He found techniques of using his voices and instruments that he had done two Lead Vocals for his record. The engineer mixing it of two voices together. He listened to the interplay of his voice. He was the first person that i knew that sang the background for himself. He was stacking vocal in a way that we have not heard before. Can you play your part . Can i play it . On whats going on. Yeah. Brother, brother, brother there is far too many of you dying yeah, tell me whats going on. They put it out and it is sold. It was immediate pop hit, it crossed over. It was easy for him to come up with his usual Marvin Gayes love songs. He had to do something different, shake it up. Dont punish me with brutality. Thats black Lives Matter. It has been a Sound Track to our life and our fight and triumphs and struggles. When you think of all the senseless killing and when they break the Girls Door down, we are losing People we love for no reason at all. When marvin was writing this record, this was the George Floyd of that era. Why do you think is so relevant today, 50 years later . Because it is still happening the same way. To be honest with you, just to be frank and not stevie for a minute. Things is still the same. This is when he feels like the ghetto of the churches. This is how i feel right now and i also see how you feel. I want to talk about you. Agerelated Macular Degeneration may lead to severe vision loss. So the national Eye Institute did 20 years of clinical studies on a formula only found in preservision. If it were my vision, id ask my doctor about preservision. Its the most studied eye vitamin brand. If it were my vision, Id Look into preservision. 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These are experiences, these are what he feels like, the Get Th Ghetto and the churches. This is how i feel and i also see how you feel, i want to talk about you. We all need to cry out. Marvin does cry out in his album. His cries are reconstructive in ways that are irresistible. Save the children. That was an emotional plea for children. Thats one of the high points of the album. It is angelic looking down in trying to figure out what is a solution. I am crying out for you to listen to me. This is more important than writing about I Love You, I Love You but in a different way. There is always a church in every street corner. The album that begins in church. It is unapologetically he goes into church and starts singing holy, holy. Hes a church boy. It is about bringing People together and a sense of unity. It feels beautiful but most importantly it continues to heal. It was a message that god wanted him to relay to mankind. I have never heard anyone who speaks about the environment in soul music. For me it was beyond the People, it was about the planet. I am not sure in 1971 People wanted to hear that we are burning up the planet or polluting the ocean. He got the message across by grooving it up so crafty. Until you want to hear it over and over again. Oh, mercy, mercy me. This is one of the greatest back cover photo. Look at the photo. He got the coat. It is marvin in the backyard wearing a raincoat during a rainstorm. This is an album of a Man Whos crying. A it was not what you used to sing from motown. Everybody was clean cut and pretty. He was doing marvin and he was doing his thing, man. Marvin gaye looking into the world of. It felt like Anover Cast Day looking into darkness in a way. That time it fits today. Years later, you know . I felt like we were coming into our own. 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He sees the blood coming back on heroine and handicap. Thats from someone who came back to the world. Theyre called u. S. And the world. That had influences on you. Thats a spike lees joint. You are with Marvin Gaye, this Album Right here hes singing to you. So he was singing to you then . Yes. This film is about blood returning to vietnam, 50 years later. He uses the acapella version. Brother, brother, brother there is too many of you crying, there is too many of dying, you know we got to find a way my ears blew up. I knew exactly the scene where he was gone. After the height of Vietnam War, as soon as you sitgraduate. You get your black up, you go to boot camp. Before you know it, you are half way around the world in the jungle. I remember seeing the Vietnam War, from my brother and uncles. They came home on heroine dust. They were shun and outcast. Shun. Out outcast. And these soldiers hear our songs. Theyre saying in mind, marvin wrote this to me. Marvin is singing the gospel to me. We hear it even the young folks now. There is a great history of the bleues. Protests. Shes talking about black People being lynched in the streets around america. It was unheard of for her to have that kind of songs out and for People to embrace that kind of song. Is there some connection . Marvin was doing the same thing but except how many years hater. He was living his Truth And Truth is hard to tell. He won a Golden Globe for playing the holiday. I think it was revalatory then and now. I was not super aware of the lyrics. It was not until i got older and when i heard save the children. It is a journey and when you realize what hes saying it is like we cant continue down this path. This is a path of destruction. The Album Covers so much ground. It is representative not just whats happening with the various soldiers that are gone with the Vietnam War but the People that are dealing with the things in life and the song is flying high in the friendly skies. It was about drugs and our he heroes. The whole drug happened and the deprengs that happened and it is just a deep thing. Marvins addiction is adult what did him in. That song alone is about his own personal life. What do you think marvin thinks of whats going on . The light. It comes from within. It drives you. And it guides you. To shine your brightest. As you charge ahead. Illuminating the way forward. A light maker. Recognizing that the impact you make comes from the energy you create. Introducing the allelectric lyriq. Lighting the way. I have an idea for a trade. Lighting the way. Why dont you call Td Ameritrade for a Strategy Gut Check . Whats that . You run it by an expert, you talk about the risk and potential profit and loss. 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I remember being In The Park and hearing it on the radio in the middle of the song and they announced his Death And Everybody was floored. Soul singer Marvin Gaye was shot to death yesterday. Marvin gayes sr. , booked on the death of his son. To be killed by the Man W who gave you life. I know hes at peace and at rest. I think his name would live on and on. I am always going to remember the time that i learned whatnot to play and when not to play. I was so amazed to play with him on his last tour. Goodbye. Hopefully every year or two years or ten years there will be another version of whats going on by another artist. I love michael Mcdonalds Version of it. John did the whole album live. All the souls guys. Deangelo and maxwell. You hear People like miguel. I think marvin is the most influential male vocalists. You look at all of the records that are coming out that have a social justice feel to them. You can always play to marvin first. Rise up, that was from a prayer. That was the first time i was questioning in my life if this was what i was supposed to do. I could not think of a better way for this song to be supported for it to be celebrated than to be adopted by the black Lives Matter movement. This song had never had a Music Video which is insane because it is probably one of the most profound songs in is industry. I really wanted to use my voice. I wanted to say something and speak. I just want to ask questions. Who really cares . When this musician you look up to All Of A Sudden is confronting you with these intense questions, you have to respond to that. We really needed to show the racial discrimination going on today. We wanted to talk about our children, the kids that are being killed by these mass shootings. The voices of the young People especially that year in 2019 and 2018. There were a lot of Yopg Pung Pe angry. The healthcare crisis, probably like my biggest issues with the u. S. And water crisis, so close to the home of motown that it only felt right. The question of whats going on, unfortunately have not gone away. Your dad was a wedding singer. Did he sing like Marvin Gaye around the house . 100 when he pulls out the whats going on album i was like oh, whos this. It was not until this year i listened to the entire album from front to back. What was the Invaspiration F you to record whats going on. It happened when i went out on a protest in nashville after George Floyd was killed. I went home and picked a Guitar Up and started strumming through it and immediately i just started crying. Marvin gaye wrote this song 50 years ago and nobody listened . No one heard it. It was at that Moment T it hurts to sing those words. I think the next generation has the power to absolutely change this world because they dont give a damn. They see something thats wrong and they point it out. Thats aurpose. Black People have awoken in a way we have not seen before. Not in my lifetime. It is up to us to get it right and fix it. People all got to come together. You are getting really sick of being tired and you get sad of being sick and you get upset about being angry. At some Point Something has to give and i think creatively he gave us that opportunity to sort of let loose. We have to sing about it and pray about it. We have to figure out but the question does not go away and the music does not go away. I wish we could have known the way we love him right now with this record. Imagine that from conception to the greatest album, your most favorite album of all time. Of all time. There is a lot of hitch came out of motown but only one, whats going on. T only one Marvin Gaye. Marvins voice does not go away again and again. We keep on asking ourselves whats going on. Father, father we dont need to escalate war is not the answer you know we got to find a way to bring some love in today we wanna buy your car. 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