Wednesday, May 13, 2020

LP #33 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)


Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
 
Motown turned out classic hit singles by the truckload in the 1960s and beyond. This is arguably the first really significant Motown album. “What’s Going On” and “Inner City Blues”, the opening and closing tracks, are as relevant now, almost 50 years later, as they were when the record was released.
 
Favorite tracks:
 
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
What’s Happening Brother
Mercy Mercy Me
Save The Children

Monday, May 11, 2020

Lyric Of The Day #13 (May 11, 2020)

Got to be closer to you
 
 
Not a brand-new pandemic song, but one from the 1987 movie The Big Easy. Who knew Dennis Quaid could both sing and write songs???