29."WHAT'S GOIN' ON ? "-MARVIN GAYE
WHEN MARVIN GAYE FIRST PROPOSED HIS IDEA OF DOING A
SOCIAL-POLITICAL ALBUM HE DIDN'T GET MUCH SUPPORT.BUT GAYE WAS ON A MISSION AND HE COULD
NOT BE STOPPED."WHAT'S GOIN' ON", BOTH THE SONG AND THE
ALBUM,WERE BOTH LANDMARKS NOT JUST IN BLACK MUSIC BUT
IN ALL MUSIC.THE WHOLE ALBUM IS PURE GENUIS.IT'S LIKE A
SOUL-OPERA BUT BETTER.GAYE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER
THAT WAS TOTALLY UNIQUE.THE MUSIC IS METICOUSLY BLENDED INTO A
SUITE OF SONGS THAT SPEAK TO THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF LIFE AS WELL AS TO
WHAT WAS GOIN' ON IN THE STREETS AT TIME HE RECORDED THE ALBUM.
IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY WORK OF ART THAT HAS IT'S OWN SPECIAL TIMELESS
BEAUTY AND "WHAT'S GOIN' ON" WAS JUST ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ALBUMS IN POP/SOUL HISTORY.
WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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