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  • @amandafaber9983
    @amandafaber9983 2 года назад +136

    The entire album was ahead of its time. Stone cold genius.

    • @TooSkinnyKenny
      @TooSkinnyKenny 11 месяцев назад +3

      the whole album sounds like it was recorded in one session

    • @TooSkinnyKenny
      @TooSkinnyKenny 11 месяцев назад +3

      every time I listen to the album now in 2023 and notice how timeless the music is and the lyrics are ("War is not the answer and only love can conquer hate") I get choked up and often cry a little.

    • @bobmartin1060
      @bobmartin1060 10 месяцев назад +2

      The GOAT album

    • @TooSkinnyKenny
      @TooSkinnyKenny 10 месяцев назад

      it IS. But people may not know Gaye had experimented musically before. Early in his career he did an album on which covered songs by crooners like Frank Sinatra. As I recall though, people didn't like it.@@bobmartin1060

    • @michaelparks5669
      @michaelparks5669 3 месяца назад

      YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!! one of the most important albums ever made.

  • @dawb86
    @dawb86 2 года назад +53

    It’s so crazy how when you become an adult you listen to the songs from this album completely different than when you were a kid. People don’t understand that the question mark wasn’t missing from the album cover. Marvin wasn’t asking the people what’s going on, he was TELLING us what’s going on and will continue to from each generation to the next until we do something about it... 🙏🏾

    • @lesliesterling826
      @lesliesterling826 Год назад +4

      That is DEEP. There is no question mark! He wasn't asking what's going on, he was TELLING!

  • @randygabbert7831
    @randygabbert7831 2 года назад +33

    Marvin was the king of R & B in his day, smooth as silk with that beautiful voice!

  • @pamelabryer9744
    @pamelabryer9744 2 года назад +9

    Marvin Gaye was a musical genius...gone too soon❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🎹🎹🎹🎙🎙🎙🎼🎼🎼

  • @159awi
    @159awi 2 года назад +300

    Give us old folks some credit. We knew exactly what this song was about in the day. Most of us supported it also. These issues have always been discussed.

    • @stevemak8620
      @stevemak8620 2 года назад +7

      Ditto...

    • @Great-Documentaries
      @Great-Documentaries 2 года назад +23

      The first Earth Day was in 1970. Marvin Gaye was reflecting the times, much to the chagrin of Motown chief Berry Gordy, who wanted his crew to focus on love, not political matters.

    • @nancy9478
      @nancy9478 2 года назад +15

      Exactly sums up growing upin this era. I always loved this, and Whats Going On.

    • @sharonsheridan2696
      @sharonsheridan2696 2 года назад +1

      Time to go go down some rabbit holes. Food, big pharma, chem trails....out to harm us.
      I'm not buying into over population- God will provide. That's my opinion. Enjoyed the video. Listened to him when I was teenager

    • @bridgetchasrant3113
      @bridgetchasrant3113 Год назад +11

      Oh, yes, we knew just what this song was talking about!

  • @beeseewill2407
    @beeseewill2407 2 года назад +77

    The sweet sound of Marvin's voice is a blessing to all.
    The man was extraordinary.Genius.
    What a message.
    "What about this overcrowded land,how much more abuse from man, can we stand."
    Everyone should listen to this whole album.It is a gift straight from the heart and soul of Marvin Gaye.He felt these words.Had to get it out there.
    Barry Gordy said yes.
    .

  • @R-L-I
    @R-L-I 2 года назад +189

    This classic album was made during the Vietnam War hence the subject matter. Part of the reason why this album is so revered (besides the good music) Marvin’s record label didn’t want him to release this album because before this Marvin was a sex symbol, seen as a ladies man but THIS ALBUM Marvin didn’t want to be known just for that, he had something to say, he felt he was more than just that (he was) so this ENTIRE ALBUM was addressing the current social/political issues at the time but his record label was worried about blowback by fans but Marvin didn’t care about that, eventually the label relented and released this album and to this day it’s considered one of Marvin’s greatest works, thanks for selecting this song, timeless classic.

    • @carlbaker7242
      @carlbaker7242 Год назад

      Forever hitting so hard and staying so true...even up to today.

    • @jamescunningham7715
      @jamescunningham7715 11 месяцев назад +1

      Nobody thought Marvin was crazy he like many people in the world are given a special gift from the Lord.

    • @maggynewtown3500
      @maggynewtown3500 9 месяцев назад +1

      Berry Gordy, head of Motown didn't like it. He din't like Gladys Knight's voice either.
      Or Marvin's "What's Going On''"

  • @R-L-I
    @R-L-I 2 года назад +196

    This song is on the classic ‘What’s going On’ album by Marvin Gaye. How much of a classic you might ask? Rolling Stone just recently ranked this #1 (out of 500) as the greatest album of all time! For good reason too, in 1971 it went #1 on the R&B charts for 5 weeks and #2 on the Main Charts (that’s ALL music no matter genre) it’s basically flawless!

    • @beeseewill2407
      @beeseewill2407 2 года назад +8

      Much Deserved.R.I P. M. Gaye.

    • @tedcole9936
      @tedcole9936 2 года назад +8

      Wow…wow…. I did not know that. In 1991 I gave this album (on CD) as a gift to my best friend forever whom I’d known for 20 years at that point. We’d listened to a lot of music together. I told him then that in my judgement, this album was the best album ever made. Knowing him so well, the look he gave me made me feel that he was disappointed, and I felt a a bit embarrassed. But I meant it. It’s good to have this validation so many years later. This listen today still brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for your comment.

    • @MikeB-in1nd
      @MikeB-in1nd 2 года назад +3

      Don't forget inter city blues

    • @jorylu666
      @jorylu666 2 года назад

      Thanks for sharing, but do you really think these two legends are that ignorant? It’s 2022, and everyone knows how to use a search engine. Hope you feel smart though. Or old. ☮️

    • @JonS0107
      @JonS0107 2 года назад

      Remember that the very first Earth Day took place in 1969. I remember because I was a freshman in high school and all the students walked out of classes that day.

  • @trishferris7355
    @trishferris7355 2 года назад +6

    This song has been a staple in my life I forget its 50 yrs old. Where does the time go?

  • @UseByDate-Expired
    @UseByDate-Expired 2 года назад +94

    This was called The Ecology Song , back when it came out Marvin's second single (1971) .. Sadly Marvin was murdered by his father , killed by a 38 cal gunshot to the heart. The ecology movement started in the early 60s.. an offshoot from the movement that started in 1948 after the atomic bomb brought attention to radiation.

    • @brianvernon249
      @brianvernon249 2 года назад +1

      He just wanted to be with Tammi and could not wait any longer

    • @labchic97
      @labchic97 2 года назад +2

      I remember where I was and what I was doing the evening they announced on the radio that he had been killed. It was sad

    • @cog4life
      @cog4life 2 года назад +1

      😓

  • @aileenturrietta7553
    @aileenturrietta7553 2 года назад +104

    Everybody had Marvin albums in their collection. A gifted voice gone too soon. Everyone already listed great songs to check out so RIP Marvin 🎶❤️🎵🎼

    • @kennethgodwin7769
      @kennethgodwin7769 2 года назад +2

      RIP Marvin!

    • @glassontherocks
      @glassontherocks 2 года назад

      He was in the act of beating and robbing his own Mother when his Father shot him. RIP in Hell?

    • @aileenturrietta7553
      @aileenturrietta7553 2 года назад

      @@glassontherocks I don't know where you got those facts but that's not what reportedly happened. Gaye's father and mother were fighting over an insurance policy when Marvin stepped in. And so the answer to your question to me is NO rip in hell.

  • @jennypenny
    @jennypenny 2 года назад +36

    Love Marvin Gaye ..all of his music is incredible

  • @angelagoodwin5758
    @angelagoodwin5758 2 года назад +103

    Earlier in his career, Marvin Gaye sang duets with a beautiful singer named Tammi Terrell. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", You're All I Need to Get By", and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing". were big hits for Motown. Sadly, Ms. Terrell would pass away at 24 from a brain tumor. RIP Marvin and Tammi.

    • @paulinwoburn9680
      @paulinwoburn9680 2 года назад +8

      Their duets were sensational.

    • @ericfoster9343
      @ericfoster9343 2 года назад

      IF you played Marvin Gay albums ,you got laid.!

    • @agenttheater5
      @agenttheater5 Год назад +3

      heard he was kind of distraught when she died

    • @Denise-t4z
      @Denise-t4z 10 месяцев назад +3

      Marvin and Tammi were perfect together. Their voices complimented each other so amazingly. She collapsed, on stage, into Marvin's arms and passed away tragically

  • @robertcass7723
    @robertcass7723 2 года назад +16

    People in the 70s absolutely knew and warned about environmental dangers. The first Earth Day was in 1970.

  • @brucewatts8447
    @brucewatts8447 2 года назад +4

    Marvin Gaye = Motown with a message, pure genius

  • @gregorygroover3993
    @gregorygroover3993 2 года назад +49

    He had to fight Barry Gordy to and nail for this album to be released and thank God it was, one of the greatest albums ever made

    • @gordonlewis9377
      @gordonlewis9377 Месяц назад

      Well politics were involved the record company wanted songs to sell not awake people and keep everybody mentally asleep ..

    • @TRaceR743
      @TRaceR743 Месяц назад

      Name me a better album if you can please?

    • @gregorygroover3993
      @gregorygroover3993 Месяц назад

      @TRaceR743 a better album there is none but Stevie Wonder 's Songs In The Key Of Life is right there to me

  • @TooSkinnyKenny
    @TooSkinnyKenny 11 месяцев назад +3

    Marvin Gaye's record company did not want to release his album "What's Going On" because it was so different from the usual Motown sound and the album is now considered one of the greatest albums in music history.

  • @anthonyblakely399
    @anthonyblakely399 2 года назад +22

    Yes we were talking about it back then and protesting about it.....Air Pollution was really bad back then ....one could see the brown smoke in the sky and we had smog alerts in school when the air was so bad...the schools would send children home. The water from the oceans was so polluted with radiation waste material from the Nuclear plants that fish and Sea Gulls were upon the shores dead. So, Marvin Gaye wrote a song about this and it was one of his most successful songs from the "What's Going On" Album which y'all need to react to.

  • @unclebobunclebob
    @unclebobunclebob 2 года назад +2

    This was recorded at the time the environmental movement first took off. Marvin captured the spirit of the new awareness.

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 2 года назад +32

    Asia & BJ, you’ll love his “Lets Get It On”, "Sexual Healing" and "Can I Get a Witness"!!!

  • @AE-xs5ze
    @AE-xs5ze 2 года назад +45

    The issues you mentioned and that he sang about have actually been going on for a long time. Back then we were terribly concerned with overpopulation, pollution, war and the impact it all had on the environment. So, nobody thought he was crazy. What's crazy is that things have only gotten worse.

    • @Mona.555
      @Mona.555 Год назад

      We were making major progress until this current administration that has put us back more than 50 years and they don’t even know what they’re talking about. On top of that they’re clueless.

  • @cmc8375
    @cmc8375 2 года назад +9

    I grew up on many genres, especially Motown, and Marvin was always my favourite. 💙✌️

  • @debrabeck9630
    @debrabeck9630 2 года назад +8

    What a talent. Loved him. Thanks for this one! And, yes. We were talking about ecological issues back in the day. Nobody thought Marvin Gaye was crazy. We knew exactly what he was talking about and agreed with him!

  • @michaelmiller9452
    @michaelmiller9452 2 года назад +22

    Many of us had a full understanding of what he was singing/saying. Remember, in the 1950's and 1960's there was a"Cold War" on and we did school drills for a nuclear attack and "mutually assured destruction" was the theory that actually prevented a world wide nuclear war. Radiation was underground and in the air from hydrogen bomb testing. Oh yes, back in the day it was never far from our minds. I served in the military from '66 to '72 and was involved in preparation for an unimaginable nuclear war while I fought a real shooting war in Vietnam. It WAS those times and he was right on point.

  • @robertzimmerman2513
    @robertzimmerman2513 2 года назад +41

    This song and the whole, What’s Going On album is a masterpiece. The ladies you’re hearing are The Andantes, Louvain Demps, Marlene Barrow-Tate and Jackie Hicks. The lady featured at the end is Jackie Hicks. Check them out, they are part of more hit songs than anyone ever has been or likely ever will be.

  • @pluckinmageetar
    @pluckinmageetar 2 года назад +1

    One of the greatest albums ever, not just because it's some of the best RnB ever from one of best voices ever....but because its an album that held a very important message for everybody going forward after a tumultuous 60's. Marvin and others ushered that in with their prophetic words of peace and reconciliation. I think the rest of the 70's music reflects that connecting of cultures beautifully.
    His reference to radioactive above and below (I believe) refers to the fact that we were still knee deep in this "cold (nuclear) war" with Russia, when nukes were on subs and attached to airplanes....and on constant stand-by while our "leaders" beat their chests for 40 years, arguing who had the biggest "junk".

  • @denisesmith9889
    @denisesmith9889 2 года назад +24

    yes we knew exactly what he was talking about because it was happening then and has reared it' s ugly head again. Listen to the lyrics of this entire album. He was not crazy and we were very conscience of what was and is.

    • @garyneilson3075
      @garyneilson3075 Год назад

      Right on, we were the people they told to hide under our desks, we had drills for when, not if, the nuclear bombs went off. Those kids were us...... We dealt with more in our generation than any kids should ever have to..... Bomb shelters, the world turned upside down, everything changed movements protests, assassination, space age and rocket explosions, wars( plural), new technology, the rush to urbanized then the back to the land movement, drugs, sex and rock and roll, but our heads weren't spinning, we took it all in stride, it and much much more.... And Marvin Gaye sang it and we with him. And built the world of today, and " things ain't what they used to be, mercy, mercy me," it's a mess!!!

  • @alpetrocelli4465
    @alpetrocelli4465 2 года назад +35

    This is the R & B I grew up listening to on the radio & then LP’s at home. He has a very deep catalogue of great & soulful songs. Everything from political protests like this & “What’s Going On?” To super grooves like “ Got to Give It Up!”. Check them all out.✌️❤️🎶

  • @generaines6369
    @generaines6369 2 года назад +7

    The '60s were a very conscious era with movements regarding race, the environment and political issues came to the forefront.

  • @TJPenitencia
    @TJPenitencia 2 года назад +3

    This is one of those heavenly songs that just breaks your heart that it got things so right. Thank you for reacting to it.

  • @chriscraftguy
    @chriscraftguy 2 года назад +33

    When several Motown artists started to flex a little muscle, telling execs they wanted to do music their way, and not so formulaic as they the previous 10 years, their artists started generating some timeless and incredible stuff. This is clearly an example of Marvin getting to do it "his way". Timeless. Stevie Wonder's best music came once he was set free, too.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 2 года назад +32

    Marvin Gaye "I'll Be Doggone"...A MUST HEAR Classic...R.I.P. Marvin..Thanks For All You Gave Us..Gone But Definitely Not Forgotten.🙏❤

  • @paullebl9556
    @paullebl9556 2 года назад +8

    One of the best albums of all time that should be listened to as a whole. He did things like overdub his own voice. Very social conscious and prophetic. Truly one of our best artists of all time. Conflicted in his beliefs as his father was a preacher and ultimately killed him. Many of his songs are sexual in nature. He exuded sexuality and was truly a genius way ahead of his time. Rest In Peace Marvin and thank you .

  • @tomschmitz261
    @tomschmitz261 2 года назад +1

    Paired with "what's going on".. incredible one, two punch......add in "I want you" and well there you have it. Marvin Gaye classics for all time...

  • @miltonslocum8957
    @miltonslocum8957 2 года назад +4

    Thanks Asia and BJ for the reaction! My wife and I absolutely love this song and the entire What's Going On album. We immediately bought when it came out in 71. We even recorded it on tape and sent it to her brother who was serving in Vietnam. The album is what's called a concept album with each song segueing into the next. The songs are being told from the perspective of a Vietnam Vet returning home and seeing all that's wrong. It stayed at the top of the charts for a year. Berry Gordy didn't want to record it saying it was to socially conscious. But Marvin convinced him and the rest is history. In 2020 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it number one on their list of the 500 hundred Greatest Albums of all Time. We still play the album. It is timeless. Thanks again!

  • @garfield122010
    @garfield122010 2 года назад +5

    Marvin Gaye will always be my no 1, his track ' what's going on ' is my no 1 track and the whole album til the day I die ❤❤❤ for something different from him, try '' This Love Starved Heart '' its a classic '' Northern Soul '' track here in the UK ❤

  • @ozmaile7938
    @ozmaile7938 2 года назад +11

    YES we did have an appreciation back then for EXACTLY what he is talking about. The concerns and struggles have been going on that long! Like many some of the leading thought and and enlighten concerns seem to have been lost with a lack learned history replaced by vid games and cellphone social life ....... Sorry to rant but to many of us what we are going threw now we been going threw for 60 years

  • @dompellegrini5520
    @dompellegrini5520 2 года назад +1

    Another fantastic song from the GREATEST DECADE OF MUSIC - the 70's...... You can't deny it! All this wonderful music radiated through our radio 📻 speakers 🔊 every second of every day for 10 glorious years (and prior to and beyond) by these great artists.
    You can make a lifetime of your casts just covering ALL the music (Rock, R&B, Disco) of the 70's! I am so lucky and blessed to have grown up during that decade.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 2 года назад +12

    Now That You've Heard This Song,, I'm Sure You Can Understand Why The Original Title & Subtitle Was "Mercy Mercy Me" (The Ecology)

  • @josephmaestas5915
    @josephmaestas5915 2 года назад +1

    KEEP PLAYING THESE OLDIES THEY WILL TALK TO YOUR HEART & SOUL

  • @soulgalorememories9921
    @soulgalorememories9921 2 года назад +1

    It was talked about back then and fifty years on we have reached a crisis..not immediate in terms of years, but certainly in terms of future generations. The Soul/R'n'B music at that time was socially and politically loud....Curtis Mayfield was a huge voice in highlighting everything around him. It's heartening to see a younger generation feeling what Marvin was talking about......like it or not - we are running out of gas on this long road.

  • @marymargaretmoore9034
    @marymargaretmoore9034 2 года назад +5

    This is such a great album. Love Marvin, R.I.P. ❤ Jimi Hendrix was also ahead of his time with lyrics from Up From The Skies "and the smell of a world that's burned; maybe it's just a change of climate." And that was in 1967!

  • @billtaylor3382
    @billtaylor3382 2 года назад

    He was great! man growing up in the 60's hearing him...........LOVE!💗

  • @dangelo1369
    @dangelo1369 4 месяца назад

    This song, the album was a turning point in Marvin’s career and socially conscious music. He had just lost his partner, Tami Terrell, which greatly affected him, his brother came back from Vietnam and told him what was going on (another song) and raised his consciousness. This album was a cultural game changer.

  • @twoofsix3b3g
    @twoofsix3b3g 2 года назад +5

    I am thrown back in time to when I was lucky enough to meet Marvin Gaye when he made his last trip to Europe . He was such a beautiful person .
    . He was describing all of the things that were worrying us at the time . Yesss. back then! We were living with the threat of which super power is going to press the big red button and annihilate us all. . so we were well aware of radiation poisoning. But besides wars there was also fear for the environment . Oil spills on the oceans , fish full of mercury. Don't think we didn't understand what he was talking about . Listen also to Queen's ''Hammer To Fall'' . But as for Marvin ..So sad for the world to have lost him far too soon

  • @wright1776
    @wright1776 2 года назад +10

    Way ahead of his time with this environmental song!! RIP Marvin
    We were afraid of nuclear war when growing up and we had the hiding under desk drills.

  • @jillk368
    @jillk368 2 года назад +3

    This whole album is so beautiful.

  • @CB-gr1uk
    @CB-gr1uk 2 года назад +13

    One of the best songs ever made.

  • @michaelway7936
    @michaelway7936 2 года назад

    Amazing, 51yrs.later and this and the What's Going On Album is still relevant today. R.I.P to a legend

  • @greenphoenix687
    @greenphoenix687 2 года назад

    If you look back in history .... these issues have always been spoken and sung about. Marvin just put it to music so beautifully. Many bands in the 60s and 70s wrote amazing music regarding what we see as modern day problems... pollution, as well as war and censorship. Check out more of Marvin's music (What Going On). Also give Buffalo Springfield's 'For What its worth' ('67) a listen as it still totally resonates today.

  • @andrewgrant8045
    @andrewgrant8045 Год назад

    One of the most prophetic and timeless songs of all time.Just listen to the whole album and ask "Whats happening, brother"

  • @no2all
    @no2all 2 года назад +14

    Marvin Gaye was the brightest star in the incredibly talented galaxy of Motown stars. Mere words fail at describing his talent and influence in the world of music. This song struck about the same time America was realizing that pollution and other environmental concerns needed to be acted upon before it was too late. This song was indeed the epitome of raising the nation's consciousness towards the ecology along with the efforts of so many who just wanted a cleaner and more natural world.

  • @yvetteperez8368
    @yvetteperez8368 Год назад

    Marvin Gaye DEEP DOWN WAS A PASSIONATE LOVING CONCERNED FEEL IN YOUR SOUL PERSON AND EVERY SONG HE SANG IS HIM EXPRESSING IT TO EVERYONE OF US HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE HIS SOULFUL MUSIC TO LISTEN TO STILL AND BE IN INSPIRED BY HIM TO THIS DAY ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ProdigyBowlersTour
    @ProdigyBowlersTour 2 года назад +16

    The full correct title of this song is "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)." It was released in 1971, the same year we celebrated the first-ever "Earth Day." Marvin Gaye became the voice of a generation starting with his single "What's Going On." This was on the same album.

  • @limerickjones1583
    @limerickjones1583 Год назад

    the smoothest revolutionary voice of his generation. marvin knew “what’s goin on”

  • @suzanneprock7286
    @suzanneprock7286 2 года назад +1

    Let's Get It On is my favorite, Heard it Through the Grapevine, he had so many great songs.

  • @kevincornell2073
    @kevincornell2073 2 года назад +5

    Marvin is a national treasure!

  • @rhondacaudill7231
    @rhondacaudill7231 2 года назад +3

    Marvin💕 Yes young folks, we worried about these things back in the day....nobody listened. Look where we are now.

  • @lesliesterling826
    @lesliesterling826 2 года назад +3

    This is the real stuff right here. The whole What's Going On album is brilliant
    This was one of the first big ecology songs, right after the first Earth Day--in fact the name of the song is Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
    Did you notice the vocal in the background praying? There's a voice that keeps repeating "Have mercy Father, please have mercy Father"

  • @subwaygoddess1
    @subwaygoddess1 2 года назад +22

    This song is from 1971. Back then I was a teenager and we were at the 1st Earth Day in Central Park in 1970. We wanted to recycle bottles like we were advised to do. Our parents copped attitude and told us garbage is garbage and recycling was nonsense…..yeah. Marvin told it like it was. I always understood those voices at the end to be a cry for help against killing our Earth. That’s just my opinion, not fact! Well, here we are…

    • @lesliesterling826
      @lesliesterling826 2 года назад +3

      Me too--the voices at the end are mourning because the earth is dying

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 2 года назад

      @@lesliesterling826 It's not dying though -- they've been brainwashed by the same people brainwashing today

  • @shakiemjeanjoseph428
    @shakiemjeanjoseph428 Год назад +1

    Fun Fact:there’s a Oil Spill filled with 3 Million gallons of Oil at a Beach in Santa Barbara,California which killed thousands of Birds,Sea Mammals,and Fish on January 28th-February 7th 1969. President Richard Nixon visited Santa Barbara on March 21st that year

  • @angelalacour2384
    @angelalacour2384 2 года назад +1

    This song has always been on my playlist...one of the greatest songs ever written. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) is as relevant today maybe even more so...Marvin was definitely ahead of his time with this and What's Goin' On.

  • @michaelporter5898
    @michaelporter5898 Месяц назад

    Marvin gaye what a song i know that he's on longer with us but we still have the memories and the songs RIP

  • @felixkmgalanti9064
    @felixkmgalanti9064 2 года назад +1

    You guys above all others is my FAV reaction couple, hands down!

  • @franchk8372
    @franchk8372 2 года назад

    Oh my, mercy mercy me ... that voice ... smooth. 💙💙 ... first time I've really heard the lyrics. 😲

  • @neolamotter8472
    @neolamotter8472 4 месяца назад

    Another great song by Marvin one of the best

  • @bobblethreadgill4463
    @bobblethreadgill4463 2 года назад

    I'm 66, I know of no one who thought Marvin was crazy, more of a good philosopher and great song writer. Things he wrote about were the days headlines in the paper. We has no internet.

  • @Skeeter123
    @Skeeter123 2 года назад +2

    You can never go wrong with some Marvin Gaye ❤️

  • @lesliesterling826
    @lesliesterling826 2 года назад +6

    Have you heard all three of the Marvin Trilogy now: "What'"s Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me" and "Make Me Wanna Holler" ?
    and yes they thought he was waaay out there... He had to fight with Motown to get this record released

  • @garyspry1444
    @garyspry1444 2 года назад

    One of the Motown greats. One of the best voices ever. My mom, as I, loved him and Al Green as well. A tragic loss.

  • @Roh_Echt
    @Roh_Echt 2 года назад

    When I was young...I loved to hear his songs. One of my earliest girlfriends, often played his records.

  • @jimklipper6022
    @jimklipper6022 2 года назад

    Gaye’s songs are as relevant now, in 2022, as when they first came out.

  • @markb1114
    @markb1114 2 года назад +10

    He had a smooth and powerful voice. This song makes you think.

  • @SPTO
    @SPTO 2 года назад +10

    The incredible thing about this song (and the entire album for that matter) is just how prophetic AND relevant it remains today. This particular song was one of the first to really address the ecology. I mean, environmental concerns were only starting to be spoken about in the late '60s but it wasn't in the mainstream. Marvin used to say that WHAT'S GOING ON wasn't done by him, it was done by God.
    This particular song isn't the best example of it but even when singing about the gritty realities of the world the music and style takes on a religious bent and the overtly religious songs weren't exclusive but rather INCLUSIVE wanting to spread love and share love to and for the world.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 2 года назад +8

    I Knew These Kind Hearted & Talented People Growing Up..So Many MUST HEAR Classics,, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose "It's Too Late To Turn Back Now" & "Treat Her Like A Lady"

  • @rdhudon7469
    @rdhudon7469 2 года назад +12

    "What's going on" One of the best albums produced ever ! Marvin Gaye was beautiful. To give perspective Greenpeace was formed in 1971 and yes the environment was very much on peoples minds . hence the regs in the auto industry destroying the American muscle car.

  • @josephrocha142
    @josephrocha142 Год назад

    One of the great albums of all time! It's fantastic!

  • @brookehornback1896
    @brookehornback1896 2 года назад +2

    Love this song!Great review!

  • @jaemyrick5277
    @jaemyrick5277 2 года назад +8

    Sweet soul in the 70’s. My Daddy played Marvin Gaye in our home in the 70’s. I was 13 or 14. My Father passed away in 2018. I miss him everyday.

  • @debrameyer1125
    @debrameyer1125 Год назад

    We had the meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, and the contamination of Love Canal near Niagra Falls New York. A chemical plant actually buried barrels of waste near houses. People became sick with cancer and other ailments. A child even died. It was declared a disaster area and the canal was capped. Love Canal was then fenced off and the area evacuated. Unfortunately, they allowed people to buy houses near Love Canal and people are getting sick again. Marvin Gaye was ahead of his time and is just as relevant today as he was yesterday.

  • @rdobery
    @rdobery 2 года назад

    R.I.P. Marvin Gaye. I sure do wish you were still here with us.

  • @davidstathers9534
    @davidstathers9534 2 года назад +1

    Absolute banger Marvin Gaye is top drawer will add that one of my fav singers covered this ,Robert Palmer I recon he did it justice as well

  • @tennesseehusky
    @tennesseehusky 2 года назад +1

    Asia, the full title to the song is Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology).

  • @shirleydurr411
    @shirleydurr411 2 года назад +8

    The issues in this song were known at the time but too many people were thinking they could put it off because it would be so far in the future. Few people saw the urgency of acting now. Fifty years seemed far in the future to some people. Well, that future is now. A saying at the time: There is no Planet B. Yes. Marvin Gaye was definitely ahead of the curve.

  • @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort
    @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort 2 года назад +15

    Marvin's 1977 "Everybody Needs Love", 1971's "Save the children", and "Piece of clay", are must hears. He has too many other greats to list here. Dude was ahead of the curve and people are slow to listen to truth tellers. Mostly to their own detriment.

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 2 года назад

      Marvin Gaye is the one and only famous person I can take seriously when he says "save the children." A politician or a celebrity says that, and I'm like "Ehh, go to hell. You don't really care about those kids." Marvin says "save the children," and I'm like, "Right on, man, let's save those children. What can I do to help?"

    • @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort
      @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort 2 года назад

      @@joeday4293 ❤

  • @steelcurtainsteeler2249
    @steelcurtainsteeler2249 Год назад +3

    Anyone who grew up with Marvin Gaye's music knows and understands what he's talking about.. it's your generation who has to catch up with us, everything happening today we already lived through and we're far more advanced than what you think.

  • @johnmendez2983
    @johnmendez2983 Год назад

    True talent Marvin Gaye missed truly he really knew how to get a message through in the lyrics of his songs. I really wish politicians nowadays hear this song and reflect on it because we a slowly killing our selves as the human race due to seek of power and greed of possession forgetting the fact that the time we have on this planet given to us by God is precious and so much valuable 😞

  • @welllivedlife-desireeg2804
    @welllivedlife-desireeg2804 2 года назад +12

    One of rhe greatest singers of all time. Love this song! Great reaction

  • @Mr_Mojo_Risin
    @Mr_Mojo_Risin Месяц назад

    Yes environmental issues were being discussed, protested etc at that time the song was released in 1971. Once two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan in WWII and then the 1960’s hippie culture and the Vietnam War a lot of young folk were very conscious about the environment, peace, love, drugs, being free to do as they pleased.

  • @jackiegoodspeed1849
    @jackiegoodspeed1849 2 года назад +3

    Marvin had a beautiful soul. It is heard through his voice and music. Strange, the Bible says, " we have a cloud of witnesses," I feel like the music industry does to and Marvin has,become a witness for both through song. His life and death was so very tragic for a man who truly tried to show love through his constant pain.

  • @97lynds21
    @97lynds21 2 года назад

    one of my all time favorite songs. awesome.

  • @naenorman5146
    @naenorman5146 Год назад

    PLEASEEE when you guys can if you can react to "i'd give my life for you" and " Just to keep you satisfied" GEMSSSS OKAY? I don't understand why no one recommends it!!!! It's the top TIER two songs from Marvin gaye and no on rarely listens to it on here 😭😭😭

  • @mauricesharpe2748
    @mauricesharpe2748 2 года назад +1

    These things were seriously discussed even back then.Population and pollution projections were frightening.

  • @bassblvd3065
    @bassblvd3065 2 года назад +3

    Yes people were talking about that sort of thing back then, people were well aware of issues of the world, there were many recording that focused on these world issues, so to believe people of that generation weren’t aware of the issues related to the environment is totally not true……

  • @MarcoNegrisEye
    @MarcoNegrisEye 2 года назад +3

    Does anything, I mean ANYTHING have this kind of atmosphere left in the world? Quality🔥

  • @markcosenza3274
    @markcosenza3274 2 года назад

    Marvin is Marvelous!

  • @adam.4487
    @adam.4487 2 года назад

    Taking me back to my 20 year old days. ♥And my time in the military. ♥ I'm thinking it's as old as my daughter and she turned 47 this year!! Holy moly. :))♥

  • @richardfeldkamp1707
    @richardfeldkamp1707 2 года назад +3

    The environmental movement started in the late 60's and people have been ignoring it since then. We are now starting to pay the price.

  • @pgmadnesssmith5370
    @pgmadnesssmith5370 2 года назад +2

    Back then….we all knew these things…over population …pollution….unjust wars…. We understood….

  • @jonathanbsmith5178
    @jonathanbsmith5178 2 года назад

    Marvin Gaye was way ahead of his time there's a long version of that song that's the short version and it's about environmental it's about everything that's going on in the world at that time which is still current today. Robert Palmer has a fantastic version of the song as well. Thank you