The Story of... 'What's Gog On' by Marv Gaye - Smooth

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• MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 1971
• FIRST STANDALONE RELEASE OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON LIVE’ DUE
• “WHAT’S GOG ON,” MARV GAYE LIVE, 1971 (REPUBLISH)
• WHAT’S GOG ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON WHAT’S GOG ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWHAT’S GOG ON IS AN EXQUISE PLEA FOR PEACE ON EARTH, SUNG BY A MAN AT THE HEIGHT OF CRISIS. IN 1970, MARV GAYE WAS MOTOWN’S TOP MALE VOL STAR, YET HE WAS TRATED… READ MORE JAN. 17, 19711 VIEWER587.9K VIEWS85 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS[INTRO]HEY, HEY-HEYHEY, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, BROTHER, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?BOY, THIS IS A GROOVY PARTY (HEY, HOW YOU DO'?)MAN, I N DIG YEAH, BROTHER, SOLID, RIGHT ONWHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, MAN, WHAT'S HAPPENG?WOOEVERYTHG IS EVERYTHGWE'RE GONNA DO A GET DOWN TODAY, BOY, I'LL TELL YA[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE'S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, YEAH[VERSE 2]FATHER, FATHERWE DON'T NEED TO LATEYOU SEE, WAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, OH (OH)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]PICKET L (SISTER) AND PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON[POST-CHOS]AH-AH-AH-AH (IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT ON, BABY)WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-BA-BA-DO[VERSE 3]MOTHER, MOTHEREVERYBODY THKS WE'RE WRONGOH, BUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE SIMPLY 'E OUR HAIR IS LONG?OH, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY, OH-OH[CHOS]PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, TALK TO ME (BROTHER), SO YOU N SEE (BROTHER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)[POST-CHOS]WOO-OOH-OOH-OOH (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO, WOO (RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA[OUTRO]WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, E ON, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON)LISTEN, AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YADA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOODA-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO49EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• 【欧美唱片推荐006】 WHAT'S GOG ON--MARV GAYE
• THE STORY OF... 'WHAT'S GOG ON' BY MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE’S H SGLE “WHAT’S GOG ON?” RELEASED
• ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’: WHEN MARV GAYE UNVEILED A MASTERPIECE
• DEVON GILFILLIAN RE-RERDS MARV GAYE'S 1971 ALBUM 'WHAT'S GOG ON'
• MARV GAYE LIVE! (EXPAND EDN)

MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 1971

Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marv Gaye’s album beme a monster, spawng three h sgl on s way to beg Motown’s bt-sellg album to date.

And the host of the weekly rad show “Soul Stori, ” I am stck by how many of the them Gaye explor rema as relevant today as they were when he first wrote about them 50 years ago.

But the song provis an sight to the evolutn of Gaye’s mic to enpass overtly polil them. For example, “Soldier’s Plea, ” the first sgle om Gaye’s send album, “That Stubborn Kda Fellow” 1962, offers a cidly romantic view of war:. “Can’t fd no work, n’t fd no job, my iend, ” Gaye laments on “What’s Happeng Brother.

FIRST STANDALONE RELEASE OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON LIVE’ DUE

Gaye repeats the affirmatn “right on” – a phrase distctly ground black urban vernacular – throughout the album and on a song bearg that name.

“WHAT’S GOG ON,” MARV GAYE LIVE, 1971 (REPUBLISH)

” Gaye affirms “Right on, brother” to men who rpond kd at different pots the song. The ll and rponse munit a sense of shared ncern, shared stggle, and shared remptn – an ethos Gaye took om the gospel tradn that rms his mily. This ll and rponse is repeated “Wholy Holy, ” wh Gaye utilizg a multrackg technique to layer two versns of his own vols:.

The album was rerd 1972 at the Kennedy Centre as part of Marv Gaye, at his first ncert performance for four years. The only live performance by Marv Gaye of his landmark 1971 album What’s Gog On — his first ncert for four years — is to receive s first standalone release by Motown/UMe on 18 October.

WHAT’S GOG ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON WHAT’S GOG ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWHAT’S GOG ON IS AN EXQUISE PLEA FOR PEACE ON EARTH, SUNG BY A MAN AT THE HEIGHT OF CRISIS. IN 1970, MARV GAYE WAS MOTOWN’S TOP MALE VOL STAR, YET HE WAS TRATED… READ MORE JAN. 17, 19711 VIEWER587.9K VIEWS85 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS[INTRO]HEY, HEY-HEYHEY, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, BROTHER, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?BOY, THIS IS A GROOVY PARTY (HEY, HOW YOU DO'?)MAN, I N DIG YEAH, BROTHER, SOLID, RIGHT ONWHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, MAN, WHAT'S HAPPENG?WOOEVERYTHG IS EVERYTHGWE'RE GONNA DO A GET DOWN TODAY, BOY, I'LL TELL YA[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE'S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, YEAH[VERSE 2]FATHER, FATHERWE DON'T NEED TO LATEYOU SEE, WAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, OH (OH)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]PICKET L (SISTER) AND PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON[POST-CHOS]AH-AH-AH-AH (IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT ON, BABY)WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-BA-BA-DO[VERSE 3]MOTHER, MOTHEREVERYBODY THKS WE'RE WRONGOH, BUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE SIMPLY 'E OUR HAIR IS LONG?OH, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY, OH-OH[CHOS]PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, TALK TO ME (BROTHER), SO YOU N SEE (BROTHER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)[POST-CHOS]WOO-OOH-OOH-OOH (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO, WOO (RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA[OUTRO]WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, E ON, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON)LISTEN, AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YADA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOODA-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO49EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Rerd at the Kennedy Centre his home town of Washgton durg the cy’s Marv Gaye Day on 1 May 1972 and then shelved for s, was released on CD 2001 as part of the expand luxe edn of the album, but has never before been issued on vyl or as a CD s own right.

The vyl and CD packag of What’s Gog On Live clu rare imag om Gaye’s performance as well as new ler not by his bgrapher, David Rz, who scrib as “an valuable and vibrant historil document markg a tone the artist’s reer. The album clus the only known live rerdgs of Gaye performg four songs: ‘That’s The Way Love Is’ and ‘You’ (which opened the Washgton ncert as part of a medative 13-mute medley), ‘Right On’ and ‘Wholy Holy.

Marv Gaye Day began wh the Motown idol’s speech to stunts at Cardozo High, the school he had himself attend.

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Then a motor took Gaye and his parents to var other lotns around Washgton, cludg the office of cy mayor Walter Washgton, who prented Gaye wh a key to the cy. Then me a VIP receptn at the US Hoe of Reprentativ’ Rayburn Hoe Office Buildg, before Gaye took to the stage of the Kennedy Centre at around 11pm. Gaye later told Rz about the whdrawal om performg that followed the tragic early ath of his iend and Motown rerdg partner Tammi Terrell.

What’s Gog On is the eleventh stud album by soul sger, songwrer, and producer Marv Gaye. In 2001, a luxe edn of the album was released, featurg a rerdg of Gaye’s May 1972 ncert at the Kennedy Center Washgton, D.

THE STORY OF... 'WHAT'S GOG ON' BY MARV GAYE

Gaye experienced personal and profsnal turmoil the late 1960s and part of his refocg on mic was attendg ncerts om the Detro Symphony Orchtra at Orchtra Hall at the Max M. By the end of the 1960s, Marv Gaye had fallen to a ep prsn followg the bra tumor diagnosis of his Motown sgg partner Tammi Terrell, the failure of his marriage to Anna Gordy, a growg penncy on e, troubl wh the IRS, and stggl wh Motown Rerds, the label he had signed wh 1961. One night, while holed up at a Detro apartment, Gaye attempted suici wh a handgun, only to be saved om mtg the act by Berry Gordy’s father after performg at the Apollo Theater 1963.

Gaye started to experience more ternatnal succs around this time as both a solo artist wh hs such as “I Heard It Through the Grapeve” and “Too By Thkg About My Baby” and as a duel artist wh Tammi Terrell, but Gaye said durg this time that he felt he “didn’t serve” his succs and he felt like “a puppet – Berry’s puppet, Anna’s puppet. In January 1970, Motown released Gaye’s next stud album, That’s the Way Love Is, but Gaye refed to promote the rerdg, choosg to stay at home. Durg this seclud perd, Gaye dched his prev clean-cut image to grow a beard, and prefer to wear sweatsus stead of drs sus and sweaters.

MARV GAYE’S H SGLE “WHAT’S GOG ON?” RELEASED

Around the sprg of 1970, Gaye also began serly pursug a reer football wh the profsnal football team the Detro Lns of the NFL, even workg out wh the Eastern Michigan Eagl football team.

Gaye would beiend three of the Lns teammat, Mel Farr, Charlie Sanrs and Lem Barney, as well as then Detro Pistons star Dave Bg. Benson offered the song to Marv Gaye when he participated a golf game wh the sger.

Returng to Gaye’s home outsi Outer Drive, Benson played the song to Gaye on his guar. Gaye add new mil posn, a new melody and lyrics that reflected Gaye’s own disgt. Benson said later that Gaye tweaked and enriched the song, “add some thgs that were more ghetto, more natural, which ma seem like a story and not a song … we measured him for the su and he tailored the hell out of .

‘WHAT’S GOG ON’: WHEN MARV GAYE UNVEILED A MASTERPIECE

Durg this time, Gaye had been eply affected by letters shared between him and his brother after he had returned om service the Vietnam War over the treatment of Vietnam veterans. Gaye had also been eply affected by the social ills plagug the Uned Stat at the time, and vered the track “Abraham, Mart & John”, 1969, which beme a UK h for him 1970. Gaye ced the 1965 Watts rts as a pivotal moment his life which he asked himself, “wh the world explodg around me, how am I supposed to keep sgg love songs?

DEVON GILFILLIAN RE-RERDS MARV GAYE'S 1971 ALBUM 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

Afterwards, Gaye told his brother, “I didn’t know how to fight before, but now I thk I do. In an terview wh Rollg Stone, Marv Gaye discsed what had shaped his view on more socially nsc them mic and the nceptn of his eleventh stud album:. Immediately after learng about the song, many of Motown’s micians, known as The Funk Brothers noted that there was a different approach wh Gaye’s rerd om that ed on other Motown rerdgs, and Gaye plited matters by only brgg a few of the members while brgg his own recs, cludg dmmer Chet Fort.

MARV GAYE LIVE! (EXPAND EDN)

Jamerson was pulled to the rerdg stud by Gaye after he loted Jamerson playg wh a lol band at a blu bar and Eli Fontae, the saxophonist behd “Baby, I’m For Real”, also participated the rerdg. When Gaye heard the playback to what Fontae thought was simply a mo, Gaye stantly cid that the riff was the ial way to start the song.

When Fontae said he was “jt goofg around”, Gaye beg pleased wh the rults replied, “Well, you goof off exquisely. Gaye’s tramark multi-layerg vol approach me off ially as an accint by engeers Steve Smh and Kenh Sands.

Sands later explaed that Gaye had wanted him to brg him the two lead vol tak for “What’s Gog On” for advice on which one he should e for the fal song. That September, Gaye approached Gordy wh the “What’s Gog On” song while California where Gordy had reloted. Gaye, who had also begun rerdg some songs that would later be featured on his later album, Let’s Get It On, rpond by gog on strike om rerdg anythg else for the label unls Gordy relented.