The Enduring Gifts of MARVIN GAYE Podcast

Family, we've reached the end of our conversations on THE BADDEST MF THAT THERE EVER IS!!!!!!! Here is the conclusion of our discussions on how Marvin Gaye's creation in 1972 results in the birth of TODAY'S sound of Hip Hop. With much love, signing off!

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PART 2 - That Time Marvin Gaye Changed The SOUND of Music. We're almost to the finish line folks!

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That Time Marvin Gaye Changed the Sound of Music (part 1). We continue the conversation of how Marvin Gaye's career evolved to the project Trouble Man.

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The Little Known Connection of Cicely Tyson's Film Sounder and Marvin Gaye's Soundtrack/Score for Trouble Man Lo and behold, just randomly on the night of January 27th I began capturing my thoughts for the continuation of conversation on Marvin Gaye's work on the soundtrack and score for the 1972 film Trouble Man. Literally through the course of doing this I moved to a location in my house that put me in front of my grandmother's p...

We're ready to wrap up our podcast series, going on out on the highest note possible, covering Marvin Gaye's project Trouble Man. In short, Trouble Man is the RESULT of the creative flood gates that had just opened up for Marvin as he worked on his project What's Going On. Make no mistake there is NO disconnect between the two projects being in sequence to each other. This episode is Part 1 of 2 giving the breakdown of how Marvin's...

Don't Call Marvin Gaye's Grammy Award Winning Album Midnight Love a Come-back

We've done some song reaction videos for songs from the Midnight Love Album on our YouTube Channel: Marvin Gaye Music & Podcast. 

Rockin' After Midnight: https://youtu.be/nKu0L3LaOJg

Turn On Some Music (unreleased): https://youtu.be/RBaDTlydXeQ

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We're finally to the album "When I'm Alone I Cry,"  There are many things to learn about Marvin Gaye as the artist thru this album and the many unreleased songs we've discovered together thru this podcast series so far, each shared as music videos on the "Marvin Gaye & Podcast" YouTube Channel. We now have a 44 song playlist titled "Marvin Gaye Jazz Songs," the bulk of them unreleased from the decade of the sixties. The ma...

Momentum has continued on the topic of Marvin Gaye's self-actualization. I've dug deeper into what did Marvin do with his time, on his journey thru life, once that "straw that broke the camel's back" incident happened in his career in 1967? In the previous episode, thru examining Marvin's released material we saw a several year span of time, from 1967 to total fruition of self-actualization with the release of "What's Going On" in ...

In this episode let's discuss the journey of Marvin Gaye's life which is a true guide for anyone to follow toward the goal of achieving self-actualization. Self-actualization: "the realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone." Did not Marvin Gaye accomplish that in his own lifetime? the answer is yes, and it is documented for us thru a musical journey ...

"Far Cry" 1981 In Our Lifetime (Why Marvin Gaye Left Motown). I dive deep into conveying my personal take on how this song being released in 1981 without Marvin Gaye's final stamp of approval has made me feel. It was not until 2007 that his finalized version was finally given to us. There is a lot to express, as a lifelong fan, about the years of waiting for this unreleased gem to be gifted to us. I also share how I recently came a...

In this episode we cover Marvin Gaye's song "Love Me Now Or Love Me Later" from his 1981 album "In Our Lifetime?" 

In this song Marvin exhibits a freedom to really share his views on the concepts of creation, and the journey of mankind. 

Conveying the message that your decision is free to Love Me Now or Love Me Later... 

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We continue to the next song in sequence from this remarkable work in the full-arc of Marvin Gaye's career. Remarkable, due to the degree to which Marvin may have seemed to be drowning from the status of most all facets of his life at this time.  And yet, I continue to share how I feel this to be his most spiritual work. The most spiritual, because when you consider the degree to which Marvin was blessed with a gift from God, ...

When Marvin Gaye began working on his album "In Our Lifetime," it was probably the most encompassing low-point of his life. It seemed like almost all facets of his life were at an all-time low. And yet, while in the midst of the pitfalls of his life, Marvin managed to rely on his Enduring Gifts from God and did some of his most important spiritual work. The song "PRAISE" is an Enduring Gift to rely upon for anyone and everyone, esp...

In this episode we explore how this song represents the full circle of the creation of jazz music Marvin Gaye stayed true to throughout his career. He was in full confidence of his ability to create HIS sound, haven't we fully experienced it through this project so far?! I also reveal how this song is the most autobiographical soundtrack to the course of my life.  Check out our YouTube Channel "Marvin Gaye Enduring Gifts" for ...

"Time To Get It Together" - Life Changing: is how much this song weighs

In this episode we discuss the depth, breadth, and degree to which Marvin Gaye is due credit as a COMPLETE, musical genius!! And the fact that "Time To Get It Together" is yet another example of Marvin elevating out of the divorce proceedings he was undergoing and remained true to his innate artistry! This song is nothing less than Life Changing upon its very f...

"Everybody Needs Love" 1978 - The Gateway Into the Soul of Marvin Gaye. In this episode we discuss the general, music critic review of Marvin Gaye's album "Here, My Dear." Too often those without a queen insight into Marvin's entire body of work, focus too much on the backstory of how this project came to be, to provide money for Marvin & Anna's divorce settlement.  Too often critics dismiss this project as something Marvi...

In this episode we cover the 5th song from Marvin Gaye's 1978 masterpiece "Here, My Dear." Remarkably, it took until the 30th anniversary re-release of this project for us to get the "updated information" that Anna Gaye co-wrote with Marvin on this song. In 26 years of study of this work-of-art, I never listened to it from a perspective of thinking Anna Gaye had a hand in its creation, other than being its central source of inspira...

In this episode we begin to cover the 5th song from Marvin Gaye's 1978 masterpiece "Here, My Dear." Remarkably, it took until the 30th anniversary re-release of this project for us to get the "updated information" that Anna Gaye co-wrote with Marvin on this song. In 26 years of study of this work-of-art, I never listened to it from a perspective of thinking Anna Gaye had a hand in its creation, other than being its central source o...

In this episode we dissect the Alternate Mix of Marvin Gaye's song "Anger" from his 1978 masterpiece "Here, My Dear." We've discussed in-depth Marvin's philosophical abilities; and this song is a higher-level, more generally speaking, offering of guidance on the subject of Anger. We get no details of specific incidents that give us the tea, but all of that "messy-ness" is not at all the spirit of this song. Marvin offers us higher-...