The soulful majesty of Marvin Gaye’s isolated vocal from 1968s ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’. YouTuber Ivan Stax writes:

The King of Motown, pure genius, No music but pure magic.

(The magic begins at 00.29.)

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24 thoughts on “So Vine”

  1. Johnny Keenan

    Good call Chomsky.
    His1971 concept album ‘What’s Going On’ is arguably the best album of all time. Certainly of it’s time.
    It always mystifies me that there are just a few artists articulating the vibration of a disgruntled nation.
    We need a Marvin Gaye now more than ever.
    In the meantime, sing it to me Marvin

    1. rotide

      It always mystifies me that there are just a few artists articulating the vibration of a disgruntled nation.
      Johnny meet Rap Music, Rap Music meet Johnny

        2. rotide

          Well Kendrick Lamarr and Jay Z do the political thing and there’s plenty of others I’m sure.
          The problem is I’m old and not with it when it comes to d’hip hop, so am a long way out of the loop. Musicians will always draw on their life experience and a lot of that will be social or political. I’m sure there are younger artists who like U2, NWA, RATM, The Prodigy, Metallica, Pearl Jam and the Arctic Monkeys, Damien Dempsey (thats for you Johnny!) before them will become just as popular. I just don’t know them. Most of the acts I mentioned are still going strong.

      2. zip

        But what about this disgruntled nation? It surprises me that there are no songs about the 8th, about homelessness, about hospital trolleys, about crooked pols, about teachers’ pay, about Mr Landlord, etc. Or if there are, they’re not that good. Used to be we had great street ballads.

      3. Falalalala

        Common ‘like water water for chocolate’ black star and both talib Kwali reflection eternal and mos def black on both sides then Kendrick Lamar to pimp a butterfly capture the spirit of Marvin throw in the last tribe album for good measure

        1. Cool Dad

          What about that LL Ice T or Public Element or Kenny G with the hippin and the hoppin and the bippity boppin.

    2. Otis Blue

      I guess that for most, music no longer fulfills that role.

      For my own part, I knew the prospect of revolution had passed when I saw Richard Boyd Barrett buying a 2nd hand Morcheeba CD in Skibbereen Farmer’s Market.

      Over to you Gil

      https://youtu.be/mmkzYM_QKtU

    3. david

      One of the greatest but that era
      The four tops
      Marvin gay
      Stevie wonder
      Isaac Hayes
      Timmy Thomas
      Just a few off the top of my head
      All geniuses all great
      Then the girls
      The golden era of music vibrant passionate stunning timeless

  2. Panty Christ

    He looks like a pop star, he sounds like a pop star, he IS a pop star

    Marvin you’re through to the next round, go join Louis and the boys

  3. Rob_G

    Little known Marvin Gaye fact: he wrote ‘Sexual Healing’ when living in Ostend in Belgium.

  4. Niallo

    A voice like the sound of warm honey being spread on silk and then torn in half.
    This, is talent.

      1. rotide

        please tell me you make your living writing Bertie?

        would be a crying shame if you don’t

        1. Bertie Blenkinsop

          Just the occasional begging letter Rotide, I wouldn’t call it a living though :)

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