The late Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) was very-successful during his day. And besides for those types of socially-conscious, intellectual classics, such as 1971’s “What’s Going On” and “Mercy Mercy Me“, what he is also primarily remembered for is dropping...
“Is This Love (’09)” is a track which can perhaps most fittingly be described as a sex song. But that said, there’s a lot of weird stuff going on therein, so listeners should perhaps brace...
It’s funny to think that when Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” was dropped about half a century ago, some people seem to have actually deemed it too raunchy to play in public. There is what can be...
Marvin Gaye was sort of a master of putting out songs, like this one, that were overtly sexual yet at the same time not necessarily NSFW. After all, these lyrics speak to what we may...
The late Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” was somewhat of an influential piece as far as the genre of dance music is concerned. And one can see how this classic is sorta prototypical in that...
For all of the controversy the lyrics of “Blurred Lines” generated when it was first released, reading them now, almost a decade later, may have you wondering where exactly is the beef. Maybe this confusion,...
“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” is a song performed by the iconic American singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye. The lyrics of this song basically talk about the environment and how mankind is sadly destroying it. The...
“What’s Going On” is a very powerful political song performed by the late American singer Marvin Gaye. The lyrics of the song are inspired by violence and police brutality in America. One of the...