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user-inactivated  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My Dad's Record Collection - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On  ·  

    I like to play it loud, move however my spirit hits me while loving the message.

With Inner City Blues, I usually wanna start out with like a slow head nod (during the cool fucking buildup) and when the nonsense lyrics come in (da da la da da) begin to add a little body movement.

Then the first "make me wanna holler" -- some snaps. Maybe over my head if I'm feeling daring. Get the shoulders involved. This section lasts a while. Use it to find your groove.

Then there's a long bridge/slowdown (more scat). Can do a good damn shuffle in there. Next, "oh honey I can't pay my ... taxes" and the song starts to pick up, there's that owwwwwww and some jive about the cops. Then Marvin's voice mimicking a horn. Key change (lower) signals a dance change (circa 3:50 maybe?). Hands at hip-level, doing a sort of movement I should just record and upload because I can't describe it. Hula without the hoop.

Another raw scream, a great piano bridge...

Then, absolute stillness.

The mood change in the song is abrupt. "Mooooooooooother, mooooother..." "wooooo-ooooo" -- Marvin's voice starts a note and an instrument finishes it, in a way he alone could do.

Fade to black.





cgod  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That pleased me.

user-inactivated  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm glad! It pleased me to listen to the song four times in a row.