It was thirty years ago this week since Mavin Gaye was shot dead by his own father. What a waste and what a mesmerising voice - sweet, pained, vulnerable and optimistic, all at the same time. I've been listening a lot to the What's Going On album this week, which was released 43 years ago this May!! It is just as relevant today, with its messages about war, poverty and incredibly, the environment, as this song testifies. Not many people had the foresight to see what harm was being done to the planet in 1971. The production on the album is breath taking. I have just got back home from seeing my team get beaten badly at home by Fulham. If we had won, I may well have gone for a more upbeat number, or a duet but Marvin is more than that. If you don't own a copy of What's Going On, go out and buy one NOW...
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