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Adam Sieff's avatar

Excellent piece, and Marvin Gaye's performance is astonishing.

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Rob the Quiet's avatar

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat always gets me.

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Lili's avatar

OMG Bret - that footage of Marvin Gaye I’ve not seen it and Jamerson! Everything you’re written about the emotional content in music is spot on. Sometimes it’s even more. Songs, compositions, take me back in time; I am transfixed and I see my past like a movie I’ve beamed onto. Perhaps it’s why I became a musician. Great post, Bret.

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Bret Primack's avatar

Thanks! That's the perfect word: transfixed.

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Barbara Anel's avatar

One more comment - These were the days when the musicians sounded live just like they sounded on the recording. Yes, THOSE were the days.

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Barbara Anel's avatar

I was in 8th grade, 13 years old, on the threshold of High School and really becoming a teenager. Man! Did this ever take me back! Listening to this album by Marvin Gaye over and over again was everything! Thank you Bret!

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Bret Primack's avatar

So glad you dig!

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