Re: Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)

by Guest Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:36 pm

It is over.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:37 pm

Last track - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You?

Again.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:37 pm

Nightjar wrote:There's never been another album in history that I know of that has lyrics as actually descriptive and emotive...

You tried to have them shackle me
Bring me in
Tell me what for
So I'd satisfy you, baby
You have won the battle
Oh but Daddy's gonna win the war

[...]

You use to say that I was a gorgeous hunk of man
That didn't help me baby
Ah, when you was on the stand

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:39 pm

It is over.

That was dull from start to finish. Every track was in the same tempo, had the same vibe and could have been cut in half to make it a single album.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:39 pm

I shall give it 2 stars.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:42 pm

It's an extraordinary album.

A wild, compromised, cynical as it is is soulful diamond in the rough.

I guess that it's inevitable that my personal experience with the album - thank you Camila, (my ex-wife) for letting me know it existed - is going to be profoundly different to everyone else's.

Also it helps that I love soul music as an a priori condition of of liking music generally...

All I can say is...

by Guest Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:43 pm

They did a double CD Expanded version of this album, hmm

by Nightjar Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:44 pm

See above.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:46 pm

It's an undeniable truth that sometimes you really need to get inside a musician's mind and milieu to make a properly judged judgement.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:50 pm

...and then judiciously judge it.

by Nightjar Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:27 pm

Whoever gave it ★★ should:

a) be ashamed of themselves.
b) go **** themselves.

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Here, My Dear or No ta, chum?