What’s Going On Entry

Marvin Gaye music was more a Motown singer, but in this song he went more Soul. His image in the music industry was well known and he was a great producer. He played various instruments and was a really good octave singer. 

In the song "What's Going On" he talked about all the suffer that the people were having in the war and what consequences they had after going to the war. This song made a lot of people to think and changed a lot of minds.

Marvin had various obstacles trying to release the album "What's Going On" after he recorded the album Berry Gordy the CEO of Motown wouldn't let him release the album. Everyone in the company tried to conviense Gordy but he didn't wanted. Marvin said that he wouldn't produce any more music until his album was released. Anyway he underground without letting Berry know released the album and sold 100 thousand in the first day. Berry Gordy didn't complain about that. 

The lyrical theme of this album made a lot of people to think because it was really strong talking about the Vietnam War and how people suffer. In the music side he used a lot of of classic and jazz arrangements.

This album didn't made that big of an influence on me because it is not my style of music, but I made me think about what was happening during the Vietnam War and all the suffering that happened during that age.