Marvin Gaye: What's goin' on?

In 1971, when the U.S. was still fighting Vietnam, when riots still raged the streets, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated just 3 years earlier and segregation was still a big problem in the U.S., recording artist Marvin Gaye wanted to make a stand, so he came out with "What's Goin' On".

"What's Goin' On" Shocked the nation with songs that no recording artist had ever thought of, songs that talked about things that were actually happening in the world. "What's Goin' on" became an instant smash when it was first realest. And I think I know why.

The first song "What's Goin' on" starts out like this: Mother Mother, there are to many of you crying. Brother Brother Brother, there's far to many of you dieing. We've got to find a way, to bring some lovin' here today. Father Father, we don't need to escalate. War is not the answer, for only love can; concur hate. We've got to find a way, to bring some lovin' here today. Picket lines, and Picket signs, Don't punish me, with brutality, just talk to me, so you can see, Oh; What's goin' on, what's goin' on, what's goin' on.
This song is you guessed it, about Vietnam. But this was true for a lot of families. There were men being drafted into the Navy, Marines, Army, and Air Force. But Gaye couldn't take it any more; He was a pacifist. In the next song "What's Happening Brother" is also about Vietnam. Here are some of the lyrics: Hey baby, what yeah know good, I'm just gettin' back but you knew I would. War is here, when will it end? When will people start gettin' together again? Things are not gettin' better, like the newspaper said. What else is happenin' my friend. Besides, what'd I bring? Can't find no work can't find no job.
To find out the rest of the lyrics to both songs you'll half to buy or rent "What's Goin' On" yourself. But I gave both songs 5 stars on my iPod, and on my blog in which I have a name that only I, some yiddish folk, and some people in the national spelling bee can spell, I give it 5 stars too.

Al Green: Lay it down

The talented Al Green starts of the album singing the chorus, in a Al Green way. He starts of the album by doing this: Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down. The famous Al Green just came out with a new album. However, Al isn't your average recording artist; he was a sensation in the 70's and now, he's decided to come out with a new album. Throughout the chores of the song it changes from: Lay it down, lay it down to: Lay it down, let it go. The first song is a 4:30 (Exactly) beauty (And you guessed it, It's called "Lay it down"). The next song is called "Just For Me" and it goes a like this: Your love is just for me, for me, I know, it's just for me. The next song is "You've got the love I need" and it goes like this: You've got the Love I need, baby. You've got the love I need, baby. And so on and so forth. Then in the last song, it finally started to kick up. The song is called "Standin' in the rain" and it starts like this: I'm standin' in the rain, the cold hard cryin' rain.
My favorite part of this is when Al sings "The cold hard cryin' rain" Mrs Keith, where are you: descriptive writing! But I do highly recomend this album, **** of *****.
Sam