What's Going On de Marvin Gaye
Resulta entre conmovedor y escalofriante escuchar a Marvin Gaye aquello de "Father Father, we don't need to escalate. War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate" Aunque la canción trataba sobre los problemas y el estado del mundo, y en concreto sobre la guerra de Vietnam, Marvin Gaye luchó inconscientemente durante toda su vida por conseguir la aprobación de su estricto y cerrado padre. Nunca lo consiguió.
Dos días antes de su cuarenta y cinco cumpleaños, el 1 de Abril de 1984, su padre lo mató de un disparo en medio de una de sus habituales peleas.
What's Going On de Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland y Renaldo Benson
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
What's going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong
But who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
What's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on
Right on baby
2 comentarios
Marco Bernal -
Avances, genética La educación, entre otras cosas, no la podemos transmitir genéticamente...
Y sí, dicen que avanzamos a pasos gigantescos pero el mensaje del album What's Going On, reivindicativo y ecologista, sigue vigente hoy día. Y la increíble voz de Marvin Gaye, suave y profunda, continúa sonando en todo el mundo como un dulce y amargo recordatorio de lo que somos los seres humanos en este planeta.
Siempre he esperado que alguien hiciera reflexiones de este tipo en mi web.
Como decía el gran Marvin Gaye, Let's Get It On...
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