ghost of miles Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Working on a Jimmy Webb tribute for Afterglow and came across this on YouTube: Marvin Gaye singing "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Also (audio only): Concert performance by Stevie Wonder I kind of like Sinatra's take and Dean Martin's too. Edited June 30, 2011 by ghost of miles Quote
.:.impossible Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 I've seen this clip before. Somewhere here or Facebook I guess? So good. Thanks again. Quote
mjazzg Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 so smooth, in a good way. thanks for posting Quote
JSngry Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 The original was by Johnny Rivers, of all people, and is worthy of consideration as the arrangement (by Marty Paich?) is not dramatically deviated from by many subsequent versions. Quote
mikeweil Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 That clip led me to another one which makes me think Marvin Gaye probably was the greatest soul singer in the world ... or is it just me? That conga player drives me nuts - no real empathy for the dynamics of the music. Quote
JSngry Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 Marvin was one of the greatest singers ever, period. Quote
JSngry Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Here's the song's premier recording: And here's the one that fleshes out the narrative in a way that Mr. Webb may or may not have had in mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8eGgJoE42w Isaac Hayes was in a ZONE in those days...it's too long, but not on the front end, that's for damn sure! Edited July 1, 2011 by JSngry Quote
JSngry Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 That clip led me to another one which makes me think Marvin Gaye probably was the greatest soul singer in the world ... or is it just me? Marvin was one of the greatest singers ever, period. Quote
John L Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 Marvin was one of the greatest singers ever, period. Damn straight! Funny, I always associated the song with Glenn Campbell before Isaac Hayes. I didn't realize that Johnny Rivers did the original. He does it nicely too. Quote
.:.impossible Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 Man, that last clip Sangry! Wow. Thank you for posting. I had never heard it before. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 Duh! Not available here due to those damn GEMA controlling copyright like hellhounds! Quote
JSngry Posted July 1, 2011 Report Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Man, that last clip Sangry! Wow. Thank you for posting. I had never heard it before. That's one from the posthumously-released Vulnerable album, Marvin's "final statement" over the Bobby Scott arrangements that he had been on-and-off obsessing over and with since sometime in the mid-60s. Marvin had always wanted to be a "crooner", and did some work in that vein, but he knew inside himself that he wasn't getting into the material or himself. For some reason, the arrangements that Scott did for him struck a chord and he held on to them, continuously coming back to them, reworking his approach to the songs. Some earlier versions surfaced on Columbia, and there are moments, but the versions later released on some Motown box, and then separately as Vulnerable are pretty much definitive. By then (middle 70s, iirc), Marvin had really found himself vocally (and personally, as much as he was going to...). He had learned the arrangements inside and out, so he was able to do those multiple vocal parts that to me are arguably the most stunning part of his legacy (and to that end, anybody who has not yet checked out Here, My Dear & In Our Lifetime, get fortified and do so, please. You'll be hearing so many voices that you'll be hearing voices, if you know what I mean...). It's a short disc, and a few of the tunes are not really distinctive on their own terms, but Marvin himself...yeah, Marvin. Marvin still reaches a spot that not too many others do. Edited July 1, 2011 by JSngry Quote
John L Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 (edited) Yes! When that Motown Box first came out, I played those "Vulnerable" tracks continuously. Just amazing! Some of the earlier versions of those tracks (without the final overdubs) were released on an album called "Romantically Yours." I agree that the final overdubs increased the power of the Vulnerable tracks. But there are some other songs on Romantically Yours that I would never want to be without. Marvin's take on "Happy Go Lucky" just kills me every time - nothing tricky here, no melodrama, just flat out beautiful, beautiful singing. Inspirational! "Just Like" is also beyond incredible. Edited July 2, 2011 by John L Quote
JSngry Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 Earlier version. Good, but,,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69JHlu564Tc&feature=related Later version, Marvin Is Free http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEV26KBuuEk Quote
JSngry Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKB_mK1EYs&feature=related. Quote
Dave James Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 I think I may have posted this before, but it's worth doing so again. It's a clip of Marvin and his band running down "I Want You" prior to a series of shows in Belgium. There's just something about this that grabs me. Its mix of casualness and taking care of business, calling out how he wants the song to develop and singing like few people have or ever will. Just really good stuff. Quote
JSngry Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 I think I may have posted this before... Well, somebody did... Quote
Dave James Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 I think I may have posted this before... Well, somebody did... Yeah, but that was back in 2008. We're well outside the statute of limitations on this one. I'm going to go ahead and claim full credit. Quote
JSngry Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEV26KBuuEk I mean, whoa... Quote
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