When and why did people start pretending this generic easy-listening shit is the greatest album ever made?
When the jewnited states began to worship niggers
>>130011416Bitch ass mayo faggot who's mom is fucking black guys daily.
It always bothered me /mu/ deified the most boring Marvin Gaye album
What's Going On [Tamla, 1971]This may be a groundbreaking personal statement, but like any Berry Gordy quickie it's baited skimpily: only three great tunes. "What's Going On," "Inner City Blues," and "Mercy, Mercy Me (the Ecology)" are so original they reveal ordinary Motown-political as the benign market manipulation it is. And Gaye keeps getting more subtle vocally and rhythmically. But the rest is pretty murky even when the lyrical ideas are good--I like the words on "What's Happenin' Brother" and "Flyin' High (in the Friendly Sky)" quite a bit--and the religious songs that bear Gaye's real message are suitably shapeless. Worst of all, because they're used a lot, are David Van De Pitte's strings, the lowest kind of movie-background dreck. B+
Marvin Gaye's best album is Midnight Love
>>130011628absolutely not
>>130011521Accurate. The Dean wins again.
Marvin Gaye's best album is the one he did with Tammi Terrell
>>130011400>genericlol go back to actual generic shit like death grips, arcade fire, anco or shit midi huge flaming faggot
>>130011400I prefer Gaye's catchier 60's hits
>>130011400Genuinely kill yourself
>>130011521love inner city bluessuch a good songfor me?stevie wonder.innervisions
>>130014768SITKOL > What’s Going On > Innervisions >>> all other music
>>130011400people have always loved marvin gayes music. where were the music forums to say this back in the 70s/80s? you only had a few caucasian reviewers. happens all the time though where something gains fans over time.
>>130011521bro listens to the words and he calls himself a music reviewer
>>130011448>ur mom!!!Your mom probably got shot trying to resist police with 3 grams of crack cocaine in her car.
>>130011521>David Van De Pitte's strings, the lowest kind of movie-background dreckKind of fair desu, I like a lot of songs from that time but the strings on pretty much all of them makes them feel uninspired.
>>130014536I dont like any of those bands but you sound like an actual retard for calling any of them generic compared to marvin gaye lmao
>>130011521>suitably shapelessalways always the mark of a bad writer and a pseud. HEH NOTICE HOW I USED TWO S WORDS IN À ROW LIKE DA MAN ON DA ALBUM WOOD
>>130011400What do you mean by " generic easy-listening" anon? I'm just genuinely curious.
>>130018720as opposed to particular uneasy niggering
>>130011448>muh dik muhfugga!lmao *smacks lips*
>>130011400usaid
>>130011521Do you think he played this album while watching his wife get her cheeks clapped by several young black gentlemen in the absolutely sizzling summer of 1971?
>>130011400Race baiting for no reason kys
>>130018720Generic meaning “having no particularly distinctive quality or application,” easy-listening referring to a genre of popular, melodic music designed to be relaxing, unobtrusive, and pleasant, often used as background audio. It typically features soft vocals or instrumental arrangements (like strings or piano) and avoids complex or jarring sounds. Often considered "cheesy" or "lounge" styleWhat’s Going On is generic easy-listening music. There are a million other albums that sound just like it
>>130011400cause da musicianship anon. Not everything needs to be painful or a drag to get through for it to be good. Got me?
>>130011400when they conceived their children to it
>>130011400As opposed to what? Generic 90s alt-rock like Radiohead?
>>130021504The most generic 90s alt-rock is better than the most innovative soul music of the 70s
>>130011400Probably because Fantano talks about it all the time when someone asks his top albums. >I’m BLACK I love R&B
>>130022711If you really think that Fantano is the reason this album is so critically acclaimed then you are a fucking retard who knows nothing about music or music history
>>130022862I’m just talking about in recent years with zoomers. Literally why else would they suddenly be interested in a 70s R&B album
It's not his best albums but has some amazing singles and is a great album. It's just the most accessible Marvin album.
