150: "Let's Stay Together" vs. "Let's Get It On" (w/Marc Avery of WOLVES!)

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Two of the greatest soul songs -- heck, maybe *the* two greatest soul songs -- of the '70s??! And they both begin with the word "let's"? Well this is a matchup we have to do, so let's vote now, which preacher's son made the better classic lovemaking song, Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" or Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nadenson.
0:03.7	And I'm Lena Morgan.
0:04.8	And this is Song versus Song.
0:08.2	You ready to get it on, Lena?
0:10.8	And then get on this podcast.
0:12.8	What an inauspicious start?
0:14.4	Sure.
0:16.1	All right.
0:16.5	This week, we have a classic 70s soul matchup.
0:20.5	We are doing Al Green's.
0:23.1	Let's Stay Together versus Marvin Gays.
0:26.6	Let's get it on.
0:28.3	It's tough for me, you know.
0:30.5	As an ancient, it's hard to get music from before I was born.
0:34.4	You're not that old.
0:35.6	Oh, my God.
0:42.7	All right. Well, we also have a guest in the studio to help us out.
0:47.5	This is a friend of mine. I'm glad to meet him. He's got a great band called Wolves.
0:52.2	Sir, please introduce yourself. Hi, my name is Mark Gavry. Thank you all for having me.
0:58.9	I saw your band at the Trubidor back when the world started reopening, and we've just been like hanging out ever since. So I thought you would be a good person to have on here, because
1:03.8	I think I asked you what your influences were for your band, and I assumed it was going to be
1:09.5	like rock stuff because you're a rock and roll band
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