Marvin Gaye's biographer on 50 years of 'What's Going On'

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Released 50 years ago, Marvin Gaye's album "What's Going On" remains just as relevant today. David Ritz, author of "Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye" and friend/collaborator of the late singer, on the lasting power of Gaye's 1971 timeless anti-war masterpiece. Guest: David Ritz. Author and songwriter whose many books include "Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye." Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pushback. I'm Aaron Mate. This year marks the 50th anniversary of an album that changed music.
0:12.0	Marvin Gaze, what's going on?
0:14.0	Father, we don't need to escalate Oh, it's not to hand up
0:25.6	For only love can conquer
0:29.6	You know we've got to find a way
0:35.6	To bring some love and bring.
0:38.3	Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:42.3	Take it nice.
0:44.3	Take it sign.
0:47.3	Punish me with brutality.
0:51.3	Talk to me. It's so you can see.
0:57.0	Oh, what's going on?
0:59.0	What's going on?
1:01.0	Yeah, what's going on?
1:03.0	Tell me what's going on.
1:06.0	Woo!
1:07.0	What's going on is a revolutionary album.
1:11.6	First of all, its sound was like nothing that had come before it.
1:16.6	And then its theme, it was one of the very first concept albums, and it certainly was the very
1:21.6	first ever concept album devoted to social justice. And remarkably, the topics explored on what's going on are just as relevant today,
1:32.0	50 years later, as they were back in 1971 when the album was released.
1:36.9	War, racism, drug addiction, police brutality, class, poverty, the environment.
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