![]() How many African-Americans were gone to fight? And how many were dead? How many knew what they were doing? And how many of those desperate black boys were able to read? The Gaye brothers read, talked and cried. About veterans who returned home just to be called “murderers” and to discover that their workplace was devoured by the economic crisis or by prejudice. Late at night, talking about life and death, soldiers and government, whites and blacks. In that space on paper he tried to describe the dirty war in Vietnam, in which he found himself involved, putting his emotions on paper. ![]() One of the many that Frankie, his younger brother, sent to Marvin. In order to understand the essence of What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye’s album released in 1971, we need to start with a letter. ![]() Understanding is the lifeblood of a masterpiece album.
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