Very important album with an interesting background. Marvin wanted to break free from the happy hit singles form hit factory Motown and in this new decennium make something with more depth he created himself. So he made track no.1, the single What's going on. Motown boss and brother in law Berry Gordy hated it, because it was nothing like Motown. Till he saw it's succes... Then he asked Marvin to make an album like this. Marvin locked himself in the studio with nothing (but the first track) and came out with an album. It's recorded in the record order from A to Z. The first conceptual R&B record. Imo he's a studio genius. The vocal layering is so well done and (with this and coming albums like I want you) very influential for an artist like Michael Jackson. There are some very interesting short clips about the current Motown boss Harry Weigner and Roots drummer Questlove analyzing the multitrack in studio. Btw, every 70's album of his and Stevie Wonder is pure gold.
While the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list has lots of issues, “What’s Going On” being the number one album was a perfect choice for the top spot and I completely agree with it. As much as I love myself some Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and other rock of the time, 70’s soul music was on another level. Stevie Wonder released 5 or 6 PERFECT albums throughout the decade that could have easily been on top of the list as well. It’s just too difficult to pick which one of them is the best. That being said, I recommend reacting to some classic Stevie Wonder. Try “Songs In The Key Of Life”, “Innervissions” or “Fullingness Fist Finale”
This record is pure VIBES. But then you look under the vibes and you find another world of impact, lyrical content, and culture. Not even mad at the boomers at RS for putting this at no. 1
Glad you touched on the emotional connection aspect as a younger person listening back to older albums. For this albums in particular, some of the “of the time” elements like the call-and-response vocals and the orchestral movements don’t always land for me…I just don’t have that personal connection to that era. That being said, it’s still so easy to see why this is regarded so highly. It’s such a cohesive and focused album with great cultural underpinning.
Oooh if you liked this, you gotta check out "Hot Buttered Soul" by Chef from South Park (or Isaac Hayes as he is lesser known.) Walk On By from that album sounds like what I'd imagine walking through the gates of heaven would sound like, and it somehow also sounds like Isaac Hayes' sweaty head on the album cover
Album recommendations: Waiting to Spill- The backseat lovers When we Were Friends- The backseat lovers Citrona- Flipturn Heavy Colors- Flipturn Something you needed- Flipturn Shadowglow- Flipturn Songs- Adrianne Lenker Unreal Unearth- Hozier Close to Paradise- Patrick Watson Young Americans- David Bowie Everything so far- Pinegrove RMCM- Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners Good For You- Houndmouth The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We- Mitski Attic Sessions- Arcy Drive
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
I love this record so much! I've had teary eyes every time I listened to it, especially on Save The Children. You should totally listen to Scott 3 by Scott Walker for more baroque pop with lushy strings and overall amazing orquestation with an amazing voice leading everything.
12:28 people have been trying to warn about this stuff for a long time, and all the rest of the world has done is double and triple down on it, with token concessions. There's a tension between war, the environment, and social issues being worth the most attention, and resignation to how intractable and entrenched those issues are. So what can we do in 2024 besides repeatedly ask, "what's going on"...
Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown soundtracks are great compilations from this era of music. 😅 I LOVE MoTown/Soul but… I can’t think of one complete album that I’m in love with start to finish.
jpegmafia sampled the second song on this album on the first song of his first album as devon hendryx: dreamcast summersongs which I think a lot of ppl have recommended
Hello smags! long time no see im here to provide some recommendations! Id beg on my knees for: Can - Future Days desert sand feels warm at night - 新世界の弟子たち loving the good content as always, take care ❤
Been thinking about how I'd like to see Smags react to more great black music and just like that, "What's Going On" hits my notifications. This man's winning streak has to be studied. Would love to see some more reactions to some great classic artists like Stevie Wonder, Sade, Aretha Franklin, and Prince (good luck with the copyright tho) to name a few! and if you ever do go bald you have to rename your channel baldthony smagtano
One of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs is What's Going on. I thought you may have heard it before. A suggestion: Marvin's cover of the Beatles "Yesterday". If you like Marvin's voice and like the Beatles, especially Yesterday, I think you will really like his cover.
WHAT'S GOOD Smags? I SEE YOU ENJOY THE DEEP, RESONATING, SOCIALLY SATURATED SPIRITUAL MESSAGING OF THE "PROPHET" MARVIN GAYE. Soul Brother Marvin Gaye. Songwriter and IMPECCABLE lyricist UNCLE AND BIG BROTHER MARVIN GAYE.
Smags, my guy, I MUST recommend an album to you I’ve found recently. “The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads” by Lift To Experience. It’s a post rock/shoegaze album. The first song might be weird at first, and the last song is 30 minutes long, most of which is silence (the first 10 minutes and the last 5 minutes have music, the rest is silent) Check it out bro!
Uboa Just relesed a fucking banger of an album called Impossible Light, you should really listen to that and "The Origin Of My Depression". Really noisy and heavy stuff
You gotta check out songs in the key if Life by Stevie Wonder. My favourite album of all time.
100% YES
@@CGR0620 isn't it lovely?
May not be the best to a lot people, but without a doubt it's the nicest album of all time. It's just so nice.
Give the man a break ........he is only listening to Marvin for the first time....he may not be ready for Stevie yet ......... :) LOL :)
The bass work on this record is insane
it is out of this world
That’s like saying the moon is round. This is one of the most established bass albums ever
immediate click
Love your reaction man, keep listening to Marvin and especially this album...............
Bro your ears have been blessed
We need a reaction do D'Angelo's Voodoo. I would personally put it up there with What's Going On when it comes to greatest RnB albums!
“Who’s willing to save the world that’s destined to die?”
What a fucking bar
Very important album with an interesting background. Marvin wanted to break free from the happy hit singles form hit factory Motown and in this new decennium make something with more depth he created himself. So he made track no.1, the single What's going on.
Motown boss and brother in law Berry Gordy hated it, because it was nothing like Motown. Till he saw it's succes... Then he asked Marvin to make an album like this.
Marvin locked himself in the studio with nothing (but the first track) and came out with an album. It's recorded in the record order from A to Z. The first conceptual R&B record. Imo he's a studio genius. The vocal layering is so well done and (with this and coming albums like I want you) very influential for an artist like Michael Jackson. There are some very interesting short clips about the current Motown boss Harry Weigner and Roots drummer Questlove analyzing the multitrack in studio.
Btw, every 70's album of his and Stevie Wonder is pure gold.
Should definitely check out some more Marvin like “ Let’s Get It On”, “I Want You”, and “Here, My Dear”.
I Want You, definitely
i saw that rolling stone list and i was like no way and then i listened to it and was blown away by the sheer beauty
I literally just listened to this album last night! It's so awesome you liked the album as much as I did!
While the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list has lots of issues, “What’s Going On” being the number one album was a perfect choice for the top spot and I completely agree with it.
As much as I love myself some Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and other rock of the time, 70’s soul music was on another level. Stevie Wonder released 5 or 6 PERFECT albums throughout the decade that could have easily been on top of the list as well. It’s just too difficult to pick which one of them is the best.
That being said, I recommend reacting to some classic Stevie Wonder. Try “Songs In The Key Of Life”, “Innervissions” or “Fullingness Fist Finale”
This record is pure VIBES. But then you look under the vibes and you find another world of impact, lyrical content, and culture. Not even mad at the boomers at RS for putting this at no. 1
From jazz to soul we're on a roll
Save the children brings me to tears. My favorite album ever
You radiate beautiful energy
D'Angelo Voodoo
Stevie Wonder Songs in the key of Life
something you would like
Right on is hands down my favorite of all time.
ur thumbnails r so fire
This.the best surprise ever on youtube
soul music god tier genre
I appreciate you looking at the lyrics
LETS GET IT ON NEXT PLEASE 😭😭😭
This album is the reason I picked up a bass, James Jamerson was a powerhouse
Glad you touched on the emotional connection aspect as a younger person listening back to older albums.
For this albums in particular, some of the “of the time” elements like the call-and-response vocals and the orchestral movements don’t always land for me…I just don’t have that personal connection to that era.
That being said, it’s still so easy to see why this is regarded so highly. It’s such a cohesive and focused album with great cultural underpinning.
The most important album in the era of music recordings.
Oooh if you liked this, you gotta check out "Hot Buttered Soul" by Chef from South Park (or Isaac Hayes as he is lesser known.) Walk On By from that album sounds like what I'd imagine walking through the gates of heaven would sound like, and it somehow also sounds like Isaac Hayes' sweaty head on the album cover
i second this
good time to recommend Devon Hendryx - Dreamcast Summer Songs
Right? What’s happening brother?
Album recommendations:
Waiting to Spill- The backseat lovers
When we Were Friends- The backseat lovers
Citrona- Flipturn
Heavy Colors- Flipturn
Something you needed- Flipturn
Shadowglow- Flipturn
Songs- Adrianne Lenker
Unreal Unearth- Hozier
Close to Paradise- Patrick Watson
Young Americans- David Bowie
Everything so far- Pinegrove
RMCM- Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners
Good For You- Houndmouth
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We- Mitski
Attic Sessions- Arcy Drive
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY
a few recommendations:
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production)
Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
What an amazing album this is. I got a feeling that next animal collective video is close too 🍻
Certified hood classic
I love this record so much! I've had teary eyes every time I listened to it, especially on Save The Children. You should totally listen to Scott 3 by Scott Walker for more baroque pop with lushy strings and overall amazing orquestation with an amazing voice leading everything.
YES
If this isn’t top 3 of the next top 40 we’re having words
12:28 people have been trying to warn about this stuff for a long time, and all the rest of the world has done is double and triple down on it, with token concessions.
There's a tension between war, the environment, and social issues being worth the most attention, and resignation to how intractable and entrenched those issues are. So what can we do in 2024 besides repeatedly ask, "what's going on"...
Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown soundtracks are great compilations from this era of music. 😅
I LOVE MoTown/Soul but… I can’t think of one complete album that I’m in love with start to finish.
jpegmafia sampled the second song on this album on the first song of his first album as devon hendryx: dreamcast summersongs which I think a lot of ppl have recommended
U would love man it feels like space again - pond
Hello smags! long time no see im here to provide some recommendations!
Id beg on my knees for:
Can - Future Days
desert sand feels warm at night - 新世界の弟子たち
loving the good content as always, take care ❤
billy joel- the stranger an all time classic PLEASEEE
First reaction to what might be the greatest album ever made. Can't wait to watch
MY GOAT REACTED TO THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
Been thinking about how I'd like to see Smags react to more great black music and just like that, "What's Going On" hits my notifications. This man's winning streak has to be studied. Would love to see some more reactions to some great classic artists like Stevie Wonder, Sade, Aretha Franklin, and Prince (good luck with the copyright tho) to name a few!
and if you ever do go bald you have to rename your channel baldthony smagtano
I FELL ASLEEP WATCHING THIS LIVE WTF 😭🙏
So relevant
You should check out Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone by The Unicorns!
YESS this album is so under appreciated
YESSSS
One of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs is What's Going on. I thought you may have heard it before. A suggestion: Marvin's cover of the Beatles "Yesterday". If you like Marvin's voice and like the Beatles, especially Yesterday, I think you will really like his cover.
WHAT'S GOOD Smags? I SEE YOU ENJOY THE DEEP, RESONATING, SOCIALLY SATURATED SPIRITUAL MESSAGING OF THE "PROPHET" MARVIN GAYE. Soul Brother Marvin Gaye. Songwriter and IMPECCABLE lyricist UNCLE AND BIG BROTHER MARVIN GAYE.
THE CONFUSED LEGEND HIMSELF
Wolf Parade - "Apologies to the Queen Mary"
This album really makes me feel good everytime I listen to it, but the lyrics... DAMMMNNNN
PLEASE DO THE FRAGILE BY NINE INCH NAILS 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
bright eyes?
Awesome Man!! Recommend Ram by Paul McCartney and HiLo by Jack Stauber!! Two of my comfort albums!
never ever clicked that fast before
can you react to autechre - untilted please, great idm/noise album
YESSS
peak at last
Day 3 of recommending Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales to smags
You should listen to There's a Riot Goin' on by Sly and the Family Stone. It was written in response to this record.
listen to topical dancer by charlotte ardigery and bolis pupil
hey man please do Bonito Generation by Kero Kero Bonito. it's very different artistically from Time 'n' Place, but just as good
the masses yearn for Pinkerton
It would be cool to now do the album made in response to this one: There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone
Gonna keep recommending Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
You’ll really enjoy “The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra” so many classics there
Once again I recommend you check out Everything & You by Dreams We've Had
October 11 , 1985
LOVE & ROCKETS
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Angelic album. Few recommendations:
Wild is the Wind - Nina Simone
Sister - Sonic Youth
please check out Kaputt by Destroyer
Smags, my guy, I MUST recommend an album to you I’ve found recently. “The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads” by Lift To Experience.
It’s a post rock/shoegaze album.
The first song might be weird at first, and the last song is 30 minutes long, most of which is silence (the first 10 minutes and the last 5 minutes have music, the rest is silent)
Check it out bro!
if you want another timeless classic you should listen to murder ballads by nick cave, soooooo so good
holyyy ballsss, can u do another led zep album? 3 is my fave
Lfg Finally Holy W Smags
Check out Let’s Get It On & I Want You amazing albums from him
Hi pookie try out the texas- Jerusalem crossroads by lift to experience
I love you
You really dropping a Marvin Gaye reaction just as Pride Month ended huh.
this aint xuvetyn tho its the peak moments of boris, mbv and grouper combined pls bby
pls do first utterance by comus
It was about racism and Viet Nam
I remember when this came out, thats. how old I am. I cant describe the joy i feel watching your reaction
Love your videos bruh plzzzz do uneven Compromise by lil ugly
Eating GOURMET tonight
This album is Marvin Gaye
C418 - Minecraft Volume beta
Not as a masterpiece as Volume Alpha , but its just as beautiful and transcending.
Also its longer
do more NIN i beg you
Uboa Just relesed a fucking banger of an album called Impossible Light, you should really listen to that and "The Origin Of My Depression". Really noisy and heavy stuff
Bury me at makeout creek - mitski
You missed the chance to say "what's going on" for the intro.
NO WAY
ive been all about the soul this summer, but marvin will never beat stevie for me unfortunately
YESSSSSSS MATE LOVE THIS ALBUM MERCY MERCY ME IS GOATED You should listen to SEYCHELLES By Masayoshi Takanaka dude 🧀🧀🧀
u gotta listen to Z by SZA
Day 7 of asking for immunity by jon hopkins
STATUES BY MOLOKO PLS
Please react to a brand new Minecraft disc called "Creator"
Will you?
day one asking to review logos by atlas sound!!
Please react to janis joplin !!
day 11 of asking for october rust by type o negative
What's Going On was a enjoyable listen from me but didn't necessarily click for me.
How? Powerful message and great lyrics what more do you need 😂