Today I started reading TROUBLE MAN: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye by Steve Turner.
His was a tragic death and my knowledge of him at present is refined to a page on wikipedia and a handful of his songs that I enjoy ( got to give it up, what's going on, sexual healing, ain't no mountain high).
I'm some twenty pages in and already a sense of sadness, disappointment and doom is setting in as Turner lays out the foundations that would shape Gaye and be the source of his troubles. I am reluctant to read on in the fear that my idealistic vision of him will be tainted. "To know the artist, you've got to look beyond his music" . That's the thought that's burning in the back of my mind which is why I'll reluctantly read on tonight.
babbbbbbbbbbbby i'm hot just like an ovennnnnnnnnn.........i need some lovin'........
ReplyDeleteI need to read this book...
No matter what they say, he is still my FAVOURITE soul man. But its a sad story indeed.
ReplyDeleteHave to read this book though.
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