I have lots of guilt. I don't think anyone carries as much as The Doctor carries, but I have my fair share. Don't we all?
BUT this will have to be another free day. I cannot think of a song that makes me feel guilty. I don't need a song for that, my top five sins are permanently etched on my brain, they're never going away.
So let's talk music.
The 30 day song challenge is wrapping up and all of a sudden I'm panicking - I'm running out of time, and we haven't even discussed Marvin Gaye!
He's one of my all-time favorite artists...I can listen to him sing all day. I'm sure I don't even need to list any of his songs on here, because everyone knows them. He was a beautiful singer, a beautiful man, and he died tragically and much too young.
In 1983, Marvin Gaye was invited to sing The Star-Spangled Banner at the NBA All-Star Game. His performance ranks right next to Whitney Houston's, in my opinion, as the best Anthem ever.
Whoa... I'd never heard that rendition before. I usually am turned off by the more "creative" renditions of the anthem, but this one goes down like melted butter. Thanks so much for posting this.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it! I'm the same way, I like my Anthem sung properly, but Marvin Gaye could do just about anything, it was just right for him. :)
DeleteHe had many hits and all were swell indeed, never heard it sung like that before
ReplyDeleteIndeed. :)
ReplyDeleteA truly remarkable and thrilling rendition. When a song as familiar as The Star-Spangled Banner sounds totally new, I know I'm hearing an incomparable vocalist.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree - thrilling is right! Everytime I hear it, I get goosebumps.
DeleteLove Marvin Gaye. I love his version of "I Heard it through the Grapevine"
ReplyDeleteYeah, his is definitely the best. :)
DeleteA voice like silk.
ReplyDeleteDo you know what it is to blot a stain, Mitch? When I first heard it, I thought it meant something different. I thought it meant to put something over it so that you couldn't see it anymore. Apparently, it means to lift the stain out so that it's like it never was.
This is my wish for your Five.
Suze, you always say exactly the perfect thing that makes me smile and tear up at the same time. Thank you so much.
DeleteIf they get the words right, I'm happy. I know I've said that before, so I won't say it again. :)
ReplyDeleteSusie, I actually thought of you when I posted this. :)
DeleteAn extraordinary artist who, like Stevie Wonder, completely reinvented himself on his own terms in the early '70s.
ReplyDeleteWe're all very lucky he did so, too. :)
DeleteI think I too would be hard pressed to think of a song which made me feel guilty!
ReplyDeleteThere is something unique about Marvin Gaye. My favourite has got to be 'What's going on'.
That's my favorite too! Awesome song...
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