[9] Music writer Rob Bowman later cited Let's Get It On as "one of the most erotic recordings known to mankind. [26] It was ranked number 58 on The Times's 1993 publication of the 100 Best Albums of All Time. [15] The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, succeeded by The Rolling Stones's Goats Head Soup (1973),[16] while it also managed to reach number one in Cash Box for one week, as well as two weeks at the top of Record World's music charts. The deal was worth $1 million, making him the highest-earning soul artist, as well as the highest-earning black artist, at the time. I contend that SEX IS SEX and LOVE IS LOVE. Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on (+ Jack Black, Wendy Colonna) It seems much easier to transpose down a half step than trying to play Eb Cm7 Ab Bb7 that the other tab uses. Share. [14] The sexually-explicit and risqué nature of the album's content were, at the time, controversial, and the recording of such an album was deemed as a commercial risk by Motown A&R's (Artists and Repertoire) and label executives. Tweet. [19] Successful concert performances of the album's material helped Gaye gain an increasing popularity and fan base in the pop market, while earning him a reputation as one of the top live performers of the time. [2] Upon hearing Gaye's preliminary mix of Stover's draft, Townsend protested and claimed that the song would be better suited with sexual and romantic overtones, particularly "about making sweet love. I think we make far too much of it. The songs that were to be included on it, along with other unreleased recordings from Hitsville West and Golden World, were later featured on the 2001 re-release of Let's Get It On. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday (feat. That was another first, as well as him capturing erotica like that, and weaving it into the music the way he did; it was mind blowing. Elliot [in his liner notes, that life amounts to "Birth, copulation and death"], and the young lady moaning [on the album], we hadn't heard that before. Gronk vs. Bruschi: Let’s Get it on! Reviews There are no reviews yet. “Let’s Get It On” is a deceptively simple declaration of sex-positivity, released at a time when such statements were revolutionary. It produced three singles—the title track, "Come Get to This", and "You Sure Love to Ball"—that attained Billboard chart success. Bewertung, Let's Get It on. You can use these chord forms get a nice increase in pitch through the four chords. As a result, the meaning and practice of sex had later become a disturbing question for Gaye. Let's get it on, let's get it on. Let's get it on, let's get it on. I made some adjustments to those chords. [7], The album's first recording, "Let's Get It On", was composed by Gaye with friend and former Motown label mate Ed Townsend. His view of sex was unsettled, tormented, riddled with pain. Directed by Alex de Renzy. [7] With re-recording the song, he had re-written the arrangement and lyrics to address the demise of his volatile marriage to Anna Gordy Gaye, who happened to be the original song's co-writer. [2], During his childhood, Gaye had been physically abused by his preacher father Marvin Gay, Sr., who disciplined his son under extremely moralistic and fundamentalist Christian teachings. I think Let's Get It On was Marvin wanting to make commentary on what was happening. "[21] Allmusic's Lindsay Planer cites it as a "hedonistic R&B masterpiece. Let's get it on Addeddate 2016-02-07 22:13:17 Identifier MarvinGayeLetsGetItOn Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. plus-circle Add Review. [40], Following the success of funk records such as Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) and James Brown's late 1960s and early 1970s singles, Gaye's Let's Get It On helped further the funk genre's reach and influence in the music industry, as well as increase its mainstream appeal. I hope the music that I present here makes you lucky. Share. Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father, Marvin Gay Sr., which had stunted his sexuality. Letz Get It On (Ready 2 Rumble) Lyrics: Yes lord, yes lord / Death Row said so / All hail, all hail / Outlawz / Let's get ready to rumble / Let's get ready to rumble / HAHAHAHA / Yeah! 1. "[6], Gaye proceeded to record some more politically conscious material at the Golden World Records studio, known as Motown's Studio B, as well as the preliminary vocals and instrumentation for some of the material to be featured on Let's Get It On. It has been noted by critics for its sexually suggestive lyrics, and was cited by one writer as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Allmusic calls the album "the blueprint for all of the slow jams to follow decades later — much copied, but never imitated. Studio. Let's get it on, oh baby Let's get it on, let's love baby Let's get it on, sugar Let's get it on, whoa We're all sensitive people With so much to give, understand me sugar Since we got to be here Let's live, I love you There's nothin' wrong with me Lovin' you, baby love, love And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong If the love is true, oh baby [1] Following the earlier sessions in Detroit at Golden World, Gaye recorded at Hitsville West in Los Angeles from February to July 1973. Time and space will not permit me to expound further, especially in the area of the psyche. [4] As with What's Going On, Gaye wanted to have a deeper meaning than the general theme that was used to portray it; in the case of the former album, politics, and with its follow-up effort, love and romance, which would be used by Gaye as a metaphor for God's love. 4:37 PREVIEW 1 SONG, 5 MINUTES. Be the first one to write a review. Jetzt Übersetzung hinzufügen . Complex arrangements and elaborate, melismatic vocal riffs were avoided by Motown musicians. a euphemism for sex, popularized by Marvin Gaye in his classic "Let's Get It On" DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file . Zur deutschen Übersetzung von Let's Get It On, 10 besten Songs, die im Frühling nicht fehlen dürfen, Happy Hits: Die 10 besten Gute-Laune Lieder mit Songtext, Die schönsten Freundschaftslieder mit Songtext, Log dich ein oder registriere dich kostenlos, P!nk + Willow Sage Hart - Cover Me in Sunshine Songtext, Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Sea Shanty) Songtext, Riton & Nightcrawlers feat. Noch keine Übersetzung vorhanden. The song was recorded on March 22, 1973, at Hitsville West in Los Angeles, California. From first note to last, he keeps pushing and shoving, and if he sometimes takes one step back for every two ahead, he gets there just the same — and with style and spirit to spare". Also available in the iTunes Store More by Dvble Trvble