Marvin Gaye "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother"

An excerpt from the recently released DVD of some of Marvin's greatest live performances on TV and film, "Real Thing: In Performance 1964-1981," This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save The Children" with James Jamerson on bass.

[@mrquestion8398]

THATS MY FATHER ON THE SAX. HE IS THE SAX PLAYER ON THE ALBUM. RIP DAD

[@vibefrequencyable]

Awesome...nice to honor ur dad.

[@mrquestion8398]

Thank you

[@patwilkinson5531]

Blessings.

[@debbiedancemusic3764]

💕✝️💯❣️

[@jimheckert5383]

Fantastic thanks 🇺🇸

[@maryvasquez2300]

I'm 73 yr old woman and I still tear up listening to this song. The lyrics still have an impact on "what's going on" today ❤

[@KevinWatson-mz2os]

O my gosh you are so right I'm 59

[@solcalderon726]

Inmortal Marvin❤😊

[@if6was929]

"... but who are they to judge us, simply 'cause our hair is long..." has always struck me as an important lyric. It was Marvin's shout out to the counterculture. There was a time when white middle class kids had a taste of what it was like to be treated like a person of color. Back then, if you had long hair, most places wouldn't hire you, you were profiled by the police, pilloried by politicians, harassed by right wing hardhats in the north and rednecks in the south and shot at on college campuses. An affinity was felt between the long haired and young black people, they called each other brother and sister. That one lyric is like a history lesson.

[@GiacomoCucchetto-hz1hk]

Right on sister

[@willy1957]

❤

[@ritasacco175]

I wish everyone could listen to this song & realize “what’s going on” A true prophet!

[@sextusempiricus7913]

"The ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE" I see them every day. In their race with technology, they have become ZOMBIES. I still have a flip phone, and THIS WAS the GOLDEN AGE of MUSIC.

[@luispulido5173]

Yes indeed !

[@jackienaylor7205]

I so agree

[@jefferybernard4800]

True words spoken you have to admit that's reality

[@adrianamoura6138]

Muito atual

[@Christoph.1]

I’m a 71 year old white dude and have truly been a fan for decades. …”when will things get better? Please, soon…..

[@markrutter2486]

Am white skin head and i lovd marvin anz eddir murphy every 1 fine hopefully x

[@fibonachi4127]

Never in this New Era. Sorry, buddy...😢

[@jamesnathan5313]

000 😊​@@fibonachi4127

[@mattgmit]

It is everything....... ...........and nothing

[@mikeschneider1624]

@@fibonachi4127 fool

[@veroniquefaison]

This album was one of my mom's favorites. She passed away on 16 January 2024. I can still see her dancing to this song. I love you forever Mama.❤

[@sabrinahorde7131]

My condolences… love the song too❤

[@joe4960]

My mom loved his music. i was a kid when she listened to this classic. Now I'm 39years. She also passed on on the 16th Jan 2022. May their souls rest in peace.

[@brandiholly3629]

❤

[@garyrich2053]

🫡🙏🏾🤎

[@hirameberhardt8643]

My Deepest Sympathy for your loss. Losing any parents is like being hit with a ton of bricks. Cherished the memories

[@frankhulme7585]

Marvin Gaye was a genius. I’m 76 & I sit & listen to his songs most evenings. No one can compare.

[@Africa-ky1bg]

Plus his NBA National Anthem... BEST EVER !

[@davidbalmer473]

Good job, Frank. I am only 56 but this stuff from my childhood really wins hands down.

[@susanparry2333]

This LP was given to me in the 70's by a GI serving at USAF Chicksands and it is still the best ever. Thanks Ken Lee Beckham - wherever you are. 👍💓

[@keremkayi8319]

... and I add Quincy Jones' What's going on, and Teddy Pendergrass and so on and so on ... and feel blessed and thankfull! Fantastic people - eternal music!

[@luthermcgee7586]

Well, I do have to include Wes Montgomery as a second.

[@richardlovekin9056]

This is the first album I bought when I got home from the Vietnam War in 1970! This album(WHATS GOING ON) saved my life in that the whole album said exactly what I was thinking. There are many other GREAT record albums but this is the one that EVERYONE should listen to the whole album at once, from beginning to end. IT WILL REALLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD! GOD BLESS Marvin Gaye.

[@jeffscott6656]

Absolutely one of the great.❤

[@kathleenmatagulay1462]

@richardlovekim9056 thank you for everything! I did listen to this when I got it 50 years ago!

[@johnhoward8668]

God bless you my friend. Thank you for your service.

[@beatriceisaac2890]

Crazy

[@jimblanks3912]

The best album over the past 50 years per ROLLING STONE..was based on his brothers return from VIETNAM..Thanks for service!!

[@bonitaphinney1529]

Unfortunately , we are still asking the same guestion in 2023. Rip Mr. Marvin Gaye ❤

[@brucebarclay1967]

society never changes.....SSDD......same sh__ different day.

[@bonitaphinney1529]

@@brucebarclay1967 I made that comment, because I grew up in sixties, an era when Black people were fighting for equality and social justice in our schools, and housing. However in 2023 we are still fighting for the same things. In Baltimore, like most urban cities, is plagued with gun violence, drugs , mass unemployment, and poverty, and police corruption. But people were fighting against these problems in the sixties. There were drugs, but not an epidemic. We had strong leaders, who took the bullet for standing up against the status quo. But today young Black men are killing each other , and I ask the same question "What's going on "?

[@brucebarclay1967]

@@bonitaphinney1529 I too grew up in the 60s and saw the smoke rising in the sky as the riots took place in the summer of 1967 in Detroit. I agree with you completely esp. abut why Black people kill each other.

[@cara9592]

What is going on 2024?

[@gilmarferreiradacostacosta8635]

A question that will always remain open

[@smustipher]

Back in the day when Black music was POSITIVE, UPLIFTING, AND INSPIRATIONAL. RIP Marvin Gaye.

[@MrNathan791]

4-Sure. There’s just no real R&B today. Rapp ( crap) is useless. It so disrespectful, and glorifies violence, money and abusing women. Unfortunately it has been a bad influence on so many black youth.

[@Mark-gg6iy]

Not just "Black" music.....

[@studid55]

@@Mark-gg6iy A little out of context Mark. But um @smustipher, I am in agreement! Its like our people slipped into the thing we were fighting... We lost the fight. All my aunts and uncles that were around before civil rights and had to drink from the colored fountains got full educations... all eight of them. they grew up picking cotton. Now, all 24 of their children (my cousins), only some of the females have educations while all the males have no education. My brother and I are the first in the family of men born past 1956 to have taken the opportunity to RISE up! Unfortunantly the music reflects this... Its not a bad thing, its just whats happening brother!

[@mikeschneider1624]

@@studid55 interesting personal take, lost in a reply to a random YT comment, but i saw it

[@KeePenne]

​​@@studid55 Music leads us, then reveals us. Our social world has a strong relationship with the storytelling of music, especially the influence of Motown. The music of that era affected all of us and still does.

[@terrancegolden762]

I'm a 1968 baby, Army veteran. Grew up with parents playiing vinyl records of Marvin G. on Curtis Mathis TV/record player on Saturdays. It was about the hustles on Saturdays card games, dice, numbers, pool, house parties, Black Panthers Organizations, civil rights, our people are enviied and hated at the same time. The struggle is still real.

[@Ron71997]

Brings tears to my eyes, what a song - the lyrics are so deep, the voice so soulful , the rhythm so soothing and the imagery could be that of 2023 and not just the 70's....over 50 years later and still carries the same message. Brilliant - thank you Marvin Gaye....

[@sextusempiricus7913]

I think many artist are in the category of the best. Marvin certainly is among them. There were so many at this time. I WAS BLESSED! We were all blessed by two decades of GREAT MUSIC. Jazz had it's own thing going on. Just as good. The SPIRIT NEVER DIES!

[@arnnori8089]

And WHITE PEOPLE did not want this song to be played on the radio! But here we’re today 2024 blasting this song full volume!! ❤

[@ritasacco175]

That’s cause we been stupid. Maybe getting too woke now. Just sort of jokin’💕

[@tiffanywilliams9545]

This is my dad’s favorite Marvin Gaye song,my dad left me November of 2023 Rip daddy and Marvin 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Jahfaith]

I saw your Dad backing Marvin, live at the Royal Theater in Baltimore, MD..thank Jesus for all of us..

[@tonyabooker2640]

My condolences

[@SloMo2723]

Sorry for your loss. May he rest in eternal peace!

[@christophercox936]

🙏

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Marv. April 1st. Not long after my baby girl was born. Heard it on the news. Meltdown. XXXX

[@user-lc4qe4gr7k]

Almost forgot how gifted a piano player Mr. Marvin Gaye was. Pure heaven.

[@Spenc083]

52 years later and Marv's lyrics still ring true ...

[@rubensbatistachaves5539]

Impactante, simplesmente impactante 🍺🍺🗿🗿

[@jeanniemitchem998]

❤ Love Marvin and 😢good to know Eli on the 6:12 sax.. No one Can compare to this.. 50 year ago

[@reddirtgirl308]

Has it been 52 years? Oh no,..it's gone too fast

[@marydenise85]

I am a white women and he is superb you are blessed to have a gentle soul with the voice of an angel,.

[@deangross3697]

@@jeanniemitchem998 God Is Good

[@martysmith5260]

James Jamerson on bass was such an important part of the MOTOWN sound. What a bassist!!!

[@charlottedijkstra7701]

❤

[@ronaldprater-id6hd]

Don't forget somebody variant's terminal in this eddie Bongp brown

[@410kombat]

Mi piaceva il pezzo di MARVIN ma... mi sono incuriosito sul basso perché lo sentivo suonare linee di basso non convenzionali, non in accordo con la cassa della batteria, quasi um controcanto o contrappunto meraviglioso ...poi ho scoperto chi fosse questo meraviglioso bassista unico originalissimo con uno stile suo... il grande James Jamerson!

[@410kombat]

Uno stile meraviglioso unico... grandissimo James

[@ronaldomimessi]

@@410kombat E nota che suona, usando solo il dito indice!

[@11281942]

February 5, 2025; over 55 years since the release of this album. I too returned from the war married and 1 child on the way. I did purchased this vinyl and played it and played it. When my son left home for college, he took the album. He was a prophet indeed.Peace✝️🌹

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Can't believe this album is going to have its 50th anniversary this year, and yet it still sounds incredibly relevant. Some of the best music ever made. Proof that Marvin is one of the greatest artists of all time.

[@stephenjohnson8570]

I can believe it. His music is like fine wine. He prophesied a lot to the world. I thank God for he and his legacy.

[@claresamorris8440]

@@stephenjohnson8570 Right on Steven I totally Agree.

[@saraerickson9630]

50 years. Wow, what’s tragic is how young and much more creativity he had inside when he was taken from this world. Rip King Marvin!

[@KateBates22zabu]

I play the What's goin on cd in my car. It's so evocative of early 70's. A masterpiece umho. Tell it Marvin our brother forever remembered

[@silviotamba6294]

Xxxxxxxxxx

[@Divyne718]

Its 2022 and this song is still necessary and needed to be heard more than ever. #MarvinGaye #WhatsGoingOn #PeaceAndLove

[@mikefox1711]

more now

[@tinalilly7167]

AMEN 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@trinahumbleskipper1510]

You have that right for sure and my sincere thank you to the young lady who's dad played on this . her daddy is in heaven with my husband

[@trinahumbleskipper1510]

You go ms Tina lilly

[@elizabethwilcox6490]

Yes!

[@palcanon6888]

Such a magnanimous talent. Our Creator called him so there's nothing for us to say but thank you for the time we had to enjoy him❤️

[@mushfiqurrahman5470]

This version is a masterpiece- wow

[@lathamarea1437]

65 years old and i STILL get chills hearing this song..

[@DarranJHankey66]

I tell you an album that I put on and like WGO,,, Choice of Colours by The Impressions,, that album sadly means more now than it did 60 odd yrs ago when Curtis Mayfield sang the title song,,,,, the part **Better days are coming*,,, I prey they do fast 🙏🙏 god bless all races, We are all one in really a dot from the Sky

[@mickfoskett6629]

67 and feel exactly the same..the most complete album ever made!..genius!!,🎷🇬🇧

[@ebm1x10]

Preach

[@katekissick3750]

Geeze Marvin can make my hair stand on end to this day...when music was at its best.

[@RobertA-dw7ls]

65 hell 70 and i still do too

[@tomb7874]

I am 65, I get very emotional whenever I hear this number of Marvin Gaye. RIP brother. We have always loved you..

[@Silenius32]

I'm 48 and really diggin' your answer. I know exactly what you mean. Mostly into Prince, but this man is a serious LEGEND as well! I bought the "Special Extended CD" of "Whats going on" long time ago, it's a monument for sure....

[@Janie8516]

Me too...I'm 65 and his music takes me back to a simpler, happier time...best music vibes 💜

[@julianearle9726]

Word up bro

[@reneeblue9361]

Yes bro, I do too as well. Tearjerking perfection right here.

[@reneeblue9361]

Just posted Wholy holy to my FB page, we need that song in this world tonite.

[@joannekaroutsos6604]

Our politicians should hear this song

No words will ever describe how much I truly Love Marvin Gaye..... May his soul forever rest in a heavenly realm prepared for people with such wonderful spirits....... Rest in peace Marvin, you are still with us and we still love you the same..

[@dylanmoore6907]

That dude had so much soul in his voice. Nothing really tops it

[@jorgeneryfigueroa5340]

And that warm and lovely smile

[@user-hr5ny9dj4n]

He was and a legend. Graduated from Harvard University. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@bobhillstrom4915]

Wow...By far the best rendition of this wonderful song by Marvin. I am 73 in a wheelchair living in an adult community in California. I've been listening to him (50+ years) since I was much younger with Tami, He was absolutely fantastic. It was terrible of how he died with the stuff with his father. They don't make other people like him anymore. Thanks a lot.

[@bobhillstrom4915]

thanks

[@matsnilsson565]

You're right that this is how this epic album with its legendary songs should be played. LIVE and at the actual time! Unfortunately, besides this "documentary", this was taken from, a live performance at around 71-73 from MARVIN is nearly impossible to find (please prove me wrong).

[@ts-eu6mp]

Right On! Hang in there, Brother! I appreciate your post-so much. Hoping and praying for a better year---TS. :)

[@wardi1116]

To: @bobhillstrom4915, It take a good heart to enjoy Marvin for 50. year, I am 60 years old n has been listening to Marvin for the last 40 years. God Bless You

[@jorgeneryfigueroa5340]

NIce words man, the best and my prayers for you

[@soulspirit.]

This song always brings tears to my eyes..many of his songs were songs of humanity suffering which will exist as long as man is alive...in a class of its own . Just look at the audience..they feel every note tugging their heart strings 😢❤❤❤❤

[@chiefjoesph9174]

Your comment beautifully captures the profound impact of music, especially Marvin Gaye's timeless songs. Indeed, his music has a unique ability to evoke deep emotions and connect with the shared human experience. The way his audience feels every note, as if it's tugging at their heartstrings, is a testament to the enduring power of Marvin Gaye's music. It's a testament to his ability to convey the universal themes of human suffering and resilience through his soulful melodies and poignant lyrics. Music has this incredible capacity to transcend time and touch the soul, and Marvin Gaye's songs are a perfect example of this. They serve as a reminder of our shared humanity and the emotions that bind us all together. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions, and for appreciating the profound impact of Marvin Gaye's music on the hearts of listeners. It's a testament to the lasting legacy of a truly remarkable artist.

[@scotttweedy3668]

I still get choked app every time I hear this song it really hits my heart.

[@barbaraafelton5469]

So true! And that's why he STILL lives on! 💙🙏🏾

[@joelmogensen579]

I think great music is the closest we'll ever get to magic. There's nothing like it to trigger a memory or invoke a mood.

[@ewetoo]

Same, this performance chokes me up every time, gets to my soul.

[@richardseegman803]

The greatest soul singer of all time. Don't know what else to say . . .

[@andrewredding6782]

This album makes more sense now,than when it was made in 1971!

[@annishilcock4587]

Marvin was a prophet touched by the genius that tortured his soul and killed him.

[@Vee316]

Yes!!!!!

[@sexxyvaldenis3653]

💯

[@timwilson712]

BOY DO I AGREE...

[@comedywriter8408]

Totally agree with you. Looking back to 1971 when I was just 15, it makes so much more sense to me today.

[@sidneydavis9827]

It's a shame that there will never be another great generation of music like this.

[@SharonThoboisluvtolive]

How can you say that and mean it? "There will never be " nobody knows what will be, before it's time ⏲️💯👌

[@ericwalker3364]

Marvin is one in a billion. No one compares.

[@louisepaton9995]

My favourite era of music, incomparable

[@kdm222]

At least not in our time

[@theodorecurry3885]

You just said a mouth full Sidney Davis.

[@brendarose3941]

March 6, 2024 incredible to be alive to see and hear this amazing song ❤

[@JohnDoe-nn9jv]

It's beautiful two parents and their children in so many places through this video. Marvin was amazing!

[@alancorrea9161]

I remember the day when I heard Marvin Gaye died April 1st 1984 . I was on a bus in downtown San Jose and someone had a boom box radio and the music stopped for a special announcement that Marvin Gaye had died . I swear everybody on the bus went silent with sadness and surprise and then the radio played this song in remembrance of him . R.I.P. Marvin , gone but never forgotten !

[@mozdickson]

thanks for sharing that Alan, Sweet as.

[@MD-rd7bn]

Quite a story...

[@lisarich5315]

Many people loose there MoMA and I lose mine this song touchedy soul

[@danamacisaac6944]

it was april 1983

[@jatontherun]

Amen brother

[@charlieholden88]

Who needs backing vocals when you've got James Jamerson on bass....this stuff is timeless

[@daviddragon1719]

That's right man, James was nasty. He was a virtuoso and a professional who displayed a "supreme" mastery of tone manipulation, timing, and note placement,

[@mcclendonreport]

Jamerson indeed.

[@dynasticlight8706]

Was, also just wondering ,who's on Drum's .Exceptional.

[@vodekz1534]

James played bass from his emotional feelings, just from his heart. This is why he was a different bass player

[@mcclendonreport]

@@vodekz1534 Correct.

[@billbrandine5857]

The Funk Brothers at their peak. And James Jamerson's bassline is one of the all-time greatest basslines ever in any genre. He called it the greatest line he ever played, despite there being dozens of great lines he's played in numerous songs. This line should be in every bassist's repertoire for their own legitimacy as a player.

[@pamavery9352]

I played Sax in the 70’s in high school! Imagine a skinny white girl playing this song!!! Loved this man!! I played my heart out!!!!

[@marysiegel5763]

I'm 77 and I will love this song and marvin Gaye for ever.

[@beckyperez5282]

I'm still a decade behind you. I keep trying to make my, Keep Livin' Oath alive. I have chronic pain, untreatable, and these songs remind me of a perfect body, can't ever get near normal. What keeps you shining??

[@beeshor1]

@@beckyperez5282 What keeps me shining? It was a question you posed to sister Mary Siegel. But if you'll allow me, I'd like to add my two cents. What keeps me shining is much the same as you. I, too, have chronic health problems. The product of a life lived recklessly, in my case. At any rate, the cause is less important than the fact that the problems now exist. At least it is to me. Nonetheless, I still find myself smiling and enjoying just the state of existing whenever I hear music from my youth which reminds me of better times. So my answer is much the same as yours. Sorry I took so long to get to where you already started all of this. Thank you for allowing me this chance at introspection.

[@beckyperez5282]

@@beeshor1 hi Willie, thank you for your response. It made my day. I'm sorry you also suffer. Good words with a sympathetic heart, you made me feel better. People have so much in common, if we could all only remember that! Many thanks.

[@kellilien1736]

I'm 63 and I'll love him forever too.

[@wenchenergaard6464]

And I am 80 and love him to bits!!

[@ccth22]

Marvin on piano and James Jamerson on bass. The pinnacle of musicianship and consciousness on a higher level,..

[@user-ko1kc8mo2s]

Прекрасно...

[@SteveKleinDrums]

×@×KA

[@genoory5090]

Great choice of word💯

[@user-ko1kc8mo2s]

@@genoory5090 Weri,weri qut...

[@CoreaKixx420]

You are correct ccth22!!! Just to have James on bass alone, is other worldly. Thanks for everything...much appreciated from Tim in Ontario, Canada!!

[@PatriciaGarnett-wf7kl]

❤now 79 years old and I still enjoy listening to Marvin Gaye’s music.😂 ❤love,love all ❤️

[@pacman071]

The song and lyrics are hauntingly beautiful... Striving for justice and the desire for change amid adversity. Turn on the news and see what's happening in Israel, Palestine, Ukraine and I ask what's going on?

[@martinaheyer28]

Hallo Ron . Es ist wirklich nicht zu glauben das wir schon 2024 schreiben. Aber was in der Welt los ist unbegreiflich. Marvin Gaye hat es einfühlsam beschrieben. Lg. X

[@dnitagill7]

Marvin Gaye was ahead of his time.... The socially conscious music he wrote and sung will live on for generations to come ❤️ 🙏🏾🌷☮️🙏🏾

[@brucebarclay1967]

generations to come is correct....people don t change

[@DonStinson-xq1rh]

Mae Martin Sheen weather ☁️🌡️ call Martin Sheen Reverend Martin Luther King 👑 Breckenridge weather I said rest in peace brother

[@terrybaldwin6417]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@BurningUp99]

Totally agree

[@lukey19920]

I’ve always heard the normal version of it, so I only heard this version a few months back but a absolutely one of the best songs of all time

[@rubensbatistachaves5539]

Tenho como a mais intensa e impactante que já ouvi 🍺🍺🗿🗿

[@Kdbrownllc]

I learned to appreciate this beautiful song as a student in college in 1993. I, an African American male, studying at BYU , was confronted with many social struggles and found solace in Marvin’s lyrics and vocals .. I love him, his vision , his vocals ..💪🏽❤️💪🏽

[@jimblanks3912]

was in college in 1972..and how much depth he had..the album was/is incredible

[@nestorpitre7497]

It's great to hear vocals and real thought in his mission to build a social message which will never grow old and still be the prophetic and relevent for today's time.

[@PRIVATEPRIVATE-ff7hr]

The social struggles were at BYU?

[@Ravenoflight2275]

James Jamerson killing that bass guitar 🎸

[@jorgetapia4810]

What else can one expect from the best bassist in the world. Magic

[@chipcobb6015]

All of them on that stage are bona fide geniuses

[@michelletafoya4634]

I'm so grateful he was here during my lifetime.

[@richardbbranch3478]

And mine to died so young rip marvin genuis man love to all xx

[@jesusislord3321]

Me too

[@alphazero2005]

He died when I was 5 years old. He remains one of my favorite artists of all time.

[@andrewholt7741]

Me too.

[@starturtle9639]

Growing up in the 80's, finding out about Marvin Gaye and still learning... 🙏

[@rolandbaldwin]

This just takes your soul somewhere else entirely. Such a beautiful performance.

[@patriciacasanova814]

🍷🍷

[@Vivaraelyn]

Love. Love. Love.

[@robster7316]

Monumental.

[@terryhall8042]

To REALITY facts & truth

[@may5588]

Well said Roland

[@bradmad4419]

Hands down.....GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME!

[@paulrobinson5619]

Great taste in music 🎶

[@alfreddavis2123]

Look at the beautiful black families Oh I see Fathers F these white wingers who say otherwise

[@barbs8026]

Goosebumps, Goosebumps peeps, who's listening in 2023 to this timeless classic🎉❤

[@christinegovan3712]

2024❤

[@alfreddavis2123]

That damn James Jameson 🔥🔥🔥🔥got that bass equal to Marvin voice, damn!!!!!!!

[@Axlzander]

I'm 39 years old, and I discovered Marvin Gaye five years ago. I can say that his contribution to the music is priceless. Best regards from Perú, RIP Genius.

[@t.i.p.s.truthinplainsight6450]

Wowww u just discovered him! He literally raised Me! Check out My favorite album Hear My dear! Among many I love this one

[@rosalindwilliams4735]

I been listening to his music since I was 9 years old . I'm 62

[@gregtaylor8017]

Muy bonito que has descubierto la música de Marvin Gaye. Para mi, escuchar su voz es como entrar en el cielo. Lo escucho cada día y cada día la belleza de esta música me sorprende más. Un saludo desde Bolivia.

[@glowingcrowns1692]

I'm 32 I started listening to him 20 years ago. Always have to revisit this timeless classic

[@rosanesabritto1323]

@@rosalindwilliams4735 me too. I love him.

[@marvintillis8068]

One of the greatest voices that ever lived!!

[@lenorefriedrich1634]

Love this man ❤️‍🔥…. Gone way to soon 🙏🏻…. I NEVER get tired of hearing his melodic voice 💋…. smooth like honey 🍯💋🫶🏻

[@ivorwright5865]

I heard this song in my teens, it stopped me in my tracks and i listened , i'm a white uk 66 year old i've aged but this song resonates throughout time and changed my whole perception of music and the message it can send, if only they could build trillion watt speakers and hang them in space between satellites so the whole world could hear it in every language across every nation then maybe just maybe millions listening no matter of race or colour would turn to each other and realise we are all distant brothers and sisters gathered together on one tiny planet and within each of us posses the power to love each other.

[@shelleyw1837]

Amen...

[@ivorwright5865]

@@shelleyw1837 x

[@mozellephilpart1726]

Love your comment!❤😊🎹

[@ivorwright5865]

@@mozellephilpart1726 x

[@kathysloan7104]

Mr. Wright your words are beautiful and relevant and your words should be shared and I am a black 64yr old women listening to your words that crossed oceans if only everyone would hear and listen the could heal.Thank for making me think.

[@alvinmitchell2330]

Marvin Gaye is one of the best solo artist ever, arguably the best. RIP Genius Marvin Gaye.

[@queenladybug1702]

Absolutely 💯

[@keithtaylor7830]

The best!

[@deewynn]

You're absolutely right!! If a lot of ppl today heard him sing a capella their jaws would drop! There's even a video of him casually laying on a couch singing while practicing with his band!! Amazing talent he had! Im so fortunate he was part of my era and I got to see him perform Live several times.

[@maeugeniasanchez2589]

Era grandioso, qué música y qué voz.

[@chingaderasymastm6913]

PERIODt! Although I steal get red faced with sexual healing. I ain't no prude but can't hear it around my kids. Lol

[@user-mj4or1zx3h]

Man" I just want to thank all African Americans from the past and some today for your fight against Oppression in America. Thanks for paving the way for my parents from 🇧🇧Barbados. My dad often told us African Americans are the strongest of black people. Quote "Forget what others say" ....RIP Dad" ..Marvin and Al green were his favorite. RIP Marvin.🍸

[@AvAfanfromfrance]

I'm white European and I can't thank African Americans enough for what they gave the world while they were deprived of so much. All this beauty and poetry came from so much pain, I don't think we even deserve to hear it. They made it all because they were sharing it in common experience. To me, blues, jazz, soul, funk, are the incarnation of turning the other cheek. "You give us hell and we give back pieces of heaven, how about that?". If there is one thing to keep from humanity it has to be all the music African Americans made with suffering and beyond that, dreams.

[@j.pejoro4909]

This song still resonates in 2024. Marvin Gaye was way ahead of the times. What a genius!

[@honorbluelovelyful]

The footage on here is GOLD....showing ppl actually living and interacting instead of being tethered to phones 😍😍 it took me back to my child hood and teen years ...wish I could find more raw natural footage like this

[@Ill.righteous31]

Facts🥰

[@Thingstheywontteach]

Exactly right on point

[@tyleenatw6122]

Yes. I loathe phones. Bu Also without technology and phones....we could not enjoy all the GOLD on KZbin.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

We have lost our sight of God . God bless you

[@johnquick7576]

Lend a hand, in time my man always found one reaching and, those who be then with heart felt ways, oh to see again those minddful days so left are few those decades past, must reach to show those from few make many

[@garytheo]

This song is just too profoundly deep to appreciate its true value. The painful cry out to his mother hits you right we’re you’re most human.

[@raymondharris6158]

death is a wicked enemie what..marvin would be singing now ....

[@margrethhoogeland4078]

Heb deze altijd geweten

[@ernestblack8384]

Pp

[@ernestblack8384]

@@margrethhoogeland4078 my bro

[@ramjetross]

and not to mention that he was shot and killed by his father. Which gives his cry out to his father not to escalate a whole ominous and heavy feeling.

[@tonigreene8281]

The 70s , we didn’t have much but we had our MUSIC.

[@miami1911]

This music speaks to the soul.

[@Flics-ig4qv]

that was our time..and we were and have been betrayed by power hungry ass wipes.. I am 71 and know that I have till 85 without us being drugged into silence..I am glad that there of us who remember when freedom was not a reality and not a choice! !Please pas it on🥰

[@twowaymuir]

So strange that he was shot by his Father. "Father Father we don't need to escalate" One of my most favorite Singer songwriters. Hard to surpass.

[@charlesmoehrke3642]

His father was a "old school" preacher and they got in an argument about the Sexual Healing Album. Great album that didn't sit well with his father. Shame really, 2 lives wasted.

[@locadisa]

@@charlesmoehrke3642 I thought that the conflict was about a disagreement between his father and mother and then he intervened. I also heard that tensions were already high in the household because of his 24hour activity at the home. Marvin was talking off of the top of head because of his drug abuse, paranoid and was potentially suicidal.

[@unc1589]

@@charlesmoehrke3642 uhhhh nah my dude. His father was a “no school” preacher who tried to lay down the law while dressed up in his wife’s clothes. A truly disturbed man who Marvin was ashamed of all his life.

[@locadisa]

@@unc1589 True. It was amazing how all of them in the household tolerated it for so long. Several sisters and a brother stood by and allowed it to continue. Marvin was always the defiant one. If he had not left home at an early age he might have ended up just like the two sisters......struggling.

[@bakercarl8518]

Here's his date of his death again . April 1st. We thought it was a radio joke.

[@Artisan.HVACR1]

Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" does what only truly great music can do. It has a way of transcending time, making what was created 50 years ago seem like it was just yestsrday. The great artists and their music NEVER age out of relevance, for the genius of their work achieves the impossible. It lives into the ages, outlasting time itself and thus becoming timeless.

[@claresamorris8440]

Well Said Brother Tyrone

[@michelebacchus-myers3623]

Praise God!🙏🏾💖💕

[@jputterman26]

Sadly the things Marvin was singing about have not changed. I spent my life angered by this shit, and it's hard to think this country has gotten worse.

[@keithcorder3079]

Indeed.

[@anthonyflottmeyer6042]

@@jputterman26 yes the 60s up and down spoke of necessary change which never came close to fruition.

[@oof6910]

This is one of the best songs ever

[@anitabryant7634]

I wish those days were back again they will rain in my heart for ever

[@JF-kv1gm]

What a tragedy that Marvin was killed just as he was re-emerging after a difficult period. He left us some of the most socially, spiritually and musically astounding pieces ever recorded.

[@butterflyarcher7693]

Amen, I love all of his music. God is my friend. I plan to do that with a friend at a program soon.

[@bobwoww8384]

Biggest tragedy was his own dad shot him just because he was gay😖🥺 fkn tragic

[@zyo678]

I get chills everytime I come back to this video. This is a masterpiece 🎨

[@marccano5061]

Every time I hear this song I get a bit choked up.

[@mozellephilpart1726]

Yes it is a masterpiece! A timeless masterpiece!😊❤🎹

[@MrAlbalto]

Indeed……his voice is so pristine❕

[@kennethwilliams1301]

Truly!

[@thomazoliveira7946]

Verdade!!!

[@RobertBroughman-ot3fn]

After Marvin talked to his brother who had been to Vietnam he wrote this fantastic song

[@brianwade879]

One last thing, the looks on these people's faces, seeing Marvin Gaye, up there, singing....like they can't believe it...wow. Gives me an idea, of what they were feeling, and experiencing, in their hearts. 🙏 Precious 💞

[@mariederidder2662]

J'ai perçu la même chose en observant le regard et l'attention - voire ''la tension''... - émanant des spectateurs de ce concert !... Peace & Love ! Bisous de Bruxelles 😊 Marie.

[@ClarenceleeBrown]

Song paint a picture of 400 years of suffering

[@juliebryan2549]

He had a smile and a glow that you knew when you looked at him everything was going to be alright. Man you are missed

[@motorbike650]

Yeah..you know girl

[@marshacrishon1548]

Yes he did 😊

[@marshacrishon1548]

His songs were living stories the real real LIFE

[@eduardovieira5286]

THIS WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL MAGICAL MAN HOW I LOVE U😇♥️🙏

[@kelliewaring9158]

Still wishing that a man would sound like this when he spoke to me. Not likely, since nobody has a voice like this. 🙄

[@sheilapalmer224]

This is a master piece

[@nekeishabirchwood3215]

It sure is 🤠

[@gaynorgregory2528]

The whole album these tunes are off is a masterpiece. Not a bad tune on there.

[@briancritchley5295]

Yes Shelia it sure is, poetry with amazing sound .beautiful song from a man with a soul...

[@jennapuhl596]

Yes!! What a sad story behind Marvin Gaye 😢😞 We have carried a torch for him for years!! Very deserving

[@traciayala5044]

Definately.

[@michaelfayers9230]

what a song, what a singer, what a musical legacy he has left us, this song has as much relevance now as when marvin wrote it all those years ago, let's all pray for peace in the world

[@brisrecords8663]

Marvin at one of his best here... This is a Masterpiece without a doubt.

[@scottcable4577]

The bass along with his vocals are so insanely deep.

[@therasound]

insane....and that organ is crazy....the way it sits in the mix....crazy

[@gghostrrider]

Bassline is giving a Doctoral Dissertation

[@MrZinnerman]

James Jameson on bass

[@rickdixon1928]

@@MrZinnerman The Hook, baby!

[@donaldcrumbly1857]

Marvin spoke to us all to our present and the future, my brother was a prophet, forever missed.

[@kimberlydelima2910]

Missed! RIP what he sang then about war is now again 😪 w racism war etc.. this man was a GIFT! Forever missed NEVER FORGOTTEN ❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@NightOwlOfMiami]

What did you think? Times would get better? Your fooling yourself. Things will only get worse and worse as time goes by

[@geralddutcher3662]

DITTO!!!

[@CCG749]

You are very right

[@judithlambertwinfield7706]

@@kimberlydelima2910 9[⁹9999

[@deniseknolley4340]

Marvin's music is revelant and ageless. What a terrible loss to mankind. He remains in my ❤ until my departure from this planet.

[@sarahbutler5463]

Love➡️him & his music since the sixties & the gorgeous Tammie Terrell❤❤❤😘😘😘🥰⛔

[@Mina-vi5le]

I was 3 years old when the "What's Going On" Album was released and to this day, it is a DAILY ritual it's the ONLY CD in my car...how many people can lay claim to their music standing a solid 50+ TEST OF TIME...Rest in Heavenly Peace Brother Marvin...this was indeed SOUL WORK...

[@777jones]

It’s among the very finest albums ever made by humanity. Always will be a masterpiece.

[@kdm222]

Why so few comments... this is the song of the century sung by the best that ever lived. 65 and still lovin it.

[@markmurray5816]

You are so right the song of the century for sure ..

[@drewski1441]

Over 10 million views, people are just speechless.

[@richardfurlott4243]

Smoky said he was the greatest artist he's ever known ! Now does Smoky know Mo Town ? I know he does !!!

[@patwilkinson5531]

I was just wondering that very same thing about so few comments. Oh well. I guess they just don't understand; They just don't know what's going on.......

[@Gary_Jaffe]

@kenneth mucke You asked "why so few" right as the video was first posted - granted, 8 months later it is a bit odd there are only 151 comments - however, this has over 10 million views (which it deserves) - I'm sure many people don't feel the need to write "loved it" or "fantastic" (but there are 29,000 thumbs up - my question is ... who are the 394 people who pressed thumbs down????)

[@riccardoivani8]

One of the best male vocalist ever

[@kdm222]

NOPE …. THE BEST MALE SINGER EVER !!!!!

[@pbenson56fran]

Smooth as silk with soul

[@anthonyburns9365]

This was a master class...Period

[@SS-ii6nz]

This song should have won every award across the board. Mr. Gaye music is incredible and this song need to be considered for what is owed to his estate for being unrecognized for every highest achievement award. There is no song in the world that can compare to What's Going On. The World is in a major crisis. R.I.P to the musical genius The one and only Mr. Marvin Gaye.❤❤ and his band members who are no longer here as well.

[@anthonymills1483]

Marvin music holds up as if were written and performed yesterday and today. Another soul taken too soon.

[@rayonasimmons2615]

Love music

[@danieldelaney9747]

and by his own "pastor" father

[@mrquestion8398]

I agree

[@locadisa]

Story is that his father finally agreed to come to this concert along with his mother. They say that early on he was always trying to go against his fathers wishes yet make him proud!

[@locadisa]

@@rayonasimmons2615 Yes,look how excited he seemed at the end of "What's happening brother." You could just feel the presence of sincerity!

[@ernestmy9401]

I love how the audience sits there so respectful and listen to the music.

[@MalibuSteeler89]

I believe the audience shots were from various church services around the U.S This concert is supposed to be in Belgium........of course I could be wrong, but if my memory serves me right.........

[@makavelishakur12]

They feeling it, it was a lot going on!😢

[@jacquelineperry4790]

Compared to today audience sitting out there waiting to shoot ya

[@GoriBeringeifan332]

@@jacquelineperry4790 Or waving their stupid iPhones in front of your face until you feel like shooting them with the palm of your hand, a.k.a. bitch slapping the crap out of them.

[@bouncerdogsly1600]

No words can describe the the deep soulfulness of the the Album What"s Going on.

[@petarreskusic4136]

❤ I'm a 74 years young NigerLight and have been truly big fan since my teenage years ! 🤜🏽🤛 UNTIL THE AND ! ☮️

[@ZAOUWV]

I get tears in my eyes watching and hearing this…. So beautiful. This is the greatest soul singer of all time for me.

[@johnhowerton8241]

Same here. Was in the Marines in 71-3 when this was big.

[@johnhowerton8241]

Same here ,Okinawa,Japan. I Loved soul music, even thou I'm a Honky.

[@jsproule73]

This is still what's so today. Then it was such a song that helped me get through it all. I get tears with this and a few more by Marvin...he was his music...the soul and heart.

[@MrGaultier68]

You are so right my friend. Greetings from Ireland

[@butterflyarcher7693]

❤ I am 60 yrs. Old, been listening and loving Marvin since I was a kid. I have his I want you album 😊 going on 50 years old with the sugar shack poster.🖤🖤🖤

[@notbad7490]

Marvin was a big part was a big part of my life in the 70s. I miss his music and those years.

[@eduardomelenez1078]

Me too

[@AAM70]

Cool!

[@Brooklyn-it1gs]

We thought they never end.

[@gerryvanderzeypen1214]

AND ALSO FOR ME....76 years old now, remembering his music, the times in the band I was in and all those who have since come and gone. MISS it, miss them, miss Mr. GAYE, he was the man of his era back then, loved everything he ever did. RIP great musician.

[@AAM70]

@@gerryvanderzeypen1214 what a Nice words! Beautiful!

[@lavernejboyd4572]

Marvin left us a Legacy

[@SouthernComfort707]

Whatever was going on at the time Marvin Gaye wrote this song is still going on. Beautiful music...

[@ToniMattTony]

It amazes me that the special people I share my time with know this song well. A couple of years ago I had asked them if they knew "Whats Going On " by Marvin Gaye and they all did so we did the song.

[@garyboynton4654]

love and peace for everybody. we need it more than ever now.

[@lenarae3845]

I read that it may have been a response to police brutality and violence he witnessed in an anti-war protest over the Vietnam war in Peoples Park, Berkeley, California, Bloody Thursday

[@mrquestion8398]

thank you

[@nancycarlsen8675]

Song is regards to the Vietnam War. Never should have been there! Over 50000 lives lost. And I still can ask why?? President Jimmy Carter said it best..."why are we sending our young men to wars??" But even to this day, non-VETERANS still don't honor our USA flag!!

[@michaelobaugh6223]

Marvin and Bob Marley’s voices are sorely missed and somewhat lost during a time when we need them the most. RIP fellas.

[@otismckie9894]

Crying writing this 😢 voice of an angle , im 26 yrs yung so happy my children are gonna be brought up on this , god bless you all ❤

[@louier3846]

What a beautiful, dignified video! Marvin touching our souls with his own soul.❤

[@charlesmabrie270]

Hands down one of the best albums ever. Timeless.

[@albertybarra1838]

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!

[@bobfrost4134]

And Berry didn't want anything to do with it. Marvin convinced him, and a whole new era was born at Motown.

[@MichaelKing-zk2hp]

It’s ridiculous how good he sings live. Marvin was just different.

[@kevinthomas522]

Best album i have ever heard

[@mickfoskett6629]

@@kevinthomas522 ..Spot on mate..for a whole album to have EVERY track so good and relevant is/was so rare..Marvin was a musical genius!🎵🎶🇬🇧🎷

[@LorraineCareyAuthor]

Only Love can conquer hate.

[@rhondagodwin3991]

A M E N 🌹

[@makavelishakur12]

Yes

[@joaquimcosta1690]

Monyn beautiful Lorraine 💞🙏🤙

[@nauvalfakhri]

True words!

[@emanuelmaldonado4974]

Yes 1 an many will follow after

[@paulduggan2838]

Unbelievable voice. Truly one of the greats.

[@Billyboy939]

This might be the only film of James Jamerson performing live. That alone makes this gold.

[@susanthompson7371]

Jamerson was a genius on the bass!! I’m so greatful for us having him as one of our own!! RIH 🙏🏽

[@jennapuhl596]

I am an old white woman but this man brought much great music 🎶 in my life!! I never noticed color 🤔

[@derekcullum4788]

Oh Yeah...that bass...me..I'm lucky my son plays bass...James is his Guru....along with Mark KIng ...class

[@angelbabysqueaky3985]

In Standing of Shadow of Motown, they say that Marvin Gaye insisted on having James Jamison record the bass parts. He was wiped out and still recorded his part lying down, a genius. RIP to all the musicians ,that are gone now.

[@nelsonmccoy1831]

Seexmovies

[@reneemartin943]

That whole album was one of the best in music history ever still going on today God Bless Everyone🙏🏼💕🌷

[@mettayowomack3306]

✅✅✅

[@sunmist22]

Absolutely was the the best.

[@Sweetlikecandie365]

U better know it !!!!

[@LegitRockSt4r]

Shukran

[@ericmorgan4643]

Hello Renee, how are you?

[@yolandapeoples1764]

A true legend before his time ❤❤A reincarnation of a great prophet ❤❤He came with a message for the world ❤❤ Salute King 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Highheels4ever]

This song from the great Marvin Gaye is so appropriate for today….. it is right on for what is going on in the world. May God bless the soul of Marvin Gaye forever, he was one of my favorite artist of soul music. And this song “What’s Going On” that he sang years ago, could be sung today and it will make absolutely sense. Love you, Marvin, you have been gone way too soon. You are sorely missed by everyone who can appreciate good music, great lyrics and great singing. Very sad he is gone. REST IN PEACE FOREVER 🥲 ✝️🙏🙏🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@trayshana]

MASTERPIECE 🎶🎶even in 2022. "War is NOT the answer."

[@MaryLou913]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@michellebeckstrom6110]

SO TRUE!!

[@craigthomas1669]

It's been 50 years since this album came out and it is one of the greatest recordings made. Marvin's lyric still haunt our society today as if he prophetically told the future we live in right now.

[@kdm222]

So true Craig. Here we are in 2022 and still dealing with the same issues. This song is truly one in a BILLION.. I never tire of listening to it. You are missed MARVIN

[@ramonvazquez2588]

Impresionante lo más de por muchos años 😊😊😊

[@donaldnickson1914]

The Greatest Ever