All The Way Around
Marvin Gaye (wikipedia)
I Want You, 1976
Tamla/Motown
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Wow, how did I miss the song the first time(s) through? I was revisiting this album and this song just blew me away. I was more aggressive this month and played it as the last song of the night at I Love Vinyl.
Shouts to Leon Ware and Arthur ‘T-Boy’ Ross for writing this song, although I will say, for me this song is all about the music; the lyrics could be substituted with “da dee da” and I probably wouldn’t like it any less. My attention is always pulled to the sublime background harmonies in the left channel starting at :46. The interplay between the backgrounds and lead is really well done. The tough part about following the lyrics is that they are not only happening at different times, they are also (often) different words.
I just read the lyrics because I realized I didn’t really even know what the song is about. This one is a gem:
angel though you’re promiscuous i don’t mind a bit cause you’re still the greatest lay even when you’re miles away
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