From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V9 #12 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Friday, January 26 2007 Volume 09 : Number 012 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" [Nieldsforever@aol.com] Re: [JP] Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" ["Kathy Sands-Boehmer" Subject: Re: [JP] Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" Are any Kennedy fans congregating on the National Mall on Saturday as Pete encouraged us to do so during the Joyful Noise show a couple weeks ago? I took this request to heart and will be there with my daughter. Yes, in fact.... WHAT'S GOING ON? Escalation in Iraq! Hell, no. I hold a weekly peace vigil in Marblehead each and every Wednesday night so going down to DC to do it on a larger scale is perfect. All the information and more is at: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ I'm taking the overnight bus from Massachusetts and will march for what I believe in. C'mon and put your feet where yer mouth is! Peace in action--------- Kathy On 1/25/07, Nieldsforever@aol.com wrote: > > TK have incorporated Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" into any number of > renditions of the song "Get It Right" at shows, part of the fabled > "folk process" > since "Get It Right" is so harmonically like "What's Going On." > > The words of "What's Going On" are so incredibly apt today! Everything > old > is new again! > > "Father, father, we don't need to escalate -- > War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate." > > The whole "What's Going On" album by Marvin Gaye is great! Besides also > including "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" -- the songs flow > together seamlessly, > almost exactly like a Kennedys "Sirens"-medley, or for that matter like > the > "Nuah Suite" by the Strangelings! :-) > > So long before the Kennedys were the Master and Mistress of Melodies in > Medley ("Sirens," "Nuah Suite") -- there was Marvin Gaye's album, "What's > Going > On" -- ! :-) > > I know that TK already have a live album -- Positively Live! -- but a once > and future live Kennedys album with their "Get It Right" - "What's Going > On" > medley would rule! :-) > > A little like the Dave Carter-sung melody of "Tanglewood Tree" with its > Tracy-sung countermelody -- TK's wizardry in twining and intertwining > their own > "Get It Right" with Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is "bloody brilliant" > -- ! > :-) > > Bruce > > =================== > > What's Going On > (Al Cleveland/Marvin Gaye/Renaldo Benson) > > Mother, mother > There's too many of you crying > Brother, brother, brother > There's far too many of you dying > You know we've got to find a way > To bring some lovin' here today, yeah > > Father, father > We don't need to escalate > You see, war is not the answer > For only love can conquer hate > You know we've got to find a way > To bring some lovin' here today, oh > > Picket lines and picket signs > Don't punish me with brutality > Talk to me, so you can see > Oh, what's going on > What's going on > Yeah, what's going on > Oh, what's going on > > In the mean time > Right on, baby > Right on > Right on > > Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong > Oh, but who are they to judge us > Simply because our hair is long > Oh, you know we've got to find a way > To bring some understanding here today, oh > > Picket lines and picket signs > Don't punish me with brutality > Come on, talk to me > So you can see > What's going on > Yeah, what's going on > Tell me what's going on > I'll tell you what's going on Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V9 #12 *********************************