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>> this is now a learning ground. >> im always going to remember the time i learned what not to play and when not to play. >> hopefully every five years or ten years, there will be another version of "whats going on" by another artist. ♪ there is far too many of you dying ♪ ♪ you know youve got to find a way ♪ ♪ to bring some love ♪ >> michael mcdonalds version of it, john legend did the whole album live. ♪ whats going on, hey, whats going on ♪ >> tell me whats going on, ooh ♪ ...

The cracks? these are selfish questions because we will make sure that future is better, more fun and more fabulous in ways we cant even imagine. yeah. the following is a cnn special. wait a minute, man. let me count it off first. one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ mother, mother ♪ theres too many of you c crying ♪ brother, brother, brother ♪ theres far too many of you

Long and about 47 feet wide. small place. we were all in one room. we can see each others face. it was something about that magic of looking at a persons eyes when hes doing a pick up. >> we had the funk brothers. >> efb in detroit could sing. i never seen anything like it. >> the competition level was super high. he very easily could have not hit. he was a decent drummer and m mus musician, he started to be my drummer with the "miracles in me," going on the road playing drums. he started writin...

Small place. and we were all in one room. and we could see each others face. it was something about that magic of looking in a persons eyes when hes doing a pick up. >> we had the funk brothers were some of the best musicians ever. >> it was a mecca. everybody in detroit could sing. i never seen anything like it. >> the competition level was super high. he very easily could have not hit. he was a decent drummer, musician. >> he started to be my drummer with the miracles and me going on the road ...

Of being sick and you get upset about being angry. at some point something has to give and i think creatively he gave us that opportunity to sort of let loose. >> we have to sing about it and pray about it. we have to figure out but the question does not go away and the music does not go away. i wish we could have known the way we love him right now with this record. >> imagine that from conception to the greatest album, your most favorite album of all time. >> of all time. >> there is a lot of ...

Probably one of my biggest issues with the u.s. and then the flint, michigan water crisis that is so close to detroit, so close to the home of motown, it only felt right. >> black lives matter! ♪ mother, mother theres too many ♪ >> the question of what is going on, it unfortunately hasnt gone away. >> your dad was a wedding singer. did he sing like marvin gay around the house? >> 100%. ♪ father, father ♪ >> when he pulled out the "whats going on" album, i was oh, who is this? it want unt...

>> i remember being in the park and hearing it on the radio in the middle of the song and they announced his death and everybody was floored. >> soul singer marvin gaye was shot to death yesterday. >> marvin gayes sr., booked on the death of his son. >> to be killed by the man w who gave you life. >> i know hes at peace and at rest. >> i think his name would live on and on. >> i am always going to remember the time that i learned whatnot to play and when not to play. i was so amazed to play with...

For himself. >> he was stacking vocal in a way that we have not heard before. >> can you play your part? >> can i play it? >> on "whats going on." >> yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ brother, brother, brother ♪ ♪ there is far too many of you dying ♪ >> yeah, tell me whats going on. >> they put it out and it is sold. >> it was immediate pop hit, it crossed over . >> it was easy for him to come

Floyds of that era that were inspiring it. ♪ now, now im back on the scene ♪ whats happening, brother. >> why do you think its so relevant today, 50 years later? >> because shit is still happening the same way. just to be honest with you, just to be frank and not steve for a minute, things are still happening the same way ♪ whats happening ♪ whats happening ♪ whats happening? ♪ >> this is what he feels like, the ghetto of the churches. this is how i feel right now. and i also see how...

In ways that are irresistibly beautiful ♪ save the world ♪ save the world ♪ save the babies ♪ save the children. >> save the children. who really cares whos willing to die to save a world that is destined to die? that was an emotional plea for children. thats one of the high points of the album. and how he says ♪ who really cares? >> it is almost an gellic in looking down trying to figure out what is a solution. ♪ who really cares? >> im crying out for you to listen to me. this is mo...