Stay updated with breaking news from தி நட்பாக வானம். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: 'What's Going On' still feels urgent, still feels now | Leonard Pitts newsadvance.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsadvance.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Army officer was convicted in the massacre of civilians at My Lai. Vietnam chewed up another 2,414 American lives. And across the country, needles were lowered for the first time to the grooved surface of a certain spinning vinyl disc, and there came the murmur of a party â âa groovy party, man,â one of the guests pronounced it in the parlance of the time. A sinuous saxophone twined among the revelers, the congas set an easy pace, the bass played it cool like, Donât start none, wonât be none. And in a voice that ached and yearned, Marvin Gaye sang. ....
Vietnam chewed up another 2,414 American lives. And across the country, needles were lowered for the first time to the grooved surface of a certain spinning vinyl disc, and there came the murmur of a party “a groovy party, man,” one of the guests pronounced it in the parlance of the time. A sinuous saxophone twined among the revelers, the congas set an easy pace, the bass played it cool like, Don’t start none, won’t be none. And in a voice that ached and yearned, Marvin Gaye sang. “Mother, mother, there’s too many of you crying “Brother, brother, brother, there’s far too many of you dying …” ....
An Army officer was convicted in the massacre of civilians at My Lai. Vietnam chewed up another 2,414 American lives. And across the country, needles were lowered for the first time to the grooved surface of a certain spinning vinyl disc, and there came the murmur of a party “a groovy party, man,” one of the guests pronounced it in the parlance of the time. A sinuous saxophone twined among the revelers, the congas set an easy pace, the bass played it cool like, Don’t start none, won’t be none. And in a voice that ached and yearned, Marvin Gaye sang. ....
increase font size Leonard Pitts: ‘What’s Going On’ still feels urgent, still feels now We still don’t have an answer to the question Marvin Gaye asked 50 years ago. By Leonard Pitts Jr.The Miami Herald Fifty years ago. Marvin Gaye performs in 1974. His “What’s Going On,” named the greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone, was released 50 years ago this week. Nicholas De Sciose/Zuma Press via TNS Left-wing terrorists exploded a bomb at the U.S. Capitol. An Army officer was convicted in the massacre of civilians at My Lai. Vietnam chewed up another 2,414 American lives. ....