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Marvin Gaye — I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 12:56
 
This was fine the first 3,500 times I heard it (probably happened within a week of scoring the LP) and will be MIGHTY FINE for the next 3,500 -- and may I grow old enough for that to happen.  Raisins notwithstanding

Cannon
(San Diego)
Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 14:23
 
 mcullers wrote:


This song was ruined by raisins
 
Well I wouldnt say it was ruined but I hate that I cant hear this song without seeing those damn raisins...

Highlowsel
(New York City)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 09:37
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Marvin Gaye didn't die from drug abuse. 
Great tune.
 

True. He died by being shot by his father, twice.  Marvin was 44 years old at that time.  This shooting occurred after a violent argument.  But the autopsy showed Marvin had cocaine and PCP (popularly known as "angel dust" during the day) in his system at the time of his death.  Per the likes of Wiki it's said that his friends argued it was a form of suicide with Marvin provoking his father.  In any case Marvin, like any number of entertainers then and now, was no stranger to the drug culture.  Sad (and somewhat pathetic) on any number of levels.  Can you imagine what his father (and mother) have gone thru since?  Some say we're all just aging children wandering the paths of our lives.  We stumble our way into life, and oft-times stumble our way out.  This shows the proof of that. 

So it goes.

Highlow
American Net'Zen

DanO-1
(Over a mile high, New Mexico)
Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 16:05
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Marvin Gaye didn't die from drug abuse. 
Great tune.
 
Marvin had a serious drug problem. Great tune.

BobLoblaw
(Bytown)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 05:37
 
Prefer the CCR cover, but this is great too.

mcullers
(Country-Dominated TX)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 07:54
 


This song was ruined by raisins

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 07:52
 
 LizK wrote:

Shut up.  Go away. Return to the Jurassic. Don't talk. You may talk again in 2018. {#Stupid}

Marvin was a musical genius.  How sad that he choose to destroy it with drugs.... {#Stupid}
 
Marvin Gaye didn't die from drug abuse. 
Great tune.

theralph
(Virginia)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 07:49
 
You must lose your mind to come to your senses. :-)

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 12:41
 
 fitzworld wrote:
This was fine the first 3,478 times I heard it, but it is waaaaaaay overexposed and should be cut from all playlists for a five year moratorium. Then, when we hear it again in 2017, we'll actually appreciate it.
 
Shut up.  Go away. Return to the Jurassic. Don't talk. You may talk again in 2018. {#Stupid}

Marvin was a musical genius.  How sad that he choose to destroy it with drugs.... {#Stupid}

hoppin_bob
(vancouver BC)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 19:18
 
Play this anytime.

Maybe not his best, but among Marvin's best.

We need to be reminded.

w/love, bob

WayUpNorth
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 06:16
 
 stevematic wrote:
Motown at it's best
 
        {#Cheers}  {#Cheers} {#Cheers} {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana} {#Notworthy} {#Music}

fitzworld
(The Big A)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 13:43
 
This was fine the first 3,478 times I heard it, but it is waaaaaaay overexposed and should be cut from all playlists for a five year moratorium. Then, when we hear it again in 2017, we'll actually appreciate it.

HearsayDave
(a mysterious seaside village with Number Six)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:59
 
 HearsayDave wrote:

That's awesome.  Long live the human DJ!

 
And again!  Double awesome.


HearsayDave
(a mysterious seaside village with Number Six)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:59
 
 nook wrote:

and this was followed by LZ's Trampled Underfoot.  who says Bill doesn't read the comments
 
That's awesome.  Long live the human DJ!


lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 13:40
 
never get tired of this, but would love to hear other versions, like Gladys.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 09:29
 
 passsion8 wrote:
Friggin' raisins done ruined the pure imagery of this song for me....
 
Naw, man; just listen to those backing vocals (hot ladies in silver sequin gowns and elbow-length gloves) and the string section (natty in their raving white dinner jackets) all swaying in synch ... THAT'S the imagery you should be channeling.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 18:08
 
Wondeful song.  Stupid Drugs, stupid drugs, stupid drugs........

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 20:40
 
Only 2 versions I'm familiar with are this and CCR's.  I like them both.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 20:36
 
 lemmoth wrote:


I like their version the best actually, more than Marvin's or Smokey & The Miracles' versions.  As long as it's not that 37-minute CCR version.

How about the Sunkist Raisin's version :-)
 
Gladys is smokin'! I'd like to hear more of her on RP.

CasaE
Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 18:04
 
it'd be killer except i always think about dancing grapes

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 13:40
 
 thediceareloaded wrote:
I dont get the joke........

 tompoll wrote:

Their version has a different title:  "I HOID It Through the Grapevine"
 
 

HOID is what we hear.  Fogerty had a thingy with that vowel dipthong, or something.

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:45
 

I've been listening to RP for 5 or 6 years now.  I'm pretty judicious when handing out 10s, only 24 in all that time and three of those 24 go to Marvin Gaye.



unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 02:50
 

Seventh grade football dance and my first kiss.  Thanks, Dana McDonald!



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 09:24
 
 jimbaca wrote:

How about Gladys & the Pips version?
 

I like their version the best actually, more than Marvin's or Smokey & The Miracles' versions.  As long as it's not that 37-minute CCR version.

How about the Sunkist Raisin's version :-)


thediceareloaded
(Berlin, Germany)
Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 03:36
 
I dont get the joke........

 tompoll wrote:

Their version has a different title:  "I HOID It Through the Grapevine"
 



tompoll
(Seattle WA USA)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 17:11
 
 thediceareloaded wrote:
I like the CCR-version more....
 
 
Their version has a different title:  "I HOID It Through the Grapevine"

sandyclaws
Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 10:34
 
 Zeito wrote:

Dumb stupid raisins.  I can't listen to this wonderful tune without picturing dancing raisins.  Uff, that was almost 25 years ago...


 

Myself, I always think of "The Big Chill" when I hear this song. I played that soundtrack half to death when I was in high school. Good memories of it, though - can't get sick of this tune!

cousinkill
(Kokomo, IN)
Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 22:32
 

10, fo sho. Not much room for debate here, imo.



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 22:29
 
See previous comment for Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:46
 
 nook wrote:

and this was followed by LZ's Trampled Underfoot.  who says Bill doesn't read the comments
 
Perfect! I too feel this poor, wonderful sweet tune needs a rest from all playlists for awhile.

Zeito
(Sieur du Lhut)
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:43
 

Dumb stupid raisins.  I can't listen to this wonderful tune without picturing dancing raisins.  Uff, that was almost 25 years ago...



calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 18:46
 

Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine. Live (1980)
"Marvin Gaye is an American legend. He was signed to the fledgling Motown label in 1961 by label founder Berry Gordy and scored a total of 39 US Top 40 singles for the label. This was recorded at the Montreux jazz festival in 1980; the full concert is available on the Eagle Vision DVD "Live at Montreux". "



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 10:55
 
 jimbaca wrote:


How about Gladys & the Pips version?
 

I like their version the best actually, more than Marvin's or Smokey & The Miracles' versions.  As long as it's not that 37-minute CCR version.

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 10:36
 
 jadewahoo wrote:

CKLW was the blood that ran through my veins as a young fella growing up on a farm in northern Ohio. I'm still contagious. Love Motown.

 


I was CKLW "Big 8" educated as well which established my life- long love of free form radio where anything goes...primarily commercials

nano
(syracuse, ny)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 10:24
 
this song is all the proof you need that music should NOT be commercialized EVER

nook
(gone)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 13:35
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
It's a good song and Marvin's a good guy, but this song really needs a rest. It's really tired from people putting it in TV commercials and spinning it on oldies stations. Please, have a heart and stop playing this for a couple decades. I guarantee that when you do play it after a spell then it'll sound so sweet. Otherwise we just trample over it in our day-to-day comings and goings and the song is no longer special. Thanks from Marvin and me.
 
and this was followed by LZ's Trampled Underfoot.  who says Bill doesn't read the comments



iTuner
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 13:35
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
It's a good song and Marvin's a good guy, but this song really needs a rest. It's really tired from people putting it in TV commercials and spinning it on oldies stations. Please, have a heart and stop playing this for a couple decades. I guarantee that when you do play it after a spell then it'll sound so sweet. Otherwise we just trample over it in our day-to-day comings and goings and the song is no longer special. Thanks from Marvin and me.
 
Couldn't have said it better myself.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 23, 2010 - 17:31
 
NOT GAY! JUST MARVIN...
great Marvin!!

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 10:15
 
 passsion8 wrote:
Friggin' raisins done ruined the pure imagery of this song for me....
 

The Raisins and The Big Chill ....  That said, this one takes me waaaaay back.

jimbaca
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 10:05
 
 Ulises wrote:


How about Ike and Tina's version?
 

How about Gladys & the Pips version?

stevematic
(sandy eggo)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 14:37
 
Motown at it's best

Ulises
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
Posted: Jan 17, 2010 - 10:01
 
 thediceareloaded wrote:
I like the CCR-version more....
 
 

How about Ike and Tina's version?

thediceareloaded
(Berlin, Germany)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 00:10
 
I like the CCR-version more....
 

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 19:20
 
It's a good song and Marvin's a good guy, but this song really needs a rest. It's really tired from people putting it in TV commercials and spinning it on oldies stations. Please, have a heart and stop playing this for a couple decades. I guarantee that when you do play it after a spell then it'll sound so sweet. Otherwise we just trample over it in our day-to-day comings and goings and the song is no longer special. Thanks from Marvin and me.

passsion8
(over the hills and far away)
Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 19:20
 
Friggin' raisins done ruined the pure imagery of this song for me....

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 11:08
 
 keller1 wrote:

My wife was telling me recently that she would listen to her transistor radio in bed late at night and remembers listening to stuff like this.  In particular, she remembered, of all things, Sally Go Round The Roses by (I think) the Jaynettes.

To one of the earlier commenters: yeah, radio really did used to be that good.

Times have changed, my friends.  This is how we all ended up at RP.
 
That song (Sally Go Round The Roses) disturbs me somehow.  I find it creepy.  Hard to say why. 


countyman
(09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 20:21
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
My parents had this 45. Someone gave it to them for who knows what reason - not their kind of music whatsoever.

I used to play this on a portable record player as I played in the basement as a ute.  It could have easily been 40 years ago. It seems like a distant dream.  A great one, though.  

 
 
I had it too.  HAD being the operative word.  Wish I had my 45 collection now.{#Doh}


keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 19:09
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
My parents had this 45. Someone gave it to them for who knows what reason - not their kind of music whatsoever.

I used to play this on a portable record player as I played in the basement as a ute.  It could have easily been 40 years ago. It seems like a distant dream.  A great one, though.  

 
 
My wife was telling me recently that she would listen to her transistor radio in bed late at night and remembers listening to stuff like this.  In particular, she remembered, of all things, Sally Go Round The Roses by (I think) the Jaynettes.

To one of the earlier commenters: yeah, radio really did used to be that good.

Times have changed, my friends.  This is how we all ended up at RP.



MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 18:59
 
My parents had this 45. Someone gave it to them for who knows what reason - not their kind of music whatsoever.

I used to play this on a portable record player as I played in the basement as a ute.  It could have easily been 40 years ago. It seems like a distant dream.  A great one, though.  

 



Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA)
Posted: Jul 12, 2009 - 10:46
 
It's acua;;y the Quantranet High Plains Region Pipe but Grapevine sounds good Too.