Re: be thankful...

John G. Dennett III (dennettj@stripe.colorado.edu)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 09:30:38 -0600


At 5:10 PM -0800 5/8/97, Tony Reid wrote:
>
> de> The song "Be Thankful..." is one of the cornerstone cuts on Marvin
> de> Gaye's world-changing album "What's Goin' On". There's also a
> de> brilliant cover on Massive Attack's first album, "Blue Lines", and a
> de> little-seen video of the same track.
>
> umm... where does marvin come into this? do you mean he was inspired by
> "be thankful..."? cuz, i have "what's goin' on" (both seedy & vinyl formats
> thankyouverymuch) and "be thankful" ain't there...

Oops! Thanks for pointing out the vacuum between my ears! Marvin did
cover it, and it's on one of his records, but not "What's Goin' On?" like I
said. Problem is, I don't own the album and can't remember the title now.

Grumble,
John