[Fwd: Re: KPFT 90.1 Playlist]

dj SUN (djsun@insync.net)
Sun, 09 Feb 1997 17:38:31 -0800


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To: Ross Karavis <choc@acs.itd.uts.edu.au>
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Ross Karavis wrote:
>
> Great to see that you listed 'Funky Space Reincarnation' as one of your
> rare groove tracks. I have been working today and one of the albums I
> listned to was 'Here My Dear' , the album the said song is from. A number
> of the tracks have got ripper rhythm tracks on them and Marvin really goes
> out there with the lyrics. It is one of the most emotionally bleak soul
> albums that I have ever heard.
>
> It's out there teetering on the edge because th album was recorded inthe
> wake of his divorce from Anna Gordy, his wife and sister of Berry Gordy,
> founder of Motown Records. As part of the divorce setllement there was an
> agreement along the lines that Marvin would record an album from which all
> the proceeds would go to the ex-wife. MArvin went into the recording
> studio and came out with this bleak, messy masterpiece of an album.

Yeah, I remember the story, he was trying very hard to make the album a
bust. If I were the attorney for Anna Gordy, I'd think that one
through,...

Another peculiar note: he starts his song off with the lyrics "light
years", and I'm wondering if Jamiroquai received his inspiration for
"Light Years" from Marvin.

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