Fun Music Information -> Marvin Gaye
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye/Jr. Walker & the all-stars/James Taylor, Marvin Gaye and Tami TerrellMusic Jokes:
Do you know the last thing Marvin Gaye's father asked him? 'Hey Marvin, wanna hear my new 45?' Submitted by: Jerry
| What were Marvin Gaye's last words? "I heard it throught the carbine." Submitted by: Rockin' Ed
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Band Name Origins:
- Larcen Tyler is wrong. Marvin Gaye put an E on the end of his name to further distance himself from his father, whom he hated and who later shot him dead. Submitted by: No, One Nose!
- As a child he was constantly taunted about his name, so when he started performing, he added the letter 'e' to his last name. Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.. Submitted by: Novac
Also known as: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.. Submitted by: motown
Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: The Prince of Soul. Submitted by: Martha Hankins
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Inner City Blues" | Make me wanna holler and throw up both my hands! - Joe H |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Marvin Strait | He was straight, not gay. | Rpollck |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "I've Had Enough Grapefruit Wine " | "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" | Susan M. |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "You Make Me Sick" | "Sexual Healing," Marvin Gaye | Lauren Overstreet |
| "Doggin' Aound" | "I'll Be Doggone," Marvin Gaye | Kathy |
| "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" | "Save The Children," Marvin Gaye | Josh |
| "We've Got To Get It On Again" | "Let's Get It On," Marvin Gaye | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Goth To Give It Up" originally "Got To Give It Up"
Stephanie Craddock
"Goat To Give It Up" originally "Got To Give It Up"
Stephanie Craddock
"How Sweet It Is To Be Gloved By You " originally "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You"
Peter
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Lived By You)" originally "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"
Mr. X
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Moved By You)" originally "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"
Mr. X
"How Sweat It Is (To Be Loved By You)" originally "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"
Mr. X
"Sexual Dealing" originally "Sexual Healing"
Serafina
"Rot To Give It Up" originally "Got To Give It Up"
Stephanie Craddock
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
Feb 25
"Smelt You on the Bus Line" by Below Average Dave
a parody of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
My third most popular parody redone with a far more professional finish and overall sound, oh yeah and you may notice that midi track is gone.
badave.com: (mp3)
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Sexual Healing" | "Testicle Reeling" | Lionel Mertens |
| "I'm Your Puppet" | "Iām Your Puppet" | John A. Barry |
| "Sexual Healing" | "Dsylexical Thunkin" | Alex Zander |
| "I've Heard It Through The Grapevine" | "I've Heard He Had A Concubine" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" | "I Swerved Right Through The Grapevine" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" | "I Surged Right Up That Great Vine" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Heard It On The Grapevine" | "I Broke It During Half-Time" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Lets Get It On" | "Lets Get A Bong" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Heard It On The Grapevine" | "Posted It On YouTube" | Phil Alexander |
| "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" | "Smelt You on the Bus Line (Extra Stank Edit)" | Below Average Dave |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Let's Get It On | Viagra | AVKing |
| Sexual Healing | Viagra | Sara |
| Sexual Healing | STD Clinic | BobyBird 7:18 |
| Sexual Healing | Vibrator Company | Harry May |
| I've Heard It Through The Grapevine | Wine | Matt Donnelly |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Sexual Healing | Sex Addicts Anonymous | Sarah |
| Sexual Healing | STD Clinic | Ash |
| I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Any Newspaper | Libby |
| Sexual Healing | The Masters and Johnson Institute | Chrismo |
| Let's Get It On | Sex Addicts Anonymous | soul |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Hey Jude The Beatles | I Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye | Hey, Jude, I Heard It Through The Grapevine... | Eric Andrews |
| Only God Knows Why Kid Rock | You Are the Way You Are Marvin Gaye | Only God Knows Why You Are The Way You Are | Mark |
| Poor Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt | Mercy Mercy Me Marvin Gaye | Poor Poor Mercy Mercy Pitiful Me! This person really loves to beat himself up! | Paul Warren |
| Tired Of Sex Weezer | Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye | Tired Of Sexual Healing Is it still healing when one grows tired of it? | Karen Little |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Gaye Pride
Marvin Gaye combined with Charley Pride
Not something you see too much of in country or classic soul circles...
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Gaye & Strait
Marvin Gaye combined with George Strait
Submitted By: crazydon
Misheard Lyrics:
"Sexual Healing"
Misheard Lyrics: Sexual feeling
Original Lyrics: Sexual healing
| "Sexual Healing"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I got sick this morning
Mosquitos swarming inside of me Baby I think I'm capsizing The waves are rising and rising Original Lyrics: Baby I got sick this morning
A sea was storming inside of me Baby I think I'm capsizing The waves are rising and rising |
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard it through the break of time.
Original Lyrics: I heard it throught the grapevine.
| "What's Going On?"
Misheard Lyrics: To bring some Muppets here today.
Original Lyrics: To bring some lovin' here today.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics: I hurdled through the grape vine.
Original Lyrics: I heard it through the grapevine.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Patsy Meck After making fun of me for mangling some of the new songs, my teenage son, Billy, walked through the house singing 'I hurdled through the grape vine'. It was finally MY time to laugh! |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Sexual Healing"
Better Lyrics:
Baby, I can't wait for you to ovulate
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I can't wait for you to operate
Submitted by: Gwyndlebuckets
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Better Lyrics:
I hurt it through the grapevine
Original Lyrics:
I heard it through the grapevine
Submitted by: was
Repetitive Lyrics:
"Ain't No Sunshine"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I know
Why They're Repetitive: This is repeated 16 times! Oh, my!
[Ed's note: In the Bill Withers' version it is repeated about 28 times, and sounds MUUCH better!] Submitted by: sXe LeXi 5X2
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"What's Goin' On"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Tell me what's goin' on, and I'll tell you what's goin' on,
Why They're Nonsensical: A great Marvin recording, but if you tell me what's goin' on, why would I bother telling you what's goin' on? You'd already know, right? That's why you were able to tell me in the first place.
Submitted by: Jeff Stambo
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Inappropriate Lyrics:
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: If I could sleep on your door step all night and day/Just to keep you from walking away
Why They're Inappropriate: What this dummy doesn't realize is that she could always leave by the back door
Submitted by: little Jen
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Band Name Anagrams:
I Rave Mangy Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Grave In May Submitted by: Krystal
Mary Gave In Submitted by: Krystal
A Gravy Mine Submitted by: Josh
Sounds delicious!
Maine Gravy Submitted by: Vince Phillips
It's a Down-East sauce!
Songs That Are Banned:
"Sanctified Pussy"
The title of Marvin Gaye's song "Sanctified Pussy" is changed to "Sanctified Lady" for a 1985 posthumous album release, "Dream Of A Lifetime".
Submitted by: Peter
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Hexual Sealing" originally "Sexual Healing"
Using a hex to seal something?
Submitted by: U. Carrie Oats
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
The Lyrics: Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots Money we make it Fore we see you take it Oh, make you wanna holler Why: In the early 1970's, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" was the last of the three major and pop hits by Marvin Gaye that addressed social issue (following on the heals of "What's Going On" and "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)"). Again, it has a terrific uptempo beat, but the lyrics might be enough to make you depressed (much of what Marvin Gaye sang about social ills in the song still resonates to today) or at the very least make you "wanna holler".
Submitted by: Peter
| "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
The Lyrics: Ah, mercy, mercy me,
Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east. Why: The following up to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" was "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" song that hit into the Top 10 of the charts on the second year after President Nixon declared the first Earth Day in April 1970 (that would be April 1971). In many regards Marvin Gaye was taking up the strains started by Rachel Carson's book about the environment, "The Silent Spring" from the early 1960's about stating what was happening to the environment, or what humans were allowing or doing to the environment, and in some respects Gaye is the precursor to former Vice President Al Gore's global warming advocacy (Al Gore probably was impressed with "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) and I wouldn't be surprised if Gore has the song programmed on his i-pod). It had an uptempo beat as did "What's Going On" but with all the ills happening to the environment it did leave one perhaps a little depressed, although hopefully wanting to do some action to solve the problems. In the late 1980's, Robert Palmer would cut a remake of the tune.
Submitted by: Peter
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| There are additional Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics available. | |
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Garvin May originally "Marvin Gaye"
Submitted by: Peter
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"It Takes Two"
1995 film, starring Kirstie Alley & Olsen Twins
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
