Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

The Temptations were also very much a pop act such as you descirbed Gaye. Gayes best known song is What Going On and that song is exactly what Vocals was describing.

Gladys Knight and CCR can't touch Gayes version of Heard It Through, not even sorta kinda, i couldn't disagree more. Although i like all three versions.

Gaye was an exceptionally talented vocalist and i put him on a par with all the motown greats including Stevie Wonder.

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

his other well-known song (I Heard it Through the Grapevine was a better cover by Gladys Knight or CCR

Originally Posted by gunnels

I sense a lot of resentment in these lyrics. Letting out your feelings is the first step to writing good lyrics, true, but now you must attempt to take what you have written and condense it into something a little more constructive. You know that mayo is disgusting, but now you must ask yourself "why is it disgusting?" You will never truly know yourself or your lyrics until you are able to answer that question.
Also, throw in some interpretative dancing. For indie cred.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

in all due fairness, only two or three albums dealt with that

the majoirty of Gaye's output is pure pop

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

yeah that's his other best known song - i mean i like the album and such, but most of the songs do tend to sound similar

Temptations were a pop act in the 60s, by the late 60s until the mid 70s, they were pretty much a megaphone for Whitfield's thoughts on society