Tavis Cross: What’s Going On Entry

Tavis Cross: What’s Going On Entry

Overall, this was an excellent overview of the journey taken by Mr. Marvin Gaye in the pursuit of releasing What’s Going On. There weren’t many errors in the final product, but below I will include some pros, cons and ideas.

·      Pros

-       Great idea quoting one of the opening lyrics of the song

-       Impressive literary tactic of correlating the Vietnam War with Marvin's battle to have the album released

-       Good synopsis of Marvin's struggle to release the album, but more detail could have been included

-       Excellent point that good things tend to happen when no one is watching

·      Cons:

-       Misspelled Berry Gordy (although this could be attributed to spell-check)

-       Somewhat abrupt transition to Marvin trying out to be a pro football player

-       Remove the word "to" before "saxophone performance."

-       Change "simple" in the last paragraph to "simply"

-       Un-necessary reference of Velvet underground source

·      Ideas

-       Perhaps include some insight into the studio sessions behind the album.

-       Perhaps address the effect that this album had on music.