"Distant Lover"-1974 (Marvin Gaye Live) a KNOCKOUT of Marvin's power

The Enduring Gifts of MARVIN GAYE Podcast

The VERY first time I ever heard the song "Distant Lover" was this live concert delivery from the 1974 Marvin Gaye Live album. I was only 14 and it provided a clear understanding to me that "WOW, Marvin Gaye...is the REAL DEAL!" The way that this sold-out coliseum full of adoring fans EXPLODES at the moment Marvin utters two words: DISTANT LOVER...it gives chills. I heard this song in the first month of my journey into learning all about Marvin Gaye. And there is just something about that audience's reaction to hearing their beloved begin one of their obvious favorite songs of his, that solidifies Marvin Gaye reached a status of being a legend in his own time. Not every artist achieves that, but when that status is achieved, it results in these kind of very deep, emotional, coveted, hanging on every note, sold out 40,000+ arenas PERFORMANCES that is a next-level of artistic career achievement. And Marvin Gaye had achieved all of this at just slightly past the halfway point in his career. He'd been a teenage heartthrob in the 60s, he's had the million copy selling success of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," he's made all the duets with Tammi Terrell, he's had the once in a lifetime achievement of artistic purity "What's Going On," he's pulled off a very rare feat of scoring and sound-tracking a film "Trouble Man," and now he's ventured into new soul-bearing love-song territory with the album "Let's Get it On." Yeah, all of that is most definitely legend in your own time status, and you wouldn't even need a thing more to happen with your career. Yet, thankfully we have so much more material to receive from Marvin Gaye from this point forward. And this night, this concert, THIS singular performance, it's just a proud moment for all of us, Marvin, every fan that had the golden opportunity to be apart of that experience, and thankfully each of us to this day and beyond!

Our youtube channel "Marvin Gaye's Enduring Gifts" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChilKh5Wc2UolrxowWOPktw?view_as=public allows that EVERY podcast episode song is available. Here is the video for "Distant Lover" Live: https://youtu.be/pP6LUdaZpc0

Along with many more rare tv performances, documentaries, interviews, concerts, and most important the DEPTH of Marvin Gaye's musical catalog via a "song of the day" series. Please check it out, subscribe & like (so youtube understands the value of the channel which will help it become widely visible), and ENJOY!!

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