![]() A third version of this song, later issued on the deluxe edition issue of Let's Get It On, has Gaye singing in tenor as the lead, and offered up an opinion that "maybe we should have a lady president", probably a reaction from the news of Shirley Chisholm running for president that year. Like in "Inner City Blues", Gaye performs with multi-tracked vocals, with his falsetto providing the lead while his tenor provided the background vocals in three distinct ranges. The song was composed under the direction of funk music, a genre Gaye started to flirt with on What's Going On, particularly with the song, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", basing off the melody and harmony off that song on "You're the Man", producing two versions of the same style. Gaye himself years later would admit that he didn't trust the government or the political system. Gaye then mockingly shouts the potential candidate out as they're the person to run for, saying to them constantly, "you're the man". At the same breath, however, Gaye berates the political system with the line, "politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics". "You're the Man" was basically a demanding song in which Gaye was calling out to potential candidates, much prominently George McGovern, asking them if they really have a plan to "right all the wrongs" of the past administration and bring about change. Gaye, who was being hounded by the government for failure to pay back taxes, felt that the government wasn't looking out for people's best interests and upon the election, also felt that no politician would help to ease any difficulty concerning US citizens. Gaye and his band, which consisted of members of Hamilton Bohannon's group, went into the studio in the spring of 1972 to record a song inspired by the political election of the year. One of the projects was another album focusing on social matters and further into politics, which was only hinted at in What's Going On. Gaye responded by putting himself constantly in the studio working on a multitude of projects. 9 (Beethoven).” Last modified March 16, 2020.In 1972, Gaye's success with the socially conscious album What's Going On helped in pressuring Motown to give the musician more creative autonomous control of his music, leading to a $1 million deal being offered by Motown, which made him for a time, the most lucrative R&B artist ever. “Pastiche.” Last modified March 15, 2020. “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Last modified January 21, 2020. “Musical Pastiche.” Accessed on March 17, 2020. “Beethovens Ninth Symphony: The Sense of an Ending.” Critical Inquiry 17, no. T.I., Pharrell (Official Music Video)” YouTube Video, 4:31. “The Creative Achievement of Gustav Mahler.” The Musical Times 101, no. “Aping the Master 19th-Century Voltaire Pastiches and the Anxieties of Modern Authorship.” Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting, 2018, 77–90. “Pharrell, Bruno Mars and the Age of Pastiche Pop.” Cuepoint, May 4, 2015. “I've a Shooting Box in Scotland (Paranoia, 1914)” YouTube Video, 2:48. ![]() “Got To Give lt Up - Marvin Gaye” YouTube Video, 6:00. “The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics.” Oxford Reference, 2017. ![]() Green, Roland, Stephen Cushman, and Clare Cavanagh. “WHY PASTICHE HAS TAKEN OVER MUSIC.” New Music USA, February 24, 2016. “Froh, wie seine Sonnen - Beethoven 9th Symphonie - Yves Saelens - Sydney Festival” YouTube Video, 3:25. “Follies (New Broadway Cast Recording) - 10. “Janissary music.” Accessed on March 19, 2020. ![]()
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