Music To Deaf Ears Changes Its Name

Music To Deaf Ears blog has changed its name to I Miss Music.  

After much deliberation and countless name suggestions, I have decided to change the title of this blog to I Miss Music.  I felt that Music To Deaf Ears wasn't the appropriate name for the direction I wanted to go with the content of this blog, and I'm still unsure if I Miss Music is the right choice.

Having changed the URL, means my backlog articles have somewhat been lost in cyberspace so former links are no longer active.  A brilliant move for someone with crap technology skills.  Not! 

The content is, and always will be the same.  An appreciation of music and dealing with the loss of it.  I hope all who visited here before will return and if it's your first time, it won't be your last.

                                - Donnatella

Marvin Gaye! 28 years gone but never forgotten

Today marks 28 years since the passing of Motown legend, Marvin Gaye. I was just nine years old back in 1984 when news broke that the 44 year old singer had been shot by his father. I remember elder family members shocked reaction vividly, just as my daughter will remember my shocked reaction at the news of Michael Jackson passing, Amy Winehouse and even the recent death of Whitney Houston.
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Watch Mr Gaye perform "Let's Get It On" for Soul Train in 1974, the year I was born.

Although I was familiar with the constantly played 1982 Award winning “Sexual Healing” back then as a child. It was in my late teens, early twenties when I became a fan of his earlier stuff. Soul, gospel, blues and that three octave range he had made his music timeless and forever sexy. “Let's Get It On” ? Even young bloods who probably don't know who Marvin Gaye is are making out to that record.

My personal favourites are as follows:

ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN

LET'S GET IT ON

YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY (WITH TAMMI TERREL)

GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1)

HOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPVINE

THE ONION SONG (WITH TAMMI TERREL)

SEXUAL HEALING