Originally Posted by Gigi4:
“There's a rumour going around Madonna forums that she is going to be doing a cover of a Marvin Gaye song perhaps I Heard it Through the Grapevine perhaps for the movie in which Lenny Kravitz is starring as Marvin. We know that Madonna and Lenny are great friends so it makes sense. This is also in line with an interview she gave in Israel where she said she wanted to do some more organic R&B type of music.
Great news, if true. One of my favourite songs is her cover of I Want You on STR.”
omfg...Marvin gaye is one of my top artists ever <3
Madonna and Lenny...Justify Justify baby!! Oh my they should hook up again for a surprise on album 13...ah man that is epic!
I actually hope its true now...and YEs for Organic old skool R&B...because Madonna has always had Soul/Black origin in her music....i mean Everybody was released to radios and people thought Madonna was a black artist until the video was released....and she worked with Nile ROdgers that channeled a lot of her SOul into her music...Leonard and Bray continued it with True Blue and Like A Prayer was an ode to her influences (Sly Stone, Marvin gaye, Old Skool Motown, Black Political music she grew up on...gospel) I love these ideas.
Its all coming together...Bluesy, Soulful, Rock inspired Alternative sounds....damn....my brain is about to combust...but seriously if she is channeling Old Skool R&B with raw vocal like she used to