"Distant Lover" has Gaye crooning over serene instrumentation, leading to soulful screams near the end; from a heartbroken croon to an impassioned wail. The song's lyrics chronicled the yearning its narrator feels for a lover who is "so many miles away", as he pleads for her return and laments the emptiness he feels without her. Music writer Donarld A. Guarisco later wrote of the song's sound, in that "Marvin Gaye's studio recording enhances the dreamy style of the song with stately horn and strings, tumbling drum fills that gently nudge the song along, and mellow, doo wop-styled background vocals that echo "love her, you love her" under his romantic pleas. The song later became a concert favorite for Gaye and a live concert version, featuring female fans screaming in the background, was released as a single off of his Marvin Gaye Live! album in 1974.
WHAT UP G-MAN....
ReplyDeleteTHIS SONG IS THE JAM!!!....AND THAT LIVE VERSION IS A KILLER TOO....MARVIN SINGING....FEMALES GOING CRAZY....YOU KNOW HE WAS DOIN THE DAMN THANG!!....GOOD PICK MY FRIEND
Whatz up SOLOE!
ReplyDeleteBoth versions of this song kick....hard 4 anybody to touch Marvin!