Marvin 2: On Contradiction

In 1983, our hero told Nelson George, "No conflicts are resolved."

But Marvin's life isn't divided at all. The real problem is that it includes everything -- without resolution. Cocaine & prayer & pussy & taxes & Berry & Anna & music w/out writing it & lyrics & hired songwriters & doowop & funk & jazz & soul & interplanetary anger & shootdowns off of the streets. You cannot hear Marvin as segments of opposites. You have to hear all of it at once.

Take on these three, as if they were all done by the same person:

• Marvin Gaye, "You're the Man"
• Marvin Gaye, "Sanctified Lady"
• Marvin Gaye, "Funky Space Reincarnation"

Ain't no resolution here. That's all.