Marvin, he was a friend of mine And he could sing his song His heart in every line Marvin, sang of the joy and pain He opened up our minds And I still can hear him say Oh talk to me, so you can see, what's goin' on Say you will, sing your songs, for evermore, evermore Gonna be some sweet sounds Comin' down, on the nightshift I bet you're singing proud Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd Gonna be a long night, It's gonna be all right, on the nightshift You found another home I know you're not alone, on the nightshift, oooh You found another home I know you're not alone, on the nightshift The Commodores - Night Shift
And that’s what people fail to understand. This dude’s performance was unlike anything before (except for José Feliciano) and definitely nothing like it ever since
As the anthem ended, everyone forgot about the game, and went home and made sweet love to their significant others! Marvin was just too damn smooth for words.
I was a 16 year old white kid hearing “Mercy Mercy Me” for the first time. It was such a striking song, sung with true emotions. It was spot on describing the racial and social inequalities, at a time when there was turmoil over the Vietnam war. I’m 68 now, but still moved by his one of a kind voice and music. We’re lucky that we can still hear his music.
It has NEVER been sung with such soul! Whitney comes next. The passion is effortlessly shown in their performances. They are both loved and missed deeply!
TRACEWORLD2 I think they let it slide because it's Marvin Gaye if anyone else (besides maybe Michael Jackson at the time) had tried this they would gotten crucified
I'm Mexican and getting legit goosebumps listening to the American national anthem, which is probably the highest praise I can give to Marvin Gaye's epic rendition.
We are so glad you are here sweetheart! My daughter was also created after Marvin Gaye's amazing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner! RIP Marvin Gaye! 🙏🙏💕💖
@@danielfournier8992 Whitney Houston and Chris Stapleton were head and shoulders above this. I love Marvin, but his version over the generic casio keyboard beat is by no means the height of Star Spangled Banner. Not even close.
I'm still so shook by Marvin's swag on this song. First of all, he looks like a living comic book hero with those glasses reflecting on the floor. Then that voice, that rhythmic voice!! swag
What singer has ever gotten screams like that while singing the national athem? Only Marvin!😊 He did not even have to raise his voice. The clapping 👏🏾 towards the end!
Me too. It was the talk around town weeks - even played on "urban radio stations". I don't think as many people of all colors ever sang the National Anthem just because it sound cool at the time.
I just wished he took time to look in a mirror and realize his musical impact on society he never knew how great he was and most of all how many people loved him even in his darkest moments, he didn't have to go home and live with his parents, but he did that rather than live on a woman's purse, he was loved so much it was said weeks before he was killed both of his x wives would come and visit him because he was just that loving and cordial, what is the most heartbreaking stories that has been told is that when his father shot him he thanked him because he said he ran the race of life and was tired of running, what's even more sadder than that when the judge asked Marvin's father did he love his son, Marvin's father responded by saying "I had no dislike for him," which blew people away!! What's even worst than that, the judge sided with Marvin's father and in so many words said Marvin deserved to be shot putting his hands on his father, the judge gave Marvin Gaye's father 5yrs in prison and then suspended it and just gave him 5 yrs probation.
40 years later and that's still unbeaten !!! He Gives me chills every time .... (For all those who are commenting below,I'm referring about the male Performance.Of course Whitney is the best and the unbeatable one). ❤️
Right there with you , I was 25 now I'm 67 , so many things have happened in our life time and this masterpiece by Marvin will always be a classic R&B at its finest
This is the best version of the Stars Spangle Banner I have ever heard, no singing acrobats or stunts just from the heart soul singing. Kudos Marvin!!! First time seeing folks grooving to the anthem.
Lord Reydan No, I am not high. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the church prohibits alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, marijuana, coffee and tea. It is just my honest opinion.
Marvin Gaye gave a master class on timing in this performance. He builds the tension at such a pace, that by the time he sings "Free" the audience is begging for release and he gives it to them then expertly brings the performance to resolution. It's the classic arc that all storytellers aspire to: rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. And he did it in under three minutes, yet any shorter would have felt unfulfilling and any longer would have been excruciating...
nguzosmusic you are right, the way he lets the timing slide into the back seat and then back into last week, and then he somehow ends up ahead of the beat?! What is that?! He planned that. Just wow haha.
I love this MAN ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥, I love this version of this song, no one comes close to this 💯💯 I don't have words for this King of R&B, and I still miss him 2023❤💯❤🔥❣.
I was actually at this game with my dad and gramps. Rest in peace grampa! I wish I was old enough to appreciate what I was witnessing back then! The absolute best rendition of this song EVER!
I would love to have been in that crowd--clapping, cheering and whooping--as Marvin sang this anthem LIVE! I am eterally grateful that this video is available for all of us who were not there!
As Marvin stood at center court, a syncopated beat machine was turned on. For several minutes, all I could hear was that funky beat. Suddenly, loud shrieks began to emanate from the rafters. Marvin typically got this type of response when he walked onstage. Now however, the noise sounded like primal screams of the doomed as they descended into hell. I laughed uncontrollably out of sheer nervousness. What was going on (pun intended) I wondered? He still hadn’t started the song. Then he started to sing… and he sang very slowly, drawing out every syllable of every word. Marvin took a full minute to sing the first line of the Anthem. As Marvin was delivering that very first line, I felt like I was struck by lightning. I knew with certainty that I was witnessing something very special-a watershed cultural event that would be talked about many decades into the future. Between the second and third lines of the Anthem, our entire section arose en masse and began clapping to the beat which we continued to do for the rest of the song. For what seemed like hours, we weren’t in the Fabulous Forum…we were in the pews of Marvin’s church…a church none of us white suburbanites would likely ever visit in person. Through the most unlikely of musical vehicles, Marvin gave us the essence of Soul, personal and collective... Todd Mintz
I have to come back and watch this every once in a while. I remember this live in '83. It was amazing then, and still beings tears to eyes. Miss him and that velvety voice!
That has to be the most smooth and cool performance of the national anthem. Never had te national anthem drew so much reactions from the audience from the beginning when he just uttered the first note all to the end when he belted out the last note. Legendary!!
The National Anthem smoked a cigarette after Marvin was done making love to it
Yes .. his performance was erotic and seductive.
Love love love it
@@natalee217 6AM and 2
And his video was the inaugural hit of televisions VH1 station on New Years Day 1985.
Mazel Tov. A translation to me meaning magic from the stars.
Oh HELL YES 👄
Man can you believe they held the allstar game at a Marvin Gaye concert?!?! The 80's must have been amazing!!
That is the best comment I've read on CZcams.
+stickmanbw whoa whoa whoa easy there
+Nunya Bidness Top 5
Marvin, he was a friend of mine
And he could sing his song
His heart in every line
Marvin, sang of the joy and pain
He opened up our minds
And I still can hear him say
Oh talk to me, so you can see, what's goin' on
Say you will, sing your songs, for evermore, evermore
Gonna be some sweet sounds
Comin' down, on the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud
Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night,
It's gonna be all right, on the nightshift
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift, oooh
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift
The Commodores - Night Shift
Greg Taylor, the 3
He freaking remixed the national anthem. Incredible. What an absolute LEGEND.
And that’s what people fail to understand. This dude’s performance was unlike anything before (except for José Feliciano) and definitely nothing like it ever since
Anyone else it would be disaster, but Gaye pulls it off. Genius.
Marvin pulled it off because he had the "chops" and the "charisma.
❤
I didn't think it was possible to do an RnB version of the anthem.
Best cover ever. You don't listen to Marvin. You feel him.
U said it!!
As the anthem ended, everyone forgot about the game, and went home and made sweet love to their significant others! Marvin was just too damn smooth for words.
denmark555 😂😂😂🙌🏽
denmark555 you absolutely right
THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Sweet, sweet love too! Mmmm
denmark555 sweet
Only Marvin Gaye could pull this off
I hope Childish Gambinon performs the national anthem one day
I’m glad u said this, that would be sick as fuck
@@shawty865I Hope I Get To Do It One Day...One Love Fam.
Man I saw this live. Had tears. He brought down the house. Peace
You lucky son of a gun. I may just be a 30 year old millennial, but I deeply envy you that. Funnily enough, I just gave you your 69th like.
So naturally cool... Never seen a crowd that engaged for a national anthem... Magical
Noticing how the music tempo was slightly off rhytm the crowd joined together to BE the rhythm that Gaye had set with his instrument Beautiful collab
The idiotic critics crucified Marvin for singing it with soul! Personally….I loved it!👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏻💙
This King could sing anything and made it sound Phenomenal 🔥🔥
I was a 16 year old white kid hearing “Mercy Mercy Me” for the first time. It was such a striking song, sung with true emotions. It was spot on describing the racial and social inequalities, at a time when there was turmoil over the Vietnam war. I’m 68 now, but still moved by his one of a kind voice and music. We’re lucky that we can still hear his music.
@rbs4976 "What's Going On" is one of the best albums ever!
Marvin is so PITCH PERFECT it is terrifying.
This guy was from another planet.
I'm not kidding.
that ending was epic.....the crowd was so into it, people dancing to the anthem lol.....only marvin gaye coulda done that...RIP!
Zen Ren I told my husband, I said honey people are dancing to the national anthem 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Who’s here after Ingrid Andress butchered the song?
I looked up best renditions lol
@Sean-dp9zz your not Ingrid either heaux. Your name is Sean. We both weren't asked fool
Literally 😂
I listen to this all the time and yes she was terrible Marvin Gaye and Whitney Houston best versions ever of the Star-Spangled Banner
Here in 2024. Marvin said he prayed about singing the national anthem and asked God to use him to move men's souls. God answered that prayer
He first sang it 1968 Dogers game
Marvin sang with soul to me very emotional
Yes he did answer that prayer.
NO,,,,ONE COULD SING IT BETTER TAN MARVIN ???🔥💋🔥🇱🇷💙😎🥰🔥💋🇱🇷💙😎🥰🔥💋
Came here to cleanse my ears after Fergie disrespected every US citizen lol.
TheNBAFreak thought i was the only one 😂💀
Yessss
HAHAHA ME TOO!
Y'all caring on....but CARRY ME,CARRY ME!!!!😭😂
They dragging her azz and rightly so😭😂😭😂
TheNBAFreak 🤣😂💀
That last 20 seconds brought tears to my eyes R.I.P Marvin Gaye✊🏿🔥
When they start clapping it's over for me 😭
You're not alone .
He turned our National Anthem to the coolest song ever...brave move and only Marvin could do it!
This has to be the only time in the history of the USA the National Anthem was rhythmically clapped to...Best version EVER!!!
Black people do it best! Then to follow was Whitney Houston! RIP Marvin Gaye and Whitney Houston!🙏🏾💙🙏🏾💙🤷🏾♀️😎
Totally agree. I'm still getting 'goosebumps from his performance,,WOW......
It has NEVER been sung with such soul! Whitney comes next.
The passion is effortlessly shown in their performances.
They are both loved and missed deeply!
After whitney houston's
#FACTS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
He pimped this song pure and simple, like only he can, lordy....
ladyjae65 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Marvin Gaye singing like he's about to make love to America.
Solomon Moon and he did!
Yess
He did!
F*ck me harder uncle sam!
Wait…
Just it’s eardrums
When Tupac Said “I Remember Marvin Gaye, Used To Sing To Me, He Had Me Feeling Like Black Was The Thang To Be” This Is What He Meant‼️💪🏾💯
Your comment, wins the internet❤💯💯💯
Great comment. You even weaved in a second legend.
Tupac hit women.
Who?
@@timlynch5710And????
No one will EVER top that.... EVER!!!
Don't even try, you better don't!
This is the most '80s thing I have ever heard and I love it.
I’ve never seen so much finesse in my entire life
christian benjamin right! Just oozing finesses
facts
WOW, YOU SAID IT!!!!
christian benjamin - THATS A SUPREME FACT!!!!!
He just put SOUL in that song!!!
It's 2024 and on this day 41 yrs ago he sang the ABSOLUTE BEST version of it. He did it HIS way!
The best anthem ever. Bar none. Amazing. What a talent we lost. RIP Marvin.
👍💅
And then there was Whitney Houston. ❤
@@deannaperkins754 nah. Bar none. Marvin takes it. In fact, he birthed Whitney’s and everyone else attempt at this song.
@newagain9964 Whitney is definitely better. I'm not saying Gaye's rendition is bad at all, but hers is just better, and it's an anthem
@@williamhernandez167no sir
Why is NO ONE this damn cool anymore??!!
TRACEWORLD2 I think they let it slide because it's Marvin Gaye if anyone else (besides maybe Michael Jackson at the time) had tried this they would gotten crucified
@@thedarkknight646 I am.
Is Bruno Mars cool?
Because they've been Afflicted with Auto-Tune.
The birth of cool ,anthem style!
Bad ass bad ass Marvin. Wit his shades on singing the national anthem. Nobody had ever heard it it sung like this before. And never since.
This man is just sexy
Yes I agree 👍💯
I love Marvin ❤️ He kinda blended Sam Cooke feel to it when he sung this. In #2021 and still listening to it.
@@bellestarr4040 Very Sexy ❤️
I think he set the barr so high, this will stand the test of time ⏲️.
He and Whitney Houston by far were the two greatest artists to sing the National Anthem in my opinion.
I agree with that statement. 💯
Definitely 👏🏾👏🏾💯
Jasmine Sullivan is up there with them now. She just smoked this at the world series 🔥🔥🔥
Mariah Carey
The leverts too at the Tyson fight
I'm Mexican and getting legit goosebumps listening to the American national anthem, which is probably the highest praise I can give to Marvin Gaye's epic rendition.
Damn! That was the coolest smoothest shit I ever heard in my life
County Boy Films TOTALLY AGREE!!!
smoothest is the right word, that was unbelievable. Kind of singing and bringing the whole crowd with him.
I seen it live on TV...he got a lot of back lash from the right wing.
💯
County Boy Films hell yes it is
Thank you Marvin for getting my mom in the mood so that I could be created and born in 1983.
🤣😊
Bruh 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
oh my
We are so glad you are here sweetheart! My daughter was also created after Marvin Gaye's amazing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner! RIP Marvin Gaye! 🙏🙏💕💖
Smoothest anthem I've ever heard
Marvin Gaye didn't sing the National Anthem. He made love to it.
Can I use that?
@@danrichardson1969 Sure
Yes!!!!!❤❤❤
One of the most soulful versions... of the National Anthem
THE most soulful version
Plain and simple, Marvin tore the roof off, with his version
Only Marvin could take this war song and turn it into a sensual song of peaceful celebration. RIP.
It's not about war. It's about freedom.
And that's exactly how he performed it.
@@betsylalich4570 True, ty.
@@betsylalich4570"freedom" 🤣
ONLY, YUP, YUP, YUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@sherryengle-xe6fv TY!
Marvin Gaye really put some soul into the national anthem. Well done sir!
Marvin was the epitome of soul wrapped in sensuality blended with class..true master of the craft of performance...R.I.P.
You on point bro!
World, meet the smoothest version of our national anthem ever....
Best version ever done in history! Still love it to this day. Marvin’s voice was smooth as silk!
Best version = Whitney Houston
This does not give you a sense of patriotism the way Whitney does
@@ShadowNightWarrior No way. Marvin was the best. It was so unique
@@danielfournier8992 Whitney Houston and Chris Stapleton were head and shoulders above this. I love Marvin, but his version over the generic casio keyboard beat is by no means the height of Star Spangled Banner. Not even close.
R Kelly rendition is up there too
I Have Never Seen Any Artist Sing The US Anthem Like Marvin Gaye Oh What A Performance
I'm still so shook by Marvin's swag on this song. First of all, he looks like a living comic book hero with those glasses reflecting on the floor. Then that voice, that rhythmic voice!! swag
The sexiest star spangled banner 🤦🏾♀️😍😍
Absolutely
🇨🇦 Barry White was also a very sexy! Back then if you wanted to get Laid ~ you put on ~ Barry White + Marvin Gaye! 👍🎉💖🎉 Love American Style! 🇺🇸 💋
EVER
Every time I watch this, I smile uncontrollably through the entire anthem. The most unique rendition of all-time.
It gave me chills first time I heard this.
Yep. He was the first to my knowledge who gave it such a soul sound.
Smoother than silk.
" Marvin Gaye had me feeling like black was the thing to be"! What a vocalist and performer!!! One of my musical icons......😍💗💕
Tupac :)
This is RIDICULOUS. All these years later and I straight up have goosebumps listening to this...👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
As a young person, I sat on the living room floor, watching history unfold. Today at 61, so glad I witness this magnifigance!!
I was sitting on the floor also
Stunned. Speechless.
2023 still listening! He was too cool.
He's singing in *CURSIVE*
He really is
😂🫡💯
PERIOD!
😂😂😂
Everything is dated in this video (the players' uniforms, shorts, etc) but Marvin is eternal.
Yes, he is Arthur!!!
Arthur, I second that emotion...
@@vw1649 Third right here.
True
Amen!
Marvin's soulful rendition of the National Anthem is a classic.
What singer has ever gotten screams like that while singing the national athem? Only Marvin!😊 He did not even have to raise his voice. The clapping 👏🏾 towards the end!
When panties are thrown at the singing of the national anthem the game has been changed forever! The greatest rendition of the anthem I've ever heard!
Whitney
Sure made me want to take mine off 😩😭🤣🤣🤣
By far the greatest and I’m a Whitney fan!!
@@yonnielewis1863 c'mon man fr?
Well now you can add Jazmine Sullivan.
This should be listened to every inauguration day!
THE SOUL CLAP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM,,,,LET THAT SINK IN!!!!!!!
THERE WAS NO NEED TO PLAY THE ALL STAR GAME AFTER THIS!!!!💯💯💯
Damn...you hit the nail on the head...the soul clap at the end...play that and brothers won't kneel... they'll be swinging out! 🤭
@@bettynacheasare4391 AFTER HEARING MARVIN GAYE DO HIS THING,,,FORGET THE GAME,,,GO GET YOUR LADY & BOTTLE OF RED WINE & LET IT HAPPEN!!!!!💐💐💐
The smoothest rendition of the National Anthem ever!!!! 🙌🏾💕
Facts!🙂
This is what Fergie TRIED to do. 😂
EVER ❤️🙏🏽
Only a legend like a Marvin Gaye could do this! I watched this live!
I watched it live to
Lucky sons of bitches. Lol
Me too. It was the talk around town weeks - even played on "urban radio stations". I don't think as many people of all colors ever sang the National Anthem just because it sound cool at the time.
Yes I agree 👍💯
Me too. What a blessing!
He sung it and nobody else have topped yet miss you Marvin rip see you on the other side
He really made this song his own. A true genius.
😊
Marvin Gaye left no doubt that night he literally laid his soul to rest on this rendition
His voice was anointed from God...
I just wished he took time to look in a mirror and realize his musical impact on society he never knew how great he was and most of all how many people loved him even in his darkest moments, he didn't have to go home and live with his parents, but he did that rather than live on a woman's purse, he was loved so much it was said weeks before he was killed both of his x wives would come and visit him because he was just that loving and cordial, what is the most heartbreaking stories that has been told is that when his father shot him he thanked him because he said he ran the race of life and was tired of running, what's even more sadder than that when the judge asked Marvin's father did he love his son, Marvin's father responded by saying "I had no dislike for him," which blew people away!! What's even worst than that, the judge sided with Marvin's father and in so many words said Marvin deserved to be shot putting his hands on his father, the judge gave Marvin Gaye's father 5yrs in prison and then suspended it and just gave him 5 yrs probation.
41years ago,I will never forget it!!!
Only MARVIN CAN DO THAT SONG WITH A TOUCH OF SOUL.
I know you supposed to be silent during national anthem, but god damn he sung the hell out of this.
i can't blame them for yelling
why? who made those rules? yell
What do you mean silent? You sing along!
This was like a concert.....Lol!!!!
i'm a guy from Greece and i have loved America's National Anthem because of Marvin Gaye! amazing!
40 years later and that's still unbeaten !!!
He Gives me chills every time ....
(For all those who are commenting below,I'm referring about the male Performance.Of course Whitney is the best and the unbeatable one). ❤️
They'll be at least two more 0s behind 40 before it's even challenged:):)
Meatloaf leaves this performance wanting.
💯
Whitney Houston at the super bowl is up there
Chris Stapleton at the Superbowl.
I seen it live on TV as a 24 year old,@ you knew you were seeing history. Now at 66 it's better than ever,@ I feel privileged.
Right there with you , I was 25 now I'm 67 , so many things have happened in our life time and this masterpiece by Marvin will always be a classic R&B at its finest
THANK you my brother and God bless you.
Smooth as glass! He personified the word "cool!" Ain't nothin like the real thing baby....and that real thing is none other than Marvin Gaye!
This is awesome SEXY TO THE WORLD, you go Marvin, just beautifully sung
Man I love this when the people start clapping my heart got warm
2:20 prime example of Marvin as a magical being. Imagine being within that crowd happily cheering for the anthem being played 🕊️❤
Colin Kaepernick would have stood & danced for that one.🎵👍🇺🇸
2:17-2:21
I can only imagine they were stunned cuz no one expected that.
All of the comments are majestic larger than life. But, I read Marvin said he prayed to God and this is PERFECT for all Times...Amen
This still is THE best version of our country's song. The man could sing like no other !
No. Whitney's version is the best
@@ShadowNightWarrior best voice not version
How on earth do you make A national anthem sound sexy ?LOL let Marvin Gaye sing it !LOL only one Marvin RIP
This is the best version of the Stars Spangle Banner I have ever heard, no singing acrobats or stunts just from the heart soul singing. Kudos Marvin!!! First time seeing folks grooving to the anthem.
Nothing but a drum machine and an ice cold Marvin Gaye. Krazy, Sexy, and definitely Kool. RIP Marvin. You are missed.
I never heard it like this... So sexy lol this is literally a concert and not just the national anthem
I was in the audience for this historic moment. Best ever!!
@jerrymeans. Hey cousin!
most smoothest man of all time. the legend Marvin gaye
In my opinion that would be Johnny Cash.
+Kenny Dobbins did you even watch the video?
Kenny Dobbins your high
Lord Reydan No, I am not high. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the church prohibits alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, marijuana, coffee and tea. It is just my honest opinion.
Bill withers
This was one of the most heartfelt versions to me... it had passion
Deep passion
Best version of all time period. 2023. Still the best.
Marvin Gaye gave a master class on timing in this performance. He builds the tension at such a pace, that by the time he sings "Free" the audience is begging for release and he gives it to them then expertly brings the performance to resolution.
It's the classic arc that all storytellers aspire to: rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. And he did it in under three minutes, yet any shorter would have felt unfulfilling and any longer would have been excruciating...
nguzosmusic you are right, the way he lets the timing slide into the back seat and then back into last week, and then he somehow ends up ahead of the beat?! What is that?! He planned that. Just wow haha.
I still can't get the timing
nguzosmusic Orgasmic !
Well said
Perfect analogy.
When you forget you listening to the anthem and not a marvin gaye record
It's a beautiful rendition of our National Anthem! Sung in a style Marvin Gaye made famous. Sung with the reverence of a church hymn! 👍🎼🎶
I love this MAN ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥, I love this version of this song, no one comes close to this 💯💯 I don't have words for this King of R&B, and I still miss him 2023❤💯❤🔥❣.
It's really that simple!
Absolutely the best version of the National Anthem EVER, by a man. Whitney will forever have it covered for women!!
Daniel Breslow yes Whitney put her stamp forever on it!!!
Iconic you are RIGHT 🙄❤️
Daniel Breslow exactly 😥😥😢
Whitney lip synced
Whitney's version was bombastic and bloated, and she lip-synched. Poor Whitney, great voice but she sang mostly dross. Marvin gave us GOLD.
I was actually at this game with my dad and gramps. Rest in peace grampa! I wish I was old enough to appreciate what I was witnessing back then! The absolute best rendition of this song EVER!
I would love to have been in that crowd--clapping, cheering and whooping--as Marvin sang this anthem LIVE! I am eterally grateful that this video is available for all of us who were not there!
Goosebumps here. Gone from our lives way too early.
Best rendition EVER! Even in 2023 I still get goosebumps. Introduced my granddaughter to it and she loved it also.
Nah, good try. Whitney
Whitney Houston though
Yes, totally awesome!
She sings it straight and didn't make it her own like Marvin made it his own.
Meat Loaf had a great rendition
He took this song and gave it soul and life.
I love how the crowd was into it from beginning to end. ❤️
As Marvin stood at center court, a syncopated beat machine was turned on. For several minutes, all I could hear was that funky beat.
Suddenly, loud shrieks began to emanate from the rafters. Marvin typically got this type of response when he walked onstage. Now however, the noise sounded like primal screams of the doomed as they descended into hell. I laughed uncontrollably out of sheer nervousness. What was going on (pun intended) I wondered?
He still hadn’t started the song.
Then he started to sing… and he sang very slowly, drawing out every syllable of every word. Marvin took a full minute to sing the first line of the Anthem.
As Marvin was delivering that very first line, I felt like I was struck by lightning. I knew with certainty that I was witnessing something very special-a watershed cultural event that would be talked about many decades into the future.
Between the second and third lines of the Anthem, our entire section arose en masse and began clapping to the beat which we continued to do for the rest of the song. For what seemed like hours, we weren’t in the Fabulous Forum…we were in the pews of Marvin’s church…a church none of us white suburbanites would likely ever visit in person. Through the most unlikely of musical vehicles, Marvin gave us the essence of Soul, personal and collective... Todd Mintz
Love this ❤
Still the best and most astonishing version of our National Anthem ever sung by ANY singer. Game over.
Nothing left to say other than that is the most beautiful version of the Star Spangled Banner I have ever heard! Marvin was magic!
I have to come back and watch this every once in a while. I remember this live in '83. It was amazing then, and still beings tears to eyes. Miss him and that velvety voice!
Very. Very. Very. Very. Very. Very
Must’ve been cool to watch it live. Can’t imagine. Born in 93’
I got on the phone immediately and started calling all my girlfriends because I knew from the first note it would be memorable ♥️Taped it too
Me too- I come back to it. So beautiful and cool. ❤️❤️
God he is a beautiful singer. Wow wow. Will have to listen to more of his songs.
Originality personified. Iconic!!!
Memorable And Truly Unforgettable Moment In History ❤
the way he sung it you wish their was more words to the anthem lol
I know what you mean but it actually is longer. We never sing the whole song.
Nooooo doubt!!! More more more!!!
There are 4 verses total
Almighty Dolla you know he can't do that last verse, lol
DeAngelo Jackson Marvin Gaye Star Spangled Banner
The best male rendition. Whitney for best female. JMO
RIP both of you, my loves. Say hi to all my folk. Love you all.
You are on point with that!
That has to be the most smooth and cool performance of the national anthem. Never had te national anthem drew so much reactions from the audience from the beginning when he just uttered the first note all to the end when he belted out the last note. Legendary!!
Saw it live on my telly in my dorm room....unbelievable then it just made me stop, watch & listen... Still brings chills witnessing musical genius!
If you never thought about making love to the Star Spangle Banner song... this version will make you want to...lol... I love it..
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youngot a pretty face girl!
+Simuben WanTatah Me too, and I'm not even American.
This is a 'thing of beauty'.
lol. He makes me love being a American.
tryna fuck then?