Word: marvinism
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...know how he feels. When "I Heard It. Through the Grapevine" came on the radio, I used to imagine Marvin Gaye, with tears in his eyes, singing to the woman he loved. Now I think of four fat grapes, dressed in tuxedos, singing about California Raisins...
...quote Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?" In the words of Otis Redding, "How about a little respect?" Unfortunately, when I hear "Dock of the Bay" I no longer think about Otis wasting time in San Francisco but about smiling yuppies drinking Hires root beer...
Still, one wishes that Madison Avenue would leave the best oldies alone. No Marvin. No Aretha. Frankie Avalon, sure, but no Elvis Presley. Gerry and the Pacemakers, please, but don't mess with the Crystals or the Drifters. But as Buddy Holly sang, "That...
Simon made an effort yesterday to enumerate his fiscal plans for making the budget work. He responded to questions from Marvin Kalb, moderator of the program and director of the Kennedy School's Barone Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy, by saying that "a series of very concrete steps" can be taken...
...Marvin Kalb's first question to Democratic presidential candidate Paul Simon was a familiar one--how can a man who wears a bow tie, horn-rimmed glasses and two hearing aids be elected president...