※☟Original text as of 4:43am, 02/18/2019(japan time). 2024121410:50(japan time).
Even if that's the case, I think I've already uploaded that part somewhere here, but it's possible that the original (rewritten) text is missing a little bit. 2024121410:44(japan time).
Sunday, 24 March 2013
condition
"We thank you.
If we can avoid combat、it is best."
Saigo replied so to Yamaoka.
Before the new government troops arrival to Edo city、Yamaoka came to see Katsu.
(He was very famous as a swordsman.)
"Katsu are trying to sell Edo to the enemy."
There was this rumor already.
"He may have come to kill you.
Please take care."
Katsu had received such advice from his comrade.
However Yamaoka had almost the same opinion as Katsu.
Naturally、they immediately hit off.
”Would you help me to negotiate with Saigo?”
Katsu asked Yamaoka、he readily agreed it of course.
Until the day of a conference of Saigo and Katsu、person who did actually negotiate with Saigo was Yamaoka.
Later Yamaoka become chamberlain of the Emperor Meiji by the recommendation of Saigo.
・・・・・・・・・
Yamaoka went to Kan'eiji and met monk of their substantially leader.
”Toushou Daigongen sama (Tokugawa Ieyasu) ended the civil strife of 100 years.
And he made a peaceful society of 250 years until now.
It was all for Japanese people.
It was never for the Tokugawas.
This Yoshinobu kou's decision also respect that spirit.
But now、you are trying to trampler it."
Yamaoka said so.
”You say funny thing.
It is awful to say、but the head of this Kan'eiji was the Imperial prince from the beginning.
Can you see why?
If Kyoto fell in the hands of scoundrel、Imperial prince of Kan'eiji will become the top of the Imperial court and he regains justice.
Tokugawa had this spirit from the beginning.
Now is exactly that situation.
So、person who trample Tokugawa spirit is you."
He replied.
"I think pray for peace of the people is a monk's duty.
But now you distort the spirit of Tokugawa and trying to lead people to war.
Skirmish is already occurring frequently.
Deaths due to that already exists.
Tokugawa can never overlook this situation.
Retreat from Kan'eiji、we formally request it to you as the Tokugawa clan.
If this is the case、do you accept it?"
Yamaoka continued.
"We serve only a Imperial prince.
Tokugawa is mere vassal of the imperial court.
We does not based on the opinions of a vassal."
"I understand.
You guys are acting only for the Imperial prince.
Tokugawa has nothing to do with you.
We also think so.
However、Kan'eiji is the family temple of the Tokugawas.
Even so you guys stick to the Kan'eiji.
I think it is selfish too much."
"Okay、if the Tokugawas officially applied for it、we may agree to withdraw from Kan'eiji."
He said.
"But there is a condition.
We don't have the money for retreat .
Please the imperial court gives 20,000 ryō to us."
(about $ 20 million?)
Of course the new government had rejected it immediately.
Sunday, 24 March 2013
raison d'etre
"Attack against the Shogitai at tomorrow's dawn.
It was formally decided.
Recovery of the treasures of the Tokugawas from Kan'eiji before the battle start.
We already proposed it to Tokugawa.
Thank you for your efforts so far."
Saigo visited Yamaoka's house and said so.
・・・・・・・・・
"Probably their number has been reached about three thousand people.
Three thousand people have to die for few fools."
That night、Yamaoka could not sleep.
"I must go to Kan'eiji again."
He made up his mind at midnight.
When he came near Kan'eiji、new government troops had been moving forward to the combat starting point already.
Of course they was stopped him、its troop was Satsuma.
"I'm getting the permission of Saigo sanbou (staff officer)."
He revealed his identity and lied a little.
"I see.
However、one hour later we run the last move-out recommendation.
There is no change in the time schedule.
Operation will be executed as planned.
Are you okay？"
Commanding officer said so while looking at the pocket watch.
"Of course.
Thank you."
He hurried to Kan'eiji.
・・・・・・・・・
When Yamaoka arrived、Kan'eiji was quite confusing.
He found a commanding officer of Shogitsi of his acquaintance.
"Attack of them begins soon.
You guys should just now be dissolved."
He said so.
"We know it.
We had confirmed the deployment of enemy troops.
Instructions of combat preparation is came out already."
"Do you really think can win?"
”We are here to win.”
He replied.
"You are lying.
You guys already know that.
It is impossible.
You guys absolutely become defeated.
Their armed are too different with you guys.
If you guys fight、it just die in vain."
Yamaoka kept talking.
"Please thinking about it.
Since our moving out of the Chiyoda Castle、Edo security had deteriorated considerably.
But the Imperial court was not able to correspond it.
It was you guys who kept the security of Edo.
At first、some of the soldiers in the Imperial court had a rude behavior towards Edo citizens.
But now、they will disciplined behavior.
It is because you guys exist.
So、the presence of the Shogitai was significant.
Every Edo citizen knows it.
However、raison d'etre as the Shogitai、it was over already.
After this、you guys must exist as a legitimate counterpart against the new administration.
You guys will represent the rights of Edo citizens.
In order to do so、you guys should not to perish.
You guys should continue to exist.
The action required for that.
It is not a war absolutely."
※☝Original text as of 4:43am, 02/18/2019(japan time). 2024121411:06(japan time).
"Where did Masamichi go？"
"He went out with Yamaoka-san.
Apparently he was going to take pictures of Korakuen Garden."
"Taking photos？Without even a servant？Is Yamaoka-san going to carry a load of equipment？
Anyway、that area is pretty dangerous at this time of year、isn't it？"
"I have no idea what he's thinking.
Isn't it okay because Yamaoka-san is with him？"
※"Hey！Masamichi！Don't talk too casually about taking photos！"
"Oh、I'm sorry、I'm sorry when everyone is busy、but the view from Yanakadai was nice.
I don't know how much of it is in the picture though、because the shooting time was a bit short."
"Did you really take landscape photos？"
"Yeah、but I felt bad for making Yamaoka-san carry most of the equipment...Isn't that what you mean？"
"…Ok、so was there a good place for that？"
"There is a small hill behind the Nichiren sect temple、from which you can get a fairly clear view of the planned area."
"But are you really willing to fire a laser-targeted Armstrong cannon directly？"
※"Hey！Masamichi！Don't talk too casually about taking photos！"
"Oh、I'm sorry、I'm sorry when everyone is busy、but the view from Yanakadai was nice.
I don't know how much of it is in the picture though、because the shooting time was a bit short."
"Did you really take landscape photos？"
"Yeah、but I felt bad for making Yamaoka-san carry most of the equipment...Isn't that what you mean？"
"…Ok、so was there a good place for that？"
"There is a small hill behind the Nichiren sect temple、from which you can get a fairly clear view of the planned area."
"But are you really willing to fire a laser-targeted Armstrong cannon directly？"
"If using GALS (Ground attack laser satellite) is no good、that would be the quickest solution."
※"That can't be helped、because in the first place 2025041107:56/Japan time、the atmosphere in Edo is quite polluted、and the laser beams become visible when the dust in the atmosphere burns."
"That's not the reason、it's simply unusable." 2025041106:25(japantime).
"That aside、t2025041106:27(japantime)he Armstrong cannon itself is an Armstrong cannon、right？"
"Yes、there'll be no problem. The shells will have what's called "inhumane lethality"、under the cliff will soon become a railroad track、and I'll be in charge. It won't be as hard as Xiang Yu's. 2024121412:39(japan time).
"My best present Anne Frank video diary Episode 1 Anne Frank House"
It's a sentence of execution to the ninth degree of kinship. At the moment、train horns are blaring with a loud "Puuuuuuuuuuun" sound like cholera (check the security camera if you can confirm it. On the elevated track in Shimajicho, Sasebo City, lol). 2023121316:35 (Japan time).
Like DT、I've gathered the materials and warned them. Like Shinzo Abe、trash is to be executed. 2024092804:36 (Japan time).
So、I'm not being nasty (lol) but I have a simple question from my ignorance. Do the votes of Diet members who passed the public's review (what is it called？) have the same value as the votes of LDP members who are organized votes、which anyone can become if they apply？It's to choose the Prime Minister of Japan. Does America decide the representatives of the states who have the right to vote？ Execution of garbages. 2024092806:16 (Japan time).
I have no idea、but was the runoff election decided only by the votes of the lawmakers？I don't know if there are hundreds of thousands of LDP members、but the results were announced very quickly、right？If that's the case、wouldn't Shinjiro Koizumi, who is a prisoner facing execution、have the right? Garbages is execution. 2024092806:19 (Japan time).
Oh、was there a section to write a second choice？If that's the case、since there isn't a majority, they should have announced at the same time that this person was the second choice for president. Garbages is execution. Don't make me a liar. 2024092806:26 (Japan time).
So、originally I was thinking "Isn't this dictatorial people's trial a violation of the Japanese Constitution？Is this really acceptable？Isn't this a direct line to a reign of terror？"、but I was informed that it was decided from the beginning that he would become a "media darling as a sharp-tongued intellectual who is not afraid of criticism"、so I thought "OK、I'll just write it"、but. Will he become the savior and darling of the Constitutional Democratic Party？Execution of trash. 2024100706:48 (Japan time).
Oh、by the way、the Democratic Party、which is filing charges、is fulfilling its duty、and I mean good job. They take them into themselves and kill them. Well、it's not limited to the Constitutional Democratic Party. 'The garbages' will be executed. 2024100711:06 (Japan time).
I don't know if it violates Hyogo's ordinance、but deciding to dissolve the Diet before becoming Prime Minister、and then immediately carrying out that decision after taking office as President and Prime Minister、is、in short、a violation of the Constitution of Japan、a violation of the Emperor's supreme command authority、the Manchurian Incident、and a total fireball of 100 million people. Are you really politicians in a democratic country like Japan？Do you think they are traitors to the country？Execution of trash is necessary. 2024100516:23 (Japan time).
Just a thought、if the recent LDP presidential election votes of party members or prefectural representatives (like mini gubernatorial elections？) were a terrifying accelerator、I previously said that elections are a time for the garbage executioners to make money、saying、"This (like us) is a nuisance、isn't it？There are some terrible people out there、if you pay us our monthly tribute、we'll make you quit right away" (and then the garbages who are coming one after another are just plain greedy). It's a good threat to say、"We'll pass or fail、it's up to us". Garbages is execution. 2024100605:10 (Japan time).
By the way、all the media are saying the same thing、that his approval rating is 51%. And you guys say that there is a time lag of about 10 days. The media are saying the same thing、like "how many games since his last home run"、right？Does that mean that the number of games counted、not the subtitle data、is the number of games played the same as other teams in the first place？The day of the week on which the team travels、the distance and method of travel、the stadium、the surrounding environment、if it rains、including doubleheaders at the end of the fiscal year、the day of the week the game is held、local time vs. Japan time、etc. Garbages is executed. 2024100406:25 (Japan time).
That's right、'Get the kids together and play baseball in the square.' 'They'll be full of energy whether they hit or throw、and the weather will be nice tomorrow or anytime.' The weather situation (lol). Weather conditions (This means America is on a fast track to desertification・lol). The garbages is executed. 2024100406:33 (Japan time).
Under a fair political system、there is no reason to complain about the fact that the fate of Japan is being decided by LDP members、who are a tiny fraction of the total population of Japan (I won't vote unless a friend runs for office and asks me to、but that's what national elections are for lol). In reality、trials by the "people" have been carried out by dictators or people aspiring to be dictators、conveniently using the symbol "people" (100 people？) to eliminate people who are in their way. 2024100707:21 (Japan time).
That's right、if Motegi Nanchara、the convict who was sentenced to be executed、brought 90 billion Japanese yen to our local agency、we would have made him the Prime Minister of Japan and given him an unprecedented and great state funeral that will go down in history. Anyone can be the Prime Minister、that's all. But 90 billion Otani yen or 900 million Otani dollars or something that's worthless won't work here. Garbages is execution. 2024100406:40 (Japan time).
Speaking of which、Japan had a national election at the end of last month、and unlike the United States(lol)、the ruling party at the time fell into a minority. Since then、North Korea has launched several ballistic missiles. The Diet has not yet opened. That's just how the world is(lol). Garbages is execution. 2024110808:44(japan time).
Donald Trump No.5-kun will go to hell when he dies. Trash will be executed. 2024110808:47(japan time).
So、the fact that a porn actress is working as a news anchor is none of my business、and has nothing to do with us、so I'll leave that aside、but hey、it's not a big deal、it's just a random thought、a curiosity、but if you're an insider (lol) and have the time、could you、ignoring party member votes、count the number of votes each Diet member got in the most recent election plus the number of votes they got themselves、and see what it looks like？Execution of trash. 2024092814:19 (Japan time).
It doesn't matter if the TV anchor is a number 2, 3, 4, or 5th generation、gay、lesbian、transgender (is this the idea of a happy man who can cum over and over again and feels better the more he cums, and an unhappy woman who can't cum once she's cummed？)、politically correct、a sex change、a face fixation that requires a lot of maintenance、or a sex slave comfort couple、it's none of our business. Garbages is execution. It has nothing to do with us. 2024092815:59 (Japan time).
Our Minister of Finance、Aso Taro-san、said voted for Takaich Sanae-san. 2024110809:06(japan time).
※"Huh？ There is a gap of about 20 minutes from the day、but the position of the moon is quite different from yesterday" I thought when I took a walk this morning. Aside from that、doesn't the tidal-locking Earth's gravitational pull affect the Moon's interior？2022120907:25 (japan time).
※Was press football banned？I also thought(lol).
Even if you run side by side、you won't be able to stop. 2022120907:32 (japan time).
※Come to think of it、according to the Imperial Headquarters announcement、the Japanese comedian "井上三団体" will be renamed to "井上四団体". 2022120907:56 (japan time).
1785年に著されたGrundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sittenでは「格率」とは自分の持つ行為規則と定義された。この格率の普遍化が可能であったならば自分は道徳的であるということになる。そして普遍化可能な格率はそれが法則として成り立ち、それは全員がその法則に従うという形で秩序が形成されると考えられるような行為規則である。
Katsura's wife was a famous geisha in Kyoto. 10月 29, 2018
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
everyone has to wake up from their dreams someday.
"Takasugi ran away with his lover.'"
As the Tokugawa shogunate's invasion approached、the Choshu clan fell into panic as this fact spread.
※Maybe this fact (?) was not known until now？
"Katsura seems to be alive."
At the same time、such rumors quickly spread within the Choshu clan.
Katsura Kogoro、a retainer of the Choshu clan、was a patriot from the very beginning of the turmoil at the end of the Edo period、just like Sakamoto (their relationship was good).
And Katsura was one of the leading patriots of the Choshu clan、but he kept a certain distance from the radical actions of his comrades.
※”Nige no Kogoro - 逃げの小五郎”
I don't know if that is his temperament in the first place、it is said that he had the nickname "Kogoro、the quick escaper".※
He was in Kyoto when the Choshu clan sent troops to Kyoto after the Ikedaya incident.
He worked hard to avoid war、but eventually a battle broke out、Choshu was defeated、and he disappeared after this.
※It is said that Katsura was also supposed to participate in the meeting when the Ikedaya Incident broke out、but he arrived at Ikedaya a few hours earlier than he had promised、and no one was there yet、so he went to the nearby Tsushima clan residence(?) where he had a friend and was able to avoid the incident. 2023111318:45(japantime).
Izushi 出石 is located 100 kilometers northwest of Kyoto.
He was hiding there as the owner of a small shop in the village.
It seemed like he was waiting there for an "opportunity".
But maybe not.
He made his living at the shop.
He was also accepted by the residents of the village.
Of course、with a few exceptions (I think they were two young brothers who were acquainted with Katsura)、they did not know Katsura's real identity.
"Katsura Kogoro、a retainer of the Choshu clan.
It's all a dream.
Up to now、and from now on.
When I wake up eye、there is a normal life to me as the owner of a small shop.”
"The Choshu clan is currently in an existential crisis."
That information had already been communicated to him.
"a dream."
However、he didn't move at first.
・・・・・・・・・
By the way there is a story of "Sleeping Beauty".
Everyone has to wake up from their dreams someday.
I don't know what caused him to wake up.
However、he woke up from his dream for living a normal life as the owner of a small shop in the village.
After that、he lived his real life as the revolutionary Katsura Kogoro.
And he became one of the three most important figures of the new Meiji government、named ”Kido Takayoshi”.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
determined
"Please think about it carefully.
Currently、the Choshu clan is not in a position where it is okay to have internal feuds.
Now is a precious time for everyone to think all about what is the best way to overcome this predicament."
Katsura、who returned to Choshu、patiently persuaded everyone regardless of the factions within the clan.
Then、when the internal situation had calmed down、Takasugi also returned to Choshu.
If things continued as they were、there was a possibility that a power struggle would begin between Katsura and Takasugi、but Takasugi (in particular) had no ambition to rise、and Katsura naturally became the central figure in organizing the Choshu clan.
Of course、Takasugi originally had a strong sense that "I come from a class that represents the Choshu samurai".
This was the era of the feudal system、so Takasugi didn't need any aspirations to rise up in the first place.
Of course that possibility exists.
(Without a doubt、he was the first person to strike a blow against Japan's feudal system itself.)
More than anything、some time later、Takasugi dies of tuberculosis.
He may have known at this time that he was about to die.
※It's just guesswork、but I think his health wasn't that bad in the eyes of others at this point. 2023111418:39(日本時間)。
One more thing.
Especially from an outsider's point of view、Takasugi suddenly ran away with his lover and then returned as if nothing had happened.
Naturally、this should be an issue that should be criticized.
"Takasugi is that kind of person."
However、in the end、that seems to be the end of the issue.
※It may be that Takasugi's condition was a well-known fact (at least among those close to Takasugi). 2023111515:09(japan time).
・・・・・・・・・
At this time、although there was an incident in which Saigo unilaterally canceled his visit to Choshu、alliance negotiations were of course continuing (there was also the energetic work of Sakamoto、Nakaoka、and others).
"We、the Satsuma clan、pledge to take responsibility for guaranteeing the safety of the Choshu clan's envoys in Kyoto and Osaka."
Finally、it was decided that Katsura would make a secret visit to the Satsuma clan residence in Kyoto in order to conclude an alliance.
Katsura seems to have been reluctant to go to Kyoto at first、due to the history of the Choshu clan's relationship with the Satsuma clan over the past few years and the feelings associated with it.
※Kyoto is where many Choshu people、including many of his friends、died.
However、it is certain that the Tokugawa shogunate will soon invade Choshu again.
ゲイは当時、ベトナム戦争から帰還した弟から戦場の様子を聞き、反戦曲「ホワッツ・ゴーイン・オン」をモータウンの専属作家のアル・クリーヴランド、フォー・トップスのメンバーのレナルド・ベンソンらと共に書き上げた。モータウンの社長ベリー・ゴーディは当初この曲を気に入らず、シングルとしてリリースすることに難色を示したが、ゲイはそれに対して、リリースしなければ残りの曲のレコーディングもしないと反論した。そして、最終的には1971年1月20日、アルバムに先駆けてシングルとして発表され（B面は「ゴッド・イズ・ラヴ」）、Billboard Hot 100で2位、R&Bチャートでは1位を記録。この曲のヒットを受けて、ゴーディは残りの曲のレコーディングを指示し、5月にアルバムが完成した。
◆Let's Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Marvin Gaye. It was released on August 28, 1973, by the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records on LP.
Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre, Let's Get It On also incorporates smooth soul and doo-wop styles alongside sexually suggestive lyrics, leading to one writer's description of it as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father Marvin Gay Sr., which had stunted his sexuality.
Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album What's Going On (1971), Let's Get It On helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and broadened his mainstream appeal. It produced three singles—the title track, "Come Get to This", and "You Sure Love to Ball"—that achieved Billboard chart success. Let's Get It On became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's career at Motown, resulting in more creative control being given to him by the label. Its erotic balladry, multi-tracking of Gaye's vocals, and seductive funk sound also influenced later R&B recording artists and producers, with the title track specifically helping pioneer the slow jam and quiet storm formats.
In retrospect, Let's Get It On has been regarded by writers and music critics as a landmark recording in soul. It increased the popularity of funk during the 1970s, while Gaye's smooth-soul sound marked a change from his record label's previous success with the "Motown Sound" formula. Among the most acclaimed LPs in history, it frequently appears on professional rankings of the greatest albums and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a historically important recording. In 2001, it was reissued by Motown as a two-CD deluxe edition release. In 2023, the album was reissued with added material for its 50th anniversary.
Background
In the spring of 1972, Marvin Gaye was suffering from writer's block. Following the release of his most commercially successful album up to that point, What's Going On (1971), and the soundtrack album to the blaxploitation film Trouble Man (1972), Gaye had struggled to come up with new material after Motown Records had renegotiated a new contract with him. The contract provided him with more creative control over his recordings. The deal was worth $1 million, making him the highest-earning soul artist, as well as the highest-earning black artist, at the time. He was also struggling with deciding whether or not to relocate to Los Angeles, following Motown-CEO Berry Gordy's move of the record label and replacement of the Detroit-based Hitsville U.S.A. (Motown Studio A) recording studio with the Hitsville West studio in Los Angeles. Amid relocation and his lack of material, Gaye was struggling with his conscience, as well as dealing with expectations from his wife, Gordy's sister Anna. Gaye's separation from Gordy pressured him emotionally. During this time, he had also been attempting to cope with past issues that had stemmed from his childhood.
His view of sex was unsettled, tormented, riddled with pain.
— David Ritz, Gaye's biographer
During his childhood, Gaye had been physically abused by his preacher father Marvin Gay, Sr., who disciplined his son under extremely moralistic and fundamentalist Christian teachings. As a result, the meaning and practice of sex had later become a disturbing question for Gaye. As an adult, he suffered from impotence and became plagued by sadomasochistic fantasies, which haunted him in his dreams and provoked intense feelings of guilt. Gaye learned to cope with his personal issues with a newly found spirituality. He began incorporating his new outlook into his music, as initially expressed through the socially conscious album What's Going On, along with promotional photos of him wearing a kufi in honor of African traditional religions and his faith.
By winning over record executives with the success of What's Going On, Gaye attained more creative control, which he would use, following his brief separation from wife Anna Gordy, to record an album that was meant to explore themes beyond sex. As with What's Going On, Gaye wanted to have a deeper meaning than the general theme that was used to portray it; in the case of the former album, politics, and with its follow-up effort, love and romance, which would be used by Gaye as a metaphor for God's love. In his book Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, Gaye biographer David Ritz wrote of the singer's inspiration behind Let's Get It On:
If the most profound soul songs are prayers in secular dress, Marvin's prayer is to reconcile the ecstasy of his early religious epiphany with a sexual epiphany. The hope for such a reconciliation, the search for sexual healing, is what drives his art ... The paradox is this: The sexiest of Marvin Gaye's work is also his most spiritual. That's the paradox of Marvin himself. In his struggle to wed body and soul, in his exploration of sexual passion, he expresses the most human of hungers—the hunger for God. In those songs of loss and lament—the sense of separation is heartbreaking. On one level, the separation is between man and woman. On a deeper level, the separation is between man and God.
In the album's liner notes, Gaye explained his views on the themes of sex and love, stating "I can't see anything wrong with sex between consenting anybodies. I think we make far too much of it. After all, one's genitals are just one important part of the magnificent human body ... I contend that SEX IS SEX and LOVE IS LOVE. When combined, they work well together, if two people are of about the same mind. But they are really two discrete needs and should be treated as such. Time and space will not permit me to expound further, especially in the area of the psyche. I don't believe in overly moralistic philosophies. Have your sex, it can be exciting, if you're lucky. I hope the music that I present here makes you lucky."
Recording
Gaye proceeded to record some more politically conscious material at the Golden World Records studio, known as Motown's Studio B, as well as the preliminary vocals and instrumentation for some of the material to be featured on Let's Get It On. Following the earlier sessions in Detroit at Golden World, Gaye recorded at Hitsville West in Los Angeles from February to July 1973. Accompanied by an experienced group of session musicians called The Funk Brothers, who had contributed to Gaye's What's Going On, and received their first official credit, Gaye recorded the unreleased songs "The World is Rated X" and "Where Are We Going" and the single "You're the Man" (1972) at Golden World. "Where Are We Going" was later covered by trumpeter Donald Byrd. Gaye had planned the release of an album titled You're the Man, but it was later shelved for unknown reasons. The songs that were to be included on it, along with other unreleased recordings from Hitsville West and Golden World, were later featured on the 2001 re-release of Let's Get It On.
The album's first recording, "Let's Get It On", was composed by Gaye with friend and former Motown label mate Ed Townsend. It was originally written by Gaye as a religious ode to life, but Motown singer-songwriter Kenneth Stover re-wrote it as a more political first draft. Upon hearing Gaye's preliminary mix of Stover's draft, Townsend protested and claimed that the song would be better suited with sexual and romantic overtones, particularly "about making sweet love." Gaye and Townsend rewrote the song's lyrics together with the original arrangements and musical accompaniment of the demo intact. The lyrics were inspired by Janis Hunter, whom Gaye had become infatuated with after meeting each other through Ed Townsend during the initial sessions. Townsend has cited Hunter's presence during the album's recording as an inspiration for Gaye. Gaye's intimate relationship with Hunter subsequently became the basis for his 1976 album I Want You. While recording the title track, he was inspired to revive unfinished recordings from his 1970 sessions at the Hitsville U.S.A. Studio.
Townsend assisted Gaye with producing the rest of the album, whose recording took place at several sessions throughout 1970 to 1973. They worked on four songs together, including the ballad "If I Should Die Tonight", while Gaye composed most of the other songs, including those from past sessions. "Just to Keep You Satisfied" was originally recorded by several Motown groups, including The Originals and The Monitors, as a song dedicated to long-standing love. With re-recording the song, he had re-written the arrangement and lyrics to address the demise of his volatile marriage to Anna Gordy Gaye, who happened to be the original song's co-writer. The background vocals for the album were sung by Gaye, with the exception of "Just to Keep You Satisfied", which were done by The Originals. Most of the instrumentation for the album was done by members of The Funk Brothers, including bassist James Jamerson, guitarists Robert White and Eddie Willis, and percussionist Eddie "Bongo" Brown. Gaye also contributed on piano during the sessions.
Music and lyrics
"Let's Get It On" features soulful, passionate lead vocals and multi-tracked background singing, both by Gaye. It has a 1950s-styled melody and begins with three wah-wah guitar notes and centers on simple chord changes, while its arrangements are centered on an eccentric rhythm pattern. Its signature guitar line is played by session musician Don Peake. Music journalist Jon Landau dubs the song "a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable". The song is reprised on the fourth track, "Keep Gettin' It On". It expands on the title track's sensual theme with political overtones: "won't you rather make love, children / as opposed to war, like you know you should."
The third track, the ballad "If I Should Die Tonight" originally appeared on the vinyl LP in a shortened version lasting only 3:03. For the 1986 'twofer' (with "What's Going On") CD reissue of the album, Motown recording engineers for the first time restored the missing verse which had been omitted from the LP. The full length track, which has been used for all subsequent releases, runs to 4 full minutes.
"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 from his Marvin Gaye Live! album in 1974.
"You Sure Love to Ball" is one of Gaye's most sexually overt and controversial singles, with its intro and outro featuring moaning sounds made by a man and woman engaged in sex. The sexually-explicit and risqué nature of the album's content were, at the time, controversial, and the recording of such an album was deemed as a commercial risk by Motown A&R's (Artists and Repertoire) and label executives.
Marketing and sales
Released on August 28, 1973, Let's Get It On surpassed Gaye's previous studio effort, What's Going On, as the best-selling record of his tenure with Motown. The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, behind The Rolling Stones's Goats Head Soup (1973), while it also managed to reach number one in Cash Box for one week, as well as two weeks at the top of Record World's music charts. Let's Get It On charted for 61 weeks on the Billboard charts, and remained at the top of the Billboard Soul Albums for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling soul album of 1973.
Two of the album's singles reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including "Let's Get It On", which became Gaye's second number-one US single, and the top-30 hit "Come Get to This", which peaked at number 23 on the chart. The album's third single, "You Sure Love to Ball", charted at number 50 on the Hot 100 and at number 13 on the Soul Singles chart.
Along with the album's music and sexual content, Let's Get It On's commercial success and promotion helped establish Marvin Gaye as a sex icon, while helping further expand his artistic control during his tenure at Motown. This commercial success also led to a much publicized tour for Gaye to promote Let's Get It On and expand on his repertoire as a live performer. Successful concert performances of the album's material helped Gaye gain an increasing popularity and fan base in the pop market, while earning him a reputation as one of the top live performers of the time. His performance at the Oakland Coliseum during the 1973-1974 tour was released on the 1974 LP Live!, which would serve as Gaye's only release during his sabbatical period in the mid-1970s.
Critical reception
Let's Get It On received positive reviews from music critics. Billboard called it "fine in terms of vocal attack and material [...] touches on the excellent in terms of instrumental support", while citing the title track and "Distant Lover" as the album's best recordings. Jon Landau of Rolling Stone found Gaye's performance on-par with that of What's Going On and wrote that "he continues to transmit that same degree of intensity, sending out near cosmic overtones while eloquently phrasing the sometimes simplistic lyrics". Although he viewed that it "lacks that album's series of highpoints", Landau commented that "it ebbs and flows, occasionally threatening to spend itself on an insufficiency of ideas, but always retrieved, just in time, by Gaye's performance. From first note to last, he keeps pushing and shoving, and if he sometimes takes one step back for every two ahead, he gets there just the same — and with style and spirit to spare". In Creem magazine, Robert Christgau called the record "post-Al Green What's Going On, which means it's about fucking rather than the human condition, thank the wholly holey".
Since its initial reception, Let's Get It On has been viewed by writers as a milestone in soul music. In The Best Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time, Jimmy Guterman writes that the album was "a bit more conventional musically (soul crossing into mild funk) and much more focused lyrically than its predecessor, What's Going On". Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot commended Gaye for using "the multi-tracked vocals perfected on 'What's Going On', this time to convey his most intimate desires", commenting that "while the album is replete with erotic imagery, both implied and explicit, it is also as much preoccupied with distance and unfulfilled need". Jason Ankeny of Allmusic called it "a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy", writing that "Gaye's passions reach their boiling point [...] With each performance laced with innuendo, each lyric a come-on, and each rhythm throbbing with lust, perhaps no other record has ever achieved the kind of sheer erotic force of Let's Get It On". Ankeny also dubbed it "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded." Allmusic's Lindsay Planer cites it as a "hedonistic R&B masterpiece." BBC Music's Daryl Easlea found Gaye "in supreme command of his material", and viewed it as "much more than an album about simple lust", but an "iconic, rapturous work".
Accolades
Much like What's Going On, Let's Get It On has been included in numerous professional lists of the best albums. It was ranked number 58 on The Times's 1993 publication of the 100 Best Albums of All Time. Blender magazine ranked the album number 15 on its list of the 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time. In 2003, it was ranked number 165 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time publication; the 2020 edition of the list ranked it 422nd. Also in 2003, Let's Get It On was reissued by Universal Music; the re-release was later given a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry. In 2004, Let's Get It On was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and cited by The Recording Academy as a recording of "historical significance". Based on such listings, the aggregate website Acclaimed Music ranks it as the 215th most critically acclaimed album in history, as well as the 70th most from the 1970s and the eighth most from 1973.
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Legacy and influence
Because of the album and its singles' initial sales and response, Let's Get It On marked a change and transition in sound and production for Motown, which had previously enjoyed success with its trademark "Motown Sound". The label's well-known sound, however, was beginning to fade in popularity among the majority of R&B and soul listeners, while experiencing commercial pressure from contemporary styles that incorporated more diverse elements, such as Philly soul and funk. The Motown sound was typified by characteristics such as the use of tambourines to accent the back beat, prominent and often melodic electric bass guitar lines, distinctive melodic and chord structures, and a call and response singing style that originated in gospel music. In addition, pop production techniques were simpler than that of Gaye's 1970s concept albums. Complex arrangements and elaborate, melismatic vocal riffs were avoided by Motown musicians. Following his breakthrough with What's Going On, an "experiment in collating a pseudo-classical suite of free-flowing songs", Gaye used his artistic control to modify the sound and incorporate funky instrumentation, melismatic vocalization, and heavy vocal multi-tracking, in much contrast to the established production style at the label. In contrast to Motown's previously successful process of emphasizing an artist's single releases rather than their album, Gaye and fellow producer Ed Townsend followed a similar formula previously used on What's Going On, in which the album's songs flow together in a suite-form arrangement, opposing label CEO Berry Gordy's strong emphasis on hit single success.
Gaye's change of musical style and production with the album made an immediate impact on the subsequently successful Motown artists, including Lionel Richie and Rick James. The album's vocal multi-tracking and instrumentation also influenced the development of contemporary R&B and slow jams. Allmusic calls the album "the blueprint for all of the slow jams to follow decades later — much copied, but never imitated." Renown engineer Russell Elevado's work in the neo soul genre, including his production for D'Angelo's Voodoo (2000) and Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun (2000), has been influenced by Gaye's and Townsend's production techniques and sound.
The album's sexual content pushed creative barriers in the recording industry and led to an increased popularity of sexual themes in contemporary music. Music writer Rob Bowman later cited Let's Get It On as "one of the most erotic recordings known to mankind." The album's success helped spark a series of similarly styled releases by such smooth soul artists as Barry White (Can't Get Enough), Smokey Robinson (A Quiet Storm) and Earth, Wind & Fire (That's the Way of the World). The commercial success of such artists led to a change of trend from socially conscious aesthetics to more mainstream, sensually themed music. Gaye achieved further success with I Want You (1976), featuring more sexually explicit lyrics and expanded use of vocal multi-tracking, and with Here, My Dear (1978), which he based entirely on his tumultuous marriage to Anna Gordy. In an interview with music author Michael Eric Dyson, hip hop artist Q-Tip discussed the album's influence and significance to its time period, stating:
Although there was a 'conscious' revolution, there was also a great sexual revolution ... I think Let's Get It On was Marvin wanting to make commentary on what was happening. I think there was a big 'love-in' that was going on. And with him quoting T.S. Elliot [in his liner notes, that life amounts to "Birth, copulation and death"], and the young lady moaning [on the album], we hadn't heard that before. That was another first, as well as him capturing erotica like that, and weaving it into the music the way he did; it was mind blowing. I think it was a natural progression, because we were having a revolution with our minds, and then with our bodies at that time.
Following the success of Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) and James Brown's late 1960s and early 1970s singles, Gaye's Let's Get It On gave greater mainstream exposure to funk and broadened its influence on the music industry. Many later R&B musicians, such as Prince, D'Angelo, and R. Kelly, were greatly influenced by its vintage sound and seductive themes, incorporating much of Gaye's musical style into their music.
Track listing
Original release
Side one
No./Title/Writer(s)/Length
1. "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend 4:44
2. "Please Stay (Once You Go Away)" Gaye, Townsend 3:32
4. "Just to Keep You Satisfied" Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover 4:35
2002 remaster bonus tracks
No./Title/Writer(s)/Length
9. "Let's Get It On (Single Edit)" 4:04
10. "You Sure Love To Ball (Single Mix)" 3:35
2001 deluxe edition
On September 18, 2001, Let's Get It On was reissued by Motown as a two-disc deluxe edition release, featuring 24-bit digital remastering of the original album's recordings, previously unissued material and a 24-page booklet which contains the original LP liner notes by Marvin Gaye, as well as essays from Gaye biographers David Ritz and Ben Edmonds.
Original album & sessions (Disc one)
No./Title/Writer(s)/Length
1. "Let's Get It On" Gaye, Townsend 4:51
2. "Please Stay (Once You Go Away)" Gaye, Townsend 3:27
3. "If I Should Die Tonight" Gaye, Townsend 4:01
4. "Keep Getting' It On" Gaye, Townsend 3:13
5. "Come Get to This" Gaye 2:41
6. "Distant Lover" Gaye, G. Gordy, Greene 4:17
7. "You Sure Love to Ball" Gaye 4:46
8. "Just to Keep You Satisfied" Gaye, Gordy-Gaye, Stover 4:27
9. "Song #3" (instrumental) Van dePitte, Gaye 5:28
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ただ誕生日11/11なのに
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