"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" has been used twice in television commercials – each time using session musicians recreating the style of the Marvin Gaye version. For the 1985 Levi's 501 commercial, "Launderette", featuring male model Nick Kamen, agency BBH and director Roger Lyons, owing to budgetary constraints, brought in Karl Jenkins and Mike Ratledge to recreate the sound of the Marvin Gaye original with Tony Jackson, a Barbadian background singer for Paul Young, handling vocals and P. P. Arnold on backing vocals.[20][31][32][33][34] The commercial's success prompted Tamla-Motown to re-release Gaye's single with the Levi's 501 logo on the sleeve — "an example of integrated marketing almost before the term was invented".[35][36] The record went to number eight on the UK Singles chart, marking its second chart performance.[20] A year later, in 1986, Buddy Miles was the singer for the clay animation group The California Raisins which sang it as part a TV advertising campaign.[37]
Marvin Gaye's version of the song is used in the opening credits of The Big Chill (1983) as each of the main characters gets to hear (through the "grapevine") about the death of their college friend, and then travels to his funeral; the song serves in an extradiegetic fashion to both unite the main characters' friendship and to locate it nostalgically for the viewer.
Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to.
I had not heard it before. However, the version I have been listening to is a special one.
A while ago Mr EB donated, through Pledge Music, to help Daniel Cavanagh (from Anathema) create a solo album. Part of what he got for his money was an acoustic version of a song recorded just for him by Daniel and he chose the above song. His version arrived today and he gave me a copy. By way of introduction Daniel says that this song has been recorded especially for MrEB but that he wanted it dedicated to 'Mrs EB, his beautiful wife'. Daniel then sends his best and hopes it is a nice surprise.
I was gobsmacked, stunned, speechless and in floods of tears. Every time I think about it I burst into tears again. Even after nearly 34 years together Mr EB has the power to totally discombobulate me and, after all that time, he still comes up with gestures like that. I am a very lucky lady.
I had not heard it before. However, the version I have been listening to is a special one.
A while ago Mr EB donated, through Pledge Music, to help Daniel Cavanagh (from Anathema) create a solo album. Part of what he got for his money was an acoustic version of a song recorded just for him by Daniel and he chose the above song. His version arrived today and he gave me a copy. By way of introduction Daniel says that this song has been recorded especially for MrEB but that he wanted it dedicated to 'Mrs EB, his beautiful wife'. Daniel then sends his best and hopes it is a nice surprise.
I was gobsmacked, stunned, speechless and in floods of tears. Every time I think about it I burst into tears again. Even after nearly 34 years together Mr EB has the power to totally discombobulate me and, after all that time, he still comes up with gestures like that. I am a very lucky lady.
Thats really lovely EarlyBird,its nice to hear that romance is alive and well chez EB (and well done Mr EB)