"Ain't nothing like the real thing" : Marvin Gaye's meaning
"What's going on" : Marvin, Motown, and me
"Stubborn kind of fellow" : the search for a style
"If this world were mine" : the politics of soul music
"Somethin' like sanctified" : sexuality and spirituality
"How sweet it is to be loved by you" : black love and secret romance
"Come live with me, angel" : eroticism and exodus
"Father, father, father we don't need to escalate" : Afroedipalism, corporal punishment, and the politics of self-destruction
"Trouble man" : from the Prince of Motown to the Pied Piper of R&B.