Song Match Up:
Let’s Get It On vs Do It All Night
Word Wars
December 10, 2009

A cold, hard slap to the face - that’s what you’ll probably get when you try to pick up a woman with the two songs clashing this week: Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ and Prince’s ‘Do It All Night.’ These are sexy songs, but they can also be downright sleazy. But hey, sometimes the Stifler thing works. So who gets the girl in this battle of the horndogs?

Everybody in the 70s saw Marvin as a sex icon. It's because he knew how to use his songs to charm the ladies. Take a look at the lyrics:

 Who gets the girl? A song match up between Marvin gaye’s Let’s Get It On and Prince’s Do It All Night






LET’S GET IT ON

I've been really tryin', baby
Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long
And if you feel like I feel, baby
Then come on, oh, come on
Whoo, let's get it on
Ah, babe, let's get it on
Let's love, baby
Let's get it on, sugar
Let's get it on
Whoo-ooh-ooh

We're all sensitive people
With so much to give
Understand me, sugar
Since we got to be
Let's live
I love you

There's nothin' wrong
With me lovin' you
Baby, no, no
And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong
If the love is true
Oh, babe, ooh, ooh

Don't you know
How sweet and wonderful life can be?
Whoo-ooh
I'm askin' you, baby
To get it on with me
Ooh, ooh, ooh

I ain't gonna worry, I ain't gonna push
Won't push you, baby
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, baby
Stop beatin' 'round the bush
Here's what Marvin did right: He used the Romeo route. ‘Givin' yourself to me can never be wrong if the love is true’ is so romantic it can unbutton pants on its own. That’s how real studs operate. They play with your heart before they play with you in bed.

I wish I could say the same for the eccentric one, but in typical Prince fashion, his creepiness got the best of him. Look at the lines:



  DO IT ALL NIGHT

Pardon me, I wanna talk 2 U
I may be kinda shy but I just gotta tell U what I'm gonna do
Someone over there said he wants 2 get 2 know ya
I... I don't care ‘cuz I really wanna hold ya
But I'm so scared ‘cuz he might do something 2 U that U'd like

I've been waiting such a bloody long time
Just 2 get this close 2 U
Now that U're near me, I want U 2 hear me
And tell U what I wanna do

Oh, I wanna do it, do it all night
I wanna do it, do it 2 U right

Giving up so easy is something that I'd never do
But I'm so easy, so easy when it comes 2 loving U
Can't U understand that I wanna hug and kiss U?
I'll do anything I can just 2 give U happiness
And baby, drown, baby, drown, baby, in your arms
Come on, baby, can't U get 2 this?

I’ll bet a hundred bucks you’ll strike out with every woman on Earth with
this song. Everything reeks of obsession and desperation. It’s something
Erika Christensen would use in ‘Swimfan.’ So unless you want to hook up
with a restraining order, it’s probably best to go with Marvin’s song instead.

- Paulo Agulto
















  
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