. >> no, this is marvin gaye. marvin gaye. >> okay from the 1960s. >> whoa, here we go.man. >> i think it's cory feldman. >> no, i'm pretty sure it is yoko ono. >> okay, did you used to have the beatles here but then when you installed her they all left? >> we have not had the beatles yet. >> word to the weitz, if history is any guide. >> all right, a long haul. >> when we return to stephen colbert wax on and wax off. and madame ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. >> welcome back, everybody, now folks thank you very much before the break madame tussauds offered me a spot in their famous wax museum and then measured me for improper tallity. but the question remains could my smoldering good looks and blistering significance be captured in a medium with such a low melting point? let's find out in part two of -- >> stephen colbert wax on and wax off at madame tussauds. >> i had made it to the hall of president

i grew up on motown, marvin gaye, diana ross, i always had love in the back of my mine, i grew up with concept with him was let's take the eye off his weight and put your eye more on his style and his heart, and his swag. so when he was singing "i want somebody to love me for me" ♪ >> that was always the concept style and love and attitude. >> you gave us ghetto love, mary j. blige singing -- that is a great image. what happened to that stuff? >> in the 80s, radio, black radio especially was about rap. it wasn't necessarily a lot of love in rap. >> one of the things you mentioned was motown how the uptown sound becomes a response to motown and the critics said andre harrell was over his head, once he got to the big corporation he couldn't handle it. >> they knew me coming in the door they were this far in the hole and they could have said to me "we should do it this way" had to tell me i'll let you build the biggest record company. takes five years to build it. i was only there for six months before stuff started popping up in the papers. >> that is one of the reasons most of the time

well, marvin gaye. >> has to be, right? marvin did it for me. >> i want to talk about a girl straight off the top. talk about the elephant in the room. you're one of the most famous country singers ever. and you're married to one of the most famous country singers ever. your husband and i have never met. i feel like i know him really well. the reason is for the last six years on "america's got talent" i've seen more acts murdering your husband's songs than probably any other musician or singer alive. if i had to hear one more version of -- ♪ if tomorrow ever comes it gave me severe earaches. i'd like to apologize to him through you for the massacring of his music. >> at least you have a connection with him. you massacred that yourself there. it was pretty bad. >> trying to sing "hello" to lionel richie. >> were you really trying? >> i like to make the guest feel like they're the star contrary to public perception. with you and lionel, make you think you're better singers. >> an ego boost. that's nice of you. >> perk you up

i see my boy, tyrese, he had a mural in his house of all the great things and marvin gaye was jesus,son right here. that's -- >> jimmy: lenny bruce. >> lenny bruce. this is charlie chaplin, moms mabley, richard pryor, lucille ball up there. bernie mack and nipsey russell, red foxx, freddie prinze, pygmy martin and flip wilsion. bernie mack and nipsey russell look like cousins or brothers. >> jimmy: they kind of have the same face. >> there's only one guy they didn't put up there that -- i want to get a redone and that's you know, the seven words? >> jimmy: the seven words? >> little trivia right there. who did that? >> jimmy: george carlin. >> all right, then. >> jimmy: why isn't he up there? >> because i was trying to get everybody. but george carlin did the seven words and that's really big. >> jimmy: george carlin. >> carlin. yeah. that's what i said. wow, correcting me on national tv. i want to get -- >> jimmy: george curlin? >> yeah. i said garlin. yeah, i think he worked for ringling barnum. >> jimmy: ringling barnum? >> the greatest show on earth. >> jimmy: all right. >> this

. ♪ [music break] >> marvin gaye, shot dead by his father with a gun that martin had given him as a gifthis is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. our guest is goldie taylor, managing editor of the goldie taylor project where she writes about contemporary, social and political issues. can you tell us your own story about the linkage of domestic violence and guns? >> sure. here in atlanta, i guess i have lived here 27 years now, during our first year here in atlanta, i met him i thought was the most charming man in the world. we moved in to gather, started college, a started to build a life within. not long after that is when the abuse began. he began to isolate me from my friends and family. he began to be little every single thing i did. then it became physically abusive. i felt trapped, even though my mother lived less than 10 miles away. i was afraid to tell her what was happening because for so many young women, there is an unfortunate culture of silence that sort of places they don't around what is happening in some of th

shakespeare, bill clinton, marvin gaye, a lot of people have in common.ns. you didn't make the list. >> maybe the 2037 version. >> maybe the next one. it's a fascinating book. today we're going to revisit interesting quotes in there for the very first time. very interesting stuff still ahead on "cbs this morning." >> you're in there. >> i'm not in there, no. to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafo

. ♪ somebody said every day was gonna be sunny skies ♪ ♪ only marvin gaye and lingerie i guess somebodylet's ♪ ♪ stop the madness come lay with me ♪ ♪ truth be told, i'm waving my flag before it goes bad ♪ ♪ 'cause we made it this far on for better or worse ♪ ♪ i want to feel it even if it hurts ♪ ♪ if i gotta cry to get to the other side ♪ ♪ then, let's go 'cause we gon' survive ♪ ♪ we stay on the frontlines yeah, but we're still here ♪ ♪ after the bomb drops we go so hard ♪ ♪ we lose control the fire starts ♪ ♪ then we explode when the smoke clears ♪ ♪ we dry the tears only if love and war ♪ ♪ sometimes you're my general you gotta let go of this place ♪ ♪ sometimes you're my enemy and i'm throwing grenades ♪ ♪ we'll just be chillin' and laughing ♪ ♪ and i'm laying on your chest ♪ ♪ don't know what happened 'cause things just went left ♪ ♪ but here we go back down that road ♪ ♪ that's just the way that it goes ♪ ♪ 'cause we made it this far on for better or worse ♪ ♪ i want to feel it even if it hurts ♪ ♪ if i gotta cry to get to the other side ♪ ♪ then, let's go 'cause we gon' survive