Rest in peace, Gil Scott-Heron

[Clint Planet]

One of the true greats has gone, scythed down at a mere sixty two. Gil was a visionary and a poet - a father of hip hop - and, as a drug addict who was arrested and imprisoned for his "crimes," a victim of the way that America treats its poor and its errant. Gil spoke about a different America than the newscasters and politicians. He saw through the rhetoric and lies and fixed his steely gaze on poverty and iniquity, on madness and farce.

This ain't really life
ain't really life
ain't really nothin' but a movie.

Requiescat in pace, GS-H. If only there were more like you. You did well, though.

 

[Muggins]

RIP.

Was listening to "Home is where the hatred is..." only yesterday in the car...

 

[Clint Planet]

[video=youtube;upKsTCKYm4E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E[/video]

 

[little curly alan ball]

One of the true greats has gone, scythed down at a mere sixty two. Gil was a visionary and a poet - a father of hip hop - and, as a drug addict who was arrested and imprisoned for his "crimes," a victim of the way that America treats its poor and its errant. Gil spoke about a different America than the newscasters and politicians. He saw through the rhetoric and lies and fixed his steely gaze on poverty and iniquity, on madness and farce.

This ain't really life
ain't really life
ain't really nothin' but a movie.

Requiescat in pace, GS-H. If only there were more like you. You did well, though.

Was just gonna put this up .

R.I.P. The Father of Rap Music ..

The Revolution will NOT be Televised ...

DON'T DO DRUGS !!!

" .Cause Black People will be in the Streets . Lookin' for a Brighter Day..."

 

[Clint Planet]

The Revolution will NOT be Televised ...

To be fair, he was wrong about that one.

 

[little curly alan ball]

To be fair, he was wrong about that one.

Nah . AHEAD of his Time is all .....



" ...There will be no pictures of You and Willy May pushing that Shopping Cart Down The Block on the Dead Run , or trying to slide that Coloured TV into a Stolen Ambulance ....The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ..."

 

[little curly alan ball]

Nah . AHEAD of his Time is all .....



" ...There will be no pictures of You and Willy May pushing that Shopping Cart Down The Block on the Dead Run , or trying to slide that Coloured TV into a Stolen Ambulance ....The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ..."

" Woman in a Bar , says I'm Hard to Get To Know ... Says , I Got An Ego On Me , The Size of Texas ... but I'm New Here ,.."

 

[Clint Planet]

His dad played for Celtic, of course.

 

[little curly alan ball]

His dad played for Celtic, of course.

He DID ...

."...Make You Wanna Holler Black People and Hold Up Both Your Hands and Say , LIBERATION ...!!!!

 

[Clint Planet]

[video=youtube;rGaRtqrlGy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8[/video]

It is incredibly powerful. He actually makes you feel uneasy.

 

[Blue 1]

Sadly missed. R.I.P. Gil.

 

[davek]

RIP. I remember his stuff as a massive finger held up to the Reagan-Thatcher tyranny.

 

[Clint Planet]

RIP. I remember his stuff as a massive finger held up to the Reagan-Thatcher tyranny.

Yeah, B-Movie and Re-Ron were both on NME tapes, weren't they?

 

[little curly alan ball]

RIP. I remember his stuff as a massive finger held up to the Reagan-Thatcher tyranny.

He DID . The Foremost and First in the U.S. Music Industry ....

He was ACE !!!

 

[davek]

Yeah, B-Movie and Re-Ron were both on NME tapes, weren't they?

Ha Ha. I remember them. But usually they had crap on there like McLaren's Buffalo Gals and Joboxers.

Getting old...fast.