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Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 8:20:56 AM

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110528/ap_en_mu/us_obit_gil_scott_heron

I always loved his song, "Winter in America."

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 8:36:20 AM

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110528/ap_en_mu/us_obit_gil_scott_heron

"Flee-bitus, RATS BITE US, no pardon in the ghetto"

Now that's a shame. I had every album Gil turned out up until "Spirits" ... now I'm gonna have to find "I'm New here" before it disappears.

thanks for the heads up, I will miss him

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 9:12:28 AM

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His early work is very much like the beat poets in the coffee houses in the 50's & early 60's. Brings back some memories, man.

I'd like to say that it was sad what he did to his body, but he lived life on his terms. He may have died relatively young, but I'm bettin he had a helluva ride!! RIP

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 11:48:28 AM

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Listening to Pieces of a Man right now in his honor!

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 2:45:32 PM

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I have one of his albums.

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/28/2011 7:18:24 PM

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Oh, sad news.
I greatly respect his work.

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/29/2011 4:47:19 AM

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I am familiar with his name but not familiar with any of his work. The news items about his death called him the godfather of rap. That would probably explain why I am unfamiliar with his work.

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/29/2011 8:31:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: DomImus

I am familiar with his name but not familiar with any of his work. The news items about his death called him the godfather of rap. That would probably explain why I am unfamiliar with his work.

And Bach is the godfather of rock.

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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/29/2011 8:36:26 PM

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

"You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
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In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
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brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live."
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RE: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62 - 5/29/2011 10:52:52 PM

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the funeral will be televised

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