Gil Scott-Heron - Mind of Gil Scott-Heron
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Artist: Gil Scott-HeronEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-01-30
Music Label: Tvt
Soundtracks:
- H20 Gate Blues
- We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis)
- The New Deal
- Jose Campos Torres
- The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dot Dit Dot Dot Dash)
- Bicentennial
- Space Shuttle
Music reviews of Mind of Gil Scott-Heron
Music Review: As relevent today as in its era.
Rating: 5 Stars
"The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron" is a compilation of spoken word pieces by one of the true masters of the form. Scott-Heron, inspired in his own words by Amiri Baraka and Oscar Brown, Jr., is probably best known for his spoken word piece, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", and while his music by-and-large was founded more in jazz then simply spoken word, this collection nonetheless provides a fine overview of a critical aspect of Scott-Heron's music.
This release contains seven tracks (one more than the original issue)-- three tracks were previously released-- "H2OGate Blues" (from "Winter in America"), "We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis)" (from "The First Minute of a New Day") and "Bicentennial Blues (from "It's Your World"). The remaining four tracks are all available nowhere else. What the pieces do is paint a picture of the political climate durin ghte 1970s. Scott-Heron is relentless in his attack on his belief that the government and legal system, as an organization of people, is suspectible to corruption and, as the disasterous second Nixon administration illustrates, is often in fact corrupt. His fire and passion is obvious and his performances are stunning.
What's perhaps most frightening is that with a few name changes, it seems as if Scott-Heron could be talking about modern politics rather than '70s politics. Gil Scott-Heron is well missed, this serves as a reminder of who he was and allows us to hope that he'll come back to music to share his wisdom.
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