umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 One of the absolutely greatest imho...Love the lyrics ( and music)...RIP And he ( not the only one mind you) achieved a little big miracle....Intelligent songs....Sort of a dream come true....... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Note: song should be understood / interpreted in the ( difficult) context of its time ( many years ago when struggle was real strong)...Just saying....JMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Special to me..... RIP Karen Silkwood (mentioned in lyrics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood There's a great movie about her life ( & murder) featuring Meryl Streep & Kurt Russell ..It's called "Silkwood" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Another great track ( and critical issue...worldwide...Many socio-economical factors involved) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 So powerful...Deep...It does get to you...JMHO The great jazz bass player Ron Carter on "The Prisoner" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Painfully beautiful & moving imo ( just like most of his songs)... He will not be forgotten Respect for a Giant Artist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Such an effective (and sad) vid ... I once just felt like writing this on youtube comments: Our lives are just meant to be like symbolically going up and down those escalators.......Until the end comes....With the hope it did make some ( if at all...) sense for ourselves and for the ones around us .....JMVHO of course..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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