umbertino Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 One of the absolutely greatest...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 April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Note: song should be understood / interpreted in the ( difficult) context of its time ( many years ago when struggle / conflict was real strong)...Just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 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 April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Another great track ( and real social issue...worldwide) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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umbertino Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 So powerful...Deep...It does get to you The great jazz bass player Ron Carter on "The Prisoner" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Painfully beautiful & moving ( just like most of his songs)...A gem He will not be forgotten Respect for a Giant Artist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Beautiful vid ( and sad)... 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 all did make some ( if at all...) sense for ourselves and the ones around us ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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