A compendium
1. “‘Whatever happened to the people who gave a damn?’ Gil Scott-Heron once asked in song,” Greg Kot writes for the Tribune.
“The Chicago-born artist was a voice of dissent in a music industry that was turning into a big business during the ’70s, transforming pop hits and party tunes into profit. It wasn’t a particularly hospitable place for Scott-Heron, who died Friday at 62. But he never set his sights on the charts. Instead, he devoted his life to writing, speaking, agitating and thinking out loud about the world. He gave a damn.”
2. A Brief Look at Hip-Hop’s Love Affair With Gil Scott-Heron.
3. Kanye West & Common Tribute Remix:
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4. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
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5. Lupe Fiasco Tribute: The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized.
6. We Almost Lost Detroit.
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7. Where Is The Gil Scott-Heron Documentary?
8. The Bottle.
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9. No Turning Back on Gil Scott-Heron’s Sad Life.
10. Me and the Devil.
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11. Gil Scott-Heron’s Music and Struggle With Crack: ‘New York Is Killing Me’.
12. Leader Of A Revolution You Could Dance To.
13. Winter in America at Columbia College in February 2010:
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Comments welcome.
Posted on June 1, 2011