Sjclement Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 His name will always be synomynous with ' The Bottle ' but I rate his vocals on many other tunes anybody else feel the same? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest spudmurphy Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 hey but whities on the moon Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Home is where the hatred is. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest bobby's girl Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Home is where the hatred is. Definitely. Closely followed by the Esther Phillips version. See post... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sjclement Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Home is where the hatred is. There is a brilliant live version of this on the Its Your World album about 11 mins long with some really great sax in it Grandma's Hands Lady Day and John Coltrane Pieces of A Man Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) His name will always be synomynous with ' The Bottle ' but I rate his vocals on many other tunes anybody else feel the same? " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised " Malc Burton THE TORCH REUNION OCTOBER 24th 2009 https://dkof.freewebpages.org/Torch%20reunion/home.html WOULD THOSE WHO HAVE RESERVED TICKETS BUT STILL TO PAY FOR THEM AS YET , PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL INBOX burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk or PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com ALL PROFITS will go to The Douglas Macmillan Hospice and The Stroke Association ** NO TICKET - NO ADMISSION ** Edited March 13, 2009 by Malc Burton Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Just been on Wikipedia and read this Scott-Heron's father, Giles "Gil" Heron of Jamaican descent, nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a football (soccer) player who, in the 1950s, became the first black athlete to play for Glasgow's Celtic Football Club. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 We Almost Lost Detroit. Stunning song about the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant partial core meltdown. Damn scary stuff! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ranger Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 All of side 1 of the Pieces Of A Man album. Saw him live at Bradford University students union back in the 7ts. Still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Kev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tolbert Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Just been on Wikipedia and read this Scott-Heron's father, Giles "Gil" Heron of Jamaican descent, nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a football (soccer) player who, in the 1950s, became the first black athlete to play for Glasgow's Celtic Football Club. Here is a photo of the Black Arrow in the Glasgow Celtic Dress Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark S Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Whats the word Johannasburg , saw him live at an anti aparthied rally in the early eighties brilliant Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest oldsoulgitcomes Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 ' b movie' - 13 minutes of brilliance The Git Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Shrews Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 "When You Are Who You Are" "Madison Avenue" "Your Daddy Loves You" "Angel Dust" "Hello Sunday Hello Road" All spring to mind plus those already mentioned His "spoken word" tracks are worthy too, always bitingly accurate and honest but with a wicked humour twist Good to see hes schedualed to make a live appearance @ "Blues Alley" in his hometown Washington DC soon too Nice to see a Gil thread Cheers Paul Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulfulsaint Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Just been on Wikipedia and read this Scott-Heron's father, Giles "Gil" Heron of Jamaican descent, nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a football (soccer) player who, in the 1950s, became the first black athlete to play for Glasgow's Celtic Football Club. Sadly Gil's father passed away about six months ago. He was living in Michigan and still obsessed with Scottish football. According to Gil's brother he was banned from Michigan School's Soccer Games for swearing from the side of the pitch, a habit he picked up in Glasgow. He married a Scots woman he met in Glasgow, who became Gil's step-mother. Gil's dad Giles played for a Chicago team called the Chicago Maroons who Celtic played in a pre-season tour of USA and Canada in around 1948. Gil played for Celtic with the legendary clown prince of football Charlie Tully. I agree 'Almost Lost Detroit' brilliant. First heard 'The Bottle' at Blue Rooms Sale - courtesy of Curtis and Levine. Epic Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 The title track to the album Winter In America is just superb. The stark lyrics, such as 'cities staggered on coastlines', forests beneath highways', 'robins perched on barren treetops watching last ditch racists marching across the floor' & 'democracy is ragtime on the corner'. Powerful stuff. Wonder what an old recalcitrant lefty like GSH thought to Obama's historic election? From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline Living in a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to say Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free society Struggled but it died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner Hoping for some rain Looks like it's hoping Hoping for some rain And I see the robins Perched in barren treetops Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter It's winter in America And all of the healers have been killed Or been betrayed Yeah, but the people know, people know It's winter, Lord knows It's winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save Save your souls From Winter in America And now it's winter Winter in America And all of the healers done been killed or sent away Yeah, and the people know, people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows, nobody knows And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rob Wigley Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 So political and so f***king right ! talking about the state of the ghetto "Whitey's on the moon" is brilliant, a true piece of poetry ! saw him in Sheffield 14 years ago, he's been deported from the UK several times as well ! Not sure when he was last/next over, but promoters are always worried that UK authorities won't let him in ! rob Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Why would the UK deport him? On what grounds? Work permit irregularities? Surely we hear worse at Speakers' Corner, as far as 'free speech' is concerned. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rob Wigley Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Why would the UK deport him? On what grounds? Work permit irregularities? Surely we hear worse at Speakers' Corner, as far as 'free speech' is concerned. Not sure, but he smokes an awful lot of "blow" in his show ! There is also the Work permit thing, with bad promters in the past Gil did some iffy shows and didn't pay the Tax Rob Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rob Wigley Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Gil Heron, footballer, born 9 April 1922; died 27 November 2008 https://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/de...-heron-obituary More obituaries Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 There is an absolutely fantastic dancer by Gil Scott Heron that can be found "right underneath everybody's noses" so to speak ... The flip side of The Bottle ! A tune called "Back Home". Listen: Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Nik Mak Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Gil Heron, footballer, born 9 April 1922; died 27 November 2008 https://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/de...-heron-obituary More obituaries I was very honored to promote Gil in concert here in Bournemouth back in 1993. He and his band were absolutely stunning. I have the live concert recorded on dat and just marvel at the mans artistry & energy. The Concert itself was one of the best I've ever promoted but my one lasting memory is watching the sound check in the afternoon where Gil sat at the fender Rhodes and did 'The Bottle' by himself, just keyboards and THAT voice! Fucking amazing! He was then joined by each band member one by one until the whole band jammed on the groove for about 20 minutes. Stunning and a once in a lifetime experience. My all time favorite has to be 'It's your world' Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Shrews Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 He had a fantastic band with him back in the 80s when I used to see him live in London, fairly often His bassist was a guy called Robert Gordon who was amazing. He ( R G) also had his own "go go" band who played the Wag club one memorable midweek night. Cheers Paul Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest bobby's girl Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I've seen Gil a couple of times at the Jazz Cafe in London. What can I say? A master at work. Like the man says I feel blessed to have seen him. Check out this link: https://dickmacalive.blogspot.com/2001/07/g...-jazz-cafe.html Peace and love man. Peace and love... uote name='macca' date='Mar 14 09, 09:32 AM' post='1024600'] The title track to the album Winter In America is just superb. The stark lyrics, such as 'cities staggered on coastlines', forests beneath highways', 'robins perched on barren treetops watching last ditch racists marching across the floor' & 'democracy is ragtime on the corner'. Powerful stuff. Wonder what an old recalcitrant lefty like GSH thought to Obama's historic election? From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline Living in a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to say Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free society Struggled but it died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner Hoping for some rain Looks like it's hoping Hoping for some rain And I see the robins Perched in barren treetops Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter It's winter in America And all of the healers have been killed Or been betrayed Yeah, but the people know, people know It's winter, Lord knows It's winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save Save your souls From Winter in America And now it's winter Winter in America And all of the healers done been killed or sent away Yeah, and the people know, people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows, nobody knows And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kev Cane Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 ' b movie' - 13 minutes of brilliance The GitTook the words out of my mouth mate, awesome stuff, my mate interviewed him in the early eighties for a soul show and he told me he was the cleverest man he had ever met, tied him in knots. Kev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest woody Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 "It's your World" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Thorley Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Sadly Gil's father passed away about six months ago. He was living in Michigan and still obsessed with Scottish football. According to Gil's brother he was banned from Michigan School's Soccer Games for swearing from the side of the pitch, a habit he picked up in Glasgow. He married a Scots woman he met in Glasgow, who became Gil's step-mother. Gil's dad Giles played for a Chicago team called the Chicago Maroons who Celtic played in a pre-season tour of USA and Canada in around 1948. Gil played for Celtic with the legendary clown prince of football Charlie Tully. I agree 'Almost Lost Detroit' brilliant. First heard 'The Bottle' at Blue Rooms Sale - courtesy of Curtis and Levine. Epic Hi Stu Hows tricks with you. I saw him live at a Womad festival in The West Counrty, only a relatively small crowd, but he was amazing. Just went to see him and he didn't disappoint Dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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