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Bingo Rocks Off Regular Offline Exiled from IORR Posts: 942 Gender:	The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH May 27^th, 2011 at 9:13pm Gil Scott-Heron just passed away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl9kw&playnext=1&list=PL673E821D05EF8058
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Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH
Reply #1 - May 27^th, 2011 at 10:50pm

RIP Gil
I was fortunate enough to have seen him perform at school a few times...it was always an inspirational show...though honestly, I didn't always know what it inspired in me.
My Brother-In-Law was totally into him, so i would go with him and he would lose his mind...he was also the only person I personally know that saw Jimi H perform...twice!!!

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caro Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 128 France Gender:	Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH Reply #2 - May 28^th, 2011 at 7:09am Noo What a great artist he was. I saw him in concert for the first time last summer, it was an awesome show. I used to say "Pieces of a man" was the saddest song in the world, now it's going to be even sadder.
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Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH
Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2011 at 7:29am

Gil was important in the way comedian Bill Hicks, or even Hunter Thompson, was important, and his industry decline is a lesson in the value of truth-telling and political art in the marketplace, which is, sadly, that of perishable novelties and seasonal goods. I wish that the decline in his recording career hadn't sent him into such a devastating tailspin, and that he had found other roads, "creative" or not, to follow. RIP, Gil - you were a caretaker shooed away by gatekeepers.

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That guy that punched Mick at Altamont...and all the Hell's Angels...all that bad acid let them hear A Bigger Bang!!

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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,331 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2011 at 12:38pm Saw him back in '77 when his stuff ("Johannesburg") was still getting radio play. A great talent and truth-teller. RIP Gil Scott-Heron Brainy
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Child of the Moon Rocks Off Regular Offline Plug in, flush out, and fire the fuckin' feed... Posts: 254 In the timbers of Fennario Gender:	Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH Reply #5 - May 29^th, 2011 at 7:30pm This fucking sucks! I am digging on a live boot from '76 right now, sipping some tequila and waiting for the goddamned revolution (televised or not).
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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,331 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH Reply #6 - May 29^th, 2011 at 7:53pm Child of the Moon wrote on May 29^th, 2011 at 7:30pm: This fucking sucks! I am digging on a live boot from '76 right now, sipping some tequila and waiting for the goddamned revolution (televised or not). Don't wait: ORGANIZE!
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GotToRollMe Rocks Off Regular Offline 'soft and freaky' Posts: 1,918 Gender:	Re: The revolution will not be televised. RIP GSH Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2011 at 8:41pm Well THIS sucks. RIP Gil.
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