‘Winter In America’

February 10th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
By El Somnambulo

Only one song resonates with me on days like this, and it’s been haunting me for 35 years:

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Gil Scott-Heron: “Winter in America”

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  1. Comment by cassandra_m on 10 February 2010 at 8:06 pm:

    This is awesome, Bulo! I heard on Sunday that Gil Scott-Heron has a new CD that’s just been released.

  2. Comment by El Somnambulo on 10 February 2010 at 8:12 pm:

    Yeah, he’s battled a lot of demons in the last 40 years. But he’s one person I’d dare label as a genius, and I hope that his genius resurfaces with the new CD.

  3. Comment by John Tobin on 11 February 2010 at 9:11 am:

    And he helped people realize that life under Reagan was a B Movie.

  4. Comment by El Somnambulo on 11 February 2010 at 9:24 am:

    And he cautioned against a “Re-Ron”. To no avail:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWo63p9CDdo

  5. Comment by cassandra_m on 11 February 2010 at 4:31 pm:

    Here is the NPR interview I heard with Scott-Heron this week. A couple of the songs from his new CD are up there too you so can listen.

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