‘Winter In America’

Filed in National by on February 10, 2010

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

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related[/youtube]

Gil Scott-Heron: “Winter in America”

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  1. cassandra_m says:
    February 10, 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. El Somnambulo says:
    February 10, 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. John Tobin says:
    February 11, 2010 at 9:11 am

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

  4. El Somnambulo says:
    February 11, 2010 at 9:24 am

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

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

  5. cassandra_m says:
    February 11, 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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