@@whatilearnttoday5295Modern mainstream consumerist "gangster rap" is so far away from what actual hip hop is. Hip hop isn't even just music, true hip hop (the subculture) has 5 pillars, multiple art forms that coalesce into the real thing.
@@whatilearnttoday5295you could say that about all Black creations. Religion, writing.... all these things were created by Black Africans and used by whites to keep people busy
I was 17 when I first heard Gil Scott Heron for the first time. I immediately loved his voice, the music. and the things he had to tell us. Now I am 57, a broke white guy from northern Germany, still a blues addict. Listen... its sad that he passed way...but HE is important just nowadays!!! .never forget him and his statement...alway love you Giil
I was 25, an american friend gave me the album "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" as gift. A true philosopher, poet and artist. His message remains very applicable. I'm a householder struggling to survive in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
@@michaelsingleton9849 hmmm. I believe I read that @ his page @ Facebook (I deleted my FB account, so can not verify). I am almost positive that's where I read it tho, and wonder why the 5 thumbs up here at YT🤔.
utter brilliance, his music is so relevant to today.....the recession, need we say more than "We Almost Lost Detroit" ????? RIP brother, you will be truly missed.
Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coast Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night Morning brings the tourists, peering eyes and rubber necks To catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck It’s a mass of irony for all the world to see It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C It’s the nation’s capital It’s the nation’s capital It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C (mmmm-hmmm) May not have the glitter or the glamour of L.A May not have the history or the intrigue of Pompeii But when it comes to making music, and sure enough making news People who just don’t make sense and people making do Seems a ball of contradictions, pulling different ways Between the folks who come and go, and one’s who’ve got to stay It’s a mass of irony for all the world to see It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C It’s the nation’s capital It’s the nation’s capital It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C
strange harry haller I was also 17 when introduced to him. I was renting in a house and the landladys daughter and husband lived upstairs. He said take a listen to this, and thats history I was hooked! even stranger is I was a B Boy in the early eighties and C.O.D. InThe Bottle I did not realise was Gill Scott Heron. What a legend he is, his music is timeless, meaningful and relevant even today words cant express the respect I have for him
@@angiew.6854 Hi Angie, the lyrics are so relevant to the UK also, rich get richer poorer get poorer that statement has been around since I can remember as a child and still is relevant today pretty sad state of affairs this world is in. But my glass has always been half full so to a brighter day I look! :)
Still the city of haves and have nots even now! More homeless and hungry and more fancy condos with gourmet shopping; More have nots being pushed out their homes and more fancy pubs being pulled in- Gil kept it for real and its real-er now more than ever; Thanks Gil - RIP
It's weird. I've been a fan of his for decades going back to Johannesburg. I.go to this song when I need my Gil Scott Heron fix. Probably cause I grew up near here....
And the tragic part about what Gil was singing about is that almost 30 years later, we are still paying for the shit that POS former President Reagan did to this nation. As much as I love this video and Gil's music, my blood boils everytime I think of that clown Reagan.
he is :-) i discovered him playing GTA 4 some of his tracks: the bottle (this one is killer) home is where the hatred is (featured in GTA 4) winter in america 1980 angel dust madison avenue angola, louisiana
I stand corrected. I saw the trashcan with HU on it. What threww me off was hollafield said at 2:28 and all I saw wsa the tidal basin there. Hollaback I owe you an apology.
Still the city of haves and have nots - just the have nots are loosing their homes for fancy condos and shopping. Mayor Anthony Williams started it and Adrian Fenty continued it - MAN how true this piece was...
Grand father of hip hop. Gil truly made the world a better place.
While now hip-hop is a captured market of aspiration circlejerk to keep people busy.
@@whatilearnttoday5295Modern mainstream consumerist "gangster rap" is so far away from what actual hip hop is. Hip hop isn't even just music, true hip hop (the subculture) has 5 pillars, multiple art forms that coalesce into the real thing.
@@whatilearnttoday5295you could say that about all Black creations. Religion, writing.... all these things were created by Black Africans and used by whites to keep people busy
I was 17 when I first heard Gil Scott Heron for the first time. I
immediately loved his voice, the music. and the things he had to tell
us. Now I am 57, a broke white guy from northern Germany, still a blues
addict. Listen... its sad that he passed way...but HE is important just
nowadays!!! .never forget him and his statement...alway love you Giil
I was 25, an american friend gave me the album "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" as gift. A true philosopher, poet and artist. His message remains very applicable. I'm a householder struggling to survive in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Du bist einfach genau mein Vater.
First time hearing this song. And becoming aware of this man. Rise in power to such a wise elder.
Ase
I've been in DC for almost 20 years and have never heard this song. Unreal.
OMG - when I was a kid we used to have that exact stero!
RIP Gil Scott Heron, brilliant piece of work.
Mr. Gill Scott Heron ,
Our 21st Cenrury Poet, Composer.+ Music =.Voice.
Our National Treasure, Wonderful . for us all.
..Poof !!! Perfect..Mr. GSH
Black Wax, one of the best movies ever, it's on YT go watch it rn
Still listening 2019, so relevant today, rest in powerful peace Legendary Godfather of Hip Hop✌💖⚘🎶
Not hip hop
@@michaelsingleton9849 hmmm. I believe I read that @ his page @ Facebook (I deleted my FB account, so can not verify). I am almost positive that's where I read it tho, and wonder why the 5 thumbs up here at YT🤔.
@@michaelsingleton9849 I just scrolled down the comments and find another gentleman said "the true godfather of hip hop" hmmm
2021👊
He was so cool
GSH: a national treasure.
Genius! Genius! Genius!
My favorite Gil Scott Heron video. Thanks for sharing
utter brilliance, his music is so relevant to today.....the recession, need we say more than "We Almost Lost Detroit" ?????
RIP brother, you will be truly missed.
Ase
Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coast
Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat
Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight
Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night
Morning brings the tourists, peering eyes and rubber necks
To catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck
It’s a mass of irony for all the world to see
It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C
It’s the nation’s capital
It’s the nation’s capital
It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C
(mmmm-hmmm)
May not have the glitter or the glamour of L.A
May not have the history or the intrigue of Pompeii
But when it comes to making music, and sure enough making news
People who just don’t make sense and people making do
Seems a ball of contradictions, pulling different ways
Between the folks who come and go, and one’s who’ve got to stay
It’s a mass of irony for all the world to see
It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C
It’s the nation’s capital
It’s the nation’s capital
It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington D.C
We Lost Gil Scott-Heron too soon. He sang it like it is. I will miss him. :(
Rest in powerful peace Gil Scott-Heron 🙏
1 April 1949 ~
27 May 2011⚘
Ase
Class poet a real musical influence of my youth still brilliant 30 years on
A poet,the king of poetry...ladies & gentleman,Mr. Gil Scott Heron
strange harry haller I was also 17 when introduced to him. I was renting in a house and the landladys daughter and husband lived upstairs. He said take a listen to this, and thats history I was hooked! even stranger is I was a B Boy in the early eighties and C.O.D. InThe Bottle I did not realise was Gill Scott Heron. What a legend he is, his music is timeless, meaningful and relevant even today words cant express the respect I have for him
Timeless indeed. What would he sing had he been in DC in November 2020? Deja vu all over again.
@@angiew.6854 Hi Angie, the lyrics are so relevant to the UK also, rich get richer poorer get poorer that statement has been around since I can remember as a child and still is relevant today pretty sad state of affairs this world is in. But my glass has always been half full so to a brighter day I look! :)
thank you for sharing this. Calling out the reality the irony the joy and bs of the nation's capital.
This the Greatest Rapper Ever
my DC too.. I love this song .
We lost a good man too soon. He sang it like it is. I will miss him. :(
been beggin for a longer version of this...
Cheers... Saw the documentary a few years ago.
TFP!!
Love it a, true national treasure, what a great poet, I've spent most my of life hangin' out on 14th street.
Love this piece! One of my favorites!
Gil is still the man.
Legend.
He still is the Man!
Gil Scott-Heron ✊
1 April 1949 ~
27 May 2011
Rest in powerful peace⚘
Ase
lost poets! the best to ever do it! rip black man! thanks for everything
Still the city of haves and have nots even now! More homeless and hungry and more fancy condos with gourmet shopping; More have nots being pushed out their homes and more fancy pubs being pulled in- Gil kept it for real and its real-er now more than ever; Thanks Gil - RIP
Original styles and flows G.S.H with the mid size ghettoblaster
RIP Gil Scott Heron, gone but never will be forgotten!
Love it, love it, love it!
2022 and relevant!
The true Godfather of Hip Hop.
R.I.P. a TRUE KING and GENIUS!!!!.
"Spent a lifetime one night up on 14th St." haha - Loveit!
My hometown baby!!!!
RIP to a great...
rip- found this guy a while back, liked his poetry and sounds...
Okay - thanks for clearing that up - I've been wondering that for years, especially since she is not forthcoming about her Dad.
It's weird. I've been a fan of his for decades going back to Johannesburg. I.go to this song when I need my Gil Scott Heron fix. Probably cause I grew up near here....
reposes en paix .... L'un des derniers Bro' d'une époque révolus ...... rip
Fantastic.....................peace!!
the best
"Black folks"
Damn, what a man we lost
1986 released as Black Wax...you can find it on the web. Great DVD.
i love that radio!!!
Good eye, and more specifically it is in front of the College of Fine Arts (the institution, not the building) which no longer exists at HU. Ironic?
So. Damn. Cool.
My hometown baby!!!!
DC baby! HTTR’s always
the master at his best!
The coolest cat of all the “cats”
Gil so handsome and talented .
we all dead duck classic!!
Gill Scott heron
Amazing!
I bought that same exact boombox at Luskin's when I was 13 using my paper route money, delivering the Washington Post.
Love it!
My hometown Washington DC, the Original Chocolate City!!
Uh, the Last Poets was a group of five black artists from Harlem. Gil wasn't one of them, despite similarities.
Love it
RIP GIL GOAT
Ase
RIP Gil Scott Heron!!
Just A Master
how is that big radio called on his shoulder?
great track, by the way.
A boom-box or a ghetto-blaster
2-D from Gorillaz got me here through his latest G Mix playlist from Spotify 🎧🖤🎵
How has no one used this concept for a video since then
Because.. 'THEY'RE' either scared, dumb to it, or "out of it."
Six million ways to die -- choose one!"
And the tragic part about what Gil was singing about is that almost 30 years later, we are still paying for the shit that POS former President Reagan did to this nation. As much as I love this video and Gil's music, my blood boils everytime I think of that clown Reagan.
Ain't nothin changed✊
dgil1911, that actually is Howard University in the middle of the video. Gil's on main campus
COOLEST GUY EVER!!
Rest In Poetry.....
he is :-) i discovered him playing GTA 4
some of his tracks:
the bottle (this one is killer)
home is where the hatred is (featured in GTA 4)
winter in america
1980
angel dust
madison avenue
angola, louisiana
powerful-
I stand corrected. I saw the trashcan with HU on it. What threww me off was hollafield said at 2:28 and all I saw wsa the tidal basin there. Hollaback I owe you an apology.
Wait......was this video made yesterday??
I want to own a boom box like that one.
Looking like a Mack strolling down the street.
Respect
where could i get this dvd?
WHY CANT EVERYONE BE LIKE HIM
❤🎶
Отлично!
Music LIves.
yeeaauuhhhh MC GIL SCOTT
Rip gil
what year was this?????
198?. HTH
GIL SCOTT WAS D.C!!!!
RIP :-(
You must not be from D.C. Thats not Howard, its the Tidal Basin. Dont you see the Jefferson Memorial in the background ?
Still the city of haves and have nots - just the have nots are loosing their homes for fancy condos and shopping. Mayor Anthony Williams started it and Adrian Fenty continued it - MAN how true this piece was...
what a f-ing genius.
is that a LRG hat?
genius
RIP
On the campus of the historic HU (You Know!) Howard University! #history #herstory
Whitey's on the Moon! Go Gil!
Is he Jill Scott's dad?
Its a mass of irony for all the World to see.