13-11-2012, 07:36
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GIL SCOTT-HERON "i'm new here" cd,2010.
hard to know where Gil fits in the scheme of things with music...jazz,blues,rock,pop,rap, you name it he did it!!!!
this was the final studio album before his death a few months after it was released...
mostly spoken word tracks,wow, this guy has the same vocal quality as Morgan Freeman IMO, very emotive,provocative yet serene at the same time...
track two is a cover of a Robert Johnson song, trackfive is a Bobby 'blue' Bland cover, the rest are original compositions...
the whole thing is bookended by "pts 1+2" of a poem, these poems/readings sum up the album perfectly, detailing a life of regret,one of coming to terms with his mortality and generally making peace with life/people he has obviously upset in the past...
a very good album IMO, am certainly going to explore his back catalogue further on the strength of this one...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: all the interludes(as they are wat too short)
best track: im new here
tracks:
1. on coming from a broken home pt I ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_VJrFZPTIo audio
2. me and the devil **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OET8SVAGELA video
3. im new here ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_astp3BjM video
4. your soul and mine **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PycXonAR5xo video
parents(interlude)
5. i'll take care of you **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXPN2dbgu5g audio
being blessed(interlude)
6.where did the night go **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZVdj_d62M video
i was guided(interlude)
7. new york is killing me **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiuorrXsngM audio
certain things(interlude)
8. running the crutch **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxng_bdF2C0 audio
ive been me(interlude)
9. on coming from a broken home pt.II **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8nxbeX9kI audio
3s=2
2s=7
1s=0
rating: 2.2 or 7.5/10
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.