i keep hoping every time i go into cvs that i'll hear "johannesburg" or maybe "the bottle" — alas no, just aztec camera `oblivious` yet again (no, seriously!).
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Saturday, 6 November 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
Their theme song--oblivious to Gil, for inst.
― dow, Saturday, 6 November 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
xxp isn't Bridges is still around? I got a new copy of it on CD a year or so ago, on the UK imprint Soul Brother Records.
― henry s, Saturday, 6 November 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
"Your Soul and Mine" and Revolution are in the Sopranos movie... but don't bother!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 6 November 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
Just wanna rep for ‘Real Eyes’ much underrated
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 7 November 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
I'm a firm believer that all of his albums up to and including Moving Target are at least four stars. Hard to really single out any from such a consistent run, but Real Eyes has some definitive highlights for sure.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Sunday, 7 November 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
xxp, and it IS on Spotify, too
― fetter, Sunday, 7 November 2021 10:54 (two years ago) link
everything with Brian Jackson is sheer brilliance, don’t know much of anything afterno comment on “I’m new here” or whatever it is
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/27/i-was-consumed-with-anger-brian-jackson-gil-scott-herons-brilliant-badly-wronged-partner
Brian Jackson interview
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 15 May 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
thanks for posting. he seems like a chill person these days and that jazz is dead thing is definitely cool and worth checking out.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 15 May 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
checking this out now. first song sounds like vintage midnight band.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 28 May 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Oh cool!
― brimstead, Saturday, 28 May 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
so the rest of the album is really good! nothing surprising or groundbreaking happens, but it's a foregone conclusion that if you like classic midnight band, you'll like this too. maybe a bit preachy in spots — again: very reminiscent of vintage material. still lots of good vibes and solid grooves. last track was the highlight for me.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 28 May 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
I was a bit underwhelmed by the Brian Jackson effort. Some was funky & jazzy like old-school Midnight Band but some was too derivative, a little too fusiony, and the vocals aren't Scott-Heron of course.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 June 2022 03:15 (one year ago) link
i dug the album. i really like his playing and the groove on "mami wata" in particular
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 6 June 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
getting back into gil's reggae attempts. you know i'm a sucker for music that's about how awesome music is-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVY2Dp1u1Z8"storm music" (1981)
this is more of his usual 'paranoia in pop song' form, but with a roots-y backing. i love it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efhvkcz_AM"no exit" (1982)
anyway, nothing else really to say. he only did a few of these, but these two are alltimers back where i come from. he never got back into the style after the early 80s.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 21:41 (five months ago) link
Interesting re those reggae attempts. Genre was crossing over more then too
speaking of early 80s on November 16 - Black Wax (Robert Mugge 1983 directed film about Gil-Scott Heron) is showing @ AFI Silver near Washington DC as part of a short Robert Mugge film fest
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 18:49 (five months ago) link
highly recommend watching black wax however you can. that was his tightest band.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Thursday, 9 November 2023 00:59 (five months ago) link
(and they play "storm music" in it too)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Thursday, 9 November 2023 01:11 (five months ago) link
nice, it’s on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtFNSxM9704
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 November 2023 03:44 (five months ago) link
Never understood why Pieces of a Man doesn't appear in all those best album ever lists in NME, Mojo etc. Seems exactly the kind of record that appeals to that sort of thing.
― fetter, Thursday, 9 November 2023 10:48 (five months ago) link
ooooogivin you the reggae, "Ready or Not" (also on Moving Target)
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 9 November 2023 15:24 (five months ago) link