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Vintage73
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Gil Scott-Heron passed away
One of the fathers of black music, soul, funk and blues.
One of the fathers of Jamiroquai (there are several covers made by the band in the 90´s).
One of Jay´s favorite musicians (I believe he mentioned he would love to work with Gil in some recent interview).
One of my favorite musicians.
Rest in piece.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/arts/music/gil-scott-heron-voice-of-black-culture-dies-at-62.html
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HoneyBee
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 01:44 |
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So sad to hear his passing.
I am only discovering Gil Scott-Heron.
Can you Please post what you think is his best music. |
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tiga
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 18:06 |
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I like this one very much
http://youtu.be/sLtRHN7fsgY
'The first thing I would like to say is ... mandate my ass!' |
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Funk Fiction
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Vintage73
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 14:30 |
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| HoneyBee wrote: |
Can you Please post what you think is his best music. |
Mrs Bee, his work is so vast, you have to discover for yourself ..
One of my favorites is "we almost lost detroit"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRey-3EUed4
Another very old jamiroquai cover, "The bottle" (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_S_vUruKDo
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HoneyBee
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 17:18 |
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Oh thanks Vintage73!
I just saw this post! (I'm slow) Viewed both  |
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Vintage73
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 19:56 |
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| HoneyBee wrote: |
Oh thanks Vintage73!
I just saw this post! (I'm slow) Viewed both |
No prob Ms. Bee.
Feel kind of sad though that Jay dedicated a song to Amy Winehouse - sad loss of course - but I can not understand how he payed tribute to a manufactured singer with a few years career and not said one word about the one and only Mr Heron, the king of neo soul and funk music and one of the fathers of jamiroquai.
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Funk Fiction
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 19:58 |
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| Vintage73 wrote: |
| but I can not understand how he payed tribute to a manufactured singer with a few years career and not said one word about the one and only Mr Heron, the king of neo soul and funk music and one of the fathers of jamiroquai. |
You really got me there. I myself don't know what to say as I don't understand either.
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Vintage73
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 20:05 |
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| Funk Fiction wrote: |
| Vintage73 wrote: |
| but I can not understand how he payed tribute to a manufactured singer with a few years career and not said one word about the one and only Mr Heron, the king of neo soul and funk music and one of the fathers of jamiroquai. |
You really got me there. I myself don't know what to say as I don't understand either. |
Well, my theory is that probably Jay realized a while ago that music is marketing and business, and paying tribute to pop idols pays a lot more attention in the media rather than funk legends.
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HoneyBee
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 03:36 |
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Well, we can pay homage to an artist privately.
But definitely, Amy's death got more publicity.
Amy, manufactured or not, sang from a deep soul. So much potential. |
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