The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott Heron

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Official promo for Gil Scott Heron's collected lyrics and poems, Now and Then, published by Canongate Books . Produced by Peter Collingridge and directed by Julian House (Intro) in 2001.

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Uploaded: August 7, 2006 at 9:35 am
Author: aptstudio

Length: 00:02:45
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DeadJerker (December 1, 2008 at 2:21 pm)
The Revolution will not be televised... but it will be posted to the net.
t1201971 (November 29, 2008 at 8:18 pm)
So no one needs as explanation as to why time's up for lillkiberals and his ideological ilk. The problem is when supporters of fascists like Ron Paul start making approving noises about the work of people like Gil-Scott Heron.
lillkiberals (November 28, 2008 at 9:06 pm)
Gil Scott Heron will break into your house, rape your wife, rake your kids down the face with an afro-comb, rip off your TV set, and steal your car.

The revolution will put him in the driver's seat.
ronpaul2008rocks (November 25, 2008 at 8:23 pm)
Wow! Talk about timeless art! Man!
4449911 (November 25, 2008 at 1:40 pm)
I love the lyrics ... I love the message ...

It reminds me of a Prof I had that would rant about how the rap industry is owned by people that don't want big city and small city poor to get together ... by people who are confounding the languages to divide and conquer.

I love rap lyrics, but I can't understand the music. My Profs point : would we poor be in our current state (no minimum wage increase in 20yrs) if the rap message had been delivered by Lionel Richie or Marvin Gaye ?

GO Gil !!
u2hubbard (November 25, 2008 at 7:52 am)
I was resting for a minute but now that Obama ran for president and won I feel I got to get back on guard. I thought I was running from south central to get to a place where the grass is greener. Your told to go to college, get a job and live around White folks. Which I did, but after the first Rev.Wright sermon I thought I was going to get chased down to the hood. God please let Obama live and do well or thy will have the law lookin to put every negro in interment camps.
u2hubbard (November 25, 2008 at 7:44 am)
Even though I was born in 1984 I still throw up my fist for this brotha. But will it ever be all good for Black folks. Will we ever be able to be drop the revolutionary, political, awareness mindset that we have? Will the mind of the Black collective ever be at ease? Of course I'm paranoid about what the White man plannin but if I got to be watchful of my people how am I supposed to mentally function. Being Black in America is like being between a rock and a hard place.
ultramarinegoat (November 24, 2008 at 4:01 pm)
preach on !!!
GhostVirusx90 (November 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm)
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, And The Television Will Not Be Revolutionised!
Paulph04 (November 22, 2008 at 9:35 am)
Still as cool as it ever was.