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A highly influential and widely admired singer, proto-rapper, jazz pianist, poet, novelist, and socio-political commentator, Gil Scott-Heron remains a unique and major figure in global music. With more than 20 albums to his name, his politically charged output has won him an international following.
Now and Then
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9781847677440
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication date: 06/02/2011
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 144
- Sales rank: 195,479
- File size: 386 KB
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One glance at Now and Then and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career. This, the first ever collection of his poems to be published in Britain, carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of modern day life. His message is black, political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising and mature and as relevant now as it was when he started, back in the early seventies.
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"Accessible, intelligent, rhythmic writing which makes poetry seem worthwhile again." —List
"Some of the funniest and most literate lyrics in all music . . . From deadpan attacks on racism to withering sarcasm about the Great Society; from Chomskian rants to parodies of media shallowness—every line comes coated in a sardonically witty turn of phrase." —Time Out
Time Out
Some of the funniest and most literate lyrics in all music . . . From deadpan attacks on racism to withering sarcasm about the Great Society; from Chomskian rants to parodies of media shallowness - every line comes coated in a sardonically witty turn of phrase.GQ
A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanised generations.The List
Accessible, intelligent, rhythmic writing which makes poetry seem worthwhile again