| 词条 | The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron |
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| name = The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron | type = album | artist = Gil Scott-Heron | cover = MindGilScott.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = 1973-78 | venue = | studio = | genre = Soul, jazz poetry, proto-rap | length = 50:40 | label = Arista | producer = Gil Scott-Heron | prev_title = Bridges | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = 1980 | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = album | cover = The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 2000 reissue cover }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r69223|pure_url=yes}} link] }}The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron (subtitled A Collection of Poetry and Music) is a 1978 album by spoken word and rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron. Like many of Scott-Heron's albums, the album's content primarily addresses political and social issues; however, The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron relies far more on his spoken word delivery than his other albums. Whereas much of the artist's earlier albums contained backup jazz-funk music from Brian Jackson, many of these tracks, which address contemporary issues such as Watergate, the pardon of Richard Nixon and the Attica Prison riot, are either live recordings or studio-recorded songs with little more than sparse drum backing or occasional instrumentation. Many of the tracks featured were included on previous Gil Scott-Heron albums.[1][2][3] Due to the length of some of the pieces – "The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash)" is nearly 13 minutes long, and four other songs are longer than 7 minutes – the album consists of only seven songs.[4] One of the distinctive characteristics of Heron's poetry on this album is his use of chemical formulas to refer to certain people and events. For example, he refers to Barry Goldwater as "Barry AuH2O" and Watergate as "H2OGaTe".[5][6] The original vinyl release of the album contained a 24-page booklet featuring transcriptions of 22 Gil Scott-Heron compositions.[7] The CD release also features a different cover than the original vinyl release.[8] Track listingAll songs written by Gil Scott-Heron[9][10]
1. "H2O Gate Blues" – 7:58 (about the Watergate break-in and cover-up) (from Winter in America) 2. "We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon our Analysis)" – 7:52 (about the pardon of Richard Nixon) (from The First Minute of a New Day) 3. "The New Deal" – 3:10
4. "Jose Campos Torres" – 2:36 (about Jose Campos Torres, a U.S. Army veteran who was arrested and then murdered and tossed into a bayou by two police officers in Houston in 1978, spurring the Moody Park Riot) 5. "The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash)" – 12:57 6. "Bicentennial Blues" – 8:39 (from It's Your World)
7. "Space Shuttle" – 7:28 Personnel
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References1. ^{{cite web|title=The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Gil-Scott-Heron/dp/B000TAUPSS/ref=tmm_vnl_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=|website=amazon.com|publisher=Golden|accessdate=21 January 2018|format=ASIN: B000TAUPSS|quote=Scott-Heron is relentless in his attack on his belief that the government and legal system, as an organization of people, is suspectible to corruption and, as the disastrous second Nixon administration illustrates, is often in fact corrupt.}} {{Authority control}}{{Gil Scott-Heron}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mind Of Gill Scott-Heron}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Baram|first1=Marcus|title=Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man|date=2014|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250012784|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0OuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=The+Mind+of+Gil+Scott-Heron+1978+album&source=bl&ots=p1y8KqY26g&sig=x167bg-ebWCuPJ-kJm_2KUabyzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqlo-IhOnYAhVK9WMKHSoFBmw4FBDoAQhTMAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Mind%20of%20Gil%20Scott-Heron%201978%20album&f=false|accessdate=21 January 2018|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Aditham|first1=Kiran|title=Gil Scott-Heron • Ink 19|url=https://ink19.com/2001/04/magazine/music-reviews/gil-scott-heron|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=Ink 19|date=24 April 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121225932/https://ink19.com/2001/04/magazine/music-reviews/gil-scott-heron|archivedate=21 January 2018|language=en|quote=Much the precursor to the politically motivated poetry of Mos Def and Zack De La Rocha, Gil Scott Heron’s long-lost verbal tirades have been rediscovered on this collection.}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Mind of Gil Scott-Heron|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Gil-Scott-Heron/dp/B000056VIS|website=amazon.com|publisher=Tvt|accessdate=21 January 2018|format=Original recording remastered|date=30 January 2001}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – H2O Gate Blues|url=https://genius.com/Gil-scott-heron-and-brian-jackson-h2o-gate-blues-lyrics|website=genius.com|publisher=Golden|accessdate=21 January 2018|language=en}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=H2O Gate Blues Lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron|url=https://lyrics.lol/artist/953-gil-scott-heron/lyrics/1565781-h2o-gate-blues|website=lyrics.lol|accessdate=21 January 2018|quote=And the poem is called the "H2O G-A-T-E Blues" And if H2O is still water And G-A-T-E is still gate What we gettin' ready to deal on is the "Watergate Blues"... (Yeah~ YEAH~ haha~) [scattered applause] (Rated X!)}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Gil Scott-Heron - The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gil-Scott-Heron-The-Mind-Of-Gil-Scott-Heron/release/1259915|website=Discogs|publisher=Arista – AL 8301|accessdate=21 January 2018|language=en|date=1978|quote=Contains a 24-page color booklet with all lyrics and b/w photos of Gil Scott-Heron.}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Gil Scott-Heron - The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron: A Collection Of Poetry And Music|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gil-Scott-Heron-The-Mind-Of-Gil-Scott-Heron-A-Collection-Of-Poetry-And-Music/release/648424|website=Discogs|publisher=Rumal-Gia Records|accessdate=21 January 2018|language=en|format=Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered|date=2000}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron by Gil Scott-Heron|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gil_scott_heron/the_mind_of_gil_scott_heron/|website=rateyourmusic.com|publisher=TVT Records|accessdate=21 January 2018|date=January 30, 2001}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man - The Wire|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/essays/gil-scott-heron_pieces-ofa-man|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|date=June 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121224213/https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/essays/gil-scott-heron_pieces-ofa-man|archivedate=21 January 2018|language=en|quote=The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron (Arista 1979)}} External Links
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