University of Oklahoma
A Descriptive Review of:
Gil Scott-Heron and his works:
“The Revolution Will Not be Televised” and “When You Are What You Are”
Jayde Williams
AFAM 4243-995 BAM
Professor Tammara D. Williams-Dias
December 8th, 2017
Jayde Williams
Professor Tammara D. Williams-Dias
AFAM 4243- The Black Arts Movement
December 8th, 2017
Introduction
I will be giving a review of Gil Scott-Heron and two of his works called “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” from the album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox produced by Bob Thiele of Flying Dutchman Records in 1970 and “When You Are Who You Are” was featured on the original album titled Piece of a Man which was also produced by Bob Thiele in 1971. Throughout this paper I will …show more content…
The track “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” dealt with themes such as the superficiality of television and mass consumerism, the hypocrisy of some would-be black revolutionaries, and white middle-class ignorance of the difficulties faced by inner-city residents. “When you Are Who You Are” used a more conventional song structure than the loose, spoken-word feel of “The Revolution Will Not be Televised”. The track “When You Are Who You Are” has a nice tempo allowing the accompanied instruments to flow very nicely. The message that Gil provides on this track is extremely clear from the beginning to the end. On the other hand, “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” had a calm upbeat tempo and flow but the message was the exact opposite. The message that was expressed throughout the track consisted of a heavy controversial topic. Initially the message was hard to understand, as the track proceeded the message became clearer and clearer. After listening to both tracks, they were similar in how well the message flowed with the accompanied instruments but I noticed the difference in the message delivery tones. “The Revolution Will Not be Televised “message tone had a sense of authoritativeness whereas the “When You Are Who You Are” message tone was
A Descriptive Review of:
Gil Scott-Heron and his works:
“The Revolution Will Not be Televised” and “When You Are What You Are”
Jayde Williams
AFAM 4243-995 BAM
Professor Tammara D. Williams-Dias
December 8th, 2017
Jayde Williams
Professor Tammara D. Williams-Dias
AFAM 4243- The Black Arts Movement
December 8th, 2017
Introduction
I will be giving a review of Gil Scott-Heron and two of his works called “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” from the album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox produced by Bob Thiele of Flying Dutchman Records in 1970 and “When You Are Who You Are” was featured on the original album titled Piece of a Man which was also produced by Bob Thiele in 1971. Throughout this paper I will …show more content…
The track “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” dealt with themes such as the superficiality of television and mass consumerism, the hypocrisy of some would-be black revolutionaries, and white middle-class ignorance of the difficulties faced by inner-city residents. “When you Are Who You Are” used a more conventional song structure than the loose, spoken-word feel of “The Revolution Will Not be Televised”. The track “When You Are Who You Are” has a nice tempo allowing the accompanied instruments to flow very nicely. The message that Gil provides on this track is extremely clear from the beginning to the end. On the other hand, “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” had a calm upbeat tempo and flow but the message was the exact opposite. The message that was expressed throughout the track consisted of a heavy controversial topic. Initially the message was hard to understand, as the track proceeded the message became clearer and clearer. After listening to both tracks, they were similar in how well the message flowed with the accompanied instruments but I noticed the difference in the message delivery tones. “The Revolution Will Not be Televised “message tone had a sense of authoritativeness whereas the “When You Are Who You Are” message tone was