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Alum responds to Gil Scott Heron
I am a graduate of the Class of 1978 and cannot tell you
how pleased I was to read that Item No. 34 of the Orient's own Top 100
Rock 'n Roll list featured "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil
Scott Heron. I enjoyed listening to the quasi-rock, quasi-jazz, quasi-pre-rap
sound of Gil Scott Heron, not only from my room at the Pine Street Apartments,
but also at Theta Delta Chi, and in Coleman Hall.
When I listened to Gil Scott Heron at Bowdoin, the only medium
for sound was the LP, or record, and with the advent of CD, Gil Scott
Heron's tunes now sound of superior quality. I typically will keep a Gil
Scott Heron CD among my arsenal of car stereo CDs at any given time.
Let me recommend to any fan of Gil Scott Heron, that they
contemplate purchasing the following former Gil Scott Heron LPs, now available
on CD to wit: Freewill, Pieces of a Man, 1980, Spirits, The First Minute
of a New Day, and From South Africa to South Carolina.
Henry Paul Johnson '78
Naples, Florida
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