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DemBonez · 08-29-2005, 11:23 PM

I love Soul (as well as Gil-Scott Heron), but I find it down right wrong to skip over Sly & The Family Stone while talking about Mr. Heron. They were a soul group before they did funk, and they are one of the most important to the psychadelic-soul style. Heron had way more to do with rap than any other style of music.

"The revolution will not make you look 5lbs thinner, because the revolution will not be televised"

I'm glad you meantioned Hot Buttered Soul. I personally can't get enough of that album, and it was the one that set the blue prints for the soul that would out after it. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" annoys me though, with 9+ minutes of just random talk.

Overall, I am impressed. Got a lot of good information in this thing, and has a lot about the big names.

08-29-2005, 11:23 PM	#12
DemBonez Bert Jansch! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 1,191	I love Soul (as well as Gil-Scott Heron), but I find it down right wrong to skip over Sly & The Family Stone while talking about Mr. Heron. They were a soul group before they did funk, and they are one of the most important to the psychadelic-soul style. Heron had way more to do with rap than any other style of music. "The revolution will not make you look 5lbs thinner, because the revolution will not be televised" I'm glad you meantioned Hot Buttered Soul. I personally can't get enough of that album, and it was the one that set the blue prints for the soul that would out after it. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" annoys me though, with 9+ minutes of just random talk. Overall, I am impressed. Got a lot of good information in this thing, and has a lot about the big names.