[lbo-talk] The revolution will not be televised

[Chris Sturr]

Doug's post about political music that does not suck, and Gil Scott-Heron's
death, reminded me of the DVD set of the first season of Saturday Night Live
I bought at a garage sale last summer.  The politics of the stand-up
routines (e.g. George Carlin) and of (many of) the skits were so left
compared to anything you'd see on teevee today.  But what was really
mind-blowing were the musical acts, which were of such high quality, and
also often political, with GSH's appearance singing "Johannesburg" in one of
the very early episodes being a prime example.

Here's something a friend sent me--not up to GSH's quality, but better than
the usual re-tread folkie stuff that is standard today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_rLb0Rr64.  I like the term "defuturized"
at around 0:20.  Not bad.

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Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 15:19:40 -0400
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
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I was thinking of doing a radio show on political music - why so much of it
sucks, and what makes the good stuff, like Gil Scott-Heron, not suck. Any
ideas, either for substance or guests? Ned Sublette would be on the list,
for sure. But others?

Doug

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