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RVA_101
I mean he was a prophet in many instances regarding race, sociology, and politics, on other issues like this he just echoed the general views of the times. I can't really fault him for this as this track is very much just a product of 1970. Not that I'd listen to this again, but I'm not gonna try and cancel him because of it either
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rgzep26
I'm amazed at the comments defending this lyric on the grounds that "he never actually says anything bad about gay people"? Are you kidding? "Giggling and grinning and prancing and shit/Trying their best to see the Misses and miseries and miscellaneous misfits." Wake up. It's a homophobic lyric, he's not "commenting" on anything other than that gay people are objects of fun. Yes t was a long time ago but the work stands, continues to be reissued, and as far as I know, GSH never disowned it. Nor should he have disowned it if it represented his beliefs. That was his choice. Just like it's my choice to never hear it again.
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jaydencaine
So unfortunate this track was included on the record. Would've been almost perfect. Have to skip it every time.
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HumbleGold
misunderstood track and honestly, one of his best! [2] so provocative... the content's so in your face... small minds can't see the big picture.
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carlosjzapata
And Mark Twain was totally racist for using the word, "nigger" in his books. C'mon, you guys.
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Fatbirdsdontfly
I'm not convinced it's not homophobic, but I don't think it's an anti-gay song. He is intrigued by the scene across the street, it's a description of a scene, being very homophobic while describing it. ...still I don't care, nor do I find this disappointing. You have to view a poem as something on itself, and not associate it directly to it's maker. It's the old debate whether you can blame an artist for the opinion of his characters or the storyteller. You might find the content offensive, it's still a spledidly performed.
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EelsofWood
at the end, he says that if there hadn't been a sign declaring what the party was, he might have gone in, and "god only knows just what would've happened." that suggests to me that heron was making a comment about labels, and the stigma surrounding gay people at the time prevented him from making friends and having a good time just because it was a "faggot ball." as someone else on here noted, he never actually says anything bad about gay people.
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TomH86
you morons! its satire. he is perhaps puzzled and maybe slightly unsettled by what he is seeing..but he is satirizing his own initial thoughts..thats what this piece is about. plus, it was a different time..a young 20 yr old man laughing at obscenely over the top gay drag queens?!?! never!!! burn him at the stake. its satire. just satire.
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DeepInMySoul
I echo the disappointment of others here. Regardless of one's views on homosexuality, there is no excuse for this ridicule of, and (may it be said) derision toward, fellow human beings. However, Gil has undeniably grown since this recording. He should not be understood as still holding these opinions today.
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WyldOats
"Digging what I was digging, as I did" Its the opposite of a homophobic rant!!! It is admitting a certain amount of confusion and bewilderment. Drag Queens in the early to mid 60's, ugly ones at that! A whole hall full of Gay people at a time when you flat were not allowed to be Homosexual,yes he is surprised!
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equinoxvox
The song was a homophobic rant by a young straight man and widely understood as such at the time the record came out, in the late sixties or early seventies when Gil Scott-Heron was maybe 21. Remember, this was a young straight man saying "faggot" over and over again while depicting gay men in a mockingly stereotyped fashion. It was shocking to me, just now, to have it come blaring into my living room. If Last.fm is going to make hate speech available, they ought to set it up so that diatribes like this don't pop up unasked for when listening to tag stations.
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SineMusica
Not sure whats going on with this song but some years later in B Movie he does talk about gay rights in the same context as civil rights and womens rights.
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