Re-Ron
1984 single by Gil Scott-Heron
"Re-Ron" | |
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Single by Gil Scott-Heron | |
Released | 1984 |
Recorded | 1984 |
Genre | Electronic, hip hop |
Length | 6:42 |
Label | Arista |
"Re-Ron" is a 1984 song by Gil Scott-Heron. It criticizes the campaign for the re-election of Ronald Reagan.[1][2] It was recorded in collaboration with Bill Laswell.[3][4][5]
Notable lines include:
"Would we take Fritz without Grits? We'd take Fritz the Cat. Would we take Jesse Jackson? Hell, we'd take Michael Jackson!"
The B-side of the record was "B-movie" which criticized the election of a former B-movie actor as the new president of the United States of America. These two songs by Scott-Heron were among many songs criticizing Reagan recorded by artists during the 1980s.
See also
References
- ^ "Gil Scott-Heron - Re-Ron at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ^ "Gil Scott Heron", Soulwalking, http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Gil%20Scott%20Heron.html
- ^ Peter Buckley (ed), The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, 2003, p 910
- ^ Ellis, Iain (2008-10-29). Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists - Iain Ellis - Google Books. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781593763350. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ^ Werner, Craig Hansen (2006). A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America - Craig Hansen Werner - Google Books. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472031473. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
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Gil Scott-Heron
- Pieces of a Man (1971)
- Free Will (1972)
- The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron (1978)
- Real Eyes (1980)
- Reflections (1981)
- Moving Target (1982)
- Spirits (1994)
- I'm New Here (2010)
- Nothing New (2014)
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- Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)
- It's Your World (1976; with Jackson)
- Minister of Information: Live (1994)
- Tour de Force (Live) (2004)
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1974)
- The Best of Gil Scott-Heron (Arista) (1984)
- Tales of Gil Scott-Heron (1990)
- Glory: The Gil Scott-Heron Collection (1990)
- Ghetto Style (1998)
- The Gil Scott-Heron Collection: Sampler 1974-1975 (1998)
- Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron (1999)
- Save the Children (2004)
- Anthology: Messages (2005)
- The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters (2011)
- "Home Is Where the Hatred Is"
- "The Bottle"
- "Johannesburg"
- "B-Movie"
- "Superman"
- "Hello Sunday! Hello Road!"
- "Storm Music"
- "Re-Ron"
- "Winter in America"
- "Space Shuttle"
- "Don't Give Up"
- "The Klan"
- "Me and the Devil"
- Discography
- Brian Jackson
- Perpis-Fall Music, Inc.
- Flying Dutchman Records
- Strata-East Records
- Proto-rap
- Orange Man
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