Re-Ron

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"Re-Ron"
Single by Gil Scott-Heron
Released1984
Recorded1984
Genre Electronic, hip hop
Length6:42
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!"

Re-Ron was recorded three years after "B-movie", which also criticized the initial election of Reagan, 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. The song features Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic on synthesizer and clavinet. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gil Scott-Heron - Re-Ron at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  2. ↑ "Gil Scott Heron", Soulwalking, http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Gil%20Scott%20Heron.html
  3. ↑ Peter Buckley (ed), The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, 2003, p 910
  4. ↑ Ellis, Iain (2008-10-29). Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists - Iain Ellis - Google Books. Soft Skull Press. ISBN   9781593763350 . Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Gil Scott-Heron - Re-Ron at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.


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