Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)
1967 · Imperial 66272 · USA
- Artist
- Dick Clair
- Title
- Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)
- Release
- Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad) / Tell That Joke
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Imperial # 66272
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)" (Imperial Records # 66272), by Dick Clair, another very interesting answer record which took a comedy approach, poking fun at Victor Lundberg. Musically, the song is just a jazz piano, with Dick Clair speaking over it. Printed on the single is the date "11 December 1967". The track started with the son (the narrator) driving down the freeway, when all of a sudden he heard his father on the radio, dictating a letter. The narrator wondered why they did not just sit down, man to man. The narrator took a swipe at the money Lundberg would be making from his hit record and he brushed off Lundberg's comments about god. Moreover, he said that "draft card burning isn't my kind of gesture, picketing the Pentagon is more my thing".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Dick Clair (born Richard Clair Jones, 12 November 1931, San Francisco, California; died 12 December 1988, Los Angeles) was an American comedian and television writer, half of the act Clair and McMahon with Jenna McMahon and later an Emmy-winning writer on The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family and The Facts of Life. 'Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)' was issued on Imperial 66272 in 1967 and was co-written with Jenna McMahon. [Source: Discogs; Wikipedia; Los Angeles Times obituary]
Themes
In collections
Lundberg's "An Open Letter" & Answer Songs · Draft Songs · Jazz Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs