We Beg Your Pardon America (Promo)

Annotation

We Beg Your Pardon America (Scott-Heron, Gil) Political commentary, mainly about Watergate. Reference to My Lai and Lt. William Calley.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

We Beg Your Pardon America (Scott-Heron, Gil) Political commentary, mainly about Watergate. Reference to My Lai and Lt. William Calley. Vietnam War: My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Arista Records AS-0117-DJB (2118-S-BW), stereo, white label marked "Promotional Copy"; "We Beg Your Pardon America" (Scott-Heron-B. Jackson), 5:17, Brouhaha Music, Inc., ASCAP, ℗ 1975 Arista Records, Inc.; produced by Perpis-Fall Music, Inc.; Arista Records Inc., 1776 Broadway, New York, New York 10019. In an Arista company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born Chicago, Illinois. Died New York. American poet, singer and composer, born 1 April 1949 in Chicago, Illinois; pioneer of politically charged spoken-word soul ('The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'); died 27 May 2011 in New York City, New York. [Source: Wikipedia] Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), born in Chicago, but mainly based in New York, is well-known as a soul and jazz artist with cutting edge political and social spoken-word recordings, particularly on issues to do with the treatment of African-Americans. He often collaborated with Brian Jackson. Several of these spoken-word tracks…

Themes

Nixon · Watergate · My Lai · Anti-Calley · Ford · Atomic · Rockefeller

In collections

My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs