The poem is notable for its extensive political and cultural references, many of which may be unknown today. The list below links to some of the references Scott-Heron makes. * "Plug in, turn on, and cop out," a reference to Timothy Leary's pro-LSD phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out." * Skag, slang term for heroin * Xerox, best-known manufacturer (at the time of the poem's writing) of photocopying machines. The name has also become a genericized trademark that colloquially means "to photocopy". * Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States * John N. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General under Nixon * General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations during the Vietnam War * Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States under Nixon * "Hog maws," sometimes misheard as "hog moss," soul food made from the lining of the stomach, or maw, of a pig * Schaefer Award Theater, radio show by Dick Clark * Natalie Wood, film actress (incorrectly referred to as "Natalie Woods") * Steve McQueen, film actor * Bullwinkle, cartoon character * Julia, a TV half-hour sitcom series starring Diahann Carroll * "Give your mouth sex appeal," from Ultra Brite toothpaste advertising * "The revolution will not get rid of the nubs," the nubs being beard stubble, from a Schick razor advertisement of the period. * Willie May, an Olympic medalist who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles. * "NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32," a reference to television networks predicting the winner of presidential elections shortly after the polls close at 8:00. * Instant replay, a sports television term * Whitney Young, civil rights leader * Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP * Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, referring to the Watts Riots of 1965 * “Red, black, and green”, the colors of the Pan-African flag * Green Acres, a U.S. television sitcom * The Beverly Hillbillies, a U.S. television sitcom * Hooterville “Junction” [sic], the fictional setting of Green Acres and Petticoat Junction * Dick and Jane, white children, a brother and sister, featured in American basal readers * "Search for Tomorrow," a popular a U.S. television soap opera * “Eleven o’clock news”, a reference to a generic television news program * “Women liberationists," a reference to the feminist movement, some of whom did not shave their armpits * Jackie Onassis, seen during the period in television broadcasts covering Kennedy memorials * Jim Webb, U.S. composer * Francis Scott Key, author of the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” * Glen Campbell, U.S. pop music singer * Tom Jones, Welsh pop music singer * Johnny Cash, U.S. country music singer * Engelbert Humperdinck, British pop music singer * Rare Earth, all-white U.S. pop music band signed to Motown Records * “White tornado”, advertising slogan for Ajax cleanser, “Ajax cleans like a white tornado” * “White lightning”, a slang term for moonshine, the name of a 1950s country and western song by George Jones, and an American psychedelic rock band * “Dove in your bedroom”, a television advertising image associated with Dove Anti-perspirant Deodorant Cream * “Tiger in your tank”, an Esso advertising slogan created by Chicago copywriter Emery Smith[1] * “Giant in your toilet bowl,” reference to the Liquid Plummer commercials saying that it cleared so well it was like "having a giant in your toilet bowl" (to work the plunger) with an animation of a large disembodied arm using a plunger on your toilet. * “Go better with Coke”, a Coca-Cola advertising slogan, “Things go better with Coke” * “Fight the germs that may cause bad breath”, from Listerine advertising * “Put you in the driver’s seat” (advertising slogan from a car rental company, Hertz) * Rerun Dizajn i Marketing WEB 2009 SEO SEARCH ENGINE MARKETIN SERBIA |