Songs of my people
According to the folks at Politico, the Obama campaign has released a playlist of music that will be piped in at re-election rallies, rope lines, and similar events from now until November:
"Different People" (No Doubt)
"Got to Get You in My Life" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
"Green Onions" (Booker T & The MG's)
"I Got You" (Wilco)
"Keep on Pushing" (The Impressions)
"Keep Reachin' Up" (Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators)
"Love You I Do?" (Jennifer Hudson)
"No Nostalgia" (AgesAndAges)
"Raise Up" (Ledisi)
"Stand Up" (Sugarland)
"This" (Darius Rucker)
"We Used To Wait" (Arcade Fire)
"You've Got the Love" (Florence and the Machine)
"Your Smiling Face" (James Taylor)
"Roll with the Change" (REO Speedwagon)
"Everyday America" (Sugarland?)
"Learn to Live" (Darius Rucker)
"Let's Stay Together" (Al Green)
"Mr. Blue Sky" (Electric Light Orchestra)
"My Town" (Montgomery Gentry)
"The Best Thing about Me Is You" (Ricky Martin, featuring Joss Stone)
"You are the Best Thing" (Ray Lamontagne)
"Keep Marchin'" (Raphael Saadiq)
"Tonight's The Kind of Night" (Noah and the Whale)
"We Take Care of Our Own" (Bruce Springsteen)
"Keep Me In Mind" (Zac Brown Band)
"The Weight" (Aretha Franklin)
"Even Better Than The Real Thing" (U2)
"Home" (Dierks Bentley)
Ah, but you can see where this is going. They've left out a few songs:
"Where Did Our Love Go?" (The Supremes)
"Baby, You're a Rich Man" (The Beatles)
"Won't Get Fooled Again" (The Who)
"Would I Lie to You?" (The Eurythmics)
"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin'" (James Brown)
Readers, help us play DJ here.
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More James Brown
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
The Payback
If I ruled the World
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
Finally (even though I think Obama will trumps the fools of the R-brand):
Cold Sweat
Didn't someone do a song called - "Is That All There Is?"
Posted by Steve | February 10, 2012 11:05 AM
One more minor James Brown, I forgot:
"Funky President (People It's Bad)"
Posted by Steve | February 10, 2012 11:06 AM
Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
Posted by Max | February 10, 2012 11:06 AM
The thrill is gone-BB King
Posted by cass | February 10, 2012 11:17 AM
I Got You Under My Skin
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
The Impossible Dream
Because Your Mine
Call Me Irresponsible
Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Nobody Else But Me
Street Of Dreams
Blue Turning Gray Over You
etc
Posted by Starbuck | February 10, 2012 11:19 AM
Charade.
Posted by clinamen | February 10, 2012 11:24 AM
From the Moody Blues:
Ride My See Saw
Legend Of A Mind
Voices In The Sky
More Jerome Kern:
Why Was I Born
They Didn't Believe Me
Look For The Silver Lining
Can I forget You
Posted by Starbuck | February 10, 2012 11:29 AM
It escaped me at the time, but I just yesterday realized that the song Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma performed at Obama's inauguration, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, is all about the narrator's grief over burying his mother; Obama's grandmother had passed away just hours before election day and I wonder if the selection of such a bittersweet song wasn't meant to enlarge upon both the personal and public aspect of day. In any case, whatever else one could say about Obama he's a terrific campaigner and music is definitely a place where he and his supporters like to come together.
Posted by idustre | February 10, 2012 11:41 AM
"Paint the White House Black" by Parliament Funkadelic
Posted by tommyspoon | February 10, 2012 11:47 AM
Don't Worry, Be Happy (or Else)
Posted by The Original Bob W | February 10, 2012 12:04 PM
“Highway to Hell” (AC/DC)
“Hungry Like the Wolf” (Duran. Duran)
“Runnin' With the Devil” (Van Halen)
"Lyin Eyes" (The Eagles)
“Sweet Dreams Are Made of This”(Eurythmics)
My head is going to explode...must rest now.
Posted by LTJD | February 10, 2012 12:17 PM
How about Hawkwind's "Uncle Sam's On Mars"?
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | February 10, 2012 12:19 PM
"In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans
Widely considered to be the worst song to ever reach the top of the charts.
Thoroughly unlistenable litany of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by Downtown Denizen | February 10, 2012 12:28 PM
Cool Jerk
Posted by paul | February 10, 2012 12:29 PM
"We Americans" (The Briefs)
"Peace Attack" (Sonic Youth)
"Justify My Thug" (Jay-Z)
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" (Preservation Hall & Duke Dejan)
"Slap Them Up" (KRS-ONE)
Posted by Z | February 10, 2012 12:34 PM
Them or Us - Frank Zappa
Nothin's Real Anymore - Shel Silverstein
AND MY FAVORITE:
Strong as Sampson - Procol Harem
"Psychiatrists and lawyers...destroying mankind
Drivin` `em crazy...and stealing `em blind
Bankers and brokers...ruling the world
Storing the silver...and hoarding the gold"
Just as relevant today, if not more so...
Posted by Ralph Woods | February 10, 2012 1:50 PM
"Leave Me Alone." Butthole Surfers
"Mr. Cancelled," the Cows
"Cranky Messiah," Melvins
"Laughing with Lucifer at Satan's Sideshow," Melvins
Posted by Iced Borscht | February 10, 2012 2:01 PM
Broke Mitch Woods
Posted by Clayman | February 10, 2012 2:24 PM
"Do You Believe In Magic?" (Lovin'Spoonful)
"Dust In The Wind" (Kansas)
"Little Lies" (Fleetwood Mac)
"Goodbye Cruel World" (James Darren)
"Still Got The Blues" (Gary Moore)
"Last Dance" (Donna Summer)
"Don't Cry Outloud" (Melissa Manchester)
"You Don't Own Me" (The Blow Monkeys)
"I Will Remember You" (Sarah McLachlan)
"He'll Have To Go" (Jim Reeves)
"Beat It" (Michael Jackson)
"Charade" (Henry Mancini)
"I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash)
Posted by John | February 10, 2012 2:38 PM
Stayin' Alive
Eve of Destruction
Posted by NW Portlander | February 10, 2012 2:54 PM
And of course, Tower of Power's, "There's Only So Much Oil in the Ground."
Posted by NW Portlander | February 10, 2012 2:57 PM
"Balls to the Wall" Accept
Posted by Mark Ellis | February 10, 2012 2:57 PM
Any audio recording of Marcel Merceau.
John Cage's 4"31'
crickets.....
Posted by Mojo | February 10, 2012 4:15 PM
"Dirty Water" by Buddy and Julie Miller:
Well I don't need you hanging round my door
Trying to drag me back down to the shore
And I ain't gonna drink your dirty water no more
Well I got wet from my head down to my legs
And I drank dirty water down to the dregs
But I won't do it again I don't care who begs
Dirty water now what's that for
Dirty water I ain't drinking no more
You've got a lie underneath your tongue where it can't be seen
And you wanna put the truth on a guillotine
But you might as well put out a fire with gasoline
Well you can serve up dirty water from a golden cup
You can try to lock up the truth but the door won't shut
Cause the truth just comes out like blood from a cut
Well it sparkles and it shines but it's just a trick
So you wash it down with a kiss just to get a kick
Well that dirty water is about to make me sick
Posted by reader | February 10, 2012 4:45 PM
How about, for either party, "Horse with no Name" by America.
Posted by umpire | February 10, 2012 4:46 PM
Lies Lies Lies - Naked Eyes
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Posted by Bob Frink | February 10, 2012 5:23 PM
"The Entertainer," from the film "The Sting," would be appropriate.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 10, 2012 5:48 PM
If you wanna be happy - Jimmy Soul
Posted by Columbia County Kid | February 10, 2012 6:22 PM
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - For What It's Worth (1967)
Stop, hey what's that sound...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RcG4RqpNwU&feature=related
Posted by clinamen | February 10, 2012 6:29 PM
"The Screw" - Phil Spector/The Crystals
Posted by rt3 | February 10, 2012 7:46 PM
I Pity The Fool, Bobby Blue Bland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-dGSegQOsc&feature=related
Other Blues by Little Milton:
Grits Ain't Groceries
Feel so Bad
If Walls Could Talk
I Wake Up Crying
Posted by clinamen | February 10, 2012 8:18 PM
Promises Promises- Naked Eyes
"you made me promises, promises, you knew you'd never keep"
Posted by roy | February 11, 2012 12:40 AM
""Balls to the Wall" Accept"
Dang it you stole mine.
Whenever i hear about taxation and what not I hear Aerosmith's "Eat the Rich" in my hind brain. Also "Cryin'" off that same album is appropriate.
Posted by Jo | February 11, 2012 7:33 AM
"Rainbow Stew" - Merle Haggard
Could also be on the playlist of several Portland mayoral candidates. :)
Posted by rt3 | February 11, 2012 7:55 AM
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/10/springsteen-releases-video-for-obama-campaign-song-we-take-care-of-our-own/
Is this for real?
Posted by clinamen | February 11, 2012 8:20 AM
"Backdoor man" - Allman Brothers
"Liar, Liar" - Never shout never
"Liar" - Three Dog Night
"Beautiful Liar" - Beyonce & Shakira
"Stupid Liar" - Big Bang
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert
"Damn Liar" - Chely Wright
"Fantasy" - Mariah Carey
"Fantasy" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Faker" - Miike Snow
"Road to Hell" - Chris Rea
The lint in my navel would have done more the country in the last 3+ years than big ears has done.
Posted by Native Oregonian | February 11, 2012 8:55 AM
"Love Me Tender" (Elvis)
"All I have to do is Dream" (Everly Bros)
Posted by pete s | February 11, 2012 9:43 AM
When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around ~ The Police
Live at Rockpalast, Essen (Grugahalle), Germany (1980.10.18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFpekH0kV0
Manic Depression ~ Jimi Hendrix
Posted by Mojo | February 11, 2012 11:26 AM
Paralyzed.:) Elvis
Posted by Anon | February 11, 2012 11:42 AM
"Further on Up the Road"
"Tears of a Clown"
Posted by reader | February 12, 2012 8:41 PM