"How many roads must a man walk down
before you can call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind,...."
What's this you keep saying about The Atlantic being a Mac shop? I just tuned into the Ambinder / Sully video and MA's monitor is flashing the WinXP logo!
After Obama's done speaking they always play that Bruce Springsteen song, and then something else, while he's shaking hands, but at least once I heard the best song ever, "Too Hot To Stop" by the Bar-Kays. You may remember it from the titles of Superbad.
"Dido - See you when you're 40"
"Rinocerose - No we are not experienced"
And in light of the fact that the Dems managed to take TWO of the hot-button issues -- gender equality and racial equality -- and then pit them against each other...
"Annie Lennox - Walking on broken glass"
The convention is going to be interesting to say the least, especially since it's being held in Denver and the local media will have full coverage.
After Hillary's speech ended, I thought the Tina Turner song that was playing at her rally, "Simply the Best," was "I Ain't Missin' You at All." Freudian, perhaps - but also potential playlist song!
If you like Broadway at all, "The Last Midnight" from Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" is somewhat Hillary-Clinton-esque: it's when the Witch gets pissed at everyone, curses them, and disappears forever.
Advice is cheap you can take it from me
It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free
Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen
Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean
It costs too much and takes too long to find out too late
Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken
Your role was protective, your soul was too defective
Some people just don't have a heart to be broken
CHORUS
We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
If you'd only had a little more faith in me
In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
All the king's men and all the king's horses
Can't put you together the way you used to be
We could have been standing on the Great Wall of China
You take a piece of whatever you touch
Too many pieces means you're touching too much
You never win if you can't play it straight
You only beat me if you get me to hate
It must be so lonely to think that you have only
Somebody else's life to live if they let you
I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective
To find out how fast your friends will forget you
We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
Now all you're going to be is history
Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the Empire Diner tonight
You coulda had class, you coulda been a contender
Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me
You could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of China
This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen
I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking
Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective
Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken?
"I found out
You're going out with him
(going out with, guess you're going out with)
You would not believe
The state I'm in
(going out with, guess you're going out with)
I guess that I'm just no good for you...
"Land of Confusion" - Genesis
"Black or White" - Michael Jackson
"Lying Season" - Alice in Chains
"Get Together" - The Youngbloods
and a few just for Hillary:
"You Know You're Right" - Nirvana
"World Without Mercy" - Violent Femmes
"To Wish Impossible Things" - The Cure
and a selected passage from "So Happy" by Theory of a Deadman -
Ever wonder what I been thinkin' about ?
I been thinkin' bout throwin' you out
I'm so happy about you (I'm fed up, so get up and get out)
I'm so happy now we're through (I'm fed up, so get up and get out)
I was so afraid, now you're gone away
Sent you packing, look who's laughin' now
I'm so happy that I feel this way
I'm so happy that I threw you away
So you had the best legs in a business built for kicks,
but was this changing of the guards really supposed to make you sick?
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
Medium Rotation, the Shock of the New,
and a memo from Feldman saying, "everything is true."
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
Don't spend your life conceiving
that the widows won't get sick of their grieving
'till everyone walks out.
Hey, isn't that what rock 'n' roll is all about, Princess?
Express your bloated self, willful and indignant,
in the face of somebody's lord!
You try to summon up the spirits live on Face the Nation,
but the Port Authority just taxed incantations.
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!
Auction off The Temple. It's money well-spent.
Hey, are those tears in your eyes as the wind cries, "enlargement"?
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!
So put your hands together! I hear it's a must
until this phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust.
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
I guess the streets will suffice till everybody makes nice,
but there's a rumor going round even Destroyers have a price...
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
"Won't Get Fooled Again."
"Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead" for Hillary's concession speech.
"The End of All Things" by Times New Viking
Favorite Son, by CCR
"The Final Countdown", of course.
"99 Red Balloons" might work too, in a weird sort of way.
"Can't Hardly Wait," by the Replacements (preferably the version recording during the Tim sessions and not the one on pleased to meet me)
"Breaking up is hard to do" Neil Sedaka and god knows how many other interpretations
http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Sedaka/_/Breaking+Up+Is+Hard+to+Do
(maybe not hard enough to do!)
"Ebony & Ivory" McCartney & Wonder
http://www.last.fm/music/Paul%2BMcCartney%2B%2526%2BStevie%2BWonder/_/Ebony+and+Ivory?autostart
(second thoughts - too conciliatory!)
"Blowin' in the Wind" Dylan, the first bit:
"How many roads must a man walk down
before you can call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind,...."
Also, "Losing on a Tuesday" Adam Green.
Also, also, this is really good!! Nancy Sinatra "Bang Bang" http://www.last.fm/music/Nancy+Sinatra/_/Bang+Bang+%28My+Baby+Shot+Me+Down%29?autostart
I Wanna be Sedated - The Ramones
King Herod's Song.
For insomnia: Stay Awake - Mary Poppins
"End of the road" by Boys 2 Men
I can just see Hillary singing this song.
"It's unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you"
Sobbing as the nomination slips from her fingers.
What's this you keep saying about The Atlantic being a Mac shop? I just tuned into the Ambinder / Sully video and MA's monitor is flashing the WinXP logo!
on-topic content: Theme from Shaft
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley.
'Free Radicals' - Flaming Lips
'Politician' - Cream
'Volunteers' - Jefferson Airplane
'More of that Jazz' - Queen
and just to be cheeky, 'Time Is On My Side' - Rolling Stones.
How in god's name has nobody suggested "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to"?
Freewheel Burning by Judas Priest
I'd like it if Obamma would choose 'Dignity' by Deacon Blue for his theme song, but somehow, I don't think that his economic policies run that way.
Any music mix about Democrats must include "M.T.A."
"Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone"
by one of those big hair pop metal bands from The Great White Lion Snake era
"Don't stop", Fleetwood Mac
"I know it's Over" by The Smiths
I would think that Obama might be playing "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" on his I Pod when considering Hillary's VP bid.
This might get me in trouble but I'll go with: "99 Problems" by Jay-Z
Aaron - "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley. Let me guess. Barack sings it and Hillary lip synchs it?
"Used to Love Her" by Guns N Roses, as sung by the Superdelegates.
Invasion Of The Gabber Robots by The Laziest Men On Mars
Featuring the repetitive lyrics; "all your base base base all your base are belong to us"
"Invasion Of The Gabber Robots" by The Laziest Men On Mars
Featuring the repetitive lyrics; "all your base base base all your base are belong to us"
"Electioneering" by Radiohead.
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Doubly appropriate...
The Zombies' "She's Not There":
Well, no one told me about her
The way she lied
Well, no one told me about her
How many people cried
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care?
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there
"Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House
"Don't cry for me, Argentina"
a) "I'm hot because I'm fly, you ain't because you not" (said Barack to Hillary)
b) "Please,Please,Please Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths
a) "I'm hot because I'm fly, you ain't because you not" (said Barack to Hillary)
b) "Please,Please,Please Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths
After Obama's done speaking they always play that Bruce Springsteen song, and then something else, while he's shaking hands, but at least once I heard the best song ever, "Too Hot To Stop" by the Bar-Kays. You may remember it from the titles of Superbad.
"Dido - See you when you're 40"
"Rinocerose - No we are not experienced"
And in light of the fact that the Dems managed to take TWO of the hot-button issues -- gender equality and racial equality -- and then pit them against each other...
"Annie Lennox - Walking on broken glass"
The convention is going to be interesting to say the least, especially since it's being held in Denver and the local media will have full coverage.
When I'm Sixty-Four, The Beatles
Because 2012 is a long way away.
Gotta be this Whitehouse number!
After Hillary's speech ended, I thought the Tina Turner song that was playing at her rally, "Simply the Best," was "I Ain't Missin' You at All." Freudian, perhaps - but also potential playlist song!
If you like Broadway at all, "The Last Midnight" from Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" is somewhat Hillary-Clinton-esque: it's when the Witch gets pissed at everyone, curses them, and disappears forever.
"How Long Has This Been Going On."
(Unlike most '70s music performance clips on YouTube, that one doesn't seem to be a lip-sync.)
How about "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)?"
Great Wall of China by Billy Joel
Advice is cheap you can take it from me
It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free
Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen
Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean
It costs too much and takes too long to find out too late
Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken
Your role was protective, your soul was too defective
Some people just don't have a heart to be broken
CHORUS
We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
If you'd only had a little more faith in me
In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
All the king's men and all the king's horses
Can't put you together the way you used to be
We could have been standing on the Great Wall of China
You take a piece of whatever you touch
Too many pieces means you're touching too much
You never win if you can't play it straight
You only beat me if you get me to hate
It must be so lonely to think that you have only
Somebody else's life to live if they let you
I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective
To find out how fast your friends will forget you
We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
Now all you're going to be is history
Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the Empire Diner tonight
You coulda had class, you coulda been a contender
Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me
You could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of China
This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen
I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking
Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective
Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken?
"I Found Out" by the Pigeon Detectives
"I found out
You're going out with him
(going out with, guess you're going out with)
You would not believe
The state I'm in
(going out with, guess you're going out with)
I guess that I'm just no good for you...
etc
etc
Clinton Joins the race: "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister
Obama jons the race: "Born to Be alive"
The Contest is hard fought: "Knights Of Cydonia - by Muse
The pair go tit for tat: "Dueling Banjos"
Obama emerges as the presumptive winner: "Here goes your man" by Pixies
If Hillary become VP: "Peanut butter Jelly Time"
Under no circumstances should you include the Queen song with the word "Bottom" in the title.
"Land of Confusion" - Genesis
"Black or White" - Michael Jackson
"Lying Season" - Alice in Chains
"Get Together" - The Youngbloods
and a few just for Hillary:
"You Know You're Right" - Nirvana
"World Without Mercy" - Violent Femmes
"To Wish Impossible Things" - The Cure
and a selected passage from "So Happy" by Theory of a Deadman -
Ever wonder what I been thinkin' about ?
I been thinkin' bout throwin' you out
I'm so happy about you (I'm fed up, so get up and get out)
I'm so happy now we're through (I'm fed up, so get up and get out)
I was so afraid, now you're gone away
Sent you packing, look who's laughin' now
I'm so happy that I feel this way
I'm so happy that I threw you away
"Landslide" might work
... or "impossible dream"
"You just haven't earned it yet, baby..."-The Smiths for Hillary
"Cult of Personality"-Living Colour for Obama
"Here's Your Sign"-Bill Engvall/Travis Tritt for the Democratic Party at large
Destroyer - Sublimation Hour
listen: http://www.last.fm/music/Destroyer/_/The+Sublimation+Hour
lyrics: http://deftone.com/destroyer/index.php?title=The_Sublimation_Hour
So you had the best legs in a business built for kicks,
but was this changing of the guards really supposed to make you sick?
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
Medium Rotation, the Shock of the New,
and a memo from Feldman saying, "everything is true."
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
Don't spend your life conceiving
that the widows won't get sick of their grieving
'till everyone walks out.
Hey, isn't that what rock 'n' roll is all about, Princess?
Express your bloated self, willful and indignant,
in the face of somebody's lord!
You try to summon up the spirits live on Face the Nation,
but the Port Authority just taxed incantations.
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!
Auction off The Temple. It's money well-spent.
Hey, are those tears in your eyes as the wind cries, "enlargement"?
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!
So put your hands together! I hear it's a must
until this phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust.
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
I guess the streets will suffice till everybody makes nice,
but there's a rumor going round even Destroyers have a price...
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
Don't spend your life conceiving...