Obama's crappy playlist

[CHNOPS]

President Obama’s re-election campaign ... has an official soundtrack, it was announced today, to be featured at campaign events across the country in the months ahead. An Obama aide said the tunes would energize the crowd before a presidential appearance and keep everyone excited while Obama works ropelines and mingles with fans after delivering remarks.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/the-obama-album/

1. Different People – No Doubt
2. Got to Get You in My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire
3. Green Onions- Booker T & The MG’s
4. I Got You – Wilco
5. Keep on Pushing – The Impressions
6. Keep Reachin’ Up – Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators
7. Love You I Do – Jennifer Hudson
8. No Nostalgia – AgesAndAges
9. Raise Up – Ledisi
10. Stand Up – Sugarland
11. This – Darius Rucker
12. We Used To Wait – Arcade Fire
13. You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
14. Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
15. Roll with the Changes – REO Speedwagon
16. Everyday America – Sugarland
17. Learn to Live – Darius Rucker
18. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
19. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
20. My Town – Montgomery Gentry
21. The best thing about me is you – Ricky Martin ft. Joss Stone
22. You are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
23. Keep Marchin’ – Raphael Saadiq
24. Tonight’s The Kind of Night – Noah and the Whale
25. We Take Care of our Own – Bruce Springsteen
26. Keep Me In Mind – Zac Brown Band
27. The Weight – Aretha Franklin
28. Even Better Than The Real Thing – U2
29. Home – Dierks Bentley

 

[Wrong Element]

President Obama’s re-election campaign ... has an official soundtrack, it was announced today, to be featured at campaign events across the country in the months ahead. An Obama aide said the tunes would energize the crowd before a presidential appearance and keep everyone excited while Obama works ropelines and mingles with fans after delivering remarks.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/the-obama-album/

1. Different People – No Doubt
2. Got to Get You in My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire
3. Green Onions- Booker T & The MG’s
4. I Got You – Wilco
5. Keep on Pushing – The Impressions
6. Keep Reachin’ Up – Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators
7. Love You I Do – Jennifer Hudson
8. No Nostalgia – AgesAndAges
9. Raise Up – Ledisi
10. Stand Up – Sugarland
11. This – Darius Rucker
12. We Used To Wait – Arcade Fire
13. You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
14. Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
15. Roll with the Changes – REO Speedwagon
16. Everyday America – Sugarland
17. Learn to Live – Darius Rucker
18. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
19. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
20. My Town – Montgomery Gentry
21. The best thing about me is you – Ricky Martin ft. Joss Stone
22. You are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
23. Keep Marchin’ – Raphael Saadiq
24. Tonight’s The Kind of Night – Noah and the Whale
25. We Take Care of our Own – Bruce Springsteen
26. Keep Me In Mind – Zac Brown Band
27. The Weight – Aretha Franklin
28. Even Better Than The Real Thing – U2
29. Home – Dierks Bentley

The only thing REO Speedwagon would ever energize me into doing is running for the exits.

Just stick with the Al Green and you can't go wrong.

 

[Peregrinator]

He should have added Immigrants' Song, just to fuck with the birthers.

 

[CHNOPS]

The only thing REO Speedwagon would ever energize me into doing is running for the exits.

Just stick with the Al Green and you can't go wrong.

I'll hijack my own thread for the following: I was going to respond about how I was unclear exactly how REO Speedwagon even managed to become famous, when I realized there is brand-new technology that could help me find the answer. In the course of using this technology, I discovered that REO Speedwagon was formed in 1967.

1967!

Before the White Album came out. Four or five years before "Let's Stay Together" came out.

I had no idea.

 

[Peregrinator]

I'll hijack my own thread for the following: I was going to respond about how I was unclear exactly how REO Speedwagon even managed to become famous, when I realized there is brand-new technology that could help me find the answer. In the course of using this technology, I discovered that REO Speedwagon was formed in 1967.

1967!

Before the White Album came out. Four or five years before "Let's Stay Together" came out.

I had no idea.

Dude. They did that song.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Imagine that. A band formed in '67 makes the top 15 list of the re-election soundtrack for a President born (allegedly) in '61. Who would have thunk it?

 

[PlasticBunny]

That playlist is positively sanitized.
I don't know why I'm surprised by that.
It would have been way more funny (and awesome) if he had Henry Rollins curate his music playlist.

 

[Wrong Element]

I'll hijack my own thread for the following: I was going to respond about how I was unclear exactly how REO Speedwagon even managed to become famous, when I realized there is brand-new technology that could help me find the answer. In the course of using this technology, I discovered that REO Speedwagon was formed in 1967.

1967!

Before the White Album came out. Four or five years before "Let's Stay Together" came out.

I had no idea.

The irony is that "Roll With the Changes" is one of the few songs on that list that will resonate with people in Obama's age group. I think it came out my junior year of high school, and he's a year older than me. He'll kill with that song if he plays it at his rallies in the Midwest.


Two songs on the list from the only black superstar in country music looks more than a little pander-y, but that's politics for ya.

 

[CHNOPS]

That playlist is positively sanitized.
I don't know why I'm surprised by that.
It would have been way more funny (and awesome) if he had Henry Rollins curate his music playlist.

It's old white people at their worst. Remember when he used to say he listened to Nas and Lil Wayne and Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan, etc?

Not so much on this list.

 

[gravyrug]

The irony is that "Roll With the Changes" is one of the few songs on that list that will resonate with people in Obama's age group. I think it came out my junior year of high school, and he's a year older than me. He'll kill with that song if he plays it at his rallies in the Midwest.


Two songs on the list from the only black superstar in country music looks more than a little pander-y, but that's politics for ya.

Frankly, I thought REO peaked with Ridin' The Storm Out. Then they discovered that sappy songs sell, and it was all downhill after that.

 

[PlasticBunny]

It's old white people at their worst. Remember when he used to say he listened to Nas and Lil Wayne and Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan, etc?

Not so much on this list.

Not so much.
You know what would have been much better? Inviting musicians to guest curate for each stop - they pick the music. I was only half joking with the Henry Rollins comment.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

No Prince. No Erykah. No Van Hunt, Marsha Ambrosius or Genya Ravan. No Juan Atkins, Derrick May or Carl Craig.

No Feist, no Cat Power, Au Revoir Simone or LCD Soundsystem!

Eh...it's all good. Even Obama's coolness has its limits.

 

[doctor_insanus]

He should have added Immigrants' Song, just to fuck with the birthers.

That would be awesome. Zeppelin are kind of dicks about letting anybody use their songs, though.

 

[Wrong Element]

It's old white people at their worst. Remember when he used to say he listened to Nas and Lil Wayne and Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan, etc?

Not so much on this list.

Risk aversion. There's not going to be any repeat of the Common controversy as long as he's still running. There's no hip-hop even though anyone younger than middle aged has grown up with it, and no one really well known for lefty politics (except Springsteen, who is iconic enough to be beyond criticism).

For edge, you've got the gay Ricky Martin, aka the one Latino singer your grandmother has heard of; and ELO, who had backwards lyrics on one of their albums that people were at first worried were Satanic but in actuality were as pointless as their frontwards lyrics.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

The irony is that "Roll With the Changes" is one of the few songs on that list that will resonate with people in Obama's age group. I think it came out my junior year of high school, and he's a year older than me. He'll kill with that song if he plays it at his rallies in the Midwest.


Two songs on the list from the only black superstar in country music looks more than a little pander-y, but that's politics for ya.

Someone in his camp really, really thought this one through. They are playing to the masses.

 

[Liar]

Dissapointed by the lack of Baby Got Back.

Also, I don't know half of those artists and tunes.

 

[CHNOPS]

Risk aversion. There's not going to be any repeat of the Common controversy as long as he's still running. There's no hip-hop even though anyone younger than middle aged has grown up with it, and no one really well known for lefty politics (except Springsteen, who is iconic enough to be beyond criticism).

For edge, you've got the gay Ricky Martin, aka the one Latino singer your grandmother has heard of; and ELO, who had backwards lyrics on one of their albums that people were at first worried were Satanic but in actuality were as pointless as their frontwards lyrics.

What's pointless about "Don't bring me down...BRUCE"?

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

No Prince. No Erykah. No Van Hunt, Marsha Ambrosius or Genya Ravan. No Juan Atkins, Derrick May or Carl Craig.

No Feist, no Cat Power, Au Revoir Simone or LCD Soundsystem!

Eh...it's all good. Even Obama's coolness has its limits.

Genya Ravan....I haven't seen that name in a long time. I saw her long, long ago and far away with 10 Wheel Drivre.

 

[cubbies]

Frankly, I thought REO peaked with Ridin' The Storm Out. Then they discovered that sappy songs sell, and it was all downhill after that.

that was the doors dude.