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As ten states cast their ballots in Republican presidential primaries today, we take a listen to the music of 2012’s political campaigns. Allison Stewart, who has written about politics and music for outlets like the Washington Post, guides us through the candidates’ song selections – and musical endorsements – of late.
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Comments [9]
Mitt Romney: Yet another indication of Kid Rock's irrelevancy.
John Lennon initially wrote "Come Together" as a campaign song for Timothy Leary who was seeking the governorship of California -- Leary's campaign slogan was "Come together, join the party." After drug charges squelched Leary's gubernatorial run, Lennon turned the once-campaign song into the rather cryptically lyrical song that opens the Beatles' Abbey Road.
my favorite mix-up is when hilary clinton's ny senate campaign played billy joel's "captain jack" as their campaign theme. i assume they meant to play "new york state of mind."
Kid Rock: Yet another indication of Mitt Romney's irrelevancy.
Bill Clinton's campaign song may have been more appropriate than we realized at the time.
On a related note, Peter Gabriel -- whose song, 'Sledgehammer', was playing in the background when Rush Limbaugh made his most incendiary comments about law student Sandra Fluke several days ago -- has requested that his music no longer be used on Rush's show. A statement to that effect on his Facebook page, here:
http://www.facebook.com/PeterGabriel/posts/10150610545639760
One of my favorites was Jon McCain recruited Daddy Yankee for his 2008 campaign. It was such an odd mix because of the Republican stance on immigration and a lot of Yankee's fans are Spanish speaking immigrants. Also Daddy Yankee's music if translated is extremely salacious.
John Schaefer has no equal
a little off-topic but related, Peter Gabriel issued a public statement yesterday that he's horrified by, and 100% opposed to, Rush Limbaugh show using his song 'Sledgehammer'.
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