And on that note...

Posted at 1:37 PM on April 10, 2006 by Bob Collins (7 Comments)

Still clearing stuff off my desk. Here's the audio (RealPlayer) from Sen. Barak Obama on Saturday. Tom Scheck sends this along. I'm pretty sure we didn't do any news stories on this event.

One of these days, I'm going to write another tome on campaign music. It was seriously painful to edit this audio down to get rid of everyone not named Barak Obama because I had to wade through overmodulated '80s music -- in this case Tina Turner, I believe.

I'm not sure why the Dems are still stuck on the '80s music but I'm pretty sure it's related to Bill Clinton's fascination with Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop." But the only good thing about the music in the '80s -- the big hair stuff -- is it wasn't music from the '70s.

I haven't heard much Republican rally music yet this campaign. I'm hoping Lee Greenwood will write another song soon, though.

I'm not sure whether music choice is reflective of the state of politics, or the state of music in our society. I long ago passed the age where I have actually heard of the bands they play on The Current, for example.

Every now and again, Morning Edition has a sports commentator on who happens to be the guy who selects the music at the Metrodome. Maybe he can explain it to me sometime.

If you have a recommended playlist for the campaign season, by all means share it. I will not recognize any of it, but have at it anyway.

Comments (7)

On The West Wing, the (victorious) Santos campaign used "Beautiful Day" by U2. Nicely done.

On a related note, whoever chooses the music between segments on Marketplace seems to have bootlegged my iPod.

Posted by Victoria | April 10, 2006 2:02 PM

If you were a moderate, a good, drivin' rock song would be any version of "Stuck in the Middle with You."

Also, I think Sting's "Brand New Day" would be a pretty cool one.

Posted by Max Page | April 10, 2006 3:02 PM

Who was the band that was playing at the Santos party in last night's episode. Was it a real band? You know, famous people and all?

Posted by Bob Collins | April 10, 2006 3:41 PM

"Don't Stop"
From the album Rumours.
Released in 1977.

Posted by ScottW. | April 10, 2006 4:55 PM

The band playing the Santos party last night (Election Day, part II) was the Foo Fighters.

Posted by worm2 | April 10, 2006 5:38 PM

Ah yes, Rumors...one of those albums that "everyone" has...although thanks to that song (which I liked the first 2,000 times I heard it), I am now thinking of using it as a shield atop my bird feeder to keep the squirrels off.

Posted by Bob Collins | April 11, 2006 3:09 PM

The Foo Fighters. Yes. Well, this will be a trivia question in West Wing syndication that will be every bit the head scratcher that the Cheer episode is when Frazier Crane says "everybody have fun tonight. Everybody Wang Chung tonight." I love the look on younger people's faces when they play that episode.

Posted by Bob Collins | April 11, 2006 3:10 PM

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