Friday, August 15, 2008

the battling playlists of obama and mccain



here's an easy (and incredibly stupid) way for a music geek to choose a president. who has the cooler music taste?

obama and mccain have both shared their top ten tunes with blender (yes, blender, who are known for their amazing in depth political commentary), and i have to say, though obama's is the cooler of the two by far, i'm leaning towards mccain's slightly unhip list, with its inclusion of merle haggard and abba. here are the lists in full:

Barack Obama's Top Ten:

Fugees - 'Ready Or Not'
Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On'
Bruce Springsteen - 'I'm On Fire'
The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'
Nina Simone - 'Sinnerman'
Kanye West - 'Touch The Sky'
Frank Sinatra - 'You'd Be So Easy To Love'
Aretha Franklin - 'Think'
U2 - 'City of Blinding Lights'
Will-I-am - 'Yes We Can'

John McCain's top ten:

ABBA - 'Dancing Queen'
Roy Orbison - 'Blue Bayou'
ABBA - 'Take A Chance On Me'
Merle Haggard - 'If We Make It Through December'
Dooley Wilson - 'As Time Goes By'
The Beach Boys - 'Good Vibrations'
Louis Armstrong - 'What A Wonderful World'
Frank Sinatra - 'I've Got You Under My Skin'
Neil Diamond - 'Sweet Caroline'
The Platters - 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'

i love that mccain has not one, but two abba tracks. absolutely brilliant. this is surely a man who is not afraid to be himself, even if it goes against his tough, army man reputation. nice to have a surprise or two like that. obama's is pretty much what i expected, and will probably be more in favor with what my hubbie likes, though, yeah, i love all those tracks, who am i kidding? but if mccain had added a dolly party track, i would have been seriously torn.

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