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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.
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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.
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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.
