Under the heading of “Too Good to Check”, Newsbusters is reporting that Obama has replaced “Hail to the Chief” with Sting’s “Desert Rose”.
Now, I confess that if I were president, I’d probably upgrade to Mussourgsky’s “The Great Gate at Kiev” or maybe Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Procession of the Nobles.” Or if I was feeling like a particularly righteous hep-cat, perhaps “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar.” But “Desert Rose”? Ennnh, I don’t think so.
I invite commenters to suggest appropriate tunes for Obama’s public walk-ons.
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I'm thinking 70s musicals here paco, maybe "Jesus Christ, Superstar"
ReplyDeleteThat one will be hard to top, M'sM!
ReplyDeleteNah, I think something from "Tommy" would be more appropriate, particularly appropriate for press conferences:
ReplyDeleteRight behind you I see the millions.
On you I see the glory.
From you I get opinions.
From you I get the story.
Listening to you I get the music.
Gazing at you I get the heat (heat).
Following you I climb the mountain.
I get excitement at your feet!
Right behind you I see the millions.
On you I see the glory.
From you I get opinions.
From you I get the story.
Ohhhhh, listening to you I get the music.
Gazing at you I get the heat.
Following you I climb the mountain.
I get excitement at your feet!
Right behind you I see the millions.
On you I see the glory.
From you I get opinions.
From you I get the story.
Listening to you!
Given the luck he's been having with his Cabinet picks, the Great and Powerful Ob might be better off with this one ...
ReplyDeleteProrkey: The teen comedy about supporters of big government.
Superb, Richard! I haven't heard that tune in years.
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no! Play THIS in place of "Hail To The Chief"!!!
ReplyDeleteTW: winta. Yes, we have a winnah in winter!!!!
Isaac Hayes' "Walk On By" ...?
ReplyDelete... foolish pride is all that I have ...
I shall check this competition over at Tim Blair's.
Gotta admit, the first entry was the best.
ReplyDeleteThe messiah has arrived!
I guess there is no reason to expect respect for the office anymore, for its final days of existence, what ever he wants to do is OK.
ReplyDeleteI would not love you if I understand you
ReplyDeleteI do not want to behold your face
Uncomprehending I'm contented
Knowing my station and my place
O precious saviour
O great creator
Don't give me signs I don't want to see
Better by far that you stay unfathomed
I could not love someone just like me
Uncomprehending I'm contented
Knowing my station and my place
The Hymn - Rick Wakeman - 1984
Or the theme form the Cosby Show.
JeffS -- I find your lack of reverance for the Great and Powerul Ob... disturbing...*choke*
ReplyDeleteTW: chropo: Cheap marijuana.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeKdUeb1InI
ReplyDelete2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew
Cheers
Given the way he is talking down the US, how about "US Forces", by Midnight Oil:
ReplyDeleteUs forces give the nod, its a setback for your country
Bombs and trenches all in rows, bombs and threats still ask for more
Divided world the cia, who controls the issue
You leave us with no time to talk, you can write your assessment
Sing me songs of no denying, seems to me too many trying
Waiting for the next big thing
Will you know it when you see it, high risk children dogs of war
Now market movements call the shots, business deals in parking lots
Waiting for the meat of tomorrow
Sing me songs...
Everyone is too stoned to start emission
People too scared to go to prison
Were unable to make decision
Political party line dont cross that floor
Lt. ron hubbard cant save your life
Superboy takes a plutonium wife
In the shadow of ban the bomb we live
Boy on a bike said..
ReplyDeletePlease say you made that up!
I never, to my knowledge, listened to midnight oil, but I can't believe anyone can be that bad?
Keep 'em waiting and play "Journey Through The Snow" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. It works on so many levels. Particularly with all that snow at present.
ReplyDelete(Note: any proud Dad of a bride-to-be who wants a really grand tearjerker piece for her wedding should check this out. It's excessive, but that's what weddings are often about!)
Now this is not going to be very helpful since my google skills are minimal, I don't know my way around the U-bend, and my memory has become affected by my age, but when I was a whippersnapper I used to roll about on the floor laughing at some old picture shows which featured two men in bowler hats, one very fat and the other very skinny, getting into all sorts of amusing scrapes. The thin one had a particularly funny habit of lifting his hat and scratching the top of his head whilst wearing a particularly bemused expression. Somehow this puts me in mind of your new President.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the tune went something like:-
De-dum De-Dum, De-dum De-dum,
Diddle-de-dem, diddle-de-dum
I'm sure you chaps can work it out from there
Kevin B
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
ReplyDeleteThe movie about them in in the lumber mill reminds of the days news.
Come to think of it, most any of their movies would do.
With maybe a little Harold Lloyd for the serious stuff.
I was thinking kind of dirge.
ReplyDeleteBut then Margo's Maid had the right idea but maybe the crowd should be singing...I don't know how to l-e-r-v him...
Considering the kind of stuff Obie's been doing lately, I say dress him in a silk-lined black cape, seat him at a massive organ, and let him play Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
ReplyDeleteLarry: Two high-level officers who left my federal agency to work for TARP are already being referred to over there as "Laurel and Hardy".
ReplyDeleteInteresting to note that if yu lived that era (like my parents did), or have read a lot about it (as I have), you see that a lot of those old movies (and cartoons) actually did what "Hollywood" tries to do today--political and social comment.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is scary, to think that they again are reflective of current events.
"Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us into..."
ReplyDelete