Last week I called out Senator Obama's team of advisors for playing U2's "City Of Blinding Lights" before their candidate walked onstage to officially announce his run. Sure, nothing screams "one world" like Bono, but I knew they could do better.
Here's an excerpt of a play-by-play description of Obama's South Carolina debut appearance over the weekend, from Slate's political correspondent John Dickerson (find the full article here):
Obama arrived beneath an enormous American flag and swam about 30 yards
through the pawing crowd to the stage in the middle of the hall. A medley of
Bruce Springsteen songs had been playing, but upon the candidate's arrival the
music quickly switched to Aretha Franklin's "Think."
Bruce into Aretha?!!! Now THAT'S the kind of love I'm talking about.
Unfortunately Slate's recap doesn't offer more details than just "a medley of Bruce Springsteen songs," but you can bet yer asses "Born To Run" made it's way into the mix.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Born To Run" [Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London '75]
Aretha Franklin - "Think" [Aretha Now]
2 comments:
I wonder what the other songs are besides Born to Run. Land Of Hopes and Dreams maybe? Def. not Darkness on the edge of town. Though that would be funny.
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