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Top 5 songs inspired by the 2008 political season… so far
In every political season, the candidates inspire recording artists to record tributes (or try to cash in) to their chosen candidates. We at Songspeak picked 5 at random, and labeled them ‘top 5′ totally arbitrarily. 1,000 points for us! Here they are:
# 5: “Barack Obama” - Coco Tea
Back in March, reggae singer Coco Tea recorded this shout-out tribute to Barack Obama. Never did we realize just how catchy singing someone’s name repeatedly during the chorus could be.#4: “Raisin’ McCain” - John Rich
John Rich, of popular country band Big & Rich, wrote this McCain rally song. He even performed this song at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.Tags: 2008 presidential election, amber lee ettinger, Barack Obama, big & rich, black eyed peas, coco tea, i got a crush, john legend, john mccain, john rich, moose shootin' mama, obama girl, parasailin', pat garrett, political songs, raisin' mccain, reggae, sarah palin, strausstown, will.i.am, yes we can
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live
Brilliantly played by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, this season of Saturday Night Live opened over this past weekend with a bang. Fey played John McCain’s vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin. Poehler played Hillary Clinton.
Here’s a transcript:
FEY AS PALIN: “Good evening, my fellow Americans. I was so excited when I was told Senator Clinton and I would be addressing you tonight.”
POEHLER AS CLINTON: “And I was told I would be addressing you alone.”
FEY AS PALIN: “Now I know it must be a little bit strange for all of you to see the two of us together. What with me being John McCain’s running mate.”
POEHLER AS CLINTON: “And me being a fervent supporter of Senator Barack Obama — as evidenced by this button.”
FEY AS PALIN: “But tonight we are crossing party lines to address the now very ugly role that sexism is playing in the campaign.”
POEHLER AS CLINTON: “An issue which I am frankly surprised to hear people suddenly care about.”
(more…)Tags: 00s tv, 2008 presidential election, amy poehler, flerg, flirj, flurg, hillary clinton, john mccain, parody, politics, sarah palin, satire, saturday night live, season premiere, sexism, snl, tina fey, vice president
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