...of songs I'll be playing on Tuesday night-one if we win, one if we lose. Here they are, and why.
If we win
'An Acceptable Level of Ectasy'-Lyle Lovett-to remind me to keep my whooping to a minimum
'America the Beautiful', Neil Young version-what a beautiful shade of blue she will be.
'American Prayer'-Dave Stewart-If you haven't heard this, WATCH IT. The most moving line comes near the end-"if you get to the top of the mountain, will you tell me what you see". No longer if, but when!
'Are You Experienced'-Jimi Hendrix-Well, I guess he's experienced enough for the American people.
'Do You Hear the People Sing'-Les Miserables-A tribute to the people who made this happen
'Esta Tierra es Tuya'-Sones de Mexico-"This Land is Your Land" in Spanish; a funeral hymn for racism.
'Gay Guys Arise'-Tomboy-for when Prop 8 goes down in defeat.
'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'-Bob Dylan-Remember when you could see "a white man that walked a black dog"? No? Neither can I!
'Jimmy Carter'-Blue Mountain-to celebrate another one of our great Presidents.
'Landslide'-Dixie Chicks-self-explanatory, I think.
'My Generation'-The Who-to my grandkids: MY generation elected the first African-American president. How are you going to one-up me?
'O Mary Don't You Weep'-Bruce Springsteen-for all those Marys struggling to get by.
'Rock Around the Clock'-Bill Haley-what I'll be doing on Tuesday.
'The Times They Are A-Changin' '-Bob Dylan-"Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call/Don't stand in the doorways, don't block up the halls/For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled"
'Twist and Shout'-See "Rock Around the Clock"
'Venceremos'-actually a song of the Spanish revolution, but means "we will win".
"Wings of a Dove"-Madness-the subtitle is "A Celebratory Song"
'You're So Lame'-Barely Political-to the tune of "You're So Vain", but about Bush.
If we lose
'Always Suffering'-Rolling Stones-I think this would be apropos-THIS after 2000 and 04?
'America the Beautiful'-Even with McCain, I will still love my country. I simply won't respect my government.
'American Idiot'-for VP-elect Palin
'Awful'-Hole-How I'll feel.
'Bummed Out City'-Joe Strummer-see above
'Bye Bye Love'-Simon and Garfunkel-my love affair with Obama is over.
'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country'-Randy Newman-"The leaders we have, while they're the worst that WE'VE had, are hardly the worst that this poor earth has seen"
'Get Off of My Cloud'-Rolling Stones-WE WILL HAVE A MANDATE. WE WILL!
'Hold On'-Sam Bush-We will all be falling down to the ground. Also, for McCain.
'I Want to Be Alone'-Green Day-Let me deal with the realization that America IS a center-right country in peace, please.
'Minority'-Green Day-"I wanna be the minority".
'My Dear Country'-Norah Jones-"nothing is as scary as election day/but the day after is darker/and darker it goes"
'Weak and Powerless'-A Perfect Circle-See 'Minority'
'Worst Day since Yesterday'-Flogging Molly-For Wednesday, when I wake up and discover it wasn't a dream.