So, we finally have a new president, which means we can finally get back to the important stuff: what we’ll be listening to when we realize that the cesspool of American politics will likely do to him exactly what it did to most of the rest of ’em. Lucky for us, we’ll always have magnificent music on which to fall back.
Speaking of our new president, a compilation album which was commissioned Barack Obama’s campaign (and which, heretofore, was only available with a donation to the campaign’s website) has been granted a mass release.
Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement features previously released tracks from Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, and Stevie Wonder, among others, as well as a new track from John Legend (an impassioned cover of U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)”) and a new collaboration — their second — between Kanye West and Maroon 5’s lead singer Adam Levine.
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names dropped with reckless abandon: "SexyBack", AC/DC, Adam Levine, Annie Lennox, Backstreet Boys, Barack Obama, Brian McKnight, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Rice, David Archuleta, David Cook, David Foster, Deborah Cox, Dinah Washington, Ed Kowalczyk, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias, Enya, Gnarls Barkley, Goo Goo Dolls, Guns 'n Roses, Hanson, Hilary Duff, Jack Johnson, Janet Jackson, Janie Fricke, Jessica Simpson, John Legend, John Mayer, Josh Groban, Journey, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz, Leona Lewis, Lisa Hannigan, Live, Luciano Pavarotti, Marcy Playground, Maroon 5, Matt Nathanson, Michael Buble, Natasha Bedingfield, Nickelback, Oasis, Patti LuPone, Pink, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne, Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Rogue Wave, Sam Cooke, Saving Abel, Seal, Sheryl Crow, Spice Girls, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Eagles, The Fray, Tim McGraw, Tracy Chapman, U2, Whitney Houston
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Dear Mr. Obama,
I understand you’re kinda new at this racket, so let me say at the outset that I’m willing to give your shameful ignorance the benefit of the doubt, and willing to believe your silly, impetuous actions on Friday will never again be repeated. But, sir, you’ve been president-elect for barely a week, and you’ve already made no fewer than one enormous miscalculation, one which, try as I might, I simply can’t allow to stand.
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names dropped with reckless abandon: "General Hospital", "One Life to Live", "The View", Barack Obama, Charles Gibson, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Laura Wright, Ron Carlivati, the soaps
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