Pick The Theme Song for the "Transfer of Sovereignty"

[Plaid Adder]

I know it was only a 20 minute ceremony. Still, I think it's a shame they didn't hire a DJ. What would YOU have been blaring out of the boombox as Bremer handed the keys to the city off to the Iraqi interim government?

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Backstabbers, by the O'Jays

or Smiling Faces Sometimes

[DenverDem]

2. Won't Get Fooled Again.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[King Of Paperboys]

3. We Gotta Get Outta This Place

eom

[Fenris]

4. "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who because of the line

"Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss"

[LowerManhattanite]

5. Here are a few...

The Animals' "We've Gotta Get Outta This Place"

Peter Paul & Mary's "Leavin' On A Jet Plane"

Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It"

[jimshoes]

6. Gimme Three Steps

n/t

[Fenris]

7. "Gimme Shelter"

Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today
If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away


Ooh, see the fire is sweepin, our very streets today
Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away


Mmm, the flood is threatening, my very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, it's just a thaught away, it's just a shot away

I said, love, sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away, yeah

[iconoclastic cat]

18. The Sisters of Mercy version works better:

War, sister, it's just a kiss away

[WoodrowFan]

8. "We've Only Just Begun" (NT)

[x-g.o.p.er]

9. Hey, hey, we're the Monkees...

people say we monkey around, but we're too busy lying, and we bring everybody down.

We don't try to be friendly, dis-a-gree and we'll knock you down, and when we get re-appointed...

We may be coming to your town.....

[sniffa]

10. sunshine, LoLLipops and

rainbows everywhere is what i see when we're together.

[Kurt Remarque]

11. theme to "the patti duke show"

"but they're cousins...etc."

[LowerManhattanite]

20. Sung to the theme from "The Patty Duke Show"

"We're bookin' on up, so you take care,
of this situation clean as Wolfie's hair,
But we have got to catch a flight,
And duck the violence we incite --
Off to our bunkered lair!

Oil-linked cousins,
Pragmatic linked cousins all the way.
Enjoy the hot potato,
We're tossin' to you today.

Where Bremer enjoyed security,
You'll have to make do dodging IEDs,
And sniper fire you'll have to duck,
While listening to that ticking truck --
Watch that RPG!

Oil-linked cousins,
Pragmatic linked cousins and you'll find,
We scam alike, and sham alike,
We're re-living Vietnam alike --

You can lose your life,
When cousins are conjoined in strife! "

[Insider]

12. time warp

IT'S ASTOUNDING
TIME IS FLEETING
MADNESS TAKES ITS TOLL
BUT LISTEN CLOSELY

NOT FOR VERY MUCH LONGER

I'VE GOT TO KEEP KEEP CONTROL
I REMEMBER DOING THE TIME WARP

[fryguy]

13. It's a Mistake

by Men at Work....actually appropriate for the whole Iraq experience not merely the transfer of "sovereignty"

[LuLu550]

14. Gimme Shelter

Stones

[NWHarkness]

15. Send in the Clowns

[iconoclastic cat]

16. Buring Down the House, or maybe Wave of Mutilation

Cease to govern---givin' my goodbye
Fly my plane out of the nation
You think I'm dead, but I sail away,
On a wave of mutilation...

[carolinayellowdog]

17. Eve of Destruction

http://www.faraway-soclose.org/eod.html

[salin]

19. Aerosmith's "Living on the Edge" - first thing that popped into my head

http://www.lyricsfind.com/a/aerosmith/unknown-album/living-on-the-edge.php

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise

We're livin' on the edge
We're livin' on the edge
We're livin' on the edge
We're livin' on the edge

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
The light bulb's gettin' dim
There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you're a better man that I

We're livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself from fallin'
Livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself at all
Livin' on the edge
You can't stop yourself from fallin'
Livin' on the edge

more - at link...

[Deja Q]

21. "Bad Influence" by the B-52's

...

[Az]

22. Sisters of Mercy: This Corrosion

Gimme the ring, kissed and toll’d
Gimme something that I missed (gimme the ring)
A hand to hold, wild and what it seems(gimme the ring)
Kill the king, when love is the law,
And the we’ll turn round... (gimme the ring)
Gimme dream child
And do you hear me call? (gimme the ring)
On the loan and on the level
...still on the floor (gimme the ring)
Sing dream child
And do you hear at all?

(sing)
(sing)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing...

Gimme siren, child and do you hear me?
Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call?
Sing, child, of right and wrong
Gimme things that don’t last long
Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call?

(sing)
(sing)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing...

On daze, like this
In times like these
I feel an animal deep inside
Heel to haunch on bended knees
Living on if and if I tried,
Somebody send me... please...
Dream wars and a ticket to seem
Giving out and in
Selling the don’t belong
Well, what do you say
D’you have a word for giving away?
Got a song for me?

(sing)
(sing)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing...

I got nothing to say I ain’t said before
I bled all I can, I won’t bleed no more
I don’t need no one to understand
Why the blood run hold
The hired hand
On heart
Hand of god
Floodland and driven apart
Run cold
Turn
Cold
Burn
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand

[zbdent]

23. Something sung by Jiminy Crickett

in honor of the puppet regime . . .

[Bake]

24. Olide: I Got Plenty O' Nothin'

And nothin's plenty for me ...

Bake

[King_Crimson]

25. The theme from the original "Dragnet"...

"The story you are about to see is true...the names have been changed to protect the innocent,"

[AlFrankenFan]

26. The music that plays in "Star Wars" when Darth Vader comes n/t

[beanball]

27. "You are my puppet"

that new hit single by Shrub and the repugs

[LTR]

28. "Let The Eagle Sooooooaaaaaaaarrrrrrr..."

By John "Golden Throat" Asscroft.

:puke:

[Zorra]

29. The Star Spangled Banner n/t

[testing123]

30. Lies, Lies, Lies by the Thompson Twins

The Iraqis were suppose to be loving us after we invaded them.

[AmericanErrorist]

31. "The Daily Show"s Iraqi National Anthem..

which is set to "Havila Nagila".

[drdtroit]

32. "War" Edwin Starr

1970 anthem

War! - huh- yeah-
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh

War! – huh – yeah-
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again y’all

War! – huh – good God
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me…

Ohhh… War! I despise
Because it means destruction’
Of innocent lives

War means tears
to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
and lose their lives

I said - War! Huh – Good God y’all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again

War! Whoa, Lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me…

War! It ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker
War! Friend only to the undertaker
War! It’s an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind

War has caused unrest in the younger generation
Induction then destruction-
Who wants to die?

Ohhh… War – Good God Y’all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing

[Elidor]

33. Well, we movin' on up! To the East Side...

To a dee-luxe apartment
In the sky-hiiiiiii
We movin' on up
To the East Side
We finally got a piece of the pie!

Fish don't fry in the kitchen,
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin'
Just to get up that hill.

Now we're up in the big leagues,
Gettin' our turn at bat!
As long as we live,
It's you and me, baby!
There ain't nothin' wrong with that!