Your playlist for the Obama election:

[mahina]

Add yours!

Give the People What they Want, The O'Jays

Think, Aretha

RESPECT, Aretha

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Stevie WOnder

Positivity, Stevie Wonder

Where Are They Keys to the Kingdom, Sweet Honey In The Rock

Respect Yourself, Staple SIngers

Got The Love, AWB

[ronnykmarshall]

1. When he hits 270 ,,,

"Happy Days Are Here Again"

[Initech]

69. I plan to play Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free

"You can be absolutely free, only if you want to be!"

[Fuzz]

2. If you're out there - John Legend

[tosh]

17. I second that.

[Jazzgirl]

24. I third it.

n/t

[malaise]

3. The last song I'm playing before I sleep tomorrow night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTAVF82vYL4
Tomorrow Robins Will Sing.

[ginnyinWI]

4. "America the Beautiful" as sung by Ray Charles. n/t

[mahina]

15. Love it!

So great~

[Rocknrule]

5. Before the winner is announced:

Eye of the Tiger, on a loop

[moonlady0623]

6. The Revolution Starts NOW

Steve Earle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8ZUaLACZ8

I was walkin’ down the street
In the town where I was born
I was movin’ to a beat
That I’d never felt before
So I opened up my eyes
And I took a look around
I saw it written ‘cross the sky
The revolution starts now
Yeah, the revolution starts now

The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now

Yeah the revolution starts now
In your own backyard
In your own hometown
So what you doin’ standin’ around?
Just follow your heart
The revolution starts now

Last night I had a dream
That the world had turned around
And all our hopes had come to be
And the people gathered ‘round
They all brought what they could bring
And nobody went without
And I learned a song to sing
The revolution starts now

[mahina]

55. Oh man, I love that. Never heard it. Thanks! Itunes is making money off me today!

I hope the artists get some.

Thanks so much for sharing that artist with me, I would never have even heard of him without your post. It's cranked up at my house now. (my neighbors are all at work so its cool...)

[Mz Pip]

7. Fanfare for the Common Man

by Aaron Copeland, then I'll probably put on some of the rousing music of John Williams from Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Rock out with Aerosmiths "Dream On", Neil Young's "Rocking in the Free World" - even though some of the lyrics are dated,

R O C K in the USA


Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers" (okay, I'm old)

:party:

[mahina]

16. you're beautiful.

thanks!

[DeltaLitProf]

36. Not the fanfare . . .

. . . that gets run too often on documentaries about the death of JFK. But I like the rest of them.

[Nitrogenica]

8. Curtis Mayfield, Move On Up

They played the full 8 minute or so version of this song several times during the Obama rally we attended in Minneapolis February 2.

"Move On Up" on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTY6Nbl12ek&feature=related

The Obama event in Minneapolis sold out in 24 hours. It was an amazing day, and there were more happy faces there than I have ever seen.

http://wcco.com/local/barack.obama.minneapolis.2.644359.html

We were seated a few rows down from the Obama sign in the background.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. For a few future events

The election of Barack Obama . . . This Land Is Your Land/Woody Guthrie

The ingaguaration. . . . . . . . . The Times They Are a-Changin'/Bob Dylan

Bush gets on the plane to fly hone Crescendo, Hymn and Quick March from the 1812 Overture/Tchaikovsky

Guantánamo closed. . . . . . . . . Finale of Act 2 from Fidelio/Beethoven

[BuelahWitch]

44. I recommend "Hit the Road Jack" for when Bush leaves...

"don'tcha come back no more no more no more..."

[Jack Rabbit]

58. I guess the 1812 should be for the withdrawal from Iraq.

[patriotvoice]

We Are, by Din Fiv

One world, two sides.
Who is wrong, who is right?
What's yours, what's mine?
Only shades of black and white.

One self, two minds.
One desires: one decides.
What is wrong, what is right?
Only shades of black and white.

We are young,
We are old,
We are helpless,
We are strong,
We are islands in an endless sea.

We are lost,
We are found,
We are hunter and the hunted,
We are objects of obscurity.

One life, little time,
No one knows the reason why.
People come, people go:
Here today, gone tomorrow.

We are alive,
We're not alone.
We can survive,
If we are one.
In a million years,
Are we still victims of our fear?

We are free to believe
that which we will become.
We are day, we are night.
We are death, we are life.
We are skin, we are blood.
We are hate, we are love.

We are fire, we are stone.
We are flesh, we are bone.
We are moon, we are sun.
We are tool, we are gun.
We are rain, we are snow.
We are reap, we are sow.
We are rich, we are poor.
We are peace, we are war.

We are Heaven.
We are Hell.
We are.

[patriotvoice]

10. self-delete. duplicate.

[Berserker]

11. Coco Tea - Barack Obama

Caution this Reggae song is VERY addicting,Crank it up and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tw8tesd5EA

[justiceischeap]

12. Great site called Mixwit

You can make "mixed tapes" online. I created an Election day mix Friday

http://www.mixwit.com/justiceischeap

1. The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love


2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son


3. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come


4. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome


5. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People


6. U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky


7. James Brown - Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud


8. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice


9. Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up


10. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers of America


11. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)


12. Green Day - American Idiot

[mahina]

19. Oh my God, that is so fantastic.

Thank you! Just joyful truthful art, thanks so very much. Aloha.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

61. Playing your mix now!

Great site -- Thanks!

[luvs2sing]

13. It's gonna be all Mavis...

and The Staple Singers for me!

[DrDebug]

25. Now that's an excellent choice

I haven't heard Mavis Staples for ages and she is very appropriate indeed.

Eyes On The Prize for the coming days ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWdDI_fkns )

And even though it is a gospel, next Wednesday is going to be Aretha Franklin & Mavis Staples - Oh Happy Day ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvlEOldamEw )

[alarimer]

14. We are the champions by Queen.

"No time for losers" indeed.

[The Liberal Thinker]

18. Anything by Bruce Springsteen

Specifically, "The Rising", "My City of Ruins".

[kestrel91316]

20. "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Miserables

[marmar]

21. New Power Generation by Prince......

Brand New Day by Sting.....

Lifetime by Maxwell.....

Holiday by Madonna.....

Get Right With Me by Depeche Mode.....

Get This Party Started by Pink

People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Two come to mind

A Change is Gonna Come, written and sung by Sam Cooke.

This YouTube version moves me to tears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNeL-hpL_4&feature=related

There are some other Obama versions to link to on the same page, but this version puts it all in painful perspective.

and
I can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPKpmN1EJ_c

[NoSheep]

27. I just got chills hearing I Can See Clearly Now in my head!

[Forrest Greene]

23. People Get Ready -- Curtis Mayfield

A Change Is Gonna Come -- Sam Cooke
Look Out, Cleveland -- The Band
A Tribute To Jack Johnson -- Miles Davis
Better Days -- The Kinks
Three Little Birds -- Bob Marley
Good Shepard -- Jefferson Airplane
Brokedown Palace -- Grateful Dead
Alice In Wonderland -- Bill Evans Trio
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting -- Charles Mingus
What's So Funny About Peace, Love, And Understanding? -- Nick Lowe
Do You Feel It? -- NRBQ
Africa -- John Coltrane
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game -- The Marvelettes
You've Got To Have Freedom -- Pharoah Sanders

I could go on...

[crispini]

26. Mine so far

Generously borrowed from a thread in GD P but there are quite a few from my personal library too. Some for Obama, some for the end of the Bush Regime, and some just for fun.

All You Fascists - Billy Bragg / Wilco
Living In America - James Brown
American Prayer - Dave Stewart
Right Here Right Now - Jesus Jones
Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
Fortunate Son - CCR
Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
We Are The Boys - Pulp
Step By Step - Whitney Houston
This Will Be Our Year - Ok Go
Telephone Road - Steve Earle
Stupidly Happy - XTC
War on War - Wilco
I Got You (At the End of the Century) - Wilco
Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Reach Out - I'll Be There - Four Tops
No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
Sexbomb - Tom Jones
Brand New Day - Sting
Cherry Bomb - Spoon
All My Dreams Come True - Sparrows
Crazy - Sorta
Only A Memory - The Smithereens
Springfield IL - Slobberbone
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Lithium (cover) - Polyphonic Spree
So It Goes - Nick Lowe
The Laws Have Changed - New Pornographers
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Nowhere to Run To
To Washington - John Mellencamp
I Feel Good - James Brown
Rockstar - Happiness Factor
We Got the Beat - Go Go's
It's the Sun - Polyphonic Spree
Is This On? - Deathray Davies
Disco Ball World - David Garza
Heroes - David Bowie
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Bobby Bare Jr. version. :)
Respect - Aretha
Born in the USA - Springsteen
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie
People Got To Be Free - the Rascals
Peace Train - Dolly Parton's cover. :)
Mr. Blue Sky
Beautiful Day

[NoSheep]

30. Nice!

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

28. Promised Land

by Bruce

[Cronopio]

29. A song that is a repudiation of all the Bush and Reagan regimes stood for.

Give A Little Bit - Supertramp

[Duppers]

31. after his win: GOD BLESS AMERICA

Turned up so loud that all my rethug neighbors can hear it.

(Even this old atheist likes that song.)

[onenote]

32. Young, Newman, Who, Reeves,

among others:

Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye - Steam
Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
Dancin in the Streets - Martha Reeves
Something in the Air -- Thunderclap Newman
People Got to be Free -- the Rascals
Listening to You -- The Who

[onenote]

33. kicked for more ideas

[BlooInBloo]

34. Dancing Queen!!

Sorry, I'm completely addicted to this punk cover at the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0LIIiC2sCM

[lame54]

35. add these 2 to your list...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1uK5uSGUw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGeVtzqFlUY

[Elwood P Dowd]

37. "Listen to the tide slowly turning"

A part from an old Moody Blues song "The Story In Your Eyes" - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Album.

Listen to the tide slowly turning
Wash all our heartaches away
We're part of the fire that is burning
And from the ashes we can build another day

[RFKHumphreyObama]

38. My list

1. "Theme from the Greatest American Hero"
2. "Thank You Sister Rosa Parks" by the Neville Brothers
3. "The Times They Are A Changing" -I like the Simon and Garfunkel version best
4. "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" -John Denver
5. "I Can See Clearly Now"
6. "Living on a Prayer" Jon Bon Jovi
7. "Heal the World" -Michael Jackson
8. "I Have A Dream" -Abba
9. "Waiting for the World To Change" -John Mayer

[lamp_shade]

39. American Tune, Paul Simon. Look for the latest ad today.

[mahina]

53. Thank you, I forgot that song, and it is so beautiful.

[shadowknows69]

40. One Love-Bob Marley

Fight the Power-Public Enemy
Redemption Song-Marley
The Revolution Starts Now-S. Earle
Get Together- The Youngbloods
Too many more to list.

[mahina]

54. OH YES! Added to my ipod, so great!

[RetiredTrotskyite]

41. Hmmmmm.....

We Are the Champions--Queen
Another One Bites the Dust--Queen

[Reader Rabbit]

42. Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Brother Iz

I Can See Clearly Now, Jimmy Cliff version

People Get Ready, Rod Stewart's cover

Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Annie Lennox & Al Green

In a Big Country, Big Country

Three Little Birds, Bob Marley

If I Had a Hammer, Pete Seeger

Get Happy, Candye Kane

Dancing in the Streets, Bowie & Jagger version

A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix), Elvis

The Rainbow Connection, Kermit the Frog

Sailing to Philadelphia, Mark Knopfler & James Taylor

One World is Enough, The Police

Wind of Change, Scorpions

Send Your Love, Sting



Whew! Now I'm off to iTunes to create my playlist!

[Jeanette in FL]

43. "Good day Sunshine"

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good, in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

Then we lie beneath a shady tree
I love her and she's loving me
She feels good, she know she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

[Juche]

45. Queen, Smashing pumpkins

Queen - We are the champions
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
U2 - New Year's day & Beautiful day
Devotchka - how it ends
Disturbed - down with the sickness
NIN - Burn
Neil Young - keep rocking in the free world

And just for fun

MC Ren - behind the scenes

[Not the Only One]

46. Yes We Can

http://store.barackobama.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CD2000">Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement

1. Eternity - Lionel Richie
2. Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
3. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer
4. American Prayer - Dave Stewart
5. Battle Cry - Shontelle
6. Make It Better - Los Lonely Boys
7. Pride In The Name Of Love - John Legend
8. I Have A Dream - BeBe Winans
9. Am I All Alone - Suai
10. One Is The Magic # - Jill Scott
11. Love & Hope - Ozomatli
12. Looking East - Jackson Browne
13. Out of Our heads - Sheryl Crow
14. Promised Land - Malik Yusef with Kanye West and Adam Levine of Maroon 5
15. Hold On - Yolanda Adams
16. America The Beautiful - Keb' Mo'
17. America - Ken Stacey
18. Wide River - Buddy Miller

[Baldameer]

47. Here is my playlist

Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Hold Your Head Up (Argent)
Pickup the Pieces (Average White Band)
Let's Work Together (Canned Heat)
Don't Be Shy (Cat Stevens)
Feelin' Stronger Every Day (Chicago)
The Final Countdown (Europe)
Follow You, Follow Me (Genesis)
Wake up Everybody (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
He ain't Heavy He's my Brother ( The Hollies)
I'd Love to Change the World (10 years After)
Small Town (John Mellencamp)
Are the Good Times Really Over (Merle Haggard)
Love Train (The O'Jays)
If You Want to Get to Heaven/You got to raise a little Hell (The Ozark Mountain Daredevils)

[dixiegrrrrl]

48. Kick

:kick:


edit for purty donkey

[MsLeopard]

49. Happiness - Goldfrapp

It's a perfect song for tomorrow night.

[StreetKnowledge]

50. Ready to Roll

My MP3 player and stereo are already pre-loaded with these:

Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas :D

Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys :)

Changes - 2Pac Shakur :D

Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi B-)

Beautiful Day - U2 B-)

Shout - Tears For Fears :)

Keep Rocking in the Free World - Neil Young :D :patriot:

Hold Your Head High - Wu Tang Clan :)

Ready or Not - Fugees B-)

My City of Ruins - Bruce Springsteen :D

And just for fun:

Re:volution - Coldcut :headbang:

Slam - Pendulum :headbang:

Cities in Dust - Junkie XL and Lauren Rocket ::headbang:

[jules1962]

51. Better Days by Goo Goo Dolls

no way will Obama lose. If they contest it I will play American Idiot by Green Day (song about Bush and his cronies)

[Sabriel]

52. Rise Up and Together

Rise Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGtS2-a4CBI

Rise up,
Don't falling down again
Rise up,
Love like I broke the chains

I tried to fly a while so high
Direction: sky!
I tried to fly a while so high
Direction: sky!

My dream is to fly
Over the rainbow, so high!
My dream is to fly
Over the rainbow, so high!
My dream is to fly
Over the rainbow, so high!
My dream is to fly
Over the rainbow, so high!
Eh...

Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGtS2-a4CBI

More bad news on the radio
Planet Earth she's about to explode, yeah.
The stars have lost their shine today
They have all been blown away
Together, only hope can be away

Let me hear you say

One day, we'll be together
We'll never be apart,
One heart, one mind yeah
One day we'll be together
Remember this old world is yours and mine (yeah)


Time to put that mix mp3 together.

[mahina]

56. How on earth could I forget Eddie Veder, Here's to the State and No More!

A remake of Phil Och's classic, and a tribute.

Here's to the judges of John Roberts,
Who wear the robe of honor in a phony legal form,
And justices are stranger when the partisans report,
When the court elected a president it was the beginning of this war,

Here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
John Roberts find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the government of Dick Cheney,
With criminals posing as advisors to the crown,
And they hope that no one sees the sites or that no one hears the sounds,
Cause the speeches of our president are the remains of a clown

Here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
Dick Cheney find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the churches of Jerry Falwell,
Oh the cross once made of silver now is turned to rust,
And the sunday morning services preach in fear of men in love,
And God only knows in heaven they must trust

Here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
Jerry Falwell find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the laws of Alberto Gonzalez,
Congress will pass an act in the panic of the day,
And the Constitution's drowning in an ocean of decay,
And freedom of speech is dangerous i've even heard them say,

Here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
Gonzalez find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the businessmen of George W,
Who'll want to change the focus from Halliburton to Enron
And their profits like blood money spilled out on the white house lawn,
To keep their hold on power they're using terror as a con,
While the bombs they fall on children dont know which side...dont care which side that they're on

Here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
George W find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
George W find yourself another country to be part of

[BulletproofLandshark]

57. Mine

Dio "We Rock"
Free "All Right Now"
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Rage Against The Machine "Take The Power Back"

[GirlieQ]

59. Rise! by the Flobots

So much pain we
Dont know how to be but angry
Feel infected like weve got gangrene
Please dont let anybody try to change me
Me
Just me
In the middle of a sea full of faces
Full of faces
Some laugh some salivate
Whats in your alleyway
Recycling bins or bullet cases
Its not equal
Its not fair
Were different people
But were not scared
We aint never scared
To pave a new path
Make a new street
Build a new bridge
Say can you see by the dawns early light
Free slaves running
Songs words werent right
Now a new days coming
The few stay stunning while the many are handsome
Your soul is alive but they want it for ransom
The base drumming is the anthem
We step to the heartbeats of our granddaughters and grandsons
And

Rise together we

Lost hope and found need
Grounded by our surroundings
Did the walls scream universities
Or you and i verse the tees
React automatic and we burst when squeezed
And make 9-11 each emergency
Urgency amber to red like the turning leaves
Oh please let the hurting cease
Don't let apathy police the populace
We will march across
Those stereotypes that were marked for us
The answers obvious
We switch the consonants
Change the sword to words and lift continents

If you believe in redemption
I'm calling to you from another dimension

[shanti]

60. Simply the Best

Tina Turner


Celebrate
Kool and the Gang

[shanti]

62. it's gonna be an awesome party

that's all i have to say!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

63. Great thread, mahina. Bookmarked for tomorrow.

:party:

[Birthday]

64. Leontyne Price

singing Bach's Vom Himmel Hoch. Buy the song at iTunes. Turn it up and rejoice!!

[NWPatriot]

65. Let the Day Begin-The Call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGmCSeLECI&feature=related

[Birthday]

66. And Marian Anderson's

He Shall Feed His Flock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZoqU_-J-UY&feature=related

[road2000]

67. Damn! I stayed up till 3 a.m.

making iTunes rich and burning a special CD for a gathering I'm holding tomorrow night. With all these great suggestions, I'll be working on it again tonight!

So far:

Monster (will replay as people arrive)
The Star-Spangled Banner (a straightforward version, for the moment it's called; my country will be reclaimed)
Dancin' in the Streets
War (as a reminder)
Celebrate (Three Dog Night)
As (Stevie Wonder)
What's Goin On
Your Wildest Dreams (Moody Blues)
Get Together (Youngbloods)
Saturn (Stevie Wonder)
Amen (Harry Belafonte)
Out in the Country (Tribute to my longtime hero, President Al Gore)
Joy to the World (hmmm, didn't know I liked Three Dog Night that much!)
The Star-Spangled Banner (Hendrix)

For just plain nasty fun, I'm thinking of adding "Low Rider" to usher the Palin bunch back to Alaska.

You guys have such good ideas, looks like I'll need to start over... how could I have forgotten "Here Comes the Sun"?

[Initech]

68. Frank Zappa's entire "Broadway The Hard Way" album

In it he completely skewers the Reagan / Bush regime and everyone having to do with the current administration. The album was way ahead of its time considering it was recorded in 1988.

[whoneedstickets]

70. Redemption Song - Bob Marley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHgMD1S0bg&feature=related

Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took i
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the and of the almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Wont you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? ooh!
Some say its just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill de book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.

[chookie]

71. Happy Days are Here again

I have 3 versions of Happy Days are Here Again
4th Movement of Beethoven's 9th aka "Ode to Joy"
4th Movement of Beethoven's 7th
Stand -- Sly and the Family Stone
Dance to the Music -- Sly and the Family Stone
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Hard Times Come Again No More
Riki Tikki Tavi (Mongoose is Gone)
Gimme Some Truth -- John Lennon
Get Up Stand Up -- Peter Tosh
Pennsylvania Polka (when PA turns Blue)
Ohio Polka (when Ohio turns Blue)
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young

Thank for other suggestions listed here

[MazeRat7]

72. "It's a long way to the top if your gonna rock-n-roll" - n/t