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Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:32:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2018 15:32

How about best campaign song for bad campaign?

Born in the USA for Ronald Reagan 1984.

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

baystateoftheart — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:37:49 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/07/2018 22:37

Tap wrote:

unofficial but clear winner

JIMMY CARTER SAYS YES
https://youtu.be/h874BPSnbWc

This is amazing! Thanks.

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

YoungPunk — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 16:49:11 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/07/2018 21:49

I guess this is kinda related, but I hated when the media said Pavarotti did not endorse Trump when he's clearly dead.

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

RoundTheBend — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:44:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/07/2018 19:44

glynspsa wrote:

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow

This is what came to mind as well. I mean I was like 8 years old and I still remember this playing during the Clinton campaign.

Also the MTA song has always been a favorite. I figured it was political, but didn't know it actually had real life implications.

I love S&G, so this hit home for me:

Link

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

Tap — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:08:12 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 03/07/2018 19:08

unofficial but clear winner

JIMMY CARTER SAYS YES
https://youtu.be/h874BPSnbWc

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

baystateoftheart — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:18:59 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/07/2018 18:18

hereforashortime wrote:

This is slightly off topic, but I'm reminded of the fact that Ronald Reagan used Born in the USA for his campaign, that was a bad idea.

Also, this song is just awful:

Link

Yeah that is a bad song. It wasn't ever officially used though, luckily. But the Clinton campaign's official song was pretty bad too:

Link

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

Romanelli — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:18:45 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/07/2018 18:18

hereforashortime wrote:

This is slightly off topic, but I'm reminded of the fact that Ronald Reagan used Born in the USA for his campaign, that was a bad idea.

Also, this song is just awful:

Link

Reagan tried. Bruce put an abrupt end to that and let Reagan know he did not endorse his campaign, and that the song was not to be used for that purpose.

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

hereforashortime — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:56:18 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 03/07/2018 16:56

This is slightly off topic, but I'm reminded of the fact that Ronald Reagan used Born in the USA for his campaign, that was a bad idea.

Also, this song is just awful:

Link

Re: Worst & Best Campaign Songs

glynspsa — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:14:56 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 03/07/2018 16:14

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow

Worst & Best Campaign Songs

baystateoftheart — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:42:15 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/07/2018 14:42

Senator Ted Cruz has just released a radio ad that's a song, attacking Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke. It seems to be a parody of "If You're Gonna Play In Texas" by Alabama. In it, he makes fun of his opponent for using the nickname Beto instead of his given name Robert, despite the fact that Cruz uses the nickname Ted instead of his given name Rafael. And musically, it's one of the worst campaign songs I've ever heard. Check it out:

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On the flip side, a classic campaign song is "M.T.A.", written for the 1949 Boston mayoral election and the failed campaign of Progressive Party candidate Walter O'Brien. The most popular version is probably by the Kingston Trio, which changes the words a bit:

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What do you think of these two songs, and what are your picks for worst and best campaign songs?