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Obama Reveals His Top Ten Songs

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Posted on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 09:55:09 PM EST
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President Barack Obama counts down his top ten songs on his iPod:

No. 10: will.i.am, 'Yes We Can'

No. 9: U2, 'City of Blinding Lights'
No. 8: Aretha Franklin, 'Think'
No. 7: Frank Sinatra, 'You'd Be So Easy to Love'
No. 6: Kanye West, 'Touch the Sky'
No. 5: Nina Simone, 'Sinnerman'
No. 4: Rolling Stones, 'Gimme Shelter'
No. 3: Bruce Springsteen, 'I'm On Fire'
No. 2: Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On'
No. 1: The Fugees, 'Ready or Not'

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    Obama Reveals His Top Ten Songs | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    Cool (5.00 / 0) (#1)
    by andgarden on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 09:56:46 PM EST
    'Sinnerman' I recognize from the Thomas Crown Affair (1999) soundtrack. It's long and pretty awesome.

    You can hear it in use (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 09:58:58 PM EST
    here.

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    Heh (none / 0) (#3)
    by CST on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 10:03:44 PM EST
    And from his number 1 song by the Fugees:

    "I'll be Nina Simone
    And defacating on your microphone"

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    heh, yup. (none / 0) (#4)
    by andgarden on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 10:04:39 PM EST


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    Interesting. (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by LarryInNYC on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 08:54:45 AM EST
    I wonder -- is this his list, or was it put together by a Committee on Presidential Music Selection?  A little something for everyone.

    Pretty Good List (none / 0) (#5)
    by CST on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 10:08:52 PM EST
    at least the top nine...

    Think this is his real list? (none / 0) (#6)
    by joanneleon on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 10:25:19 PM EST
    If so, his taste is even more eclectic than mine.  Well, maybe not.  No classical, jazz or reggae on there.

    It just looks like a list of songs with something for (almost) everybody.  

    Have to say, that first one is a surprise.  Did anybody look at the video on youtube?

    I love the Fugees (none / 0) (#7)
    by CST on Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 10:27:04 PM EST
    And definitely a surprise.  Somewhat, dare I say, militant?

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    Back in '07, I told a friend ... (none / 0) (#8)
    by Robot Porter on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:09:22 AM EST
    who worked in communications for the Obama campaign that I'd give them $200 if Obama had more than 5 punk rock songs on his ipod.

    Needless to say, they didn't get my money.

    Very square list of favs.

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