By now, if you're an avid reader of this blog, you surely have seen that while we're not dipping too much into politics, we're still a looooong way to be Tea Party material for sure. Politics and music have always been linked, politics in music as well, and so does music in politics...
Barrack Obama, running for a second mandate as Numero Uno in the USA, has made public his Spotify favorite list. Now, that's quite a change from earlier elections where candidates had to look uber serious and only concerned by America. Here, we have a president that sings, smiles, dances, cries...and whether you think his 4 years at the helm were a huge success, a moderate one, a just-about-right or a total disaster, Obama will still come thru as someone who knows when to let go and get to that famous bridge. Amen to that. (see below a few videos of President Obama singing. In tune. Yes.)
So, his Spotify list ? Well, there are some rockin tunes there for sure, and a couple of I-wouldn't-be-caught-alive-singing-that, but overall it's rather ok....This said, when we wanted to hook up to his playlist on Spotify, we had a pop up asking us if we had a Spotify account or not ? Knowing that we do consider for now that Spotify only really works financially for the 1% of already established bands and that the rate of 0,0002€ per stream payed by Spotify is an infamy and an insult to bands, the answer was no....
No Doubt – Different People
Earth Wind & Fire Experience feat. Al McKay Allstars – Got To Get You Into My Life - (Live)
Booker T. & The MG's – Green Onions - Single/LP Version
Wilco – I Got You
The Impressions – Keep On Pushing - Single Version
Performed by Jennifer Hudson;Dreamgirls (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Love You I Do
AgesandAges – No Nostalgia
Ledisi – Raise Up
Sugarland – Stand Up
Darius Rucker – This
Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait
Florence + The Machine – You've Got The Love
James Taylor – Your Smiling Face
REO Speedwagon – Roll With The Changes
Raphael Saadiq – Keep Marchin'
Noah And The Whale – Tonight's The Kind Of Night
Zac Brown Band – Keep Me In Mind
Aretha Franklin – The Weight
U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing
Dierks Bentley – Home
Sugarland – Everyday America
Darius Rucker – Learn To Live
Al Green – Let's Stay Together
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
Montgomery Gentry – My Town
Ricky Martin – The Best Thing About Me Is You Feat. Joss Stone
Ray LaMontagne – You Are The Best Thing
Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care Of Our Own
Obama sings Walk On By in front of Dionne Warwick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo8nLMCLT60
Obama sings Hey Jude with Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder http://youtu.be/Vvorqcgcdtw
Obama sings at the Civil Rights Convention http://youtu.be/_atldQ9GIck
Obama sings Chain Of Fools in Detroit http://youtu.be/gdcvdigOdjI
Obama sings with Santa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIjU-I68T7I
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