Some of you may be too young to remember when Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy in 1962. Heck, most of you are too young to remember it.
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Well, today is the birthday of our 44th president. There is no Marilyn Monroe around to sing to him, but that doesn't mean Barack Obama shouldn't get a song. And that's your task today. (Nobody told you there would be an assignment? You should always be ready for a surprise assignment!)
Who should sing to Barack Obama? And what should they sing?
Defy you by Offspring
ReplyDelete"Hit the Road, Jack."
ReplyDeleteCornel West should sing "Smooth Criminal"
ReplyDelete"We hate to see you... Go!"
ReplyDeleteThe Fight Song by Sister Sin
ReplyDelete"Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey.
ReplyDelete"Movin' On Up" - theme song from "The Jeffersons"
How Come You Do Me Like You Do (1928)
ReplyDeleteRudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deta5xl6cCM
Stalin singing David Bowie's 1984.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Lenin singing Bowie's Big Brother
From Black Flag's Family Man, Long Lost Dog of it. Has the added bonus of being an instrumental, so states all of the nice things I can think of about the canine masticationist.
ReplyDeleteOh come on! "Na na na na, hey hey hey, Good bye!"
ReplyDeleteFFJ forever!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMu9PKWthLE
Cheers
@15 JMH - Ah... Florence Foster Jenkins - the Obama of sopranos
ReplyDeleteJohnny Cash (okay, zombie Johnny Cash) singing "Hurt."
ReplyDeleteAnd you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
The Rolling Stones: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
ReplyDeleteFishbone should play "Lyin' Ass Bitch"
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