Comments on: Surprise: Presidential Candidates May Have A Superficial View Of Their Campaign Songs’ True Meanings http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 12:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DrSpaceman http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424892 DrSpaceman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:15:15 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424892 <P>My favorite was when Al Gore used Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al." Ignoring the fact that the only relevance (the Al) is heavily implied to not even be the real name of the song's subject, it also featured the verse: <BR><I>Who'll be my role-model?<BR>Now that my role-model is <BR>Gone, gone <BR>He ducked back down the alley <BR>With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl <BR>All alone, alone, <BR>There were incidents and accidents <BR>There were hints and allegations.</I></P> <P>This at a time when Gore was doing everything to distance himself from Clinton.</P> My favorite was when Al Gore used Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al.” Ignoring the fact that the only relevance (the Al) is heavily implied to not even be the real name of the song’s subject, it also featured the verse:
Who’ll be my role-model?
Now that my role-model is
Gone, gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
All alone, alone,
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations.

This at a time when Gore was doing everything to distance himself from Clinton.

]]> By: dippinkind http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424902 dippinkind Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:11:49 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424902 <p>this may be the best year for campaign songs since reagan was using Born in the USA for awhile back in '84.</p> this may be the best year for campaign songs since reagan was using Born in the USA for awhile back in ’84.

]]> By: Rev. Paul T. Hipple http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424842 Rev. Paul T. Hipple Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:36:24 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424842 <p>She should fuck with peoples heads if she wants to be taken seriously</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quhj6PEboCU">[www.youtube.com]</a></p> She should fuck with peoples heads if she wants to be taken seriously

[www.youtube.com]

]]> By: JudgeFudge http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424852 JudgeFudge Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:27:19 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424852 <P>I don't care, I don't care - everytime I hear the begining of American Girl something in my brain goes crazy! Not only should she have this as her campaign song, she should just have it looped behind her during any press conference/debate or speech.</P> <P>If the song American Girl was running for president, I'd probably vote for that too.</P> I don’t care, I don’t care – everytime I hear the begining of American Girl something in my brain goes crazy! Not only should she have this as her campaign song, she should just have it looped behind her during any press conference/debate or speech.

If the song American Girl was running for president, I’d probably vote for that too.

]]> By: Serolf Divad http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424862 Serolf Divad Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:10:19 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424862 <p>Sorta the way some people think that The Guess Who's "American Woman" is all patriotic and shit.</p> Sorta the way some people think that The Guess Who’s “American Woman” is all patriotic and shit.

]]> By: Nicolars http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424872 Nicolars Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:48:16 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424872 <p>@<a href="#c3769072">JZ13</a>: Yes, all I can think of is Buffalo Bill whenever that song comes on the radio.</p> @JZ13: Yes, all I can think of is Buffalo Bill whenever that song comes on the radio.

]]> By: Chris N. http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424882 Chris N. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:57:35 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424882 <p>She turned down a perfectly good option:</p> <p><a href="http://www.countryweekly.com/merle_haggard/feature/1286">[www.countryweekly.com]</a></p> She turned down a perfectly good option:

[www.countryweekly.com]

]]> By: disinterested 3rd party http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424912 disinterested 3rd party Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:27:58 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424912 <p>@<a href="#c3769072">JZ13</a>: Not so much. I'm not really a TP fan, but I think this a pretty great song. Thanks for the clip. Beautiful 12 string Vox Tom's playing there.</p> @JZ13: Not so much. I’m not really a TP fan, but I think this a pretty great song. Thanks for the clip. Beautiful 12 string Vox Tom’s playing there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/346192/surprise-presidential-candidates-may-have-a-superficial-view-of-their-campaign-songs-true-meanings/comment-page-1#comment-424922 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:48:41 +0000 http://b23170594510d0fedef1407dc185fdc0#comment-424922 <p>Is anyone else also creepily reminded of Silence of the Lambs whenever they hear this song?</p> Is anyone else also creepily reminded of Silence of the Lambs whenever they hear this song?

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