# For fun - Suggest music for Trump's Convention **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051 "2016-07-16T16:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/21 "2016-07-16T22:57:43Z")
And for millions of home viewers, disbelieving that this could possibly be really happening: “They’re Coming to Take Me Away,” by Napoleon XIV. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hnzHtm1jhL4/hqdefault.jpg "Napoleon XIV: 'They're coming to take me away'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/22 "2016-07-16T23:50:22Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And for millions of home viewers, disbelieving that this could possibly be really happening: “You _don’t_ believe we’re on the eve of destruction?” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/23 "2016-07-17T19:26:30Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “You _don’t_ believe we’re on the eve of destruction?” Yeah, that’s a good one, too. Has “The End” by The Doors been mentioned? _…Of everything that stands, the end…_ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/24 "2016-07-17T20:39:55Z")
[“Fergus Lang”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ) - Richard Thompson’s thinly veiled swipe at Trump. _Fergus he builds and builds, Yet small is his erection. Fergus has a fine head of hair When the wind’s in the right direction._ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/25 "2016-07-17T21:44:04Z")
But wait…! [What if Sarah Palin Speaks…?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDCxwP3V10I) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/26 "2016-07-17T21:53:42Z")
The Fugs, _Kill For Peace_, because I really like the classics. They prolly wouldn’t even notice. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/27 "2016-07-17T22:09:44Z")
Green Day’s American Idiot ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/28 "2016-07-17T23:26:47Z")
This is all good, mostly harmless fun but you folks do know that is you don’t, you know, get out there and actually vote that all this smug superiority shit is just as likely to motivate that bloc of disaffected voters and increase the likelihood of TRUMP XLV? ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/29 "2016-07-17T23:46:17Z")
If they hadn’t dumped that logo so quick, I think Nugent’s “Wango Tango” would have been perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/30 "2016-07-18T00:37:17Z")
The Coasters, _[Run, Red, Run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmQrP0m3MgM)_. Mostly because they _still_ wouldn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/31 "2016-07-18T00:46:52Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > This is all good, mostly harmless fun but you folks do know that is you don’t, you know, get out there and actually vote that all this smug superiority shit is just as likely to motivate that bloc of disaffected voters and increase the likelihood of TRUMP XLV? They don’t read the Dope. Just the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/32 "2016-07-18T02:15:35Z")
I’d lay a bet that the proportion of eligible US voters on the Dope who will vote for TRUMP XLV will be at least 10 times the proportion who’ll admit to the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/33 "2016-07-18T03:01:36Z")
They’re already playing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, but it would be especially appropriate when Pence sets foot on the stage. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/34 "2016-07-18T03:38:41Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > [“Fergus Lang”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ) - Richard Thompson’s thinly veiled swipe at Trump. > > _Fergus he builds and builds, > Yet small is his erection. > Fergus has a fine head of hair > When the wind’s in the right direction._ Thank you for that! 😃 [Full lyrics here.](http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Thompson:Fergus_Laing) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/35 "2016-07-18T04:34:53Z")
[Springtime For Hitler](https://youtu.be/kHmYIo7bcUw) [I’m A Good Ol Rebel](https://youtu.be/bEvBCnHPM4Y) [The Horst Wessel Song](https://youtu.be/-7MJdeIZb3w) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/36 "2016-07-18T05:01:30Z")
[Tomorrow Belongs To Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Mg6Gfh9Co) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/37 "2016-07-18T05:12:53Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > I’d lay a bet that the proportion of eligible US voters on the Dope who will vote for TRUMP XLV will be at least 10 times the proportion who’ll admit to the fact. So, twenty? ---
**Author:** ![hulka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hulka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hulka)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/38 "2016-07-18T05:36:55Z")
I’m Afraid of Americans ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/39 "2016-07-18T07:00:51Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > I’d lay a bet that the proportion of eligible US voters on the Dope who will vote for TRUMP XLV will be at least 10 times the proportion who’ll admit to the fact. > [@elucidator](#): > > So, twenty? 20 percent! Good god man … No … really? Wowsers, then race you for the last spot in the fallout shelter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051/40 "2016-07-18T16:25:22Z")
The OP is wrong about Talking Heads – they’re contribution will be _Burning Down the House_. Timbuk Three’s _The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades_ Patsy Kline – _Look me Up on Your Way Down_ David Allen Coe – _You Never Even Called Me By My Name_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fun-suggest-music-for-trumps-convention/760051.md?page=3)