# Inauguration Day playlist
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194 "2016-12-19T23:33:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/21 "2016-12-20T04:21:21Z")
The Galaxy Song and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
Ship of Fools, the Grateful Dead.
‘Though I could not caution all, I still might warn a few,
don’t lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.’
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### Author:  [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/22 "2016-12-20T05:43:12Z")
Nothing Was Delivered - The Basement Tapes
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/23 "2016-12-20T09:13:42Z")
And, oh, how about [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8)?
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/24 "2016-12-20T13:14:41Z")
Richard Thompson - [“Fergus Lang”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ)
_Fergus Lang he builds and builds
Yet small is his erection
Fergus has a fine head of hair
When the wind’s in the right direction_
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/25 "2016-12-20T13:20:00Z")
Stones - (I can’t get no) Satisfaction
Manu Chao - Clandestino
Molotov - Frijolero
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/26 "2016-12-20T13:26:47Z")
[Chopin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZY5DBmgC_A)
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### Author:  [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/27 "2016-12-20T13:30:04Z")
Mongoloid - Devo
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/28 "2016-12-20T13:47:19Z")
The Four Seasons: _Big Girls Don’t Cry_
_My-y girl… Sai-aid Good-bye-yey-yey_
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/29 "2016-12-20T14:15:04Z")
Stones - [Sympathy For The Devil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJTGaJbQu3s)
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/30 "2016-12-20T14:34:50Z")
Anything [by Beethoven or Wagner](http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/musreich.htm) would probably meet with approval.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/31 "2016-12-20T14:55:44Z")
We could start with a medley for Hillary and Kaine:
“I’m a Loser” by the Beatles
“Loser” by Beck
“Couldn’t Get It Right” by the Climax Blues Band
“It’s Over” by Roy Orbison
“Didn’t We Almost Have It All” by Whitney Houston
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/32 "2016-12-20T14:57:36Z")
“Orange Crush” by REM
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### Author:  [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/33 "2016-12-20T16:27:09Z")
[Soviet Connection (GTA IV Theme)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6mFNznjmbM) by Michael Hunter.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/34 "2016-12-20T17:11:42Z")
Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/35 "2016-12-20T17:27:53Z")
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Mr. Greed - John Fogerty
It’s a Mistake - Men at Work
Help! - The Beatles
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/36 "2016-12-20T17:33:03Z")
I think Trump’s been giving us the answer all along:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
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### Author:  [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/37 "2016-12-20T18:14:58Z")
“It’s a Mistake”-Men at Work
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AxrOUJ62E)
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### Author:  [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/38 "2016-12-20T18:27:02Z")
“For What It’s Worth” Buffalo Springfield
“When The Levee Breaks” Led Zeppelin (originally by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie)
“The Last Resort” The Eagles
“Little Tin God” Don Henley
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### Author:  [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/39 "2016-12-20T18:57:45Z")
“We Can Be Together” by Jefferson Airplane (contains the refrains “Up against the wall, motherfuckers!” and “Tear down the wall!”)
Alternately, you could use “the House at Pooneil Corners” by the Airplane, which depicts the sudden, apocalyptic destruction of the human race.
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### Author:  [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194/40 "2016-12-20T19:34:51Z")
Liking the selections so far. My contribution - Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows”:
_Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost_
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