# Need ideas for Election Night party mix CD - NO LEE GREENWOOD! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051 "2008-10-22T14:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/21 "2008-10-23T21:53:08Z")
“You’re the Man” by Marvin Gaye ---
**Author:** ![missouri65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/22 "2008-10-23T23:24:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “Independence Day” and “In My Daughter’s Eyes” by Martina McBride. The first is upbeat and spunky; the second is lyrical and beautiful - I could almost imagine Barack or Michelle writing the words. An upbeat and spunky song about an abused woman who burns down her house with herself and her husband in it, leaving her young daughter an orphan to be sent to the county home? I think I might leave that one off the list. Maybe a bit too loaded for your event, but how about We Shall Overcome? In addition to the song’s history, the lyrics, standing alone, could have relevance to this particular election. But again, maybe too much, or just the wrong thing for you and your group. Sorry I can’t help you with balancing things out. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/23 "2008-10-24T00:21:56Z")
[_Vote With a Bullet_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJF547Mv62A) by Corrosion of Conformity. You know, in case Obama loses. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/24 "2008-10-24T00:32:43Z")
_You Can’t Always Get What You Want_ by The Rolling Stones. _The Times They Are a Changin’_ by Bob Dylan _Don’t Stop Believin’_ by Journey ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/25 "2008-10-24T00:50:12Z")
“Democracy” and “Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen. At Obama’s rallies, they always play Stevie Wonders’ “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours.” There’s a list of McCain and Obama’s favorite songs [here](http://www.prefixmag.com/news/obama-mccain-favorite-songs/20680/). I love that McCain’s top fave is Abba’s “Dancing Queen.” I gotta have some respect for a man who admits that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/26 "2008-10-24T01:09:15Z")
Some good stuff on [this Mannheim Steamroller CD](http://www.amazon.com/American-Spirit/dp/B000095J69/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1224810499&sr=1-15). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/27 "2008-10-24T01:13:32Z")
> [@burundi](#): > > There’s a list of McCain and Obama’s favorite songs [here](http://www.prefixmag.com/news/obama-mccain-favorite-songs/20680/). I love that McCain’s top fave is Abba’s “Dancing Queen.” I gotta have some respect for a man who admits that. McCain likes ABBA? Shit, I never would’ve imagined that in a million years. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/28 "2008-10-24T02:06:15Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > McCain likes ABBA? Shit, I never would’ve imagined that in a million years. G. Gordon Liddy’s a big fan too. Guess like [wife](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2625247&postcount=14) [swapping](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5252628&postcount=95), it goes with the territory of being a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/29 "2008-10-24T03:45:28Z")
> [@missouri65](#): > > An upbeat and spunky song about an abused woman who burns down her house with herself and her husband in it, leaving her young daughter an orphan to be sent to the county home? I think I might leave that one off the list… Well, I’ll admit, it’s more the mood and the tempo of that song than the lyrics that appeal to me… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/30 "2008-10-24T04:08:01Z")
I recommend the Bonzo Dog Band classic _No Matter Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets In_: _Oh, great, great slumbering nation (cock-a-doodle-doo!) Awake! Set yourself free!.. An’ give a little chirrup as I ladle on the syrup Promises are cheap Let me bear your crosses Make me Boss of Bosses Then you go back to sleep! ha ha ha…_ You can download it from Itunes. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/31 "2008-10-24T05:34:31Z")
Another one for if McCain wins [_Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag_ by Country Joe and the Fish.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5btZWbViPA) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051/32 "2008-10-24T12:37:08Z")
“Gimme Some Truth” by John Lennon “I’m Afraid of Americans” by David Bowie “Idiot Wind” by Bob Dylan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-election-night-party-mix-cd-no-lee-greenwood/469051.md?page=1)