# What's the deal with Trump's Inaguration Committee's inability to secure "A" list talent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192 "2017-01-03T02:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/101 "2017-01-15T01:39:25Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > In depressing news, either Trump or the Kremlin has dug up enough dirt on 3 Doors Down … Maybe I’m just getting old, but … _who_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/102 "2017-01-15T02:06:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > They got someone! > A 75 year old used-to-be somebody, that is-[Paul Anka is going sing to a version of “My Way”](http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/01/12/report-paul-anka-to-sing-my-way-for-trump-inauguration.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl), with new lyrics rewritten especially for Trump. > Remember that re-write that Elton john did for Princess Diana? I predict this will be on the other end of that scale. They will be mocking this song for years to come. Aaaaaaand, Paul Anka has thought better of it. He has dropped out, saying “I’ve been in a custody battle for two years for my son Ethan. We have a new schedule now, and we’re unable to do it.” > **[Paul Anka Bows Out of Trump Inauguration](https://www.newsweek.com/paul-anka-performing-trump-inauguration-542451)** > > Asked if his political views match those of Trump, Anka said, "You've got a better chance of getting a sunrise past a rooster on that one." ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/103 "2017-01-15T03:05:17Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > In depressing news, either Trump or the Kremlin has dug up enough dirt on 3 Doors Down… If they played [Loser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ui_Q4qBDJY), that would be one hell of a coup. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/104 "2017-01-15T03:14:12Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Maybe I’m just getting old, but … _who_? 😕 Their heyday was over ten years ago. You could have looked that up. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/105 "2017-01-16T11:09:13Z")
I’ll admit I’ve never heard of 3 Doors Down either. But I’m also at that age where my not hearing of a band may well be a positive sign for them. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/106 "2017-01-16T12:26:55Z")
For all the money on the world, the guy can’t buy a clue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/107 "2017-01-16T12:27:19Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > In depressing news, either Trump or the Kremlin has dug up enough dirt on 3 Doors Down and Toby Keith that they’re now involved in this debacle. > > Either that or they really are stoned out of their senses to think this is any sort of publicity that they’d want in the long-term. > > Goddamnit now I have to stop singing along with “Kryptonite” in my car when it comes up on my Oughts playlists. I will easily believe that Toby Keith is that much of a dumbass. Have you seen his lyrics? 3 Doors Down I’m legitimately a bit disappointed in, but they haven’t been relevant since “Kryptonite” stopped being on the regular pop-rock rotation, so… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/108 "2017-01-16T12:38:34Z")
It’s funny: Trump was never cool himself, but he was often cool-adjacent. Now that’s over, too, and it will never come back. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/109 "2017-01-16T16:33:46Z")
Paul Anka in a custody battle?? I guess he wants the kid so they can both get a deal on disposable diapers. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/110 "2017-01-16T16:44:15Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > 3 Doors Down I’m legitimately a bit disappointed in, but they haven’t been relevant since “Kryptonite” stopped being on the regular pop-rock rotation, so… I’d guess that 3 Doors Down is on the “Oakfield Summertime Municipal Jubilee” circuit these days. Not exactly a “get”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/111 "2017-01-16T19:22:45Z")
Things have gotten to the point of [Trump personally trying to give away free tickets](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/10158473899090725/). ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/112 "2017-01-16T23:48:34Z")
To further the hilarity, now the cover band has pulled the plug: [Bruce Springsteen Cover Band Drops Out of Donald Trump Party – Rolling Stone](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-drops-out-of-donald-trump-party-w461203) ETA: apparently scalpers can’t even resell tickets: [Scalper taking loss on tickets to Trump inauguration as secondary market interest on the mogul’s swear-in wanes  – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scalpers-losing-money-tickets-trump-inauguration-article-1.2947620) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/113 "2017-01-17T00:37:27Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > To further the hilarity, now the cover band has pulled the plug: [Bruce Springsteen Cover Band Drops Out of Donald Trump Party](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-drops-out-of-donald-trump-party-w461203) > > ETA: apparently scalpers can’t even resell tickets: [Scalper taking loss on tickets to Trump inauguration as secondary market interest on the mogul’s swear-in wanes – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scalpers-losing-money-tickets-trump-inauguration-article-1.2947620) Oh, that is sweet!!! :eek:😃 Maybe some wedding band is available. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/114 "2017-01-17T02:03:24Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Oh, that is sweet!!! :eek:😃 > > Maybe some wedding band is available. I honestly do not know what to think in this case. On one hand, we have the completely irredeemable Donald Trump. On the other, we have a ticket scalper. What’s more, this is a ticket scalper who is identified in the article as a Democrat, and has the traditionally Jewish name “Rosenberg” who, not finding buyers: _…visited a handful of white supremacist websites, including the Daily Stormer, where he posted listings for the tickets on the site’s message boards._ The next four years are going to make satire and parody nearly impossible. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/115 "2017-01-17T02:09:19Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > To further the hilarity, now the cover band has pulled the plug: [Bruce Springsteen Cover Band Drops Out of Donald Trump Party](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-drops-out-of-donald-trump-party-w461203) I feel bad for those guys. They played the 08 and 12 parties and were booked for this one a couple of years ago before they knew who would win. They are totally apolitical and were getting so much shit that they canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/116 "2017-01-17T02:25:29Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > … > > The next four years are going to make satire and parody nearly impossible. Haven’t you heard? According to Tom Lehrer, it died a long time ago: [QUOTE=Tom Lehrer] Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/117 "2017-01-17T03:26:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I feel bad for those guys. They played the 08 and 12 parties and were booked for this one a couple of years ago before they knew who would win. They are totally apolitical and were getting so much shit that they canceled. It’s a pity that they are getting hit by the shit flung around by the Trumpfan [sup]TM[/sup] but the idea that someone who craves celebrity adulation as much as Trump getting (maybe) a spoons player to perform for him is extremely funny. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/118 "2017-01-17T03:40:12Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > It’s a pity that they are getting hit by the shit flung around by the Trumpfan [sup]TM[/sup] but the idea that someone who craves celebrity adulation as much as Trump getting (maybe) a spoons player to perform for him is extremely funny. Oh man, I remember the spoons fad from, what?, the late 80s? Hadn’t thought of that in eons. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/119 "2017-01-17T03:58:40Z")
Well you can’t blame the 3 Doors Down guitarist, the original guitarist they scored all their radio hits with, Matt Roberts, died in 2016, so you can still jam out to the isolated guitar tracks and disown the rest of the band lol.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192/120 "2017-01-17T04:12:45Z")
Moby declined a request from Trump on Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDQ8nWjBMp/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDQ8nWjBMp/) > [@](#): > > Hahahahaha, I was just asked by a booking agent if I would consider djing at one of the inaugural balls for #trump… Hahahahaha, wait, Hahahaha, really? > > I guess I’d DJ at an inaugural ball if as payment #trump released his tax returns. Also I would probably play public enemy and stockhausen remixes to entertain the republicans. I’m still laughing. Hahahaha. So #trump what do you think, I DJ for you and you release your tax returns? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192.md?page=7)