Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Pressing Issue of the Day

Sandy, Benghazi -- no big thing. Sometimes you need to focus on the important stuff:


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool.

Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tastes, an eclectic and all-encompassing list of artists and tracks that reflect the varied coalition of voters he is seeking to attract.

All-encompassing!

"I've got old school - Stevie Wonder, James Brown. I've got Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan," he said.

There are also plenty of tracks that young voters might have downloaded to their own collections.

"And then I've got everything from Jay-Z, to Eminem, to the Fugees, to you name it. There's probably not a group that you play that I don't have on my iPod," Obama told the station's E.J. Greig.

For the voters whose tastes are more esoteric, "I've got some jazz - John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron," the president said, adding, "You've got to mix it up. It just depends on what mood I'm in."
Perhaps some day he'll be in the mood to answer some questions about other issues.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nero fiddled while Rome burned...Obama listes to his IPOD.

Night Writer said...

A playlist carefully selected based on focus group testing. I'd love to play a few rounds of "Name that Lyric" with him! It makes me think of his visit to a White Sox game early in his administration when he was interviewed by the Hawk. After waxing nostalgically about his youthful days in Chicago and going to the ballpark to watch the Sox, Harrelson asked the president who his favorite players had been...and apparently the teleprompter had gone out to get a hot dog and a beer, leaving the boss to hem and haw as he tried to think of a name.

CousinDan 54915 said...

Night Writer--you must be a racist.

Gino said...

yet, there are no Chameleons, Social Distortion, AC/DC, Echo and the Bunnymen, Queen, or DEVO on his ipod.

fuck him... i'm voting for Romney now...

Brian said...

I was really disappointed when the first black person to have a shot at (and later win) the White House used a U2 song for his campaign theme. Even I am not that white in terms of my taste in music.

Gino said...

brian: you listen to obscure german metal. helloooo? that shit's whiter than mayo on Wonder bread.

Mr. D said...

helloooo? that shit's whiter than mayo on Wonder bread.

But really tangy.

Brian said...

Yeah, but not *just* that...

Mr. D said...

Yeah, but not *just* that...

I would imagine so. Might be time to do a iPod check post to compare and contrast iPod music.