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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:43 AM
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What Will The Dem's 2004 Convention "Theme Song" Be?
I always thought that using Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" was truly inspired.

Would it be too hackneyed to use it again? Is there another Fleetwood Mac song that would work, or should we hope that the DNC planners choose something completely new and different?
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mark0rama Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:47 AM
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1. I also liked when Clinton used "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones...
... especially the line, "watching the world wake up from history."

Too bad we had the covers pulled back over our heads for us in 2000.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:47 AM
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2. I've said it before, but
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister would be the perfect theme song.

We're RIGHT! YEAH!
We're FREE! YEAH!
We'll FIGHT! YEAH!
You'll SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

We're not gonna take it! NO!
NO! We ain't gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it anymoooooooooooooore!
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:57 AM
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6. Exactly what I was thinking....
....My only hesitation is that it might revive Twisted Sister's career in much the same way that Clinton's use of "Don't Stop" led to the Fleetwood Mac reunion.

Twisted Sister is one band that definitely does NOT need to come back! :crazy:
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trogdor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:02 PM
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9. I heard TS is still around...
...only mellower than before, with less profanity. Something about having kids changing one's perspective and all that.
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MiddleRiverRefugee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:48 AM
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3. Los Lobos' "One Time, One Night"
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 11:49 AM by unidentifiedbassplay
When you hear the opening bars of that song you will cry. You will laugh. You will scream and shout and cheer.

That's what I want to hear.
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rabid_nerd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:49 AM
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4. I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts...
nt
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:57 AM
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5. That Tears For Fears Song... Dennis Miller Used It On His Show...
Too much?

-- Allen
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:59 AM
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7. Change the lyrics to "Bush and Cheney want to rule the world"
and you've got it.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:00 PM
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8. "Won't Get Fooled Again"
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, uh, er, won't get fooled again." Paraphrase of the head fool from a few months ago.
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EOTE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:10 PM
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11. I was gonna say the same thing....
Here comes the new boss...

However, I would have recommended CCR's 'Fortunate Son' for 2000, although Gore was a Senator's son.
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Captain Absolut Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:09 PM
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10. you know what would work
It would be interesting, but I think it could work. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem

Here are the lyrics:

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Is he? No
He won't have it , he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him


You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortar
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
His hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old potna, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da



No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cuz man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
See dishonor caught up bein a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screamin on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another jam or not
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got



You can do anything you set your mind to, man
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:14 PM
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12. "big balls" from AC/DC
THAT would be cool!
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:21 PM
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13. Commision 100 artists to make songs (All types) for the Convention
1. Puts people to work
2. Get fresh material
3. Gets topical material

I bet some Rappers could do some devestating work on the Bush Administation...

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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:24 PM
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14. good idea and symbolic in so many ways
goodbye Raw Deal ... hello to the new New Deal ... welcome back democracy, America and progress ...
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:27 PM
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15. "Happy days are here again" FDR song
vs Bushoover
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:10 PM
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16. nothing like the old standard (bearer) classics
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