The Audacity of POLL: Obama's 2012 Campaign Playlist

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Obama has released his 2012 Campaign Playlist on Spotify. Which of these tracks will inspire you to Rock the Vote?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's	7
Let's Stay Together - Al Green	7
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra	5
The Weight - Aretha Franklin	4
We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire	2
Keep Marchin' - Raphael Saadiq	1
I Got You - Wilco	1
Everyday America - Sugarland	1
Even Better Than The Real Thing - U2	1
Learn To Live - Darius Rucker	0
My Town - Montgomery Gentry	0
Roll With The Changes - REO Speedwagon	0
Your Smiling Face - James Taylor	0
You've Got The Love - Florence + The Machine	0
The Best Thing About Me Is You - Ricky Martin feat. Joss Stone	0
This - Darius Rucker	0
Stand Up - Sugarland	0
Tonight's The Kind Of Night - Noah and the Whale	0
We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen	0
Keep Me In Mind - Zac Brown Band	0
Home - Dierks Bentley	0
Different People - No Doubt	0
Got To Get You Into My life - Earth Wind & Fire	0
Keep On Pushing - The Impressions	0
Love You I Do - Jennifer Hudson	0
No Nostalgia - Ages and Ages	0
Raise Up - Ledisi	0
You Are The Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne	0

― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:54 (thirteen years ago)

Aretha

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Friday, 10 February 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

Though to properly answer the question, I should note that I'm Canadian and will be doing no vote rocking here

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Friday, 10 February 2012 05:04 (thirteen years ago)

No Tom Sawyer?!?

― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 10 February 2012 05:11 (thirteen years ago)

v. pissed off about this. jay carney is on record as an aerosmith fan iirc, wtf jay put aerosmith in the mix

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 10 February 2012 05:14 (thirteen years ago)

Suggest alternate "most painfully ironic song title" poll

― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Friday, 10 February 2012 06:11 (thirteen years ago)

Lying dictatorial war criminals are so warm and cuddly.

― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 February 2012 06:25 (thirteen years ago)

At least it's not Bush, right?

― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 February 2012 06:26 (thirteen years ago)

never knew howard stern fronted reo speedwagon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGgLPriZUSA

― buzza, Friday, 10 February 2012 07:38 (thirteen years ago)

Booker T or Al Green.

― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 10 February 2012 08:30 (thirteen years ago)

TWO darius rucker songs!!!!

― the greates (crüt), Friday, 10 February 2012 08:44 (thirteen years ago)

how can I choose!!!!

― the greates (crüt), Friday, 10 February 2012 08:44 (thirteen years ago)

aw yeah no douuuuuuuuubt

― ban opinions (reddening), Friday, 10 February 2012 08:57 (thirteen years ago)

Let's Stay Together, cause I love good populism

― gospodin simmel, Friday, 10 February 2012 11:54 (thirteen years ago)

I was just gonna say I dont give a fuck if Guantanemo is sodomizing prisoners with tire irons and my grandma gets sent to the death panel tomorrow; I would 100000% re-elect a dude that can put Al Green on a playlist like that. So awesome

― some dude, Friday, 10 February 2012 13:52 (thirteen years ago)

I can't even imagine how many hours were spent carefully combing the lyrics of these for ANYTHING that could backfire.

― Walter Galt, Friday, 10 February 2012 13:54 (thirteen years ago)

i love "My Town" but how pissed do you think Montgomery Gentry are to be on this list?

― some dude, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:01 (thirteen years ago)

"Mr Blue Sky Thinking"

― Mark G, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:07 (thirteen years ago)

It's pretty weird that there's not a single rap song on here.

― Walter Galt, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:52 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, how weird that a playlist with two Darius Rucker songs doesn't have any rap on it

I mean, did he not get the memo? Black ppl always have to represent hip-hop, I mean it's 2012 for god's sake.

― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

i'm still kinda scarred from the 08 playlist

― J0rdan S., Friday, 10 February 2012 15:04 (thirteen years ago)

stay humble, stay low, blow like hootie

― some dude, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:06 (thirteen years ago)

Going Galt

― dave cool, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:13 (thirteen years ago)

have rap songs ever been used in a presidential campaign? other than Mitt using "wavin flag" lol

also I am curious about what green onions have to do with Obama's second term - I'm sure there's a message hidden in there + it's not just a groovy jam

― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 5 March 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

shoulda put some classic Nuge on this.

― it's smdh time in America (will), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:38 (thirteen years ago)

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