Romney's playlist. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen%20...%20bled=false Interesting.
To me, it's good. An indication that Romney is unsatisfied, questing, restless, not at all the smug self-satisfied guy who thinks he has all the answers. If he is elected, there might be a surprise in store for those who vote for him. Which would be good too. If it happens, which it probably won't.
Wonder what one could infer about me by my own playlist, if I had one, which I don't. There are a pile of CDs in the truck console. Some of which I hate, such as somebody's own mix of rap songs ripped from commercial CDs (it was thrown away and I picked it up off the street; the previous owner had the right idea but I haven't bothered yet; keep it around to play when I'm driving with someone I don't like). There is some Andrew Lloyd Webber, some Cajun and Zydeco, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Billy Joel, Springsteen, choral and opera CDs. Like what I eat, what I listen to is dictated by what I find on sale cheap, so there's an unreliability about inferring too much from a pile of CDs. The Jimmy Dale Gilmore is the only CD I went looking for.
Some of what was on Romney's list would be on mine too. Loved the songs of "O, Brother, Where Art Thou" and "the Soggy Bottom Boys."
BTW, there was ONE song in that movie that was sung by the actor who was performing it. Can you name it? Can you name the actor?
For the hell of it, I'm going to put together my own playlist and encourage y'all to post yours too. Let's play "Match up to Mitt."
1. Cyndi Lauper, Girls just want to have fun.
2. Cyndi Lauper, She Bops.
3. The Eagles, Desparado.
4. Springsteen, Born to run.
5. Springsteen, This gun's for hire.
6. Conquistador. Don't remember who performs it.
7. Doris Day, Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
8. Doris Day, Secret Love.
9. More Doris Day.
10. Leonard Cohen, If it be your will
11. Leonard Cohen, Take this waltz.
12. Leonard Cohen, The partisan.
13. Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Story of you.
14. Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune.
15. Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
16. Billy Joel, I didn't start the fire.
17. Billy Joel, Innocent man.
18. Billy Joel, Matter of trust.
19. Andrew Lloyd Webber, No matter what they say.
20. Johnny Cash, I walk the line.
And so on. I'd add more Gilmore, some Cajun, some Celtic. Maybe some 50s R&R.
Romney does come across as irritatingly smug and self-satisfied, doesn't he? Case in point this weekend when he portrayed himself as some kind of economic whiz and Obama as an economic newbie or wannabe.
ReplyDeleteIf Romney has any particular genius in any way except tenacity for running for president, it has not shown itself, either in his record of public service or in the corner office of the investment banking firm where he works.
Snake oil. And presidents do not control oil prices or even the economy, though they are in position to influence it.
I want a candidate who admits he (or she) does not have all the answers. To claim otherwise is to be a liar or a fool.
"Come; let us reason together" is a far better line than "I know what to do so elect me."
And btw my own songlist would be right for a politician, wouldn't it? Gotta have "I am an innocent man," "A matter of truth," and "I walk the line."
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