Yes, I know, I'm a junkie

[tahnan]

For ten points, what do the following songs have in common?

• "No Retreat, No Surrender", Bruce Springsteen


• "Johnny B. Goode", Chuck Berry


• "Won't Back Down", Tom Petty


• "Simply the Best", Tina Turner


• "Closer to Free", Bodeans


• "Young American", David Bowie


• "Elevation", U2


• "All Right Now", Free

Comments

[lilisonna.livejournal.com]

They've all been played at the DNC.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

That's not a bad soundtrack. I wonder what the Republicans will be playing.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

They're all being played at the DNC?

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

For those who thought "played at the DNC", it's actually a little more specific: they're the songs that played as John Kerry got off the boat and greeted the crowd upon his arrival in Boston today.

[cnoocy]

Many of those have showed up at the DNC, too. Did you notice that Bill Clinton got "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac? Put a tear in my eye thinking about '92.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

I did indeed notice. The theme music at the DNC has been a little haphazard: the fifty-something California representative who got surfing music; the woman who got "Spill the Wine", not what I think of as political music.

On the other hand, "Mole, digging in a hole..." just doesn't make me think "John Kerry", so.

[temvald.livejournal.com]

huh. i was going to say 'they're the songs that i just listened to get played over and over while i stood out in the damp for three and a half hours.' but then i realized that you didn't have 'break on through', 'beautiful day', or 'mrs. robinson'.

[mildmannered.livejournal.com]

I believe they also played "Hey Ya" as the boat approached.

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