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Barack Obama’s Song?

By Larry Johnson on October 5, 2009 at 10:15 PM in Current Affairs

Okay boys and girls. Time to choose a song that best expresses Obama’s view of himself. The nominees are:

I Feel Pretty:

or

You’re So Vain:

or

You Light Up My Life:

or

??????

We’re open to more suggestions?

  • Country First

    I’d have to vote for #1: I feel pretty!

    • felizarte

      I Feel Pretty was also used with John Edwards and combing his hair. Obama and Edwards do belong together.

  • Tammy

    I think I have his(um her?) song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ3UwL97lb4

    • Tammy

      This is a song frong “Evita”.
      Just so you know…

  • DeeLee

    I’ve Got The World On A String (Tony Bennett)

    • DeeLee

      Correction: I’ve Got The World On A String (Frank Sinatra)

  • Jack

    Won’t Get Fooled Again, by The Who

    “Smile and grin at the change all around
    Pick up my guitar and play
    Just like yesterday
    Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
    We don’t get fooled again”

    • TeakWoodKite

      Are implying that he has “such a subtle wrist”?

      • lawnmower

        ah yes, pinball wizard… that deaf dumb and blind kid…

  • HARP
    • FranSC

      Of the three suggestions, “You’re So Vain” describes it for me and since I adore Carly Simon! Has Carly ever revealed who that song was written about? It has been a well guarded secret.

      But this is the song that I want to be 0′s ASAP!:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BqxccNMKrk

      • tango

        I don’t know if she ever directly confirmed it, hinted around the edges that it was true without specifically confirming it or if she has flat out denied it, but I heard the song is about Warren Beatty.

        • fif

          Also rumored to be about Mick Jagger.

      • makeji

        You’re So Vain was written for Warren Beatty.

  • Cindy

    “Hey, There, You With the Stars in Your Eyes”

  • Cindy

    “C’est Moi!” (Camelot)

    • Portia Elizabeth

      OOh, good one!

  • TeakWoodKite
    • HARP

      The Winner……chasing windmills indeed. Does this mean that Michelle is Dulcinea?

      • TeakWoodKite

        No just dul.

  • Onofre’s arm

    “Halo of Flies”–Alice Cooper

  • Docelder

    “I wanna talk about me” – Toby Keith

  • HARP
    • leslie

      perfect.

    • Masha

      My vote is for you.

  • Docelder

    Obama would prefer this one though, if we let him pick for us. He does know best for us after all… Land of Hope and Glory

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HbvOEHl4Y4

    • Docelder

      This one comes up for some reason on the sidebar of the land of hope and glory. The New American Anthem. He might just fancy this one as well. Kind of twisted, so it fits strangely enough. Strange days these are.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fkW4McKrzQ

  • annie

    I DID IT MY WAY.

    • inconsiderable wretch

      Yes, but only the Sid Vicious version sung by Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy. Frank Sinatra ‘s version is too wonderful to be degraded by association with this ne’er-do-well.

  • leslie

    WHAT DO THE SIMPLE FOLK DO ?

  • MrMike

    Phil Collins’ Land of Confusion remember the video with Reagan?

    • Docelder

      Yes, from back when MTV actually had music videos. That brings back to me some interesting memories while that video was playing on MTV. Which also reminds me, we need another Reagan right about now.

  • HARP

    An oldy from his church days.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtU3vUOa2sw

    • Docelder

      Yep, young people don’t remember what the second “s” of USSR stood for.

  • Tex-Mex Soup

    I’d go with

    My ding a ling

    • Lana

      Hahahahahaha!

  • barry bums a ciggie

    I think Debbie Boone’s ‘you light up my life’ is appropriate because it has the word “hope” in it.

    However, I think when he looks in the mirror, he practices Shaggy’s “It wasn’t me”.

    Rev Wright: You sat in that church for how long? It wasn’t me.

    Didn’t you start your career in Bill Ayers house? It wasn’t me.

    You hired all those tax cheats? It wasn’t me.

    You let a self proclaimed commie in the WH as a Czar? It wasn’t me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ4axo9rmJY

    • Ship out Obama

      Had McCain jumped on the opportunity and made an ad playing the song “How Long Has This Been Going On?” while showing Obama sitting in his church applauding Wright during his rants it may have been enough to finish off Obama.

    • Kristen-in-ohio

      “It wasn’t me” HA HA HA HA That is so hysterical! Good one!

  • leslie

    But where in the world
    Is there in the world
    A man so extraordinaire?

    “C’est Moi”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf32KOhf4AY

  • Onofre’s arm

    “Lies”–The Knickerbockers

  • r2d2

    I’m too sexy — Right Said Fred
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcbsy5SiCIo

    • ImaLlindatoo

      lol OMG

      • ~~JustMe~~

        LOL funny

    • SPSUZEE

      I do believe we have a winner!

    • From Tampa

      WINNER!!!!!!!!!!

      I’m too sexy is PERFECT for Obama.

    • MrX

      I was gonna post this! Perfect!

    • mountainaires

      Ha!! Too funny!

      It’s a close race for me between “I’m Too Sexy” and “You’re So Vain.”

  • ImaLlindatoo

    On your list, “You’re so Vain”

    Or,a new song

    “I’m A Loser”
    (Lennon/McCartney)

    I’m a loser
    I’m a loser
    And I’m not what I appear to be

    Of all the love I have won or have lost
    There is one love I should never have crossed
    She was a girl in a million, my friend
    I should have known she would win in the end

    I’m a loser
    And I lost someone who’s near to me
    I’m a loser
    And I’m not what I appear to be

    Although I laugh and I act like a clown
    Beneath this mask I am wearing a frown
    My tears are falling like rain from the sky
    Is it for her or myself that I cry

    I’m a loser
    And I lost someone who’s near to me
    I’m a loser
    And I’m not what I appear to be

    What have I done to deserve such a fate
    I realize I have left it too late
    And so it’s true, pride comes before a fall
    I’m telling you so that you won’t lose all

    I’m a loser
    And I lost someone who’s near to me
    I’m a loser
    And I’m not what I appear to be

  • http://firefox Martha Washington Collier

    Appropriately from “Chicago”

    Razzle Dazzle

    Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it
    And the reaction will be passionate
    Give ‘em the old hocus pocus
    Bread and feather ‘em
    How can they see with sequins in their eyes?
    Long as you keep ‘em way off balance
    How can they spot you got no talents?
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    And they’ll never catch wise!

    Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    Back since the days of old Methuselah
    Everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler

    Give ‘em the old
    Double whammy
    When you’re in trouble, go into your dance
    Though you are stiffer than a girder
    They let ya get away with a murder
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    Razzle dazzle ‘em
    And you’ve got a romance

    • ImaLlindatoo

      Wow, that’s too good!

    • leslie

      Ain’t it the truth!

      too too good.

    • Ellen D

      Perfect! The Jerry Orbach version.

    • rw

      This is it, this is his song. Great pick.

    • Kristen-in-ohio

      Razzle Dazzle- Good choice Martha!

    • fif

      “Everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler”

      Perfect!

    • creeper

      I was ready to go with “You’re So Vain” or Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies”

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=595_yOAyZi8

      till I read this comment.

      You’ve got my vote, MWC.

    • mountainaires

      Oh, I love that one, too!! :-) Good one!

  • imustprotest

    I think “You’re So Vain” is the one.

  • http://deleted BuzzisbackLatte

    Here’s one for Obots everywhere. Dear Leader is handing these out on a daily basis!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHLkLFJxaw

  • Hank

    George Strait sings a spanish song called “El Rey”.
    Meaning the King. The lyrics go something like this..

    “I have no throne nor queen/Nor anyone who understands me/But I continue being king.”

  • momule

    Showing my age here – but how about “I believe in you” from the movie “How to succeed in business without really trying”. Robert Morse was fantastic (and he sings it to his face in the mirror of the mens’ restroom!)

  • jwrjr

    Of the three, I vote for #1. For Ozero to pick “You Light Up My Life” it would have to be re-titled “I Light Up My Life”.

    • jwrjr

      If it is the one from “Camelot”, “C’est Moi” is also a good choice.

    • tango

      And maybe the flip side could the revised version titled “I light up YOUR life”.

  • Peggy Sue

    You’re So Vain, hands down. Only problem is I like that song. Turning it over to Obama will ruin it forever!

  • ~~JustMe~~
    • ~~JustMe~~

      Opps Lies Fleetwood Mac

  • http://liberalrapture.com/ John (from Liberal Rapture)

    I used You’re so Vain on my blog last night to make a point about Barry….an anonymous poster rewrote the lyrics…which i love:

    Well you flew Our Big Jet up to Copenhagen, you ran fourth to the Rising Sun

    Then you met with some General just to prove who is boss and shanked him on Air Force One

    Well you’re never where you should be and when you’re not you’re with some corrupted pol or you’re playing some b-ball, playing some b-ball, cause,

    You’re so vain, I bet you think this rhyme is about you, you’re so vain,
    The planets must revolve around you, don’t they, don’t they!!!!

    • FranSC

      John, I would love to hear those lyrics sung to the ‘You’re So Vain’ music. Fred Landau does parody lyrics and vocal – maybe you should send those lyrics to him. Landau did this great one about Gov Sanford:

      shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFeLTchV8cung!

    • Lana

      This is fabulous!!

  • ~~JustMe~~

    Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx3g_sOiOb8

  • http://www.sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    It’s gotta be King of Pain!! (the Police)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqBO_65Ih4g

    Or, if you prefer the ridiculousness angle: De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (the Police)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SojAZ0X1e0&feature=related

  • Scout

    Someday it will be:

    Nowhere Man (The Beatles)

  • TeakWoodKite

    “Big Time” Peter Gabriel.

    Although, the bass lines are WAY out of BO’s league.

    My parties all have big names
    And I greet them with the widest smile
    Tell them how my life is one big adventure^
    And always theyre amazed
    When I show them round my house, to my bed
    I had it made like a mountain range
    With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
    And my heaven will be a big heaven
    And I will walk through the front door

    • http://www.sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

      LOL! Great one!

  • Docelder

    Billy Joel – Big Shot… This is kind of therapeutic.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5cuXFvPTY8

  • http://www.sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    Never thought there would be a good use for this song, but how about American Idiot?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2BwBiaSvNQ

  • http://deleted BuzzisbackLatte
    • ~~JustMe~~

      LOL Buzz I was going to add that and realized it was
      Obamas view of himself. Fits so well ;)

    • Hank

      I like it, Jack Squat..It reminded me of the Saturday Night Live skit.

    • FranSC

      Buzz, that just about sums it up. I like it!

  • Ship out Obama

    The mystery of who the song “You’re So Vain” was about has finally been solved. Simon must have met Obama when he was 10; she is way ahead of us all.

  • rw

    “I Feel Pretty”…

    Also, Jewel’s “Serve the Ego”

    Mirror Mirror
    Do you like what you see?
    I’ll dance for you
    And you’ll dance for me.
    …….
    Chorus:
    Underneath the disco light
    Everybody’s feeling alright
    Get on your hands and knees
    And praise the new deity
    Serve the ego, serve the ego

  • Enough Odrama

    Living Colour – Cult Of Personality
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5SVDYBNrY

    (I skipped some lines to shorten the post)

    Look in my eyes, what do you see?
    the Cult of Personality
    I know your anger, I know your dreams
    I’ve been everything you wanna be ohhh…
    I’m the Cult of Personality

    Like Mussolini and Kennedy
    I’m the Cult of Personality

    I sell the things you need to be
    I’m the smiling face of your T.V. ohh…
    I’m the Cult of Personality

    I exploit you; still you love me
    I tell you one and one makes three ohh…
    I’m the Cult of Personality

    Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi ohh…
    I’m the Cult of Personality

    You gave me fortune, you gave me fame
    You gave me power in your God’s name
    I’m every person you need to be ohh…
    I’m, the, Cult, of, Per, Son, Al, Ity

    • oowawa

      Many of the songs mentioned here are good choices, but this one really nails it. Excellent, Enough Odrama.

      • Obama: Dubya 2 Electric Boogaloo

        Yep. Living Color’s Cult of Personality nails Obama.

  • http://me414.wordpress.com/ Mary Ellen (Nunly)

    I have to say that it would be You’re so Vain.

    You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
    Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
    Your scarf it was apricot
    You had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
    And all the girls dreamed that they’d be your partner
    They’d be your partner, and…

    Yup, all those Obaot chicks (and Chris “tingle up my leg” Matthews) dreaming of being Obama’s girl…perfect.

  • proud mobster

    I like the song — ITS MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO

  • proud mobster

    I like the song — ITS MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO. My other favorite for Obama is I’VE GOTTA BE ME

  • proud mobster

    How about that old Depression song BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME

  • proud mobster

    My favorite song after the Republican landslide in 10 is THE PARTY’S OVER

  • BlueTopaz

    “Money Talks” by the KINKS

  • http://www.syd4.blogspot.com SYD

    #2. Beyond a doubt.

    And this one’s gonna stick:

    http://syd4.blogspot.com/2009/10/george-will-on-abc-hes-so-vain-he.html

  • J.J. (The PUMA)

    Here is one for Barack and Michelle,

    We are the Champions…….of the World.

    • Enough Odrama

      So true.

  • Diana L. C.

    I like all these suggestions, but I have to go with my generation and be a little serious about this. So, I think about the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.”

    Please allow me to introduce myself
    Im a man of wealth and taste
    Ive been around for a long, long year
    Stole many a mans soul and faith
    And I was round when jesus christ
    Had his moment of doubt and pain
    Made damn sure that pilate
    Washed his hands and sealed his fate
    Pleased to meet you
    Hope you guess my name
    But whats puzzling you
    Is the nature of my game
    I stuck around st. petersburg
    When I saw it was a time for a change
    Killed the czar and his ministers
    Anastasia screamed in vain
    I rode a tank
    Held a generals rank
    When the blitzkrieg raged
    And the bodies stank
    Pleased to meet you
    Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
    Ah, whats puzzling you
    Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
    I watched with glee
    While your kings and queens
    Fought for ten decades
    For the gods they made
    I shouted out,
    Who killed the kennedys?
    When after all
    It was you and me
    Let me please introduce myself
    Im a man of wealth and taste
    And I laid traps for troubadours
    Who get killed before they reached bombay
    Pleased to meet you
    Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
    But whats puzzling you
    Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
    Pleased to meet you
    Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
    But whats confusing you
    Is just the nature of my game
    Just as every cop is a criminal
    And all the sinners saints
    As heads is tails
    Just call me lucifer
    cause Im in need of some restraint
    So if you meet me
    Have some courtesy
    Have some sympathy, and some taste
    Use all your well-learned politesse
    Or Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah
    Pleased to meet you
    Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
    But whats puzzling you
    Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
    Woo, who
    Oh yeah, get on down
    Oh yeah
    Oh yeah!
    Tell me baby, whats my name
    Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
    Tell me baby, whats my name
    I tell you one time, youre to blame

    • FLDemFem

      Nah, the spirit of the song is right, but there is no way Obummer is going to get off his ass and do that much work..starting revolutions is work, so is war. Work isn’t something Obummer seems to feel comfortable doing. Say what you will about the devil, the guy works hard for his souls. Obummer, not so much.

      • FranSC

        FLDem, I agree. B0 is allergic to the heavy lifting. His idea of success is to swoop in at the end, steal the credit and take the bows. At least that is what was reported from his IL legislature buds and what I have observed so far.

    • J.J. (The P.U.M.A.)

      I’m finishing up reading “Left Behind”, and am convinced Obama is NOT the anti-Christ.

      1. Everybody said the anti-Christ came across as modest.

      2. The anti-Christ would have gotten the world to give Chicago the Olympics.

      My next book is “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.

  • HARP
    • barry bums a ciggie

      LOL, he looks scary!

  • Katmoon

    Ferd had suggested this one awhile back, so I’ll add it

    Mirror in the Bathroom-The English Beat

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE

    Lyrics:
    rror in the bathroom
    please talk free
    The door is locked
    just you and me.
    Can I take you to a restaurant
    that’s got glass tables
    You can watch yourself
    while you are eating.
    Mirror in the bathroom
    I just can’t stop it,
    Every Saturday you see me
    window shopping.
    Find no interest in the
    racks and shelves
    Just a thousand reflections
    of my own sweet self, self, self…
    Mirror in the bathroom
    You’re my mirror in the bathroom
    You’re my mirror in the bathroom
    You’re my mirror in the bathroom…
    Mirror in the bathroom
    recompense
    For all my crimes
    of self defense.
    Cures you whisper
    make no sense
    Drift gently into
    mental illness.
    Mirror in the bathroom
    please talk free
    The door is locked
    just you and me.
    Can I take you to a restaurant
    that’s got glass tables
    You can watch yourself
    while you are eating.
    Mirror in the bathroom
    Mirror in the bathroom…

  • Ladydawnelle

    Bambi’s theme? How about

    Tear the Roof OFF the SUCKER

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtoyXkpHCM

  • tarma

    Musetta’s Waltz, from La Boheme:

    When I walk alone in the street
    People stop and stare at me
    And everyone looks at my beauty,
    Looks at me,
    From head to foot…
    And then I relish the sly yearning
    which escapes from their eyes
    and which is able to perceive
    my most hidden beauties.
    Thus the scent of desire is all around me,
    and it makes me happy, makes me happy!
    And you who know, who remember and yearn
    you shrink from me?
    I know it very well:
    you do not want to express your anguish,
    I know so well that you do not want to express it
    but you feel as if you are dying!

  • hc123

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonjjp1w8-Q

    “The Messiah”, obviously.

  • Doc99

    I’m going with Cult of Personality.

  • jjsmoof

    “I Touch Myself” by the Dyvinals

    • Obama: Dubya 2 Electric Boogaloo

      I think that might be the Mark Sanford song…

  • hokma

    Obama’s morning exercise is to wake up, stare in the mirror and sing:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00M1BDtC-jo

  • fif

    Oh, “You’re So Vain!” No contest.

  • oowawa

    Well, here are a couple of verses from a song called “King of Everything” (by metal band “Anarchy Club”):

    I am the king of everything
    and I do as I please
    I walk on clouds before the crowds
    and bring them to their knees
    A child of Heaven and of Earth
    The one and only son
    My staff in hand I rule the land
    I’ve only just begun

    Bring on your armies and your gods
    I’ll kill them one by one
    It’s all a game and just the same
    I’m only having fun
    Behind a water curtain
    sitting on my mighty throne
    a child of Heaven and of Earth
    The great sage born of stone

    I am the king of everything
    As strong as I am proud
    With staff in hand I rule the land
    atop a mighty cloud
    I am divine, revealed in time
    Immortal and eternal
    The wrath of God, they all applaud
    my fire-eyed inferno

    I’m walking on the sky For all to see
    I know the secret of eternity
    Make all the devils cry and angels sing
    Because I am the king of everything

    Ahem and amen and mmmm mmm mm:

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WkA8USJcfPw/SRe_mN92OZI/AAAAAAAAAPc/YocsAhTCT5M/s1600-h/Untitled-1.jpg

  • oowawa

    Administrator: Lost one to the Almighty Spam Filter. Please redeem. Thank you.

  • Sandy

    CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE-FRANK SINATRA or AIN’T THAT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO

  • LJPdeZ

    The Best by Tina Turner
    “You come to me, give me everything I need.
    Give me a lifetime of promises and a lifetime of dreams.
    Speak the language of love like you know what it means.
    It can’t be wrong,
    Take my heart and make it strong, Babe.
    You’re simply the best, better than all the rest,
    better than anyone, anyone I ever met,
    I’m stuck on you hard, I hang on every word you say.
    Tear us apart, Baby, I would rather be dead.
    In your heart I see the start of every night and every day; in your eyes I get lost, I get washed away….”

  • http://noquarter foxyladi14

    oh.lord it.s hard to be humble.
    the candy man

  • KR

    This is fitting for the Obots about BO
    Smiling Faces, Sometimes / Undisputed Truth

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84Ctl7rL34

  • Ferd Berfle

    Why, That One’s The Muffin Man by Frank Zappa

    Girl you thought he was a man
    But he was a muffin
    He hung around till you found
    That he didnt know nuthin

    Girl you thought he was a man
    But he only was a-puffin
    No cries is heard in the night
    As a result of him stuffin

  • makeji

    There’s a song from the musical HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING – which fits Obama perfectly even without this song. Please note that the main character – J. Pierpont Finch sang it to himself while looking in a mirror. It’s called “I Believe in You.”

    Now there you are.
    Yes, there’s that face.
    That face that somehow I trust.
    It may embrace you, too.
    Here me say it.
    But say it I must,
    Say it I must

    You have the cool clear
    Eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth,

    Yet, there’s that up turned chin
    And the grin of impetuous youth.

    Oh, I believe in you,
    I believe in you.

    I hear the sound of good
    Solid judgment whenever you talk.

    Yet, there’s the bold, brave spring
    Of the tiger that quickens your walk.
    (roar, roar!)

    Oh, I believe in you,
    I believe in you.

    And when my faith in my fellow man
    Oh but falls apart,
    I’ve but to feel your hand grasping mine
    And I take heart,
    I take heart.

    To see the cool clear
    Eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth,

    Yet with the slam, bang, tang
    Reminiscent of gin and vermouth.

    Oh, I believe in you,
    I believe in you.

    This could be the rest of us:

    MALE ENSEMBLE:
    Gotta stop that man.
    Gotta stop that man.

    Or he’ll stop me.

    Big will, big beaver
    For we won’t live in front of this fever

    Gotta stop, gotta stop.
    Gotta stop that man.

    FINCH:
    Oh, I believe in you…

    COMPANY:
    Don’t let it be such a hero

    FINCH:
    (ha, ha, ha)
    You…
    (ha, ha, ha)
    You…
    You!

    COMPANY:
    Gotta stop that man!
    Gotta stop him!
    Stop that man!
    Gotta stop him!
    Gotta stop that man!

    You’ve got the cool clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth.
    And there’s that upturned chin and that grin of impeccable youth.
    Oh, I believe in you. I believe in you.

  • Southern

    The perfect song for Obama is “You’re So Vain”. It is great because the name of the song describes him along with the lyrics.

    It’s also perfect because across the generations, people “know” the song.

    Many of the songs suggested are not familiar to all of us.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fev20voMc Fred

    Only Obama could surpass Manilow’s love for himself.

  • ForMySons
  • Sassy

    Rats, sorry I missed the contest!
    My entry would be an old “doo-wop” song:

    You’ve Got Personality

    Cause you’ve got person-ality, person-ality
    Personality, walk, personality
    Personality, talk, personality
    Plus you’ve got a great, big smile
    So over and over, I’ll be a fool for you
    So over and over, what more can I do?

  • Andrew P

    Obama’s view of himself? First person, here and now, I vote for the old Sam & Dave song, I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down.

    Simple though love is, still it confused me
    Why I’m not loved the way I should be.

  • jwrjr

    The perfect music to describe Obama? I’m surprised that nobody has suggested:

    The Imperial March (Star Wars, etc.)

  • Judy

    Obama’s view on himself??? “You Are So Beautiful” -You are so beautiful to me
    You are so beautiful to me
    Can’t you see
    Your everything I hoped for
    Your everything I need
    You are so beautiful to me

    Such joy and happiness you bring
    Such joy and happiness you bring
    Like a dream
    A guiding light that shines in the night
    Heavens gift to me
    You are so beautiful to me

    My song to Obama?
    “A Farewell To Kings” by Rush

    When they turn the pages of history
    When these days have passed long ago
    Will they read of us with sadness
    For the seeds that we let grow?
    We turned our gaze
    From the castles in the distance
    Eyes cast down
    On the path of least resistance

    Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
    Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
    Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise
    Beating down the multitude and
    Scoffing at the wise

    The hypocrites are slandering
    The sacred Halls of Truth
    Ancient nobles showering
    Their bitterness on youth
    Can’t we find the minds that made us strong?
    Can’t we learn to feel what’s right
    And what’s wrong?
    What’s wrong?

    Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
    Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
    Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise
    Beating down the multitude and
    Scoffing at the wise
    Can’t we raise our eyes and make a start?
    Can’t we find the minds to lead us
    Closer to the heart?