Ok, ok, this is not one of my usual anti-Iraq war, anti-Bush diaries. Please don't flame me for this! I'm in a celebratory mood, and I've come up with 20 songs I think are appropriate for tonight. Go ahead, crank your stereos or IPODs, and go ahead ADD your favorite election songs.
Top Twenty songs for Tuesday's Election (go ahead add to the list)
1. R.E.M.'s "It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)"
2. 10,000 Maniac's version of "Peace Train"
3. The Artist Formally Know as Prince's "Endorphinemachine" ("...lights, cameras make a scene/Endorpinemachine!!!")
4. Billy Bragg & Wilco's "All You Fascists" ("...I'm gonna tell all you fascists/you may be surprised/people all over this world are getting organized/You're bound to lose/You fascists were bound to lose..."
5. Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come" ("..I'm gonna get my share/what's mine/The Harder They Come/The Harder They Fall...")
6. The Cure's "Just Like Heaven"
7. David Lindley's version of "Twist & Shout"
8. Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers"
9. Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"
10. Green Day's "St. Jimmy"
11. "I Can See Clearly Now" (ANY version of this totally awesome song is cool with me, but oh, Johnny Nash's original is so, so sweet! "...It's gonna be a bright sunshiny day...")
12. John Mellencamp's "I'm Not Running Anymore"
13. The Lemonhead's "It's About Time"
14. Neil Young's "Peace & Love"
15. Republica's "Ready To Go"
16. Robert Palmer's "Woke Up Laughing" (a song actually for Wednesday morning!)
17. Son Volt's "Jet Pilot" (the most awesome song about our jackass president, "W". It should be listened to daily, like taking a vitamin.)
18. Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream"
19. The Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine"
20. and what George W. Bush will be singing (Zevon's "Lawyers Guns and Money" "...send lawyers, guns and money/dad, get me out of this!")