Blender Takes on the Big Issues for November; Obama and McCain List Their Top 10 Songs, But Who Fucking Cares?
By mattborda on 08-14-2008
In a move seemingly intended to further alienate the young people of the United States with taste and intellect, Blender magazine has decided to get to the deepest root of what matters in the current race for the U.S. throne.
No, they didn’t ask Obama why his campaign says he “had the judgment and courage to speak out against going to war” in 2002 while he continued to vote for measures that gave billions of dollars to “ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Nope, didn’t ask McCain to elaborate on the “policies” he apparently intends to use like a sprinkling of magical money-dust to bring about “a stronger economy, a stronger dollar and greater purchasing power for oil, gas and food” or if he sees how desperate he looks with his campaign’s transparent attempt to paint Obama as an aloof international celebrity.
Because who needs to talk about that stuff anyway?
Instead, Blender took this opportunity to speak with our potential future leaders to find out what everybody is dying to know. They called ’em up and asked “YOOO warm-daddy, whasson yo ‘Pod?” The resulting feature is a list of each candidate’s 10 favorite songs. (This, of course, coming after the editor-in-chief rejected the original pitch of having Dane Cook interview the candidates about whether they prefer J-Lo’s ass or Jessica Alba’s boobs.)
McCain’s top tunes includes a little country, a little rock ‘n’ roll, and 20% ABBA. Here we find a good serving of cheery songs about how fantastic everything is, from “Good Vibrations” to “What A Wonderful World” to “Sweet Caroline.” His absolute OMG fav though is “Dancing Queen.” Obama’s list has some songs about how fucked up everything is: “Gimme Shelter,” “What’s Going On,” U2’s “City of Blinding Lights,” – and a couple messages of hope -- Kanye’s “Touch the Sky” and will.i.am’s “Yes We Can.” Some completely surprising and unexpected choices here.
You can see the full list at NPR.com, but I suggest you don’t because it doesn’t fucking matter.
