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The time is nigh. The hour of reckoning is upon us… again. Elections 2010 and, as usual, politics is popular for a few weeks. This time perhaps even more so, given it’s on the telly.

Unfortunately we don’t have a British Barack Obama able to blend charisma and policy. We have a grumpy man with a creepy smirk, a posh man with a shiny chin and no upper lip, and a posh man who looks like a posh 12 year-old.

If you’re as confused as most people are about what each party actually stands for then visit www.votematch.org.uk and rock on down to the polling booths tomorrow.

TRACKS:

George Pringle – Fellini For Prime Minister

Burning Airlines – Election-Night Special

Radiohead – Electioneering

I felt a little guilty posting about something as trivial as a footballers collapsed transfer on a day when the whole world was tuning in to see a change in the Leader of The Free World. The truth is I wanted to let the news sink in a little and see how events unfolded before contributing my 2 cents. Besides, I had already expressed hope back in November and did not  need to parrot all the other well wishers.

I therefore had a few days to think over and my track selection for this post and was thinking of George W. Bush‘s “legacy” throughout.  I remember watching him get elected in 2000 and telling my friends it was going to seriously shape our 20′s (that turned out to be a huge understatement!). The guy seems like a decent bloke to go out for a beer (or seven) but I’m still not sure he was ever fit to run a country, let alone be the leader of one of the worlds last true super powers.  The Who‘s track ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ is therefore very apt in describing my feeling towards ALL politicians since then:

“I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution/Take a bow for the new revolution/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.”

I’m just hoping Pete Townshend‘s sentiment doesn’t apply to new president Barack Obama when he then concludes “meet the new boss, same as the old boss“. Hopefully the An Angle track “Change The World” will be a more fitting prediction for the next four years and beyond. We can only hope.

In this historic moment in our lives I look to the next four years with a big smile on my face. 2Pac was wrong after all when he said ‘We ain’t ready, to see a black President‘. Thank you America!

US Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have each revealed their ten favourite songs to Blender Magazine. I realise this post is a bit of a cop-out but the post I’ve been working on is taking a little longer than planned. Anyhow I thought this was an interesting insight even and there are a few gems picked by both though I’m sure both were revised a hundred times by million dollar PR teams. Enjoy.

Barack Obama‘s Top Ten:

The Fugees – Ready Or Not

Marvin Gaye – ‘What’s Going On’

Bruce Springsteen – ‘I’m On Fire’

The Rolling Stones -’Gimme Shelter’

Nina Simone – ‘Sinnerman’

Kanye West – ‘Touch The Sky’

Frank Sinatra – ‘You’d Be So Easy To Love’

Aretha Franklin – ‘Think’

U2 - ‘City of Blinding Lights’

will.i.am – ‘Yes We Can’

John McCain‘s top ten:

ABBA – ‘Dancing Queen’

Roy Orbison – ‘Blue Bayou’

ABBA - ‘Take A Chance On Me’

Merle Haggard – ‘If We Make It Through December’

Dooley Wilson – ‘As Time Goes By’

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

Louis Armstrong – ‘What A Wonderful World’

Frank Sinatra – ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’

Neil Diamond – ‘Sweet Caroline’

The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes