Some of you may be too young to remember when Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in 1962. Heck, most of you are too young to remember it.
http://youtu.be/EqolSvoWNck
Well, today is the birthday of our 44th president. There is no Marilyn Monroe around to sing to him, but that doesn’t mean Barack Obama shouldn’t get a song. And that’s your task today. (Nobody told you there would be an assignment? You should always be ready for a surprise assignment!)
Who should sing to Barack Obama? And what should they sing?
Defy you by Offspring
somehow, the arrogant worms seem appropriate. http://youtu.be/L-28jAoTPFw
“Hit the Road, Jack.”
hmmm, maybe, who knows: http://youtu.be/JRxoC994QmU
Cornel West should sing “Smooth Criminal”
“We hate to see you… Go!”
The Fight Song by Sister Sin
The Red Army Choir of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxTbfeYdO0
“Goldfinger” by Shirley Bassey.
“Movin’ On Up” – theme song from “The Jeffersons”
Everybody should sing “Get Over It” a la The Eagles.
How Come You Do Me Like You Do (1928)
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deta5xl6cCM
Stalin singing David Bowie’s 1984.
Maybe Lenin singing Bowie’s Big Brother
From Black Flag’s Family Man, Long Lost Dog of it. Has the added bonus of being an instrumental, so states all of the nice things I can think of about the canine masticationist.
Oh come on! “Na na na na, hey hey hey, Good bye!”
FFJ forever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMu9PKWthLE
Cheers
@15 JMH – Ah… Florence Foster Jenkins – the Obama of sopranos
Johnny Cash (okay, zombie Johnny Cash) singing “Hurt.”
The Rolling Stones: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
Fishbone should play “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”