{"id":15289,"date":"2012-08-31T00:57:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T04:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=15289"},"modified":"2012-08-31T01:05:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T05:05:54","slug":"conventional-music-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/conventional-music-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Conventional Music: Rate the GOP&#8217;s Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P1bA89GdJEA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>I paid very little attention to the 2012 GOP Convention. I plan on paying about as little attention to the Democrats&#8217; upcoming pep rally as well. In the little bit I&#8217;ve watched, however, I have been attuned to the event&#8217;s musical references.<\/p>\n<p>The first night I only watched my adopted homeboy, New Jersey&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Chris Christie<\/strong>. He made a reference to <strong>The Boss<\/strong> within his opening sentence or two. <em>Mad props<\/em>\u2014and respect\u2014to the new Big Man for citing <em>Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/em> rather than a popular choice like either of the <em>Born&#8230;<\/em> albums. Man of the People and would-be popular guy Christie sure as hell wasn&#8217;t going to cite some loner critical darling like <em>Nebraska<\/em>. Good opening move by the Republicans, if you ask me: <strong>+8 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight I watched <strong>Clint Eastwood<\/strong> make threats against our President. I didn&#8217;t notice any music associated with his speech. The Clint of <em>Play Misty for Me<\/em> seemed long gone: <strong>-2 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Next I watched way too much of <strong>Mitt Romney<\/strong>&#8216;s speech. Politics aside, that guy bores me. It&#8217;s as if John Kerry came back to life a Republican. During the 40 minutes of fluff and 4th-rate SNL jokes I heard Mitt made some reference to his iPod playlist being better than running mate <strong>Paul Ryan<\/strong>&#8216;s. Something tells me a comparison of their playlists would not be a Clash of the Titans, nor even include a lame Clash song like &#8220;Should I Stay (or Should I Go).&#8221; The whole &#8220;playlist&#8221; thing gets on my nerves too: <strong>-7 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I did hear <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Man in the Mirror&#8221; playing while Mitt took the stage. I kind of like that song when the chorus kicks in, the way I kind of like &#8220;Kokomo.&#8221; I felt good for Michael. In the afterlife he has achieved acceptance as a white person: <strong>+4 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A friend on Facebook said that Romney also played <strong>James Brown<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Living in America.&#8221; Supposedly <strong>Al Sharpton<\/strong> was pissed about that. I&#8217;ve always thought Sharpton was an opportunistic fraud, and I always thought &#8220;Living in America&#8221; was an opportunistic, fraudulant JB record, so much so that it&#8217;s not worth worrying over: <strong>0 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What did I miss (musically)? Please rate the GOP Convention&#8217;s musical moments on a +\/-10-point scale. We will hold the Democrats to the same degree of scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I paid very little attention to the 2012 GOP Convention. I plan on paying about as little attention to the Democrats&#8217; upcoming pep rally as well. 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