The New York Daily News recently challenged their readers to suggest campaign theme songs for both Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani and here are some of their choices:
Clinton
Pro: "I Am Woman" (Helen Reddy), "You've Got A Friend" (Roberta Flack version), "Bring The Boys Home" (Freda Payne), "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Twisted Sister), "Just in Time" (no particular singer)...
Con: "The Bitch Is Back" (Elton John), "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Queen)...
Giuliani
Pro: "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (Blues Magoos), "I'm Gonna Win" (Foreigner), "My Way" (Frank Sinatra)...
Con: "The Howdy Doody Song"...
Either
Pro: "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) (AC/DC)...
Con: "I'm A Loser" (Beatles)...
The candidates take campaign theme songs seriously. Bill Clinton won the White House with "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac. George W. Bush switched to Billy Ray Cyrus' "We The People" after Tom Petty and John Mellancamp ordered his campaign to stop using their songs. An expert from Baruch College, Doug Muzzio says "the music, in a sense, crystallizes the campaign theme. Countless hours go into testing it with focus groups but the bottom line is who the hell knows how much effect it has on the votes?"...
Hillary Clinton takes it seriously and claims more than 60,000 votes have been cast and the top contenders are: U2's "City Of Blinding Lights", KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" and Smash Mouth's cover of the Monkees' "I'm A Believer". Giuliani doesn't take it seriously and hasn't asked for anybody's help in choosing a theme song. How about getting Sanjaya to record the theme song from "Rudy"? Sanjaya's not busy these days...
My thanks to Corky Siemaszko of the New York Daily News for his information...
10 Timeline Memories...
- 1881] I am woman hear me roar: Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross (and then starts a candy company)...
- 1891] It finally ends: Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a 61-round draw. Both fighters complain about fatigue after the first 50 rounds...1999] After 19 years of futility, Susan Lucci, star of "All My Children" finally wins a Daytime Emmy Award for 'Best Actress'. Okay soap fans, I'll wait while you get a box of Kleenex. Ready?: here's a clip of Susan winning her Emmy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJKHiij5Kz4 ...
- 1927] Lucky Lindy: Charles A. Lindbergh lands his "Spirit of St. Louis" near Paris completing the 1st solo flight across the Atlantic...
- 1945] Wedding Bells: 46-year old Humphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall, less than half his age. They met while co-starring in "To Have And Have Not" and stay married until Bogey's death in 1957...
- 1968] Buried at sea: The nuclear powered U.S. submarine Scorpion with 99 men aboard is heard from for the last time. The remains of the sub are later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores...
- 1977] Rounding second and headed for third: Seattle Slew wins the Preakness and will become the 1st of 2 consecutive Triple Crown winners (Affirmed wins in 1978 and is the last Triple Crown winner) when he wins the Belmont Stakes in June...
- 1979] Lord Stanley's Cup: Montreal wins their 4th straight Stanley Cup when they beat the Rangers in 5 games...1981] The Islanders win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup thanks to Butch Goring's 2 goals that help the Isles beat Minnesota...
- 1979] Guilty as charged: Former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White is convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk. Believe it or not, White uses the "Twinkie" defense, claiming that junk food fueled his rampage...
- 1981] A matchup made in college baseball heaven: In what's billed as the greatest college pitching duel ever, Yale's Ron Darling and St. John's Frank Viola match zeroes through 11 innings. Darling had a no-hitter while striking out 16 after 11 but Yale loses the game 1-0 on a scratch single, 2 steals and an error in the 12th inning. This was the 1st round of the NCAA playoffs...
- 1990] Bob Newhart closes out his "Newhart" series by waking up with Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) and realizing that his new series about his life as an innkeeper was a dream. It's the final 1st run episode of "Newhart" after 8 seasons...
Music Memories:
- 1955] Recorded on this date: Chess Records new artist Chuck Berry records his 1st single, "Ida Red". During the session Leonard Chess changes the title to "Maybelline" and here's Chuck doing it live on a TV appearance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGgObQR_a9c ...
- 1969] Bed-in: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin a 10-day 'bed-in' in Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel...
- 1971] Released on this date: "Ram" LP - Paul McCartney...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
Congratulations: Christian Wayland, named General Sales Manager of WHDH-TV, channel 7 Boston, an NBC affiliate. If that last name looks familiar to members of the WRKO family, Christian is a nephew of Bill Wayland...Another member of the WRKO family, Frank Kingston Smith a.k.a. Bobby Mitchell attended funeral services for Bill Todd in suburban Phoenix and files this report: "They ran a loop of music and included some airchecks. Damn he was good, (when they let people do personality). Many pictures with and without long hair, mustache, beard, etc. A copy of the 3rd (WRKO) anniversary group photo was framed. Were we ever that young? I was 27 and Bill was 23. Tina (Bill's wife) is a sweet lady." Frank's closing comment: "Only the good die young." Bill was in his early 60's. R.I.P. Johnny Williams (the name Bill used in Boston)..."Happy Trails" to Gus Saunders of Newton (MA) who passed away on May 14th at 85. Gus, a Harvard grad was a Boston TV and radio personality and former Herald restaurant critic who also did a cooking show on WMEX, WNAC AM/TV, WCOP, and WROL. Gus is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Lisa (Cuddy on "House") Edelstein (40), Judge Reinhold (50), Mr. T, a.k.a. Lawrence Tero Tureaud (55), Al Franken (56), Leo Sayer (59) and Ronnie Isley (66) the lead singer of the Isley Brothers. Here's a 1959 video clip of the brothers doing "Shout!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I&mode=related&search= ...
Timeline Countdown: 7 days until Memorial Day and 19 days until the Belmont Stakes...
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