A “What’s on Barack Obama’s iPod” article? Come onnnnn, something embarrassing…
Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren’t musical acts in a summer concert series: They’re artists featured on Barack Obama’s iPod.
“I have pretty eclectic tastes,” the Democratic presidential contender said in an interview to be published in Friday’s issue of Rolling Stone.
Growing up in the ’70s, Obama said, he listened to the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Earth, Wind & Fire. Stevie Wonder is his musical hero from the era. The Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” tops his favorites from the band.
Aw come on, dude — Rolling Stones, Dylan, and Stevie Wonder? Where’s the token guilty pleasure admission?? And not some fake “oh my God I’m sooo embarrassed” guilty pleasure like Journey or The Cars or the song “Since U Been Gone” or something everyone likes, I mean a real, soul-revealing, humanizing, clinch-the-music-nerd-vote-with-your-honesty guilty pleasure.
Could you imagine if Obama was like, “I enjoy Earth Wind & Fire, Jay-Z, and you know what? I really feel like Billy Joel’s River of Dreams album got a bad rap. I don’t know, I just really kind of enjoy it.” Or, “I’ve been listening ‘Gimmie Shelter’ a lot lately, but I’ve also been hooked on ‘Long Way Down’ by the Goo Goo Dolls, it came on my Shuffle last week and I was like ‘whaaaat?’ but it really took me back, I don’t know, I kinda like it.”
I guess if we’ve learned anything from this article, we now know that Shuffling Toward the Weekend has disqualified all of us from running for president.
