Obama rocks
June 25th, 2008 by Wade Tatangelo in News
In case you needed one more reason to vote for the Democratic presidential contender check out Barack Obama’s iPod selections, which range from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan (yeah, Obama def has my vote) to Jay-Z and Ludacris to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, reports RollingStone.com.
Obama’s musical hero? Stevie Wonder. Works for me. Let’s get this man elected.
From RollingStone.com:
“If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder,” says Obama, who grew up on Seventies R&B and rock staples including Earth, Wind and Fire, Elton John and the Rolling Stones. “When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness’ First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life. Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we’ve ever seen.”
Wonder shares room on Obama’s iPod with “everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo Ma to Sheryl Crow,” he says. “And I have probably 30 Dylan songs on my iPod.” Though he’s partial to 1975’s Blood on the Tracks, “Maggie’s Farm” is “one of my favorites during the political season,” says Obama. “It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric.”
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