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18 October 2005

If you were president.... what song would you pick to replace "Hail to the Chief?"

I like the Kill Bill theme meself....what say ye?
post by: bunnyfire at: 21:10 | 37 comments
Either "Gonna Fly Now," or "I Stand Tall" by the Dictators.
posted by jonmc 18 October | 21:12
or maybe even "Don't Stop Believin'" No joke.
posted by jonmc 18 October | 21:13
The Imperial March.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 18 October | 21:15
That clown music that everybody knows.
posted by Peak Oil 18 October | 21:16
"Hail to the Chief" gets replaced by the "Baby Elephant Walk", and the National Anthem gets axed for "Get Up, Stand Up" by the Wailers.
posted by bmarkey 18 October | 21:18
I'm going to go with either "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" (which I think is what bunnyfire means by the Kill Bill theme) or "Smoke and Mirros" from RJD2. Good songs, and the titles are appropriate.

If Arnold were ever to become President through some strange turn of events, he should of course use "Anvil of Crom". And wear furs and a giant sword. And brood on a massive throne of stone.

Yeah.
posted by selfnoise 18 October | 21:24
The 'Grape Ape' theme.
posted by box 18 October | 21:26
Indeed, selfnoise, I did indeed have "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" in mind.

Rocks, it does.
posted by bunnyfire 18 October | 21:36
Ben Folds Five- "Kate"
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 October | 21:36
iron man
posted by joelf 18 October | 21:38
Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home, a little place of their own.
The Fletcher Memorial
Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings.
...
posted by dg 18 October | 22:10
"I Just Want to Have Something to Do" by the Ramones. And the Presidential seal would be remade into a parody of the Ramones seal.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 18 October | 22:11
Loony Tunes Theme
posted by quonsar 18 October | 22:20
Although these are all great (I especially like Iron Man), if we 'mercans were smart, we'd legislate in a non-imposing-type song, to be played whenever the prez, whomever he (or she) might be in the future had to enter a room, the better to take him (or her) down a peg and remind him (or her) that he (or she) serves at the will of the people, and should not start taking on any imperialistic airs.

The Barney Theme comes to mind. Or, say, Mr. Rogers' "Hello, Neighbor!" ditty.
posted by yhbc 18 October | 22:23
Or, heck, the Loony Tunes Theme.
posted by yhbc 18 October | 22:23
“Don’t Bet Your Money on de Shanghai”. I’d want Vincent D’Onofrio to sing and dance through the number as he did on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
posted by Smart Dalek 18 October | 22:29
Oh, yeah–I’d also want the Ramones’ “Howlin’ at the Moon” for my campaign song.
posted by Smart Dalek 18 October | 22:31
Whenever I enter a room, I always imagine either "Whoomp, There It Is" playing, or "Poor Little Fool", depending on my mood at the time.
posted by mr_crash_davis 18 October | 22:32
"Baby Elephant Walk" (warning - midi) is imposing?
posted by bmarkey 18 October | 22:34
Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangsta by the Ghetto Boys. But they might have to remix it with a heavier bassline and more swearing. And take out that stuff about finding your way by following the Lord.

Or Natural One by Folk Implosion but then you'd have to funky dance through part of it and that might seem a little silly after the second time. Or first time.

I'd also play War by Bob Marley alot just because its a good reminder.
posted by fenriq 18 October | 23:33
Dreamer's Disease (You Only Get What You Give)--New Radicals
posted by amberglow 19 October | 00:06
Narcissus by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, played on an out of tune upright piano with built-in brass candle holders. The performer would always be the oldest white-haired piano teacher available.

Te-dum, te-dum, te-dummity-dum-da-dum....
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 October | 00:17
Flashlight by P-Funk. And just as the "everybody's got a little light ..." part was echoing out, I'd rise up through a hole in the floor. There'd be smoke and stuff. I'd wear a James Brown cape. It would be awesome.
posted by jrossi4r 19 October | 00:27
"Behold the Lord High Executioner" from The Mikado.

Or should we play that for Abu Gonzales?
posted by orthogonality 19 October | 00:31
The Lone Ranger theme.
posted by eekacat 19 October | 01:31
anything by Wagner
posted by matteo 19 October | 01:33
Well, if Christine McVie's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" was Clinton's theme, she has one for this administration as well.
posted by George_Spiggott 19 October | 02:02
It's raining men.
For the sheer comedy value of it.
posted by seanyboy 19 October | 02:53
Last in Line For The Gang Bang by GG Allin
posted by dodgygeezer 19 October | 05:49
one of the following:

1. Yakkety Sax (that song from Benny Hill. good luck getting it out of your head, now.)

2. When the Merry Go Round Goes Down (looney tunes)

3. circus music.

4. Dead Kennedys: Kill The Poor
posted by shmegegge 19 October | 07:39
ooh! or the theme from Alfred Hithcock Presents!
posted by shmegegge 19 October | 07:40
"I'm the Man" Joe Jackson
"Momma Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J
"Captain America" moe.
"A Chicken with its Head Cut Off" Magnetic Fields
"Frankenstein" Edgar Winter Group
"Let's Stay Together" Al Green
"All Possibilities" Badly Drawn Boy
"Baby, We Better Try To Get It Together" Barrry White
"Brokenhearted Savior" Big Head Todd & the Monsters
"Get Up, Stand Up" Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Speak As One" Boxing Ghandis
"Butterfucker" Butter 08
"We Love Our Lawyers" Cibo Matto
"Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode
"Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)" Elvis Costello
"Waitin For A Superman" Flaming Lips
"Brokedown Palace" Grateful Dead
"Running on Empty" Jackson Browne
"Hello in There" John Prine
"Great Expectations" Jurassic 5
"Black Messiah" The Kinks
"Creeps Like Me" Lyle Lovett
"Try a Little Tenderness" Otis Redding
"Who Am I" Peace Orchestra
"Sabotage" Beastie Boys
"The Bourgeois Blues" Leadbelly
"Just Another Brother" Us3
posted by terrapin 19 October | 08:43
Good America: People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul by James Brown. (all nine minutes, Scorpio-ah, a radio dj in New Orleans always used to announce this song by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our national anthem." For one second each time it happened I was in a better world.)


Actual America: Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon.
posted by Divine_Wino 19 October | 09:58
Black Clouds are raining blood on me - Warhammer 48k
posted by Schyler523 19 October | 10:53
The Washington Post March
posted by Hugh Janus 19 October | 11:31
Try the Imperial March.
posted by nyterrant 19 October | 15:20
The theme from The Rock.
posted by stilicho 19 October | 23:00
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