Will.i.am and John Legend perform “Yes We Can”
For security reasons, I chose not to bring my iPod with me anywhere. To compensate for this self-imposed lack of tunes, I paid more attention to the songs played at the various events, mainly between speakers and underneath the announcer’s voice (who I swear announces for the Oscars). Below is the list of songs I heard that I can remember or that I consciously paid attention to. It also includes a few of the songs performed lives at both the Pepsi Center and Invesco field as well as my own additions that I feel are appropriate to the event. I do realize the rumor has it that there is an official CD of DNC ’08 music coming out soon, but this will have to do for now.
1) “Love Train” – The O’Jays {Played when Obama officially won the nomination Wed. night}
2) “Move on Up” – Curtis Mayfield {Invesco}
3) “Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin {Played when Bill Clinton walked on stage to give his speech Wed. night}
4) “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” – Stevie Wonder {Performed live by Stevie Wonder at Invesco Field}
5) “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am and John Legend {Performed live at Invesco Field}
6) “City of Blinding Lights” – U2 {Played when Joe Biden came out for his speech Wed. night}
7) “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind and Fire {Pepsi Center}
8 ) “Born in the USA” – Bruce Springsteen {Played before and after Obama’s speech at Invesco}
9) “Move Along” – The All American Rejects {Invesco}
10) “A Change Would Do You Good” – Sheryl Crow {Performed live at Invesco}
11) “This Love” – Maroon 5 {Pepsi Center}
12) “Eye of the Tiger” – Survivor {Played when a string of Admirals and Generals came on stage at the Pepsi Center}
13) “Come to My Window” – Melissa Etheridge {Performed live at the Pepsi Center}
14) “Same Thing” – Flobots {Headliners at the Tent Music Festival in Downtown Denver for the week}
15) “Guerilla Radio” – Rage Against the Machine {Headliners at the Tent Music Festival}
16) “Baditude” – David Spoon, Paul Harris and Obernik {Not really a DNC song, but I think it’s a wicked concept to describe Democrats}
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Any idea what song was played before/as Obama took the stage at Invesco for his big speech on the 28th? Only an instrumental portion was played, but I loved it and would love to track down what song and artist it was.
Garrett-
As far as I remember, Born in the USA was all that was played before Obama took the stage as well as when he left. Now that you mention it, I think there was an instrumental piece in their somewhere, but I think I was too emotionally involved in the moment and not paying attention. If I think of it though, I’ll let you know!
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