Your Choice: What Future Do You Want?

Side A
Artist Song
Sixto Rodrfguez  This is Not a Song, It's an Outburst (Establishment Blues) (1970) 
Barry Mcguire  Eve of Destruction (1965 #1) 
James McMurtry  Cheney's Toy (2008) 
The Thrills  You Can't Fool Old Frie nds With Limousines (2004) 
George Baker Sel ection  Paloma Blanca (1975) 
F=sforo  Cumbia de Obama (2008) 
Timmy Thomas  Why Can't We Live Together (1973, #3) 
Patti Smith  People Have the Power (1988) 
Extreme  When I'm President (1990) 
Rusty Warren  Rusty for President (1961) 
Dave Brubeck (with Louis Armstrong)  The Real Ambassador (1961) 
Randy Newman  Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) (1974) 
Rich ard Thompson  Dad's Gonna Kil l Me (2007) 
Todd Snider  Conservative Right-Wing Republican Males (2004) 
Tower of Power  Only So Much Oil In the Ground (1975) 
The Impressions  This Is My Country (1968) 
Solomon Burke  None of Us Are Free (1974) 
Billy Preston  Little Black Boys and Girls (2002) 
Jewel  Stand (2003) 
Stevie Wonder  Heaven Help Us All (1970, #9) 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Roy Harper  The Monster (2000) 
Bob Dylan  The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964) 
John Prine  Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore (1971) 
Kris Kristofferson  In The News (2006) 
The Les Humphries Singers  Love One Another (1973) 
Jim Boggia  Live The Proof (2005) 
The Isley Brothers  Fight the Power (parts 1 & 2) (1975, #4) 
Merry Clayton  Gimme Shelter (2001) 
The Moody Blues  Question (1970, #21) 
Electric Light Orchestra  New World Rising (1974) 
Tish Hinojosa  Yesterday's Paper (1994) 
Marvin Gaye  What's Going On (Original Detroit Mix) (1971 #2) 
Nina Simone  To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1970 #76) 
Bob Marley  Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live in London, 1975) 
Paula Webb  Please, Mr. President (1975 #60) 
Rodney Crowell  The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design (2008) 
Jefferson Airplane  Volunteers (1969 #65) 
The Lovin' Spoonful  Revelation: Revolution '69 (1968) 
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros  Redemption Song (2003) 
Tom Waits  Chocolate Jesus (1999) 

Comment:

This mix was the creation of a collaborative effort by doowad, avocado rabbit, RetroJoe, G-Sphere & tornadoZ, forming a Political Roundta ble. Each member was responsible for four songs per disk. And while we wear our political affiliation on our sleeves, the most important thing you can do is vote on Tuesday.

Here are questions for two of you to win a copy of the mix with excellent cover art by the incomparable Mr. Rabbit.
#1 Guess which mixer or mixers submitted the first track on each disc.
#2 Guess which mixer or mixers submitted the last track on each disc. Hint: We were a little creative in our sequencing so the same 1-2-3-4-5 was not necessarily respected throughout each disc.
Single MP3s of Disk 1

Continuous Version of Disk 1

Single MP3s of Disk 2

Continuous Version of Disk 2




Feedback:

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njr
Date: 11/2/2008
Too tempting to resist guessing!
Disk 1, track 1, Doowad,
Disk 2, track 1, RetroJoe.
Disk 1, track 20, Avocado Rabbit.
Disk 2, track 20, Doowad.
Whatever the answers are, you all made an eminently elect-able mix.
How about MotW for this?

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p the swede
Date: 11/2/2008
Is there really a choice?, I'm a Swede you know and find it hard to see a point with McCain, but what do I know
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Rebel Princess
Date: 11/2/2008
What, no Dixie Chicks? How am I supposed to guess where youstand politically? I have nooo idea... I know a few songs that would fit well in here though.
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gabechouinard
Date: 11/3/2008
Here are both my contributions to this mix, because this is a democracy and I deserve a vote, right? Heh heh heh...

Over the Rhine - If A Song Could Be President
and

Randy Newman - Political Science

Anyway, great job, fellows. Very cool and pointy mix!
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Yaminon
Date: 11/3/2008
Closing with "Chocolate Jesus" is brilliant, this sort of blew my mind. Good lord.

If it really is my constitutional right to suggest additional songs (it says so in the previous comment, so it must be true): "Failed Christian" by Nick Lowe.

I pull the lever for five stars to this mix.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 11/3/2008
Simply fantastic, guys! And yeah, what Yaminon said, re: Chocolate Jesus.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 11/3/2008
if this doesn't inspire you to go out & vote, i dunno what will
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Johnny Dark
Date: 11/3/2008
Congrats to all contributors on this fabulous concoction.
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sammyg123
Date: 11/4/2008
Just listened to an hour long Election news special on BBC Radio. I imagine it's a very exciting day in the US of A. And this is a very exciting mix. MotW hands down..
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doowad
Date: 11/4/2008
kewl, VOTA POR DOOWAD!!!!!
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doowad
Date: 11/4/2008
that was from doowadette FYI, im just to lazy to log u out! rar
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Texas Hobart
Date: 11/5/2008
People have the power!that is a great song,man!
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Mr. Mirage
Date: 11/10/2008
I live in Indiana, and we were one of the two states to watch to get a feel for which direction the rest of the nation was about to go... and then we weren't, and the count was close. Recently, a McCain supporter was interviewed in our local (South B3nd Tribune) paper, and he said that while this was not his choice, he will support our new president fully. Hopefully, we will see more of that.
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Barrydali
Date: 11/11/2008
Mix of the week right here. Appropriately joyous and enlightened.
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Ken Harris
Date: 12/31/2008
This a fantastic compilation...Thanks to every one of you for making this so good...Bravo!