If your vote was based on music taste, who would it be? Blender Magazine put out a list of Obama and McCain’s all-time top ten songs- not a single Latino jam made the presidential cut. Not even Santana or anyone else that usually makes the generic old man top ten list made it. What does this tell us about the music taste of our next president? You would think their advisors would throw in there some Latino love just for strategy kicks, or that someone would tell McCain that Dancing Queen is not an acceptable #1.
BARACK OBAMA
1. Ready or Not Fugees
2. What’s Going On Marvin Gaye
3. I’m On Fire Bruce Spingsteen
4. Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
5. Sinnerman Nina Simone
6. Touch the Sky Kanye West
7. You’d Be So Easy to Love Frank Sinatra
8. Think Aretha Franklin
9. City of Blinding Lights U2
10. Yes We Can will.i.am
JOHN McCAIN
1. Dancing Queen ABBA
2. Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me ABBA
4. If We MakeIt Through December Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
9. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters