What songs should be performed at Trump's inauguration? (The Guardian)

[inanna]

Tuesday 3 January 2017 17.36 GMT

Readers were quick to suggest tongue-in-cheek tunes after Rebecca Ferguson said she would only perform Strange Fruit at the ceremony. Share yours

So far, Donald Trump has just three performances lined up for his 20 January inauguration: Jackie Evancho, a former America’s Got Talent contestant; the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; and the dance troupe the Rockettes. It’s not been a smooth process either – a choir member quit, and dissent within the Rockettes may lead to dancers boycotting the ceremony.

Meanwhile, British singer Rebecca Ferguson made waves when she said she would be happy to perform, but only if she could sing Strange Fruit. The song, recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 and one of the most famous songs about racism, is not likely to get the green light. You, our readers, jumped into the comments section with tongue-in-cheek suggestions. Here’s a selection:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/03/donald-trump-inauguration-songs

A few suggestions so far from link?

Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder

You're So Vain - Carly Simon

American Idiot - Green Day

...

[Chasstev365]

1. Hymn to the Russian Federation (same tune as the Soviet Athem)

Followed by Crazy Train - Ozzie Osborne

[Freelancer]

2. Imperial March / Darth Vader Theme

[marybourg]

3. Jailhouse Rock

and Folsom Prison Blues.

[meow2u3]

4. Donald, Where's your Troosers?

[The Polack MSgt]

5. Working for the clampdown

[inanna]

6. Megalomaniac - Incubus

[no_hypocrisy]

7. This is the song that we should be singing on Inauguration Day:

[inanna]

8. Yes.

[MineralMan]

9. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

In the Jailhouse Now

There are a couple from the movie O! Brother Where Art Thou?

[liberaltrucker]

10. Eve of Destruction

[malaise]

28. Wicked song

always loved it

[Docreed2003]

11. "A Hard Rains a gonna Fall" and "Desolation Row"

They're selling postcards of the hanging, they're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner, they've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless, they need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row

Does that not fit our current national nightmare nicely??

[KamaAina]

12. Benny Hill theme.

[LisaM]

30. I kind of have to go with this one.

I think this could be a trigger song for DT - every time people hear it, they'll run to the TV and laugh. And he handles being laughed at so very well.

[maveric]

13. Highway To Hell

Like Alec Baldwin suggested.

[Sanity Claws]

14. Back in the USSR

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. The Man Who Sold the World

David Bowie sadly unavailable, so we'll get Lulu to sing it.

[demmiblue]

16. Lily Allen- Fuck You

[jberryhill]

17. .

[world wide wally]

18. The Day The Music Died - Don McClean

Bye Bye Miss American Pie

[malaise]

19. John Lennon

Lennon - Gimme Some Truth

Marley - Small Axe

[pandora nm]

20. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World

"Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped.
Look at that low playing! Fine, then.
Uh oh, overflow, population, common group
But it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself.
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed,
Dummy, with the rapture and the rev-'rent and the right, right.
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."

[LeftishBrit]

78. Indeed! And later in the song: 'A tournament of lies'

I have it in my signature, in fact.

[NCTraveler]

21. .

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[inanna]

23. "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"

[Jimbo S]

26. Speaker Paul Ryan's favorite group

Rage Against The Machine.

[NCTraveler]

27. That is funny.

I guess he and I have something in common.

[Jimbo S]

29. Thing is

you get it, he doesn't. Ryan is the machine they're raging against.

[NCTraveler]

32. I have been listening to this album a lot since the election.

Reminds me to fight. Reminds me that I must take part. Action is required on my part.

[inanna]

35. Thought I read somewhere

that RATM was reuniting, putting together a new album?

Wouldn't that be something, in these times?

One can only hope.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Rich girl

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far

'Cause you know it don't matter anyway

You can rely on the old man's money

[Brother Buzz]

24. Two of the late great Dan Hicks' standards come to mind

'How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away' and 'I Scare Myself (just thinking about you)'.

[moondust]

25. You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt

My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry

[stuffmatters]

31. Now would be the appropriate time for "You Can't Always Get what you Want"

It was disgusting when Trump used it throughout his campaign. Now it expresses the majority opinion on Trump.

[malchickiwick]

33. Horst-Wessel-Lied

The original Nazi anthem

[Initech]

34. Highway to Hell

[Golden Raisin]

36. Finale ("Immolation Scene") from Wagner's Gtterdmmerung.

[lame54]

37. Gimme Some Money

[RedWedge]

41. DO I HAVE TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT?

[MFM008]

38. the death march

or the Funeral from Dr. Zhivago....................somehow appropriate.................

[spanone]

39. Asshole.

[ornotna]

47. Yep

That's the one.

[smirkymonkey]

52. Beat me to it.

That was the first song that came to mind.

[spanone]

54. 8)

[Aviation Pro]

66. This...

...is the best tune for the next four years.

[kudzu22]

40. If you're gonna be dumb...

[madinmaryland]

42. "Short Fingers." Randy Newman's song..

"we don't need no short fingered people running this country"!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

64. Another Randy Newman song that might be appropriate!

It's a song that Trump and his hard-core followers would like, though.

[Buns_of_Fire]

43. Let's see... We'll start with "Der Fuehrer's Face"...

[davsand]

44. Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows

[teezy]

45. This song keeps coming to mind...

If You Tolerate This (Then Your Children Will Be Next) - Manic Street Preachers

[inanna]

83. Awesome song!

[rug]

46. The Fool on the Hill.

[JHB]

48. A medley of Bart Simpson's hits...

"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it"
"I am so great"

[ornotna]

49. Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole

[MurrayDelph]

50. The two that come to mind for me are

"You Rascal You"

and

"How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life"

[CanonRay]

51. Don't Fear the Reaper

[Va Lefty]

53. I usually hate covers of The Beatles but this is great and fitting

[inanna]

73. Fool On The Hill - The Beatles

"The Fool On The Hill"

Day after day, alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

Well on the way, head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

He never listens to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him

The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

[NobodyHere]

55. The Fletcher Memorial Home

[enid602]

56. melania

She Worked Hard For The Money. nt

[opiate69]

57. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Big man, pig man
Ha, ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel
Ha, ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying 'Keep on digging'
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find
Down in the pig mine?
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Bus stop rat bag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You fucked up old hag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
You're hot stuff with a hatpin
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Hey you, White House
Ha, ha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse
Ha, ha, charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You're nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
You got to stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Mary you're nearly a treat
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry

[myohmy2]

58. what else...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

59. A single bugle playin' Taps... goes with the funeral atmosphere.

[IcyPeas]

60. You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two (from Oliver)

In this life, one thing counts
In the bank, large amounts
I'm afraid these don't grow on trees,
You've got to pick-a-pocket or two
...
Why should we break our backs
Stupidly paying tax?
Better get some untaxed income
Better to pick-a-pocket or two.
...
Robin Hood, what a crook!
Gave away, what he took.
Charity's fine, subscribe to mine.
Get out and pick-a-pocket or two

...

[inanna]

61. These are ALL great!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

62. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

The wall along Mexico seems to have been dropped, but the song/video could be directed at our corporate media "educating" the masses to their own peril.

[forgotmylogin]

63. You mean the dance troupe "Rockette"?

Kicks are so much less effective when not synchronized.

[babydollhead]

65. head like a hole- nine inch nails

[FrankfurtCat]

67. I know he looks more like an orangutan (ape) than monkey...

Peter Gabriel-"Shock The Monkey"

[LongTomH]

68. You're A Mean One, Mr. Trump

[madamesilverspurs]

70. CCR's "Bad Moon Rising"

BIL dug through his vinyl to find it, played it several times ramping the volume along the way. This was in response to the media's insistence on repeating the phrase, "Trump responded by issuing a series of tweets."

Yup.


.

[stevenleser]

71. Make America Great Again - Pussy Riot

[Solly Mack]

72. Propagandhi

"The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist"

[jeffreyi]

74. The Future

And
Closing Time, both by Leonard Cohen

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

75. The End

[Buckeye_Democrat]

76. Good choice!

The cynic is me thinks it's perfect!

[Else You Are Mad]

77. Dead Kennedy's "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"

I am posting this live version because of the intro:

[importDavid]

79. ANY Skinny Puppy - especially from the album "The Greater Wrong Of The Right"

I am not living here, I have got much left to fear
In a place of safety I am fortunate to be alive
With all these distinguished things around me, I am left to realize
It's not the blood in me, it's not the hate
It's just the simple things that I relish

Empire sews the seed of hate (We remove ourselves)
Passing flames inspires ugly traits (Sanitize)

Creepy ills to keep the fear in line
Is it wrong to let the liar lie
Creepy ills to keep the fears in line
More acquired is disease the souls state

I am a God, I am a faceless warrior

Lost leaders wins are glorious (Growing stocks of used up people)
Life is twisting all the words to shun (Life worthless than corporate rape)

Empire takes control of fate (I am dying, I am dying)
Is it wrong to call a spade a spade

Popping pills will ease the daily pain
Bombing peace back up into the stoned state

I am not living in here, I have got much left to fear
In a place of safety I am fortunate to be alive
With all these distinguished things around me, I am left to realize
It's not the blood in me, it's not the hate
It's just the simple things that I relish

I am a God, I am a faceless warrior

We remove ourselves from the war
Looking from a distance sanitized
Wash your hands and feel it
The dirt is down the drain (woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof)
Enough

[Momgonepostal]

80. Maybe Mo-tab could do Two Little Hands

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Two_Little_Hands/

[3catwoman3]

81. Money, money, money...

...money - MONEY!

Or, Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. (The "stinkin' to high heaven" part certainly fits.)

[Meowmee]

82. Help....

Slowly We Rot Obituary

Highway to Hell Ac Dc

Help The Beatles

Dear Mr President Pink

Crazy Knarls Barkley

Mad Hatter Melanie Martinez

Bittersweet Symphony The Verve

Million Reasons Lady Gaga

Don't Think I Could Forgive You Torrie Banks

Wolves in Wolves Clothing NOFX

Funeral March Chopin

Russian National Anthem

[LongTomH]

84. David Bowie: This Is Not America

[Wounded Bear]

85. Beatles: Back in the USSR..nt

[dembotoz]

86. mama weer all crazy now slade

[MissV]

87. Eve of Destruction

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[Vinca]

88. "Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire" - Castaways, 1965

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

89. Show me your pussy