Putyinról írt dalt Randy Newman, Donald Trumpról pedig a Death Cab For Cutie +FRISSÍTÉS: és sokan mások is

A négy évvel ezelőtt Barack Obama újraválasztásáért a 90 Days, 90 Reasons projekttel kampányoló Dave Eggers amerikai író-szerkesztő a különféle közéleti és értelmiségi figuráktól kért esszék helyett most 2016-ban a zenére, konkrétan a politikus protest song tradícióra építve indította Trump-ellenes 30 Days, 30 Songs akcióját a 30days30songs.com oldalon.

A sorozat első száma a már a 90 Days, 90 Reasons projekthez is első sztárnévként csatlakozó gitáros-énekes Ben Gibbard együttesétől, a tavalyi Kintsugi album óta trióra fogyva is sikerrel működő Death Cab For Cutie-tól érkezett, rögtön egy klippel együtt. A Million Dollar Loan arról az állítólagos egymillió dolláros kölcsönről szól, amit Trump az apjától kapott, hogy saját lábán álló vállalkozásait beindíthassa.

From a great height he’s looking down on his city at night
From gilded room of gold, marble and soft perfume
And he’s proud to say he built his fortune the old-fashioned way
Because to succeed there’s only one thing you really need

A million dollar loan
Nobody makes it on their own without
A million dollar loan
You’ll reap what you’ve sown from
A million dollar loan
Call your father on the phone and get that
Million dollar loan

His enemies can’t contain the flames of jealousy
With brutish charm the women flock to be on his arm
Because it’s a sign of weakness to apologize
And he counter sues from any corner he’s backed into

A million dollar loan
Nobody makes it on their own without
A million dollar loan
To cast the first stone you’ll need
A million dollar loan
Every ascension to a throne starts with
A million dollar loan

A million dollar loan
Nobody makes it on their own without
A million dollar loan
You’ll reap what you’ve sown from
A million dollar loan
Call your father on the phone and get that
Million dollar loan

A siren screams through the city as he falls asleep
The campaign begins again at the break of day

A million dollar loan
Nobody makes it on their own without
A million dollar loan
To cast the first stone you’ll need
A million dollar loan
Every ascension to a throne starts with
A million dollar loan

A million dollar loan
Nobody makes it on their own without
A million dollar loan
You’ll reap what you’ve sown from
A million dollar loan
Call your father on the phone and get that
Million dollar loan

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FRISSÍTÉS: a sorozat második felvételének, a gitáros-énekesnő Aimee Mann által írt és előadott Can’t You Tell?-nek a megérkezésétől elkezdték az alábbi YouTube-playlistbe gyűjteni a dalokat – napról napra frissülve itt fog összeállni a teljes sorozat november 8-ra!

Death Cab For Cutie – „Million Dollar Loan”
Aimee Mann – „Can’t You Tell?”
Bhi Bhiman – With Love, From Russia
Jim James – „Same Old Lie”
Franz Ferdinand – „Demagogue”
Josh Ritter – „The Temptation Of Adam” (Live)
Thao – „Before You Vote”
EL VY – „Are These My Jets?”
R.E.M. – „World Leader Pretend” (Live)
Adia Victoria – „Backwards Blues”
Moby and the Void Pacific Choir – „Trump Is On Your Side”
Moby and the Void Pacific Choir – „Little Failure”
U.S. Elevator [featuring Mac McCaughan & Tim Bluhm] – „Old Man Trump”
Vinnie Paz – „Writings On Disobedience And Democracy”
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – „The Greatest Conversation Ever In The History Of The Universe”
Filthy Friends – „Despierta”
Natural Born Loser [featuring Sheila Brody] – „Radioinactive”
Andrew St. James – „Makin’ It Great Again.!”
Ani DiFranco – „Play God” (Live)
Helado Negro – „Young, Latin & Proud”
Andrew Bird [featuring Jim James] – „Sic Of Elephants” (Live)
Mirah – „No Guns No Guns”
clipping. – „Fat Fingers”
Sam Cohen – „Clockwork”
Blake Hazard – „Little Situation”
Wesley Stace – „Mr. Tangerine Man” (Live)
Loudon Wainwright III – „I Had A Dream” (a sorozathoz adott koncertverzió helyett a dal nyári videoklipje)
Cold War Kids – „Locker Room Talk”
The Cooties [featuring Reggie Watts] – „Trumpy Trump”
Bob Mould – „In A Free Land” (Live on KCRW)
Ryan Miller – „The Clown”
JPEGMAFIA x Freaky – „I Might Vote 4 Donald Trump”
The Long Winters – „Make America Great Again”
Open Mike Eagle – „How To Be Super Petty To Your Ex”
Kyle Craft – „Before The Wall”
Local Natives – „Fountain Of Youth”
Anthony D’Amato – „If You’re Gonna Build A Wall”
Greg Holden – „Exactly Like You”
Laura Gibson & Dave Depper – „Where Were You”
Modern Baseball – „Bart To The Future Part 2: The Musical”
Joe Purdy – „Maybe We’ll All Get Along Someday”
Drunken Logic – „What A Beautiful Morning!”
Agents Of The Fantastic – „DT Blues”
Rogue Wave – „Vote for Me Dummy” (Guided By Voices-feldolgozás)

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ami a Death Cab For Cutie-klippel egy időben közzétett Putin című Randy Newman-szerzeményt illeti, a hatvanas évek óta tíz sorlemezt és két tucatnyi filmzenét (köztük számos díjnyertes betétdalt) jegyző veterán zongorista-énekes ezúttal is a tőle megszokott szatirikus hangnemet hozza a meztelen felsőtesttel parádézó orosz elnökről írt számában, mely kilenc év után érkező – 2017 első felére várható – új albumának előhírnöke:

FRISSÍTÉS 2: a dal október 25-én videót is kapott!

Putin puttin’ his pants on
One leg at a time
You mean he’s just like a regular fella, huh?
He ain’t nothing like a regular fella

Putin puttin’ his hat on
Hat size number nine
“You sayin’ Putin’s gettin’ big headed?”
Putin’s head’s just fine

He can drive his giant tractor
Across the Trans-Siberian plain
He can power a nuclear reactor
With the left side of his brain
And when he takes his shirt off
He drives the ladies crazy
When he takes his shirt off
Makes me wanna be a lady
It’s the Putin Girls!

(Putin Girls)
Putin if you put it when you
Put it where you put it
Putin if you put it
Will you put it next to me?
Putin if you put it when you
Put it where you put it
Putin if you put it
Will you put it next to me?

Now Putin hates the Putin girls
‘Cause he hates vulgarity
And he loves his mother country
And he loves his family

He and his ex-wife Lyudmila
Are riding along the shore
Of the beautiful new Russian Black Sea
Let’s listen in
A great man is speaking

We fought a war for this?
I’m almost ashamed
The Mediterranean
Now there’s a resort worth fighting for
If only the Greeks or the Turks
Would start to sniff around
I’d bring the hammer down
So quick their woolly heads would spin
Woolly head, woolly head, woolly head

Or, wait a minute
Even better
What if the Kurds got in the way?
Hey! Kurds and way, curds and whey!

Sometimes a people is greater than their leader
Germany, Kentucky, France
Sometimes a leader towers over his country
One shot at glory, they don’t get a second chance
I dragged these peasants kicking and screaming
Into the 21st century
I thought they’d make it
I must have been dreaming
These chicken farmers and file clerks gonna be the death of me

I can’t do it
PG – Sure, you can
I can’t do it
PG- Yeah, you can
What makes you say that girls?
PG – Tell you why. ‘Cause you’re the Putin man
Who whipped Napoleon?
PG- We did!
Who won World War II?
PG- The Americans!
That’s a good one ladies
It’s our turn to sit in the comfy chair
PG – And you’re the man gonna get us there!

I don’t know, Lenin couldn’t do it
I don’t know, Stalin couldn’t do it
They couldn’t do it
Why you think I can?
PG – You’re gonna lead our people
To the Promised Land
You’re right, ‘cause, Goddamn,
I’m the Putin Man

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emlékeztetőül itt a huszonéves Randy Newman 1971-ben egy 1966-os szerzeményével, a Mama Told Me Not To Come-mal, melyet többek közt az Animals-énekes Eric Burdon, a Three Dog Night együttes, Tom Jones és a Stereophonics is sikerre vitt:

Randy Newman első Oscar-díjas filmdala, a 2001-es Szörny Rt.-hez írt If I Didn’t Have You Billy Crístal és John Goodman előadásában: