To this day, he regularly publishes his own playlists, which could also be read as a letter of application from a music editor for a high-quality specialist magazine. The ex-president is known for his exquisite taste in music. How, of course, some well-known favorite artists of the Biden Buddy - like Mary J. Or the bonus track from Kendrick Lamar's album “Good Kid, MAAD City - Deluxe”? Who knows the 1990 remaster of Led Zeppelin's “Fool in the Rain” - a reference to Donald Trump? pieces by famous interpreters who are primarily known to connoisseurs. Here, however, you are standing in the vicinity of selected deep cuts, i.e. Presumably both Biden (Daryl Hall & John Oates) and Harris (“California Soul” by Marlena Shaw) passed on their favorite songs and performers.īecause universal hits such as “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers, “Move on up” by Curtis Mayfield or “Your love keeps lifting me” by Jackie Wilson have, despite their undeniable size, put on a bit of high school graduation bacon over the decades. How exactly the playlist came about is not known. You always ask yourself: "Will this never subside?"Ĭoordinated: Joe Biden with his wife Jill (r.) And Kamala Harris with husband Doug Emhoff on the steps of the Capitol
In any case, his son Cole stated in an interview in the “New York Times” this week that the two were “nausea-inducing cute and couple-like”. Or was the song set by Kamala as a declaration of love to her Doug? Well, Joe Biden was underestimated for a long time, but that would go a bit too far or in the direction of North Korean propaganda. We remember: Here the ideal “good man” is praised, “smart as a doctor”, a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger, a face like Denzel Washington and, with the baritone, Barry White. Luckily there is music - and Joe and Kamala.Īnd speaking of the significant: The hit "Whatta Man" from 1994 by Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue is also there. Uplifting and sublime - you want to immediately revolt against any of the myriad injustices while embracing the world - both are difficult right now. It was formed after the death of George Floyd, and the song "Free" is part of the soundtrack of the Black Lives Matter movement and should not be missing here - funky, powerful and headstrong it is provided with references to Michael Jackson and Dusty Springfield and also reminds a little of Massive Attack (sic!). Who exactly is behind the super hip, presumably British Sault project has not been conclusively clarified. This is how conspiracy theory is finally fun. Sometimes more, sometimes less hidden, especially positive messages wherever you listen. What then follows are three hours, which - simply listened to - are guaranteed to lift the mood on long lockdown evenings.īut that's only half the fun, because of course there are more layers of meaning in the songs than layers in a tree cake. “Lupita's Interlude” is a one-minute stream of consciousness, spoken by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o about feeling “heard and understood”. The 50-year-old is a former member of “Boogie Down Productions,” a reputable and classy South Bronx group whose plays combined street credit with political activism in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Īnd so the first track on the playlist is fittingly by the almost half-age, similar woken artist Kota the Friend from Brooklyn. While inauguration party appearances have to pick up the whole family, even better the whole nation, the playlist can show more edge: It was put together by the New York producer and DJ D-Nice. The moment now was perfect in every way, especially since their only album was also called “Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too”.
The inevitable Bruce Springsteen is with both.Īnd “You get what you give”, a hymn hit by the New Radicals from 1998, which Joni Mitchell once said that “rises from the swamp of test tube music like a flower of hope”.įor yesterday's celebrations, the band got back together after more than 20 years, because the New Radicals had - nomen est omen - dissolved at the height of their very short fame and afterwards never let themselves be moved for any money in the world to step. So there is little overlap between the compilation and tonight's stage show.
Pop music is a powerful amplifier of messages, but it needs the right framework. Teenagers in love know this, as do US President Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris.Īt the beginning of the week they put their official “Inauguration Playlist” online - a musical proposal to their country, in whose breast two hearts beat out of rhythm.Īn attempt at resuscitation with soul and pieces that drive forward, which should give the patient courage, but not get him out of breath. If a lot of words have been said and still not everything has been said, there is always the personal playlist.