Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “We Take Care Of Our Own” by Bruce Springsteen

Crowd at rally for Obama in Aurora, Colo.

It’s his number one campaign song & The Boss has been touring with him.

This photo reminds of an op-ed piece that I read.

If Obama wins, it will be because so many varied people voted for him: working class, big-city coastal residents, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, GLBTQ, young and old.

Let’s hope that someday Congress will look more like this crowd, too.

The following posts cover some of Obama’s playlist regulars which are available on Freegal. (All of Springsteen’s newest album is there, too, by the way.)

I’m predicting they’ll be played at some time during election night.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “Love You I Do” by Jennifer Hudson

Obama's signature "Forward" sign at a rally in Aurora, Colo.

The soul classic has been a standard at Obama events.

The Dreamgirls album is available to download free from Freegal.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “Your Smiling Face” by James Taylor

A boy sits on shoulders to see Barack Obama.

Okay, he’ll for sure play this one if he wins. It will be a bit incongruous if he loses.

I know I don’t have any smiling faces in the picture, but I thought it was cool to see kids literally sitting on their parents’ shoulders.

A chance to see history. Their lives made possible by history.

James Taylor's songs are available for free download on Freegal.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “You Are the Best Thing” by Ray La Montagne

Supporters at an Obama rally.

If you don’t have an Obama button, just put a sticker on your shirt. (It goes through the metal detector better that way.)

La Montagne’s song can be downloaded free from Freegal.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra

Supporters at the Obama Rally in Aurora, Nov. 4 2012

Yup, Obama is definitely from my generation. Go ELO.

This handsome fellow is definitely not from my generation.  But he’s a fellow who likely waited 2 hours to get a chance to hear Obama speak.

I know, because he was standing next to me, and I had to wait 2 hours to get in. So here’s a cheer for all us line-standing, back-of-the-row people who still support Obama.

And if you want “Mr. Blue Sky” on your playlist, you can get it free, from Freegal.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “Roll with the Changes” by REO Speedwagon

My Obama Speedwagon

This one has got to be on his playlist. It has the word change as well as the word roll.

Can you believe it? I couldn’t get a yard sign for Obama. So I cut out letters and taped them to my car windows.  I kinda like the whole “rollin’” imagery.

REO Speedwagon has a bunch of songs you can download for free on Freegal.

Predictions for Obama’s Election Night Playlist: “Got to Get You Into My Life” by Earth Wind & Fire

Obama Rally Nov. 4, 2012

According to HuffPost, EW&F’s song is on Obama’s playlist. 

I know he’s been in my life lately, to the tune of 5-10 e-mails a day. The question is, will he still be in mine?

The song is available free, from Freegal.

Rollin' :a Song for Obama

Here I am, holding my sign for Obama.

When you think about it, “Forward” is a catchy slogan. For one thing, it has an “O” in it, which is required with a name like Obama.

And it gives that sense of moving into the future, being a forward-looking nation.

 And of course, if you come across a positive message about him, Obama would like you to forward it on e-mail.

But I think his team missed an opportunity. They should have mode a little animated short in which the “O” in forward turns into a wheel.

So, I did the wheel idea for Yahoo! And it got picked up by the US News division. Maybe the photo had a lot to do with it.

And for the music tie-in –you can get “Proud Mary” rollin’, rollin’ from Freegal.

“That old north wind should begin to blow”: James Taylor is a Friend at Obama Rallies

Photo: Obama Rally 2012, Aurora, CO Nov. 5, 2012 (photo by Ellen Mackey)

Somewhere around 20,000 people turned out for the Obama Rally in Aurora, Colorado.

What you have to realize is that people walked for blocks and blocks to get there. Then it took them one or two hours to get through the line and into the quad.

And what you really have to realize is that this is November. In Colorado. A night nice, granted seeing as it’s November. But, still, it gets a bit nippy. And most of us were there at least 4 hours.

Politics aside, it’s amazing that people will do so much for a glimpse (we were in the back—so that’s what I got—just a glimpse) of a candidate and a 20-minute speech.

I know many people are uninvolved, but there are a heck of a lot that are committed and involved.

I thought it was fitting that the Obama team played “You’ve Got a Friend” by James Taylor.

Bunches and bunches of James Taylor available on Freegal.

20,000 People in Aurora Colorado: Dave Matthews Sings at Obama Rally

Dave Matthews at Barack Obama Rally Nov. 4, 2012 (photo by Ellen Mackey)

I went with four Obama volunteers to the Obama Rally at Community College of Aurora’s Lowry Quad.

We think that the line snaked around the campus for about 2 miles long. It took us two hours to go through the line and get to the quad, but it was worth it.

Dave Matthews played an acoustic set.

Now I can go and explore more of his music on Freegal.