49 Comments - B Hicks - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 6:25 am: For Rod, it would have to be the Stealer’s Wheel classic: Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am- stuck in the middle with you. - B Hicks - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 6:36 am: Now for the GOP Oberweis: Alice Cooper- Welcome To My Nightmare. Gidwitz: Black Sabbath- Fairies Wear Boots. Brady: Bee Gee’s- Stayin Alive Judy: Eldon Bishop- I Fooled Around and Fell in Love. - BeenAround - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 6:43 am: For Obie: You’ve Lost That Lovin Feelin For Gidwitz: I’m goin’ down down down For Brady: Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now For Martin: Goin’ off the rail on a crazy train For Topinka: She Works Hard For The Money - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 6:44 am: For EE vs. Rod: AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheep”. Really dirt cheep. - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 6:59 am: For Obie: Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” For JBT: Ms. Franklin’s “R E S P E C T” Ms. For Brady: “Stand up Christian Soldiers” (my Sunday School days are showing) For JBT: The Doobie Brother’s “South City Midnight Lady”. For Gidwitz: “Running on Empty”. For Rod: Pat Benetar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” For all Gov. candidates: AC/DC: “Listen to the Money Talk”. - DOWNSTATE - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 7:08 am: For AROD I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE CHAIN GANG - Anon - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 7:16 am: For the entire campaign… “You’re my Favorite Mistake” - Reformer - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 7:33 am: The Who: “We Won’t Get Fooled Again”. - Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 7:39 am: I can’t believe I’m the first with this one- for the whole mess, D and R: Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”. And for GRod, unfortunately - The Amazing Rhythm Aces’”The End is Not In Sight”. - Darrell Democrat - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 7:40 am: Governor: “Money” by Pink Floyd. “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash…Money, it’s a hit, don’t give me that do goody good bull****” Eisendrath: “Who Are You?” by The Who. “I stretched back and I hiccupped And looked back on my busy day Eleven hours in the Tin Pan God, there’s got to be another way Who are you?” - Marta Elena - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:00 am: For JBT - “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” For Bill Brady - “We Are the Champions” For Obi - “It’s Hip To Be Square” For Gidwitz “Whip It” - by Devo - Honest Abe - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:05 am: For most Illinois voters: “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.” - Shallow Pharnyx - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:08 am: OBIE- Alone Again, Naturally. - Darrell Democrat - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:26 am: obie- take me out to the ballgame “for it’s 1, 2, 3 strikes you’re out” (please) JBT-50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon Martin-Wake Me Up (After) You Go-Go Brady- Stand by R.E.M. Gidwitz-Dreamer by Supertramp - Former MC - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:34 am: For the Governor - “You’re so vain” by Carly Simon - Beowulf - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:36 am: All Gubernatorial Candidates(Rs & Ds):1) Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind (Lovin Spoonful-1966) 2) Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin-1968) Andy Martin: 1) They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV) 2)D.O.A. (by Bloodrock-1971) Ron Gidwitz: 1) Baby, You’re A Rich Man (Beatles-1967) Bill Brady: 1)Stayin Alive (Bee Gees-1972) Jim Oberweis: 1) Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (the Temptations-1966) 2) Anyway That You Want Me (The American Breed-1968) 3) Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Elvis Presley-1969) Judy Barr Topinka: 1)Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)-Cher 1966 2)Hey- Won’t You Play-Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (BJ Thomas-1975) 3) Always Something There To Remind Me (Dionne Warwick-1968) 4)Baby, Baby Don’t Cry (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-1969) 5)Big Girls Don’t Cry (The Four Seasons-1962) 6) Cry Like A Baby (the Box Tops-1968) 7) Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead (The Fifth Estate-1967) Edwin Eisendrath: Do You Believe In Magic (Lovin Spoonful) Blagojevich: 1)Ask Me No Questions (BB King-1971) 2) Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis-1960) 3) The Beginning Of My End (Unifics-1969) George Ryan: 1) Can I Get A Witness? (Marvin Gaye) 2) Chain Gang (Sam Cooke-1960) - Beerman - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:40 am: Obie - “21st Century Schizoid Man,” “American Idiot” or “Freak on a Leash” Obie - Sorry too easy - “Have you ever loved a woman?” Brady - “Against the Wind” JBT - “Before You Accuse Me” Eisendrath - “Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow.” Gidwitz - Money (That’s what I want) - Anon - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:47 am: “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” - Pat Hickey - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:53 am: Dan Lipinski - ‘ One the Street Where You Live” - Pat Hickey - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 8:54 am: ‘My Fat Fingers” By Pat Hickey and the Sloppy Typers: I am sorry - that should be “ON the Street Where You Live” - Dan Lipinski - Walking Wounded - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 9:00 am: This is more regarding ARod’s leadership style. From the Godsmack song “Stupify” “Why do you like playing around with my narrow scope of reality? I can feel it all start slipping away. See, but I don’t get it. Don’t you think maybe we could put it on credit Don’t you think it can take control when I don’t let it. I get stupified.” - 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 9:46 am: For the voters, who aren’t showing much enthusiasm, the Ramones classic “I Wanna Be Sedated.” - Backyard Conservative - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 9:58 am: Rod: “If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time” JBT: “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to” Obie: “Oh, Lord it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way” Brady: “Count on me” - VanillaMan - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 10:32 am: For Blago: “Devil’s Haircut” - Beck For the Three Stooges: “Not Great Men” - Gang of Four For Judy: “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” - The Smiths - So-Called "Austin Mayor" - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 10:33 am: My 6th District answers are based on the song titles, not their lyrical content. In addition, the titles were chosen for the campaigns not the candidates. Cegelis - The Beatles, “Can’t Buy Me Love” Duckworth - The Velvet Underground, “Waiting for the Man” Scott - Bon Jovi, “Livin’ on a Prayer” - So-Called "Austin Mayor" - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 10:51 am: Sorry, I forgot the 6th Dist GOP primary: Roskam - Wu-Tang Clan, “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” - Not So Fast - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 10:52 am: JBT: “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Tina Turner Kovarik: “Taxman” The Beatles Obie: Anything by Muddy Waters Martin: “Tears of a Clown” Smokey Robinson Gidwitz and Brady: Too boring for songs - anon - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 10:52 am: “Idiots Rule” — Jane’s Addiction - HoosierDaddy - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 11:04 am: “The Boxer” -Simon&Garfunkel “Lie-la-Lie..Lie-la-lie-lalie-la-lie…” - Lovie's Leather - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 11:16 am: GOP gov primary- Haitian Divorce by Steely Dan Dem gov primary- Lyin’ Eyes by the Eagles - St. Nickname - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 11:22 am: Sangamon County GOP — “Koka Kola” by The Clash Oberweis — “California Uber Ales” by The Dead Kennedy’s Topinka — “send in the clowns” Brady — any song from the movie “Bob Roberts” Gidwitz — “Me and Julio down by the school yard” Eisendrath — “Misunderstanding” Phil Collins GRod — “I think I’m going bald” by Rush - Jon Stewart - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 12:03 pm: The story that wouldn’t die… Post-Dispatch lame defense of G-Rod’s lame “Daily Show” appearance in today’s opinions: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/89C98DC14240458D8625712C0008A8DD?OpenDocument - QC Transplant - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 12:24 pm: Topinka — Maneater (Hall & Oates) Brady — If I had a Million Dollars (Bare Naked Ladies) - Bubs - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 12:30 pm: For the whole campaign: “Baby, How Could You Believe Me, When I Said I Loved You, When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life” - Central IL Stater - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 1:04 pm: Elton John leaves jolly old England for Illinois to serenade the Gubenatorial Candidates (”song” - album): Andy Martin - “I’ve Seen the Saucers” - Caribou “Ticking” - Caribou (you have to read words to the song - link below) Kovarik - “Part-time Love” - A Single Man “Harmony” - Yellow Brick Road - (check the words) Oberweis/Kovarik - “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” - Yellow Brick Road Oberweis: “Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting” - Yellow Brick Road (Or Wednesday Night in Springfield) EE - “Mamma Can’t Buy you Love” - Greatest Hits 76-86 (but maybe commercial spots) Judy Topinka - 1. “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word” - Greatest Hits 76-86 (also can be used for Looserweis. 2. “I don’t Care” - A Single Man Blago - “Curtains” - Captain Fantastic Bill Brady - “I’m Still Standing” - Greatest Hits 76-86 “Shine on Through” - Single Man Lyrics to any of these songs can be found at http://www.eltonography.com/songs/index.html - scoot - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 1:45 pm: Edwin Eisendrath: “In Da Club”-50 Cent - Establishment Republican - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 2:00 pm: Blagojevich: “All Shook Up” and “Jailhouse Rock” – Elvis Presley Eisendrath: “Mandy”- Barry Manilow “Must Be the Money”- Nelly Topinka: “The Warrior”- Scandal “(If I Were A) Rich Girl”- Gwen Stefani Oberweis: “Here I Go Again”- Whitesnake “Refugee”- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Another Brick in the Wall”- Pink Floyd Brady: “Come on Get Happy and Sunshine Day”- Brady Bunch “Goody Two Shoes”- Adam Ant Gidwitz: “In the Ghetto”- Elvis Presley “Money for Nothing”- Dire Straits Martin: “Crazy”- Seal “I Touch Myself”- Four Non Blondes - Establishment Republican - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 2:13 pm: My mistake- “Come on Get Happy” is by the Partridge Family. The Brady kids had two songs though somehow. - Navin Johnson - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 3:42 pm: Rod: Rock You Like a Hurricane (Scorpions) Big hair, bad lyrics and full of bluster. - Quitar Player - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 3:42 pm: For all of em’ Don’t do me like that………. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - ThisOneWasEasy - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 3:52 pm: Oberweis (a.k.a. Sour Milkman): Crazy Train by Ozzy. I can hear him screaming “ALL ABOARD!”, yet no one is hopping aboard. - Not So Fast - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 4:26 pm: Hey Establishment, “I Touch Myself” was the DiVinyls. How about for G. Rod: “Smooth Operator” by Sade Eisendrath: Any Devo song (I can see him with one of those flowerpot hats) - Lloyd Braun - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 4:27 pm: Bill Brady - Happiness is a Warm Gun Oberweis (To Martin) - I’m Depending on You - (Otis Redding) Eisendrath - Hello, Goodbye -Beatles Voters who care - Gone Till November All - Ship of Fools - T.J. - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 5:15 pm: “Clown Show” by Ednaswap. - Walking Wounded - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 5:16 pm: One for the Illinois taxpayers: You cheat and you lie, you make me want to cry- “Cry” by Godley and Creme - NotALipinskiFan - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 5:25 pm: For Blago - Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks) For JBT - Oompa-Loompa song from the Wizard of Oz For Stroger - It’s Hard Out There For A Pimp - NotALipinskiFan - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 5:26 pm: For Judy - I messed that up! I meant the Wicked Witch song from the Wizard of Oz. The Oompa Loompa song is for Brady - Establishment Republican - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 5:46 pm: Thanks for the correction on the DiVinyls. Would “Papa Don’t Peach” work for Lisa Madigan? - Papa Legba - Thursday, Mar 9, 06 @ 9:19 pm: Just borrow some from the Rolling Stones library. Blago - Under My Thumb, from his contributors, When the Whip Comes Down - by P. Fitz & the Feds. and Puzzlin’ Evidence - Talking Heads, For the rest of the candidates - You Can’t Always Get What You Want, The people of Illinois - There’s Gotta Be A Change - Albert Collins, and Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues - by Chicago’s very own Buddy Guy. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.