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Thread #28653   Message #356862
Posted By: Alice
13-Dec-00 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Punch it twice, it's all right....
Subject: Punch it twice, it's all right....
Some funny new election songs you can hear at www.npr.org from All Things Considered click here (including a parody of Battle of New Orleans). And we ran through the chads....

You are supposed to be able to hear full sound versions of the songs, but I've been searching the NPR site and still have not found them.

"Songwriter Turnout -- The 35-day election stalemate bred a spate of folksongs and song parodies. We offer a sample: "THE BATTLE OF FLORIDA," by Bruce Kerr, Mount View, CA; "ELECTION BLUES," Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton, Tallahassee, Florida; "DIMPLED CHAD," by Michael Krieger (KREE-gur), Ferndale Michigan; "PUNCH IT TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT," Ross Altman, Los Angeles, CA. ; "WHITE HOUSE BLUES," by New Grange; "FUZZY MATH," by Michael McNevin of Fremont, CA; and "NO MORE OF THOSE HAND VOTES," by Richard Siegel, Baltimore, MD. "