Palin Playlist Problems

Mixtape Pals:

Early on, I was really interested in the pre-show playlists at campaign rallies (the primary version of the Obama playlist I assembled is yours for simply asking). As Joshua's Radiohead/Ink Spots observation from our blog shows, the tracks chosen by "acts" to pump up the crowd are telling. The following paragraph from an article on Palin today is interesting:

The McCain camp has encountered some playlist difficulties this year: Heart, John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Jackson Browne, and the Foo Fighters have all asked that the campaign stop using their songs on the trail.

On Thursday, Palin expressed satisfaction with the latest musical selection. “I don’t think we’ve ever had intro music by AC/DC before. That was kinda cool,” [Palin] said. “In fact, we were on the bus today, we were making a list of who are some celebrity singers who could come out and help us and gosh, for the life of us, the pickings were slim there.

Slim pickings, indeed!