Musings on Presidents Day and other musical amusements from Roger Catlin.
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“24 Hours from Tulsa,” Gene Pitney
“Only Love Can Break a Heart,” Gene Pitney
“Just One Smile,” Gene Pitney
“(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valence,” Gene Pitney
“Town Without Pity,” Gene Pitney
“American Idiot,” Green Day
“Basket Case,” Green Day
“Long Time Gone,” Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones
“That Thing You Do!” Billie Joe Armstrong
“Tossin’ and Turning,” Bobby Lewis
“One Track Mind,” Bobby Lewis
“It’s All In the Game,” Tommy Edwards
Wrote “A Fool Such as I,” Elvis Presley
“I Feel Free,” Foo Fighters
“Cold Day in the Sun,” Foo Fighters
“Shadow Dancing,” Dee Gees
“Our Prayer / Gee,” Brian Wilson
“Wonderful,” Brian Wilson
“”Wind Chimes,” Brian Wilson.
“President’s Day,” Kristen Wiig
“President Kennedy,” Ry Cooder
“Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man),” Randy Newman
“Let It All Fall Down,” James Taylor
“Ant,” They Might Be Giants
“Mr. President,” The Heptones & Jah Lion
“White House Blues,” Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
“Christ for President,” Wilco
“President Garfield,” The Juiana Hatfield Thre
“President Gas,” The Psychedelic Furs
“The President,” Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
“Funky President (People It’s Bad),” James Brown
“Paint the White House Black,” George Clinton
“Put a Sex Mo-Sheen in the White House,” Mojo Nixon
“Dear Mr. President,” Pink with the Indigo Girls
“When the President Talks to God [live],” Bright Eyes
“Here Comes President Kill Again,” XTC
“When I’m President,” Ian Hunter
“The Man Who Sold the World,” David Bowie
“Let’s Impeach the President,” Neil Young
“Brilliant Mistake,” Elvis Costello & The Confederates
“King Horse,” Elvis Costello
“King of the Bungaloos,” Gene Greene
“King of the New York Streets,” Dion
“King of All the World,” The Old 97’s
“Little King,” Robbie Fulks
“Not Even the King,” Alicia Keys
“The King Has Lost His Crown,” Abba
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Patti Smith
“Idiots Rule the World,” Ryan Adamsk
“You Can’t Rule Me,” Lucinda Williams
