Barack and Michelle Obama’s summer music list is out.
Talk about reading the room: they chose a Glen Hansard song, “Song of Good Hope,” and put it right at the top.
The Obamas have good taste. Their classic choices include Sam & Dave, the Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, The Police, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Sonny Rollins, and The Temptations.
But they also get edgy, with acts like Yebba, Temper City, and Baby Rose & Leon Thomas.
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I’d love to know who their curator is. Building the Obama Library, making weekly podcasts, speaking all over the world — who has time for this? Even their daughters must be in awe of their choices.
I’m particularly impressed they took back Sam & Dave’s “Hold On I’m Coming” from the dark side. Trump was using it at his rallies until Isaac Hayes’s estate stopped them. Check mate! The late, great Sam Moore, btw, performed at the White House for the Obamas.
