Maybe I've missed it but it's beyond me why Allen Toussaint's great, not to mention funky -- not to mention politically apt -- "Yes We Can Can" has not been selected as the official campaign song for the Obama campaign, especially since it adds a "can" to his "Yes We Can." Here is the hit Pointers Sister version, there are others you may like more or less.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
This should be the official Obama campaign song
is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), including the new "THE TUNNELS: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill." He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: epic1934@aol.com. Twitter: @GregMitch
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