Most Fridays, we give away a voucher worth TWENTY FIVE Euros to spend freely at any of the growing number of Golden Discs stores nationwide.
All we ask is for you to select a tune we can play next week.
This week’s theme: Electable sounds
With a General Election in the ‘offing’, what songs do YOU think the main political parties should adopt as their campaign themes.
To enter, just complete this sentence.
My General Election campaign song for [name of party] would have to be_______________________________’
Lines MUST close at 6.45pm MIDNIGHT!
No limit on number of songs.
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My General Election campaign song for Fianna Fail would have to be Electioneering by Radiohead’
My General Election campaign song for Fianna Fáil would have to be We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel.
Pretty obvious I guess.
(we can finally edit? What science is this?)
My General Election campaign song for all of them would have to be “You’re so vain” by Carly Simon.
c/w Coming Around Again
ye even got 1982’s “Why?” in there if they were shouting for more
Would have to be ‘Don’t let Dan Boyle or his mates anywhere near the levers of power’ by Bankrupt Nation.
Helga, I salute you.
My General Election campaign song for the Social Democrats would be “Just the two of us” by Bill Withers
Eh, I think you’ll find it’s by Dr Evil and Mini Me.
A gem of an artist which I have somehow bypassed until recently….absolutely love the song ‘Use me’. I could just listen to that on loop for an hour!
My general election campaign song for FF & FG would be Rip It Up’ (and start again) by Orange Juice.
My General Election campaign song for the Labour party would have to be “It’s the end of the world as we know it” by R.E.M.
My General Election campaign song for any of them would have to be: Rage Against the Machine – Killin’ in the name of. A song designed to make you lower your head, stomp your boots and shout ‘ FU I won’t do what you tell me’, riling against the control of an unjust government…or they could just as easily shout that at us!!
My General Election campaign song for FIne Gael/Fianna Fail would have to be Orgasm Addict by The Buzzcocks’. Sorry about being obvious, but it’s because they are all self pleasuring fappers!
No Diggty,Blackstreet…Labour.
Should i stay,should i go,The Clash…Sinn Fein.
wasted Time,The Eagles…Fianna Fail.
Say Hello,Wave Goodbye,Soft Cell…Fine Gael.
I’d go with You’re Unbelievable by EMF for all of ’em.
You burden me with your questions
You’d have me tell no lies
You’re always asking what it’s all about
Now listen to my replies
You say to me I don’t talk enough
But when I do I’m a fool
These times I’ve spent, I’ve realized
I’m going to shoot through
And leave you
WINNER
Ooohhh, very good.
Top choice that :)
My General Election campaign song for all the parties would have to be Fuck Tha Police by N.W.A. for obvious reasons.
My General Election campaign song for FF would have to be “Willie o’Dea” by Rubberbandits
My General Election campaign song for FG would have to be “Kill the Poor” by The Dead Kennedys
My General Election campaign song for Joan Burton and the Labour Party would have to be Stuck in the Middle with You by Steelers Wheel.’
While there might well be “Clowns to the left of you, jokers to the right” that song is far too good for that bunch of poxbottles.
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be Transvision Vamp – Baby I Don’t Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r26krlXFmOI
My general election campaign song would be All In All You’re Just Another Prick In The Dail.
this
+1
+1 excellent Nigel :o)
We don’t need no coalition
We don’t need no Fianna Fail
No mounting drinks bIll in the Dail bar
Taoiseach leave those socks at home
Hey! Taoiseach! Leave those socks at home!
Bravo Nigel, love your sass.
My General Election campaign song for Labour would have to be Sade – Turn My Back On You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvM0M6lRfI
My General Election campaign song for Fianna Fáil would have to be Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I2s5zRbHg
FG theme song would be “BLUE (DA BA DEE) by Eiffle 65
lol
My GE campaign’ish song for Frances Fitzgerald would have to be Pissing in the Wind by Badly Drawn Boy.
A worm is on its hook, our love which dangles free
Lets watch it swim, against the water’s flow
In doubt your courage grows, with no guarantee
Are you having an affair with her? Is your willy like a worm on a hook?
This is all very confusing. Not to say disturbing.
before I answer, would you think less of me?
difficult to do – but not impossible ;-D
*sad face* at the sheikh
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be ‘glad to see you go’ by the ramones
Only Losers Take the Bus for FG, obv:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSi2Z74Ou8
My General Election campaign song for Fianna Fail would have to be Failure, by Breaking Benjamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8U-qrE5428
My General Election campaign song for AAA/PBP or is it Solidarity now… would have to be Fear of Capitalism by Needful Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=408iavx_LF0
My General Election campaign song for Scoial Democrats would have to be Everything Is Beautiful, by Bobby Womack :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9n8C6KBbMc
My General Election campaign song for Renua Ireland would have to be We’re F****d, by Victims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_4NaZGGi4
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be Homeless, by Old Skull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtEmcruWTso
Eeeeuuuunnnn Eeeeuuuunnnn
Disqualified.
One entry per person.
My General Election campaign song for Leo Varadkar would have to be No Woman (Tanaiste), No Cry – by Bob Marley
My Election song for Fine Gael/Fianna Fail is Babylon’s Burning by The Ruts.
Babylon’s burning
You’re burning the street
You’re burning your houses
With anxiety
My General Election campaign song for the whole bloody lot of them would be ‘I think I’m Wonderful’ by The Damned
My General Election campaign song for the whole bloody lot of them would be “Fcuking Cnts, treat us like Pr1cks!” by A Flux of Pink Indians
Politician by Paranoid Visions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBaAbJCvCbQ
My General Election campaign song for the Independent Alliance would have to be “Don’t Go” by the Hothouse Flowers
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael from Fianna Fail would have to be”D.I.V.O.R.C.E” by Billy Connolly or Dolly Parton
My General Election campaign song for The Social Democrats would have to be I will survive (Gloria Gaynor)
My General Election campaign song for Leo and Fine Gael would be “Common People”
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be “Stand down Margaret” by The Beat. Little known fact – Margaret is Frances Fitzgerald’s Confirmation name, Frances Mary Margaret Fitzgerald.
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gaelwould have to be Babylons Burning by the Ruts
My General Election campaign song for The Independent Alliance would have to be “Bye Bye Baby” by The Bay City Rollers
Surely that’s by Labour and the Repeal?
Excellent! I doff my hat to you sir!
My General Election campaign song for The Independent Alliance from Fine Gael would have to be “Thorn In My Side” by The Eurythmics
Thanks Warden of the Snort
Just play Dead Flag Blues by GYBE! on repeat and be done with it.
Or to observe the spirit of the competition My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be Police and Thieves by Junior Murvin
https://youtu.be/19dP84Q4Qus
My General Election campaign song for Sinn Fein would have to be Stir It Up by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols.
(Strategic Communications Unit Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CU3mc0yvRNk
My General Election campaign song for a FG/FF coalition would have to be When Your Smiling And Astride Me (lube up remix) by Father John Misty
My General Election campaign song for Labour would have to be Last Christmas by Wham!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI’
My General Election Campaign song for Labour Leader Brendan Howlin would have to be He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot by Grandaddy
(Can we do Independents?)
My General Election campaign song for Shane Ross would have to be Sit Down And Relapse by Stepaside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1yJKC2PYI
My General Election campaign song for Sinn Fein would have to be Prime Time by The Tubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
(They’re never off either).
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols.
My General Election campaign song for Fine Gael would have to be I Can’t Stand Losing You by the Police
My General Election Campaign song for the Shinners would have to be The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get by The Smiths.
Excellent :)
Except it’s a Morrissey song ;)
Not even Morrissey. Boz Boorer, I think. Wrote most of Vauxhall.
It’s been a long day.
http://youtu.be/pBlU5Mh26ao
My General Election song for John Halligan would have to be Rocket Man by Elton John
LOL :)
My General Election Song for #campaignforleo would have to be Fake Empire by The National
my general election song would have to be simple minds..dont you forget about ne
My General Election song for Frances Fitzgerald would have to be Miss Leader by Rollerskate Skinny
My General Election song for FG would have to be Antisocial by Anthrax
My general election song would be Bitch you Better Have My Money
Going Underground by The Jam
My General Election campaign song for every party would have to be The Beatles Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for me and my Monkey
A very late entry, but it’s obvious…
My general election campaign song for FG would have to be Frankie by Sister Sledge.
…Frankie, do you remember me?
in light of of the apparent subterfuge and confusion, I was thinking “Add it Up” by the Violent Femmes
Maybe Fine Gael could spin Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” into part of a tried-and-trusted “Me Me Me” political campaign. Something in the lyrics about “keeping on with the Force” too.