Democratic National Convention 2024

[Greg]

The Queen and I've been watching a lot of the convention. It's been quite the antidote for the doom and gloom of TFG.

I've been recording it and fast forwarding it to the speeches we want to see. Monday was good especially for all the love shown to Joe Biden.

Last night (Tuesday, night two) we were going to watch the speeches again. But we came in and Lil Jon (I thought it was T-Pain) was shouting out for Georgia. WTF? They were doing the roll call to see who voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Wallz. I figure there was no time for this nonsense. I fast forward but I saw Samwise in the blur and stopped again. Sean Astin was introducing for Indiana. Then, we were hooked. There was a DJ spinning different songs for each state. The spokespeople would shout out facts about their states and then give the votes. Who were the idiots voting present? It was fun to guess the song and figure the tie-in.

It was also gave me a sense of patriotism to watch territories like the US Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico take part, to see all the different colors of our humanity.

I'll be going back tonight to watch the speeches I missed from yesterday. I hear both Obamas were really good and cutting.

[thatguy]

This just in:

https://gizmodo.com/the-dncs-2024-roll-c...2000489626

The DNC’s 2024 ‘Roll Call’ Playlist Is on Spotify

"Lose Yourself," "Empire State of Mind,” and “I’m Shipping up to Boston” were just some of the song played during the Roll Call.
Oscar GonzalezUpdated August 21, 2024
DJ Cassidy performs during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. © Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Day 2 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago had some fiery speeches, especially from former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. However, it was the states’ roll call that really set the tone for the night featuring a fire playlist that’s now on Spotify.
The roll call is a standard event at the convention where delegates from each state as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Democrats abroad, and Washington, DC have a delegate give a speech usually to hype up their own state as well as the candidate. Tuesday night’s roll call featured DJ Cassidy who had a song on hand to go with each state’s introduction and some of these tracks were real bangers.
The songs had different connections to the states whether it’s a name drop like the B-52s’ “Private Idaho” for the Gem State or “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver for West Virginia. Most of the songs were from artists from those respective states such as The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” for Nevada,their home state, “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson for Indiana where he was born, and “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé who was born in Houston. Atlanta’s Lil Jon was also in attendance to do a live performance of “Turn Down for What” for his state of Georgia.
Here’s a rundown of the songs for each state:
Alabama: “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Alaska: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man
American Samoa: “Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga
Arizona: “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks
Arkansas: “Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac
California: “California Love” by Tupac and “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
Colorado: “September” by Earth, Wind Fire
Connecticut: “Signed Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder
Delaware: “Higher Love” by Whitney Houston and Kygo
Democrats Abroad: “Love Train” by The O’Jays
District of Columbia: “Let Me Clear My Throat” by DJ Kool
Florida: “Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty
Georgia: “Turn Down for What” by Lil John
Guam: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
Hawaii: “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars
Idaho: “Private Idaho” by The B-52s
Illinois: “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project
Indiana: “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson
Iowa: “Celebrate” by Kool & the Gang
Kansas: “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas
Kentucky: “First Class” by Jack Harlow
Louisiana: “All I Do Is Win” by DJ Khaled
Maine: “Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon
Maryland: “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
Massachusetts: “I’m Shipping up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys
Michigan: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
Minnesota: “Kiss” and “1999” by Prince
Mississippi: “Twisting the Night Away” by Sam Cooke
Missouri: “Good Luck, Babe” by Chappell Roan
Montana: “American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz
Nebraska: “Firework” by Katy Perry
Nevada: “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers
New Hampshire: “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey
New Jersey: “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen
New Mexico: “Confident” by Demi Lovato
New York: “Empire State of Mind” by Jay Z and Alicia Keys
North Carolina: “Raise Up” by Petey Pablo
North Dakota: “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys
Ohio: “Green Light” by John Legend
Oklahoma: “Ain’t Goin Down” by Garth Brooks
Oregon: “Float On” by Modest Mouse
Pennsylvania: “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa and “Motownphilly” by Boyz II Men
Puerto Rico: “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Rhode Island: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
South Carolina: “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” by James Brown
South Dakota: “What I Like About You” by The Romantics
Tennessee: “9 To 5” by Dolly Parton
Texas: “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé
Utah: “Animal” by Neon Trees
Vermont: “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
Virginia: “The Way I Are” by Timbaland
Washington: “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore
West Virginia: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
Wisconsin: “Jump Around” by House of Pain
Wyoming: “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas
Virgin Islands: “VI to the Bone” by Mic Love
The song list made quite a stark difference between the DNC and the Republican National Convention last month. It does seem to help that music artists appear to be more friendly to the Democrats in comparison to the opposition. Donald Trump has been sued numerous times for using artists’ songs without permission while campaigning.
Wednesday night is the third night of the DNC and will feature more music as Pink and John Legend will take the stage along with more than a dozen speakers. Closing out the event will be Minnesota governor and Vice President hopeful Tim Walz.

--tg

[Greg]

Yes, I did go in and increase the font size for my poor eyes.

[thatguy]

Yes, I did go in and increase the font size for my poor eyes.

That's next to impossible to do on iOS/MobileSafari...

The selected text highlight blocks the font size drop-down menu, so your only option's are 1 or 2...

(Tiresome workaround: put a bunch of empty lines at the top of your post and then when you select all to fix the dumb copy/paste font size issue, deselect the first few lines so that you can reach more of that font size drop-down menu)

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Not Like Us annoys me.

[Greg]

Watched the Obamas' speeches. They were really good. They did that weird uplifting thing.

[thatguy]

I only heard a clip of Barak's about movies/sequels and thought it was a great quote. Short...spot on...easy to grok.

--tg

[Greg]

Both speeches are worth a lesson. Barak came out after Michelle finished and said he was the only one stupid enough to follow Michelle.

[Drunk Monk]

I tuned into night 3 when Mindy Kaling took the stage and watched through to Walz. 

It's good to see the Dems pull it together. 

Fingers crossed.

[Greg]

Still have night 3 waiting on the DVR but jumped ahead to watch night 4. Some great speeches. Pink and the Chicks did good work. After having seen Mark Kelly and Tim Walz, I think Walz is the better choice from a public speaking standpoint.

Everyone was geared up to see Beyonce. Everyone is disappointed.

The hard work begins now.

[King Bob]

Adam Kinzinger, the Republican speaker, was great. He shredded Trump. Kamala was not the best speaker of the convention. It's good Mark Kelly wasn't the pick - he's a weaker speaker than Walz and has an unusual look.

[Greg]

Concur. The Obamas did a great job. Hard to compare. But that is the best speech by Kamala that I have seen.

I think Kelly's problem is that he just became a politician in the wake of Gabby Giffords injury. Walz has been in the political arena for some time so knows how to work a crowd. Plus, he has that background in teaching and by being a Sergeant Major.

Onward to the election.