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WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:48 PM Sep 2012

Not to change the subject, but Randy Newman's new song, "I'm Dreaming of a White President"...

is proving too much for a lot of people to understand.

One comment, first Short People and now this...

I think there is a gene needed in order to understand biting satire...

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/reverb-blogpost.aspx?post=43a093ab-3a7a-487c-912e-3554840e101c

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Not to change the subject, but Randy Newman's new song, "I'm Dreaming of a White President"... (Original Post) WCGreen Sep 2012 OP
wow ann--- Sep 2012 #1
Certainly not his best effort . . . Journeyman Sep 2012 #2
I agree it is not his best... WCGreen Sep 2012 #3
Very timely... kentuck Sep 2012 #4
i thought it was frickin genius bettydavis Sep 2012 #5
Most people will NOT get it. Quantess Sep 2012 #6

bettydavis

(93 posts)
5. i thought it was frickin genius
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 07:12 PM
Sep 2012

like the most important thing he ever wrote in my opinion. Brilliant. And brave and deep.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
6. Most people will NOT get it.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:45 AM
Sep 2012

Not even just "a lot of people" wont understand it. Most will not. As in, 2/3 will think it is sincere.

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