Anderson Cooper, America's Indie Rock Cable News Anchor
We've already established Anderson Cooper has the coolest bump music in cable news. Now these CNN print ads wanna tell us what's on his iPod. I went through the trouble of scanning it before realizing Gawker came across it first, so here ya go.
Anderson Cooper's On-The-Road Playlist
The Clash "This Is Radio Clash"
Scissor Sisters "Comfortably Numb"
Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"
Radiohead "Karma Police"
Sugar "Neele Hits E"
Ike & Tina Turner "Proud Mary"
Nouvelle Vague "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Interpol "Slow Hands"
Arcade Fire "Wake Up"
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"
Mary J. Blige "No More Drama"
Devo "Freedom Of Choice"
Elvis Costello "Pump It Up"
The Hives "Hate To Say I Told You So"
Abbey Lincoln "Nature Boy"
OK CNN we get it. Anderson Cooper is the cool cable news anchor. Like there was any competition.
Posted at 12:41 PM
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Proud mary? LOL. isn't that code word for him being gay?
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No no no no no no - it's old-school Tina Turner, which means he was down with the black folk before being down with the black folk was cool.
You go, A-Coop!
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I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but I heard he was of famous lineage. Any truth to that?
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Yep, he's a Vanderbilt.
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Wouldn't a Scissors Sisters COVER SONG be a more obvious code for a homo?? OR even a Devo B-side?!!!
And I'm from Akron, where we all know Devo= fag.
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FINALLY, a news anchor for the rest of us! sure, the other guys seem to cover the news pretty well, what what do they think of bob mould? how can i trust katie couric if i don't know if she likes the hives? what? you say anderson cooper likes the hives? well, thats all i need to know.
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Was this guy actually birthed by a focus group? Like, collectively? I'm totally sure this assjack listens to Nouvelle Vague and Mary J. Blige. GOD what a tool. Why doesn't somebody on the Daily Show parody this d-nozzle?
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turns out Anderson is for reals.
sorry you're too cool to let him into your indie club.
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Liking "Proud Mary" doesn't mean he's gay. It just means he's actually black. And a vegan.
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Yeah, he's gay. An ex of mine supposedly dated him. He's into dark-skinned boys.
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he hangs at the barricuda for happy hours
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i love that guy.
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he's definitely gay. i've heard it from several sources.
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Last time I insulted Anderson Cooper in a comment on Stereogum, some psycho chick went to my site and left a number of profanity laced comments. It was pretty amusing!
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Kind of a bad ass either way.
http://ultra8201.blogspot.com
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I heard his publicist told him to give that out, as they are in search of a younger demographic...whatever. Anyway, it's a nice playlist and I like Anderson Cooper. So ha. :)
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Lamest comments ever.
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i'm just happy to see sugar made the list. and not a very well-known track by them, either.
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dude...scissor sister's version of "comfortably numb" is SOOO GOOD.
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anderson coopah!
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Who gives a crap if he's gay or straight? He's hands down the best thing going on cable news ( hell, news PERIOD), and your vapid "homo" comments just show what threatened little girlie men you are.....pull your panties up and get real, boys!
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Sorry, but Anderson Cooper isn't half as cool as Canadian cable-news host George Stroumboulopoulos on The Hour who regularly features DeathFromAbove1979 and other hard rockin indie tracks.
And as I'm guessing that most Americans don't get CBCNewsWorld, you should probably check out a couple clips on their website.
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/
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George seems like a decent guy, but he's always been trying way too hard to seem like the coolest kid in the class.
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I read that playlist and I picture a teenager ripping mixed CDs for people and putting songs on it that they don't know but their older siblings are listening to.
What, no Matisyahu?
Snore.
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if you can check out his vanity fair article in this month's vanity fair... he's had a pretty tragic life.
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Coopah...Can play with my engine anytime!
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Coopah...Can play with my engine anytime!He is the greatest!
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Nice to see Mr. Cooper rockin' the Interpol, yeah. He's a cool cat and explains the Bush administration in a way even I can comprehend.
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Needle Hits E is one of the greatest songs ever written. Cooper, I never did but now I'm tuning in.
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DUDES ANDERSON COOPER MIGHT BE GAY, BE HES VERY HOTT OKAY AND HES A GOOD REPORTER SO LEAVE HIM ALONE
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DUDES ANDERSON COOPER MIGHT BE GAY, BUT HES VERY HOTT OKAY AND HES A GOOD REPORTER SO LEAVE HIM ALONE
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One day I sat a little later by the tube and I noticed a young man by the unusual Name of Anderson. Watched him for a week and found him very interesting. Good looking too! Wished I was $^&# years younger.
Now hubby got interested in his style. Very informative program and he doesn/t beat around the bush. (no pun intended).
Saw him on Larry King live last night. Learned his mother is Gloria Vanderbildt but it escaped me who his father was?
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His father is the late author Wyatt Cooper. He died during heart surgery when Anderson was only 10 yrs old.
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who cares what his sexual preference is: he's still hot and interesting! Something straight guys rarely are. Anderson, you ROCK!!!!
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AC360's bump music consists of songs by the Killers, The Cure and Radiohead. Not your typical newscast.
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Uh, Barracuda in Chelsea?
No, they do their after work/happy hours at 6 PM. By that time, AC-360 has been a LONG while in the studio for his late-night gig.
Not that that doesn't mean he's not gay, but let's not fling excessive poo without sources.
Cheers,
Victoria
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You guys do realize that CCR actually wrote "Proud Mary", right? And that both versions are irritating.
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Definitely came up with that playlist in a focus group...I was there. And yes, Anderson and I have been dating...
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Anderson's got great taste in music and those really are HIS selections, not some focus group.
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i prefer keith olbermann. glasses and seething anger are sexy.
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im 16 and i am in LOVE with anderson cooper some sources say that he is even bisexuzl and hell watever floats your boat while keepin my afloat
i would bang him any day !!!!! HOT HOT
he's prolly gay cuz he was born with a spoon in his mouth and wat ya gunna do with it while you give the news shove it up ur ass? i guess sooo
I LOVE YOU ANDERSON!!!!! soooooo fucking HOT
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