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July 13, 2007

Anderson Cooper Needs A Political Coverage Theme Song

It's fun to see all the Anderson Cooper lovers/haters come out of the woodwork every time he gets a 'Gum mention; probably something about the silver fox's steely blue eyes, or the amount of time he's spent in the closet. (Literally! Do you think the man chooses those excellent suits himself?) ANYWAY, in the wake of Hillary's disappointing choice for campaign theme song (Celine Dion, though we're surprised she didn't go with "Hillary Is In"), Anderson Cooper has made a similar call to the 360º faithful to help him choose a theme song for his full-circle election-season coverage. The submission session started a couple of weeks ago, but last night he said that the time was quickly approaching (while Frampton's "Show Me The Way" blared in the background). So, still time to stuff the ballot box! But if you wanna play, you gotta play by AC's rules:

Via the 360º blog:

Like you, we're huge Celine Dion fans. That goes without saying.

We were bummed to hear Hillary Clinton had picked "You and I" as her theme song, because we had been talking about using it as our theme for 360's presidential race coverage.

So in true Celine Dion fashion, we've picked ourselves up by our bootstraps and are heading back to the drawing board, but we need your help.

Some ground rules first:
1. No entries from Journey, Leo Sayer, or Sheena Easton will be considered. Ok, maybe Leo Sayer.
2. Please avoid submitting songs with explicit lyrics. Our bosses will get upset.
3. It has to have a good beat and you can dance to it. Or not.

Thanks. And hey, keep on rockin'.

So head over: Vote early, and vote often. The man's discerning and has the best bumps in the biz, so you better choose something he likes, like Arcade Fire. Or Scissor Sisters. But, just a tip: Probably best not to mention Rufus Wainwright.

Posted at 1:08 PM
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14 Comments

does "where eagles dare" have explicit lyrics?

Posted by: jim at 07/13/07 1:26 PM | Reply
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celine dion has fans?

Posted by: bryan at 07/13/07 1:34 PM | Reply
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deerhunter

Posted by: 2 sheds at 07/13/07 2:19 PM | Reply
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i love anderson posts. i vote "take you higher" by sly. or "killer queen" by queen.

Posted by: patti pashrona at 07/13/07 2:26 PM | Reply
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anything by electric six.

Posted by: steve perry at 07/13/07 2:39 PM | Reply
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Chocolate Rain.

Posted by: vee at 07/13/07 2:40 PM | Reply
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Peeps better not make fun of my future gay ex-husband.

Well, according the rules, filthy/gorgeous is out.

Deerhoof, +81

they'd blow the hell up

Posted by: mrs at 07/13/07 2:42 PM | Reply
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"Let's Kill Music" by the Cooper Temple Clause.

Seeing as you don't need a whole song, just some pieces of it, and they could use the repeated chant of "we dare you to mean a single word you say"...

Posted by: Michael Houghton at 07/13/07 2:46 PM | Reply
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Alice Cooper. "No More Mr. Nice Guy." But really, only the chorus applies.

Posted by: Rochelle Nikita at 07/13/07 2:52 PM | Reply
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Mmmm....Anderson...

Posted by: Deena at 07/13/07 3:17 PM | Reply
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Horror Show - The Libertines

Posted by: Los at 07/13/07 7:41 PM | Reply
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Haven't Got A Clue - The Flaming Lips

Posted by: Hayley at 07/13/07 7:55 PM | Reply
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little girl - DFA1979

Posted by: jill at 07/13/07 9:39 PM | Reply
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"the blues are still blue" by belle & sebastian, just because his eyes are sooooo blue and beautiful. and it's a great song too.

Posted by: maggie at 07/14/07 5:53 AM | Reply
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