On That Note: Hail to the Chief

[CycloneRulzzz]

Welcome back to On That Note, your weekly CF musical smorgasbord hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.


With President's Day being yesterday this week's topic will be songs and lyrics that refer to Presidents. The word president is allowed along with songs that refer to president's by their name. A song that happens to include the surname of a president is not allowed. For example, a song that mentions Kennedy must be about President Kennedy.


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Last Week's Topic: On That Note: P.S. I Hate You

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-p-s-i-hate-you.254861/

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Presidents mentioned Eisenhower, Nixon, Truman, JFK, Reagan.

 

[cyclones500]

“In the mind of Ronald Reagan / Wheels they turn, gears they grind” (full lyrics allude to him, but that's only specific reference toward the end)

 

[cyclones500]

“I shouted out, ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’”

 

[matclone]

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

4:35, John F. Kennedy's inaugural address is heard ("Ask not what your country can do for you ..."). The song ends with Franklin D. Roosevelt saying "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself",

 

[drlove]

Also mentions Kennedy.


Reagan

 

[Cydar]

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

 

[drlove]

Nixon


Clinton

 

[drlove]

This song is about Gerald Ford although not mentioned by name.

 

[drlove]

Polk, Buchanan, and my fav, Van Buren

 

[Doc]

 

[michaelrr1]

Reagan speaking at the end.

 

[Althetuna]

Green Day: Holiday
"Seig Heil to the President Gasman. Bombs away is your punishment."

 

[matclone]

 

[agcy68]

 

[DarkStar]

And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord…

 

[Isualum13]

Did I win?

 

[madguy30]

No name but 'Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked'

 

[Althetuna]

Nena: 99 Red Balloons

"This is what we've waited for. This is it boys. This is war. The president is on the line as 99 red balloons go by."