Presidential Jammy Jamz
Happy Presidents’ Day, everybody. In honor of this auspicious occasion, I’ve compiled a handful of Youtube clips showcasing phat Presidential jammy jamz for your viewing/listening pleasure. Go on, girl, go ‘head, get down:
- “I Like Ike,” the “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” of Presidential campaign songs.
- Here’s one I can only imagine is called “Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy!”
- The schlocky “Nixon Now” from ‘72.
- Some old robot from EPCOT busting out numerous impressions in the sizzlin’ Presidents’ Rap.
- Speaking of which, what would Presidents’ Day be without a Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan?
- Not to be outdone, here’s Dubya beatboxing.
- “Buckle Down with Nixon” and “Jimmy Carter Says YES!” as performed by Brian Dewan on his accordian (Brian, by the way, is the artist who built that thing on the cover of They Might Be Giants’ Lincoln album).
- Here’s Nixon himself whippin’ out Piano Concerto #1 (an original composition).
- Taking a cue from “The Simpsons,” The Forgotten Presidents Song remembers all the not-so-memorable Commanders in Chief (the response video someone made is ten times funnier, though).
Not enough for you? Okay, here are two bonus jamz, neither of which were culled from the aforelinked video monolith:
- The infamous recording of LBJ ordering a pair of slacks from Haggar (hard to believe this hasn’t been sampled by the Beastie Boys yet).
- From my personal collection, Larry Shannon Hargrove’s classic Lewinsky-era tune “Leave Bill Clinton Alone” (sample lyric: “all this investigating ain’t nothin’ but playa-hatin’!”).
