In a riff on the final Sopranos episode, Hillary and Bill Clinton announced in a Web video her campaign theme song will be "You and I" by Celine Dion.
Watch the video yourself, and appreciate the cameo appearance by now-dead Sopranos mobster Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni, (played by Vince Curatola). Earlier this month, Fishwrap readers offered their suggestions, but Clinton (D-NY) opted for something a bit more mellow.
Here are the lyrics to Clinton's choice, selected after two rounds of voting.
High above the mountains, far across the sea
I can hear your voice calling out to me
Brighter than the sun and darker than the night
I can see your love shining like a light
And on and on this earth spins like a carousel
If I could travel across the world
The secrets I would tell
Chorus:
You and I
Were meant to fly
Higher than the clouds
We'll sail across the sky
So come with me
And you will feel
That we're soaring
That we're floating up so high
Cause you and I were meant to fly
Sailing like a bird high on the wings of love
Take me higher than all the stars above
I'm burning, yearning
Gently turning round and round
I'm always rising up I never
Want to come back down
You and I were meant to fly
Looks like the Clinton campaign ignored the suggestions from Fishwrap readers.
-- Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Now the blogs react, and not too favorably ....
Okay, I think we may have both the necessary and sufficient reason why Hillary Clinton shouldn't be allowed to be president: her campaign song is by Celine Dion. Truly too horrifying to comtemplate.You're No Jack Kennedy:
Just in case you needed further reason to think Hillary is an out-of-touch weirdo, here's a new one. After a long -- and, frankly, pretty cool and innovative -- online search for her campaign theme song, Hillary settled on "You and I" by, dear lord, Celine Dion.BigHeadDC:
Waaaaah! We so wanted "My Heart Will Go On"!Virtual Bourgeois:
You know, until this moment I was seriously considering her, but Celine Dion?... and those are just the liberal blogs. We await the reaction of VRWC bloggers.
-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times