Barack Obama Secures Chuck Berry's Vote

Even though Republican presidential candidate John McCain is using "Johnny B. Goode" as one of his campaign songs, rock icon Chuck Berry has made it known that in the upcoming election, he is fully behind Barack Obama. Berry expressed relief that the U.S. has reached a point where its people can vote for "a man of color and that not be a drawback." "In the Fifties there were certain places we couldn't ride on the bus, and now there is a possibility of a black man being in the White House," Berry said. "You have to feel good about it." Berry's vote comes after Obama managed to secure the crucial support of super delegates Springsteen and Dylan.

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“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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