Returning to the unreliable all-American narrators of "Political Science" and "Short People," Newman plays a voter longing for the good old days. "I'm dreaming of a white president," he croons, "just like the ones we've always had." A tear is shed for William McKinley; President Taft is imagined ass-out in Africa. Then, the punch line: "He won't be the brightest, perhaps/But he'll be the whitest/And I'll vote for that." It's satire that will be misconstrued, denounced and used by no one as a campaign theme. Brilliant.

Listen to "I'm Dreaming":

“I Can See for Miles”

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."