Beginning to See the Light

After President Obama won the election in November 2008, I made this compilation to celebrate and mark the occasion. It seems appropriate to share it now, on the eve of the vote to re-elect him. The compilation obviously reflects the sense of hope and jubilation many of us felt in 2008, and those feelings have inevitably shifted with the reality of the past four years. But I fundamentally have a lot of respect and admiration for and, yes, trust in Obama, and there’s no debating the fact that his vision for the country is immeasurably superior to his opponent’s. I share this as an expression of my hope for the coming vote. Let’s keep moving forward!

By the way, while some of the songs have obvious content-associations with celebrating Obama’s victory, other songs were included simply because of the festive mood…

Click the links below to stream the compilation; the songlist follows.

Part one (tracks 1-12):

Part two (tracks 13-24):

1. The Cadillacs “Zoom”
2. Jens Lekman “A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill”
3. The Kinks “People Take Pictures of Each Other”
4. The Brunettes “These Things Take Time”
5. Sufjan Stevens “The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts”
6. Stars “Soft Revolution”
7. The The “This Is The Day”
8. Camera Obscura “The Sun On His Back”
9. The Bats “Time To Get Ready”
10. Small Factory “Here You Come”
11. The Replacements “Can’t Hardly Wait”
12. Elf Power “All The World Is Waiting”
13. Page France “Elephant”
14. Orange Juice “Felicity”
15. The Primitives “I’ll Stick With You”
16. The Velvet Underground “Beginning To See The Light”
17. Cat Power “Speak for Me”
18. Thea Gilmore “I’m Not Down”
19. Wilco “Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (Again)”
20. Camper Van Beethoven “Never Go Back”
21. Fleetwood Mac “Never Going Back Again”
22. Mirah and Spectratone International “Community”
23. The Clash “The Street Parade”
24. The Pastels “Worlds Of Possibility”