Meet The Beatles Parody: Vote For Me, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
With the U.S. presidential election right around the corner, I thought it might be fun to trot out an old promotional piece I did back in 2004. It features the 5 leading candidates who were competing for the Democratic presidential nomination, and a chance to run against the Republican incumbent, George W. Bush.
L-R: Senator John Kerry; former Vermont Governor Howard Dean; former Congressman Dick Gephardt; former Senator John Edwards; and at lower right: Senator Joe Lieberman.
It’s a parody of The Beatles‘ first Capitol LP, Meet The Beatles, which caused quite a stir with its blue-tinted cover photo.
The idea still makes me laugh, but the wordplay is too convoluted. The 5 candidates were all hoping to be the one to beat the incumbent, so “The Bushels” (plural) isn’t a reference to the candidates themselves, it’s a reference to President Bush, which doesn’t jibe. Close, but no cigar.
Looking back, it was probably a stretch trying to parody something that was already 40 years old at the time!
How accurate are the caricatures? Here are photos of the 5 candidates, judge for yourself:
Top, L-R: John Kerry, Howard Dean, Dick Gephard.
Bottow, L-R: John Edwards, Joe Lieberman.
And just for the record: Kerry got the Democratic nomination, but lost to Bush in the 2004 election.
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What do you think? Does anyone remember The Beatles? Can you think of any other field besides popular music and politics where fame and glory are more fleeting? Hope you’ll leave a comment.
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