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Hillary Burns, Yearns, Gently Turns

It's official.  Our long national fever of anticipation for Hillary Clinton's campaign theme song has broken.  And the winner is...

A syrupy Franco-Canadian love song.

"You and I"
By Celine Dion

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

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

I, um... don't get it.

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Update: Okay, I still don't get the song selection (seriously, it oozes Canadianism from every musical pore), but there's more to this press release than I realized.

The e-mail sent out by the Clinton campaign gave two links, one as noted up top, and this other one, which takes you to the video announcing the selection.  The video (a parody of the Sopranos finale) is far superior to the song choice.  Genuinely amusing, clever, and as close to folksy as she's ever going to muster.  They even got Johhny Sack to play the role of Members Only Jacket.

I'm not sure why this wasn't the only link sent out.  It wasn't even given top billing.  Maybe it's just me, but I'd completely missed it until I saw it mentioned elsewhere.

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Hillary Burns, Yearns, Gently Turns

It's official.  Our long national fever of anticipation for Hillary Clinton's campaign theme song has broken.  And the winner is...

A syrupy Franco-Canadian love song.

"You and I"
By Celine Dion

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

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

I, um... don't get it.

---

Update: Okay, I still don't get the song selection (seriously, it oozes Canadianism from every musical pore), but there's more to this press release than I realized.

The e-mail sent out by the Clinton campaign gave two links, one as noted up top, and this other one, which takes you to the video announcing the selection.  The video (a parody of the Sopranos finale) is far superior to the song choice.  Genuinely amusing, clever, and as close to folksy as she's ever going to muster.  They even got Johhny Sack to play the role of Members Only Jacket.

I'm not sure why this wasn't the only link sent out.  It wasn't even given top billing.  Maybe it's just me, but I'd completely missed it until I saw it mentioned elsewhere.