Friday, June 26, 2009

"Vote Frank Klees. Let Him Lead the Party. The Party."

Remember when I said the Frank Klees campaign was more boring than watching paint dry (...or a Benjamin Button marathon)? Well I take it all back!

Because Frank Klees now has the absolute worst campaign theme song I have ever heard. It's so bad, it's amazing. Seriously, you have to listen to it.




And, since I'm not sure I'll run my usual summer voting contest this year, I now invite all blog readers to vote for the worst campaign jingle ever. You've heard Klees' entry above - now let your ears be soothed by the melodious chorus "Sing a Song for Jim".













Worst Campaign Jingle?
Sing of Song for Jim
Vote Frank Klees
Other (Specify in Comments)
See Results


Oh, and if you want to listen to good campaign jingles, I'd recommend the following:









Hat Tip - PerezHudak

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posted by calgarygrit at 8:12 AM

9 Comments:

  • My vote's for Ed Broadbent, just too much cheese.

    By Blogger Ian, at 9:01 AM  

  • My vote is other. I nominate the Jingle for John Crosbie's aborted 1990 Leadership Coup of the federal PCs- Tequila Sheila

    By Anonymous The Riel One, at 9:09 AM  

  • I dunno. I kind of liked Ed Broadbent rap...

    By Anonymous Ed's Back, at 9:29 AM  

  • I love the Frank Klees song. Quite catchy.

    More importantly, you Must do a summer contest CG. Canada's best political commercial would be fun!

    By Anonymous Tim Hudak, at 10:44 AM  

  • McGuinty's insipid "Choose Change" from 2003 was, well, insipid.

    I hear that an hour after his victory speech, they drowned everyone involved in its production in Lake Simcoe.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:26 AM  

  • Ted Morton's was pretty bad as well.

    By Blogger Kevin, at 12:49 PM  

  • Klees' was the worst, but is so bad that it at least looks like the creation of somebody that actually liked the guy, and not an ad agency.

    Canada's greatest musical endorsement has to be "Dief will be the Chief Again."

    http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/topics/1599-10968/

    My favourite campaign jingle of all time is Nixon Now, but that is mostly for reasons of irony.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qZfN7cdm_M

    Here is a cartoon jingle attack ad from Adlai Stevenson.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaUVvmMRLU&feature=related

    This one lacks a jingle but I through it in.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFW9bKxZFBg&feature=related

    By Blogger hosertohoosier, at 10:40 PM  

  • The Nixon campaign had the best jingles:
    There was "Nixon's the One" by Connie Francis:
    http://mac.easthouston.net/thehound/19940423/mp3s/start31.mp3

    and the catchy ditty
    Nixon's the one
    Nixon's the one
    Nixon's the only one
    We believe in Nixon
    N-I-X-O-N
    Nixon's the only one
    which I recently heard as the closing credits music to a movie (probably Frost\Nixon)
    and then there were the satires, such "Nixon's the One" by Kathryn & Duffy & The Enemies List and "God bless Richard Nixon" by Rod Terri:
    God, in His infinite wisdom
    put Richard Nixon on the earth
    to bring to us his heritage
    one of priceless worth.
    A courageous leader, and a blessed man
    surely, in God's plan.

    By Blogger Brian Dell, at 9:24 PM  

  • In the Ontario PC leadership (whatever year it was that Eves won), Tony Clement's supporters walked around the convention centre singing to the tune of Buster Poindexter:
    "To-neee To-neee To-neee To-nee he is HOT HOT HOT!"

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:46 AM  

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