365 Days #168 - Mike Curb Congregation - More Than Ever (Nixon Theme Song)/Nixon Now Rally Song (mp3s)
MP3:
Mike Curb Congregation - More Than Ever (Nixon Theme Song) (1:59)
Mike Curb Congregation - Nixon Now Rally Song (2:33)
These campaign songs for the Nixon re-election effort demonstrate a political dynamic that remains effective to this day. It is not very important to appeal to young people, but it is very important to make old people feel as though you are attempting to appeal to young people - hence the modern grooves of the Mike Curb Congregation, which probably actually did entice a Christian Youth Group or two to the campaign.
- Contributed by: John Mitchell
Images: Bumper Sticker
Media: 7" Single
Label: MGM
Date: 1972
Mike Curb was the lieutenant governor of California.
Posted by: Buster | June 19, 2007 at 08:50 PM
As head of MGM Records, he made a big deal of dropping lots of artists, nominally for their drug use. Most of them simply weren't selling, and Eric Burdon tried to get dropped, to no avail.
Posted by: Larry Epke | August 03, 2007 at 05:17 PM
Immortalized in LCD # 27 in cartoon form:
http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/27/curb1.html
Posted by: lcd | June 17, 2008 at 03:01 PM