Like Christine O'Donnell, I was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. As I understand it, Ms. O'Donnell eventually moved on in her personal journey, first towards Satan and eventually to God and politics. I, meanwhile, have for the most part kept a relatively safe distance from all three of those forces in our world. Even though I seem to share little common ground with the Republican nominee to be our next Senator from Delaware, here's a crafty playlist for a Jersey girl with big dreams, at least some of them not involving "Witchcraft" or "That Old Black Magic."
SEASON OF THE WITCH - Donovan
WITCHCRAFT - Frank Sinatra
ELECTED - Alice Cooper
LIKE A VIRGIN - Madonna
BUSTED - Ray Charles
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES - The Clash
JERSEY GIRL - Tom Waits
ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) - Rihanna
HOLLY HOLY - Neil Diamond
WHOLY HOLY - John Legend & The Roots
HOLY - My Morning Jacket
POLITICIAN - Cream
KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - Louis Prima & Keely Smith
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL - Chris Isaak
MAGIC - B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo
PENNYROYAL TEA - Nirvana
HOWEVER MUCH I BOOZE - The Who
NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN - The Carter Family
BROKE DOWN AND BUSTED - Todd Rundgren
VIRGIN - Majek Fashek
CALLING SARAH - Jellyfish
CHRISTINE SIXTEEN - Kiss
I TOUCH MYSELF - The Divinyls
PRAYING HANDS - Devo
OUT OF WORK - Gary U.S. Bonds
TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
POOR HOUSE - Traveling Wilburys
SHE BOP - Cyndi Lauper
CHRISTINE - Luscious Jackson
WITCHY WOMAN - The Eagles
Please add your own songs to my unholy mix tape for Christine O'Donnell -- or even some tunes for Chris Coons, too. Thanks.
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Witch Hunt
Spirit of the Radio
Ghost of a Chance
Ghost Rider
Mystic Rhythms
You May Be Right- Billy Joel
A few Devo songs come to mind:
"Uncontrollable Urge"
"Be Stiff"
"Girl U Want"
"Jerkin' Back and Forth"
"One Dumb Thing"
"Stuck in a Loop"
"Head Like a Hole"
Already a ton of good Witchcraft songs on there, but I'd toss in:
Voodoo Lady - Ween
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen -Santana
Spellbound-Siouixsie and the Banshees
I'm sure there's more...
Gawd,I'm gonna get flamed for this,but here it goes: Christine O'Donnell is actually kind of cute,IMO. Too bad the gray matter is so jumbled. Maybe,if I introduced her to a friend named Jose Cuervo,she might discover that sex is,and can be,well,...FUN. She ought to try it sometime. The sex,that is. Maybe the Cuervo...
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
You Make Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers
My Baby Must Be a Magician - The Marvelettes
Supernatural Thing - Ben E. King
Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Buttered Popcorn - The Supremes
Bitch - The Rolling Stones
I confess to being a Bay City Roller fame since I saw them on "Howard Cossell" when I was in middle school.
Sympathy For The Devil - Stones
I Touch Myself - Divynyls
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
She's Strange - Cameo
Stupid Girl - Garbage
Know Nothing - Travis
I Believe It's Magic - Mick Smiley
Rub A Dub - The Equals
The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin
She ruled the Toads
of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo
She said she was
A Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know
She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in