Music Thread

The election is less than a month away and the choice is as clear as night and day, black and white, dark and light. This weekend's music thread is about songs that echo those themes.

This weekend's music thread is a trip back to that simpler time of the 1980's, when greed was good and Republicans were undermining AmericaThis weekend's music thread is a trip back to that simpler time of the 1980's, when greed was good and Republicans were undermining America.

Perhaps it's the spectacle of Mitt Romney giving the nation Kamikaze lessons or the rising polls favoring Obama but there's a great feeling in the air. So this week's theme is about emotions, good or bad, happy or sad, share the songs that are about emotions or inspire emotions in you.

As a tribute to the Mitt Romney campaign for the Presidency, this weekend's music theme is about coming and going, arriving and leaving, beginnings and insulting 47% of the population of a nation...or as it can also be described...endings.

The hottest recorded year for the US continues and the high temperatures around the world, especially politically speaking, continue so it's a good time for everyone to just chillax a bit.

As a tribute to the inspiring speeches at the DNC, this weekend's music thread is about the music that fires you up, songs you play that drive you when you've got a job to do, songs that energize you and light your fuse.

It's Labor Day weekend which makes it an ideal weekend for a music theme about work, working men and women and taking care of business.

Summer vacation's over, it's back to school time so this weekend's music theme is about school. Whether it's a song about school, being young or songs you remember from your school days, music class is starting right now.

Whether you were a fan of The Monkees, The Animals or The Boomtown Rats, songs by groups named after animals or about animals are welcome to join this weekend's musical menagerie.

In tribute to Mitt Romney, as a supposedly brilliant businessman who in fact just stumbles from one bad decision to another including Paul Ryan as his VP, this weekend's music theme is about trouble, making mistakes and dealing with problems.