As evidenced by his recently released two summer playlists, President Barack Obama has eclectic taste in music. However, the POTUS has no love for country musicโat least while he vacations in Marthaโs Vineyard.
President Obama released two summer playlistsโdaytime and nighttimeโlast week on Twitter while he vacationed in Marthaโs Vineyard. According to the White House, the music was โhand-selectedโ and features 39 songs, ranging from Aretha Franklin and the Beach Boys to Jay-Z and Common. But alas, there was no Hank, Dolly, Willie, Waylon, Merle or Johnnyโjust 39 twangless songs. No worries, weโll keep our fingers crossed that his Fall Playlist has a healthy dose of Dwight Yoakam and Travis Tritt.
Been waiting to drop this: summer playlist, the encore. Whatโs everybody listening to? pic.twitter.com/mqh1YVrycj
โ President Obama (@POTUS) August 11, 2016
POTUS Summer Playlist: Daytime
โLoveHate Thingโ โ Wale
โSmooth Sailin'โ โ Leon Bridges
โElevator Operatorโ โ Courtney Barnett
โHomeโ โ Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
โMany the Milesโ โ Sara Bareilles
โTightropeโ โ Janelle Monae
โClassic Manโ โ Jidenna
โSo Ambitiousโ โ Jay-Z, feat. Pharrell
โMe Gustas Tuโ โ Manu Chao
โForever Beginsโ โ Common
โThe Manโ โ Aloe Blacc
โAs We Enterโ โ Nas & Damian โJr. Gongโ Marley
โSinnermanโ โ Nina Simone
โU Got the Lookโ โ Prince
โRock Steadyโ โ Aretha Franklin
โGood Vibrationsโ โ Beach Boys
โDonโt Owe You a Thangโ โ Gary Clark Jr.
โMan Like Thatโ โ Gin Wigmore
โII B.S.โ (edit) โ Charles Mingus
POTUS Summer Playlist: Nighttime
โIf I Have My Wayโ โ Chrisette Michelle
โEsperaโ โ Esperanza Spalding
โTell It Like It Isโ โ Aaron Neville
โAlrightโ โ Ledisi
โTrapped By a Thing Called Loveโ โ Denise Lasalle
โLadyโ โ DโAngelo
โSo Very Hard to Goโ โ Tower of Power
โMidnight Sunโ โ Carmen McCrae
โCucurrucucu Palomaโ โ Caetano Veloso
โGreen Aphrodisiacโ โ Corinne Bailey Rae
โIโll Be There for You / Youโre All I Needโ โ Mary J Blige / Method Man
โLover Manโโ | Billie Holiday
โCriminalโ โ Fiona Apple
โAcid Rainโ โ Chance the Rapper
โMy Funny Valentineโ โ Miles Davis
โDo You Feel Meโ โ Anthony Hamilton
โI Get Lonelyโ โ Janet Jackson
โLean Inโ โ Lizz Wright
โAll Day Musicโ โ War
โSay Yesโ โ Floetry
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill also dropped the soundtrack to their summer days and nights. The Bidensโ 15-song playlist is also void of any country tunes with the exception of Ray Charlesโ โYou Donโt Know Me,โ from his 1962 album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.
From Jill and me, here is the soundtrack to our summer days and nights, past and present. https://t.co/3AXQtz4cGz pic.twitter.com/e2zpQO684p
โ Vice President Biden (@VP) August 12, 2016
The Bidensโ Summer Playlist
โStay With Meโโ โ โSam Smith
โWe Take Care of Our Ownโโ โ โBruce Springsteen
โCome Togetherโโ โ The Beatles
โHelloโโ โ Adele
โTil It Happens to Youโโ โ โLady Gaga
โI Wanna Hold Your Handโโ โ Al Green
โMy Wayโโ โ Frank Sinatra
โCanโt Take My Eyes Off of Youโโ โ โFrankie Valli and the Four Seasons
โThe Bestโโ โ Tina Turner
โTil Kingdom Comeโโ โ Coldplay
โIf We Fall in Love Tonightโโ โ Rod Stewart
โHallelujahโโ โ KD Lang
โDo You Hear the People Sing?โโ โ โLes Misรฉrables
โYou Donโt Know Meโโ โ Ray Charles
โYou Are So Beautifulโโ โ โJoe Cocker
photo courtesy ABC/Travis Bell