Hillary Clinton's staffers have had quite enough of 'Fight Song'
"This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm alright song…"
Anyone who has watched a Hillary Clinton rally or speech in the past year has probably heard the chorus of Rachel Platten's 2015 anthem "Fight Song," which has become something of the official song of the Democratic campaign. But especially for staffers and journalists following Clinton on the campaign trail, listening to the feel-good pop song over and over (and over) again has become akin to the Ludovico technique — absolute torture.
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Yahoo reports that even Clinton staffers are trying not to scream and cover their ears when "Fight Song" comes on:
...Anti-"Fight Song" tweets have been favorited by members of Clinton's team — a gesture that could be seen as a silent, social-media scream from a campaign that has cracked down on leaks. Some staffers declined to even anonymously give an assessment of the song for fear of being disciplined. One Clinton aide admitted to initially disliking the song, but the person suggested the star-studded video of it played at the Democratic National Convention improved their opinion of it."The version they played at the convention was actually awesome. It made me stop hating the song, at least temporarily. Like, I'm confident I can handle it for three more months now," the aide said. [Yahoo]
Others offer no compromises. "I hate 'Fight Song.' It's one of the worst songs ever released," Los Angeles Times music critic Gerrick Kennedy said.
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