The musical line-up for Donald Trump’s inauguration is pretty weak, weird, and awful.
Are you surprised? The Orange Lord isn’t exactly beloved by the music community. I saw the line-up for his inauguration described as worse than a low-rent wedding on a strip mall somewhere. MAGA fans can expect sets from the following:
Carrie Underwood: Ever since she announced that she was performing, she’s been trolled relentlessly online. Her Spotify following immediately dropped by 1.5 million monthly listeners. She says she hopes to bring America together. Instead, she’s sunk her career.
Christopher Macchio: A classical tenor who will perform the national anthem during the swearing-in ceremony. Macchio met Trump at Mar-A-Largo when Elton John dropped out of a New Year’s Eve performance and he was hired to take his place.
Lee Greenwood: No surprise. His music has been a staple at Trump rallies from the beginning.
Kid Rock: Hardly shocking. On one tour, he sold t-shirts that read “God, Guns, and Trump.” I’m surprised he wasn’t offered a cabinet position.
Village People: A slam-dunk given that Trump has been doing that weird double j**k-off dance to “YMCA” for years. The cognitive dissonance here is staggering. A song about gay men going to a place where they can perhaps have anonymous sex has become a MAGA anthem? In any other situation, the inclusion of such an act/song would be considered woke.
Billy Ray Cyrus: It wouldn’t be a Trump party unless someone played “Achy-Breaky Heart.”
Liberty University’s Praise Choir: These singers from the university founded by ultra-conservative evangelist Jerry Fallwell are a nod to the American evangelicals who worship America instead of Jesus. They helped put the rapist/felon/conman/thief/insurrectionist/unfaithful husband/friend of Jeffrey Epstein over the top.
Jason Aldean: Another something-something for the red states in the south. The country singer has always been a full-on MAGA cult member.
Rascal Flatts: A red state favourite who had a hit with their cover of Tom Cochrane’s “Life is a Highway.” Most Americans believe that song is a Rascal Flatts original. I’m sure this annoys Tom to no end.
Parker McCollum: Another country singer. Don’t care.
Gavin DeGraw: You might remember him from the song “I Don’t Want to Be,” which was the theme for the teen show, One Tree Hill.
I will not be watching Monday. You?
