Obama’s iPod Filled With Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z and Bob Dylan

Proving that politicians can have good taste in music, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke with Rolling Stone magazine about his favorite artists — which include Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, and Stevie Wonder — and how they’ve affected him personally.

“If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder,” says Obama, who grew up in the ’70s, on bands like Earth, Wind & Fire and The Rolling Stones. “When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness’ First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life. Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we’ve ever seen.”

Wondering what’s on Obama’s iPod? Well, he keeps it iPod varied with “everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo Ma to Sheryl Crow.” And he says he has probably thirty Dylan songs on there as well. “Maggie’s Farm” is “one of my favorites during the political season,” says Obama. “It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric.”

He’s also friends with and fans of some new-schoolers as well. “Every time I talk to Jay-Z, who is a brilliant talent and a good guy, I enjoy how he thinks,” says Obama. “He’s serious and he cares about his art. That’s somebody who is going to start branching out and can help shape attitudes in a real positive way.”

We’ve been counting, and Obama’s got 99 problems … but musical taste ain’t one.

[Source: Rolling Stone]

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