Obama appears on Coldplay’s novel album – the latest example of a long tradition of musicians sampling politicians,often to subversive and incendiary endsColdplay’s novel album features a snatch of Barack Obama singing wonderful Grace during his eulogy for the Rev Clementa C Pinckney, murdered in Charleston in June. Obama, or a Coldplay fan,endorsed the sample, but most politicians never get asked if their voices can be borrowed. Here are 10 songs which took liberties with the dulcet tones of politicians and activists.
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Source: theguardian.com