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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 09:55 PM Mar 2012

‘Santorum Girls’ video going viral, old-school style

Source: Yahoo News

After meeting Rick Santorum a few days before Oklahoma's Super Tuesday primary, Tulsa resident David Harris had an idea: his musically inclined family should compose a campaign song for the candidate.

By Monday morning, the Harris family band—known as First Love—had written and recorded "Game On," an infectious, catchy two-and-a-half minute tribute to Santorum with lead vocals from Camille, 20, and Haley, 18. The Harris family shot a music video outside their church and debuted the song on YouTube.

The Harris parents are both pastors at the Jubilee Christian Center. They have eight children between the ages of 5 and 22, who have been homeschooled and enrolled at a religious academy. Like Rick Santorum, their political convictions are deeply influenced by their Christian faith.

Camille composed the beginning of the refrain ("we've finally got a man/who will stand for wrong and right&quot in the car after meeting Santorum, and the family pieced together the rest of the lyrics from campaign talking points. The result includes such lines as "there will be justice for the unborn / factories back on our shores."

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‘Santorum Girls’ video going viral, old-school style (Original Post) Little Tich Mar 2012 OP
"Victory's in sight"? They're delusional! nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #1
victory is in sight, please help to vote away our rights Johonny Mar 2012 #16
Oh I should have guessed it would be country & western lunasun Mar 2012 #2
The video was posted on DU earlier. Here it is: Skinner Mar 2012 #3
Disliked by a ratio of 6 to 1 rocktivity Mar 2012 #13
Could be the whole hating gay people jsmirman Mar 2012 #15
That's some kind of sick and twisted bastardization of School House Rock sadbear Mar 2012 #21
Yikes... SidDithers Mar 2012 #23
God gave us the Bill of Rights? Rex Mar 2012 #25
Paul Revere went riding, ringing those bells and firing those shots to proclaim it! pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #26
All that street side sign holding reminds me of a Westboro Baptist Church picket event. n/m Morning Dew Mar 2012 #27
Yikes! Twisted Partridge Family wannabees... nt riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #4
Sometimes there just aren't enough barf bags Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #5
I knew they were homeschooled! Enrique Mar 2012 #6
It's infectious, catchy and viral all right rocktivity Mar 2012 #7
I wish I could be there to see their little hearts crushed when he loses. Ian David Mar 2012 #8
Is that "First Love" or "Prussian Blue?" derby378 Mar 2012 #9
There's a difference? jmowreader Mar 2012 #19
"Game On?" COME on! rocktivity Mar 2012 #10
Will the CD be called "Music for the Mindless"? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #11
When I saw someone talking about a "Santorum girls" video... TheWraith Mar 2012 #12
I thought Frothy Gurls would be a spoof of this lunasun Mar 2012 #14
"will stand for wrong and right"???? dflprincess Mar 2012 #17
I'd like to know how "factories back on our shores" happens Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #18
LOL... -..__... Mar 2012 #20
Beautiful girls with beautiful voices. The song? Um, no. IndyJones Mar 2012 #22
Sad. Solly Mack Mar 2012 #24

Johonny

(20,888 posts)
16. victory is in sight, please help to vote away our rights
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:46 PM
Mar 2012

seriously two young women that want to be dominated by men. Makes you sad inside.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
13. Disliked by a ratio of 6 to 1
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:28 PM
Mar 2012

Last edited Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Like most newly minted Internet stars, both David and Camille expressed shock at the ruthless vitriol of the comments section. "What exactly are they hating?" David said of the video, which oozes with wholesomeness...


I'm betting on the oozing wholesomeness and nutso lyrics -- God Gave the Bill of Rights?


rocktivity

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
15. Could be the whole hating gay people
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:46 PM
Mar 2012

and celebrating overpopulation, but I'm just spitballing here...

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
21. That's some kind of sick and twisted bastardization of School House Rock
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 12:53 AM
Mar 2012

I can close my eyes and imagine being 7 years old on a Saturday morning.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
25. God gave us the Bill of Rights?
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 05:00 AM
Mar 2012

Did I hear that...right? Maybe hearing GOP candidates say things like 'the Founders ended slavery' really is not that strange anymore.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
6. I knew they were homeschooled!
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:07 PM
Mar 2012

the thing about God writing the Bill of Rights was a dead giveaway!

Just teasing, homeshoolin' DUers!

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
7. It's infectious, catchy and viral all right
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:09 PM
Mar 2012

Last edited Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:07 PM - Edit history (1)

For all the WRONG reasons

Come back, Rebecca Black -- all is forgiven.


rocktivity

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
10. "Game On?" COME on!
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 10:22 PM
Mar 2012

If that's going to be your lyrical "hook," you've got to throw it down like a gauntlet -- with a riff that's loud and nasty and aggressive, not demure and twangy and acoustic. It's precisely why they're literally getting laughed off the field!


rocktivity

dflprincess

(28,082 posts)
17. "will stand for wrong and right"????
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:00 PM
Mar 2012

That makes no sense. Somthing like "Stand for right" or "stand for right against wrong" or "stand against wrong for right". Because it's Santorum we could say "so right he's wrong"- but how does one stand for wrong & right?

Canuckistanian

(42,290 posts)
18. I'd like to know how "factories back on our shores" happens
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:09 PM
Mar 2012

Because Santorum has been so OBSESSED by sex issues that he hasn't mentioned a WORD about how he'll do that, exactly.

 

-..__...

(7,776 posts)
20. LOL...
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:32 PM
Mar 2012

Their website looks like some 10 year olds My Space page.

The only things missing are sparkly animated .gifs, pucker lips pics and links to Justin Bieber fan clubs.

http://www.firstloveband.com/FirstLove/Welcome.html

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