Hang the DJ

So we'll let the raft of conventioneering bloggers analyse the substance of Kerry's speech, and we'll watch for Andrew Sullivan to explain how all the good stuff in Kerry's speech is either just solid One Nation Toryism or something he wrote two years ago -- but let's talk about the post-speech musical choices in Boston. Of course we're biased, but U2's Beautiful Day is an excellent choice to get the crowd pumped. But then, the segue into Van Halen? Post David Lee Roth Van Halen? The same Van Halen as used for Dick Cheney's crowd pumping soundtrack (albeit a different song)? The band in which the key member is, like, Dutch? And does anyone read the lyrics when these songs are being chosen:

Run, run, run away
Like a train runnin' off the track
Got the truth bein' left behind
Falls between the cracks

Enough to make us long for the Clintonian days of Fleetwood Mac.