60 Second Symposium

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Fiona Carruthers, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe and Josh Tyrangiel

A NEW TUNE Last week Rudy Giuliani accused Hillary Clinton of promoting drug use by playing Billy Joel's Captain Jack when she announced her run for the Senate. (The song contains a drug reference.) These musical New Yorkers suggest other campaign options:

Brian Stokes Mitchell, star of the current Broadway show Kiss Me, Kate: Frank Sinatra's New York, New York is too obvious. How about the Beatles' Come Together? The song dreams about a place as diverse as New York, but no one can make enough sense out of the lyrics to make a stink about it.

Flavor Flav, rapper, Public Enemy: I just re-recorded a song by Chicago called Does Anybody (Know What Time It Is). That's the song Hillary should use, because it's a throwdown, a challenge. It says, "If y'all feel that Rudy Giuliani doesn't really know what time it is, then maybe I do."

Joey Ramone, lead singer of the defunct New York City punk band the Ramones: Beat on the Brat by the Ramones. Giuliani's a brat. He gets the job done, but he is a brat, and he takes himself a bit too seriously. New York's about having a good time. We're a fun city, and this song is all in good New York fun.