U.S. president Donald Trump’s “To Iranian President Rouhani” tweet Sunday night inspired a whole lot of musical references, most prominently from Papa Roach. The Trump tweet went all-caps after that address, so California hard rock/metal band Papa Roach (seen above at a 2010 concert in Switzerland) followed suit Monday with the lyrics to their 2000 hit “Last Resort“:
To Iranian President Rouhani: LOSING MY SIGHT, LOSING MY MIND, WISH SOMEBODY WOULD TELL ME I’M FINE, NOTHING’S ALRIGHT, NOTHING IS FINE, I’M RUNNING AND IM CRYING. CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES, THIS IS MY LAST RESORT.
— Papa Roach (@paparoach) July 23, 2018
Even before that Papa Roach tweet, Twitter picked up on this idea with some pretty funny references. Here are some of the best:
https://twitter.com/SkyNetDirector/status/1021254319197380608
(Queen, “We Will Rock You”)
To Iranian President Rouhani: SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME I AIN'T THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED SHE WAS LOOKING KIND OF DUMB WITH HER FINGER AND HER THUMB IN THE SHAPE OF AN "L" ON HER FOREHEAD. WELL THE YEARS START COMING AND THEY DONT STOP COMING FED TO THE
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) July 23, 2018
[Smash Mouth, “All Star”]
https://twitter.com/jaaswest/status/1021440789518471168
[Eminem, “Stan”]
https://twitter.com/hartzell965/status/1021392295667683330
[Nine Days, “Absolutely”]
https://twitter.com/buffalopundit/status/1021532396196454408
[Alanis, “You Oughta Know”]
https://twitter.com/SavinTheBees/status/1021302721775669248
[Toto, “Africa”]
https://twitter.com/OstracizedOstri/status/1021445918879633410
[The Killers, “Mr. Brightside”]
https://twitter.com/cranekicker/status/1021245392850235392
[Guns N’ Roses, “Paradise City”]
To Iranian President Rouhani: BAWITDABA DA BANG A DANG DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY SAID THE BOOGY SAID UP JUMP THE BOOGY BAWITDABA DA BANG A DANG DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY SAID THE BOOGY SAID UP JUMP THE BOOGY BAWITDABA DA BANG A DANG DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY SAID THE BOOGY SAID UP JUMP THE BOOGY BAWITDA
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) July 23, 2018
[Kid Rock, “Bawitdaba.” Particularly apt considering his Trump endorsement.]
https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/1021279989554077696
[Spice Girls, “Wannabe”]
https://twitter.com/dari0speedwagon/status/1021527976549203969
[Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive”]
Even actor Zach Braff got in on this:
https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/1021540590146805770
[Kelis, “Milkshake”]
And of course there was a rickroll:
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER EVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP. NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN. NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AROUND AND DESERT YOU. NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY. NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE. NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU.
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) July 23, 2018
[Rick Astley, “Never Gonna Give You Up”]
This also spawned takes on everything from Don McPherson’s 1987 Heisman candidacy to UCF’s national championship recognition quest to old Hugh Freeze tweets to Jim Benning’s player acquisition philosophy to Shark Week to William Carlos Williams to Friends continuity errors to Ron Weasley. But the collective jukebox sparked here was particularly funny. We’d add that hopefully President Rouhani won’t have to read all these, but Twitter has been blocked in Iran since 2009, so he probably won’t be looking at them.
[Billboard; photo from Wikipedia]
