GUESS WHO, BATMAN?

Lily politely asks that you not stay in touch

One of the few good things about wars and horrible leaders is that they usually invite terrific musical responses.

But somehow, George W. Bush, one of our country's most incompetent and ignorant presidents, has not inspired many good songs.

Songs like Bright Eyes' "When The President Talks to God," NIN's "Capital G," and Pink's "Dear Mr. President," for example, are well-intentioned, but rarely get repeated listens from me.

Before today, The Legendary K.O.'s "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" was the catchiest W-related tune, but the poor production led me to skip it most of the time.

Thankfully, today, I got a hold of a complete cut of Lily Allen's "Guess Who Batman." (Currently, the song is only available on her MySpace page and it cuts off midway through the song.)

I need to give it a few more spins, but so far, this song is catchy as hell and one of the better anti-Bush songs to see the day of light.

Lily claims the song is about nobody in particular, but the initials of "Guess Who Batman" -- GWB -- are only shared with one politician I know.

The lyric, "You want to be like your father / His approval, you're after," also leaves little doubt.

Have a listen and see how long it takes for the chorus to leave your head:

P.S. Justified or not, I'm going to add Lily Allen to the list of people who, like me, sees corollaries between GWB and the Dark Knight.

--Junichi