The Wall Street Journal

12.22.07

By: John Jurgensen

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Todd Park Mohr, the lead singer of Big Head Todd and the Monsters, wrote "Blue Sky" about two years ago after a friend at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration told him the agency had been borrowing Elton John's "Rocket Man" to herald shuttle launches. Mr. Mohr's song features soaring instrumentals and references to "reaching for the distant light." That's translated into running music for Mrs. Clinton, who often talks about her 8th-grade correspondence with NASA, which informed her in a letter that only men could be astronauts. Mr. Mohr says, "I'd be psyched if it could become a 'Don't Stop,' " referring to the Fleetwood Mac hit that famously fueled Bill Clinton's run to the White House. Political pundits agree that his use of that tune remains the gold standard for campaign anthems.