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Coffee Break: Primary colors for Election Day

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?darwin Bell, Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

by Anna Reed

August 14, 2018

It's Primary Day in Minnesota - your opportunity to cast your vote for U.S. Senators, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, County Sheriff and School Board Member.

You can find a voting guide at MPRNews.org, and all kinds of information about how to vote, where to vote, whether you are registered, and a sample ballot at the Secretary of State website.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention primary colors - red, yellow or blue?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Van Morrison - Blue Money
Fountains of Wayne - Red Dragon Tattoo
Donovan - Mellow Yellow
Arctic Monkeys - Red Light Indicates Doors are Secured
The Innocence Mission - Bright as Yellow
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
The Fixx - Red Skies
Queens of the Stone Age - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road