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The Music That Should Have Played on the Eric Cantor Tribute Video

By now, you’ve likely seen the tribute video House Republicans made for Rep. Eric Cantor , who is stepping down as majority leader on Thursday after losing his primary earlier this year. Along with images of the Virginian purposefully talking, it has a musical score described best as cable television network commercial humble-brag about Emmy-winning programs.  

We knew they could do better. So after an incredibly scientific survey of music about goodbye, we came up with the following Spotifyplay list that can be used to overdub the Cantor tribute video. From Cantor’s hometown band GWAR to that immortal Vitamin C song (you know the one; here it comes …), here is HOH’s good deed for the day:  

   

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