The inspiration for the song was evident enough.
Mould spoke withRSaboutWalz and the surprise news of his taste in homegrown Minnesota music.
Hes a sensible guy, a progressive guy, thoughtful.
Indie rock icon Bob Mould (left) is ecstatic about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s selection as Kamala Harris' running mateGranary Music; BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images*
Nineteen eighty nine was the last year I had a Minnesota drivers license.
I live in San Francisco now, so Ive been Team Kamala for a long time.
But, with Tim, this is crazy.
You cant write this stuff.
Hes younger than me.
I was already out of Macalester by the time he graduated high school.
But hes a straight shooter, has common sense.
If he sees shenanigans, he calls shenanigans.
We are happy-dancing in this house.
He seems like a real music head, too.I dont know much about his musical taste.
[Another pause.]Shocker!
So now Im in it now!
I mean, come on!
No one fought harder for veterans.
We got to keep this going.
Im just giddy about all of this.
This is what goodness is.
This is what goodness looks like.
We got to go with it, right?
And now youre in the national conversation to some degree.[Laughs.
]My proximity to presidency.
History is rhyming really fucking hard right now.
Its like, just listen to the chorus.
