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February 14, 2008
ObaMacain... In Music
You may have seen this video before. It's from Will.I.Am, one of the members of the Black Eyed Peas, and it's getting lots and lots of exposure. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out. (You can see a clearer, larger version of the video here, along with Will.I.Am's thoughts on what drove him to put this together. It's worth checking out.)
It's well done, the music pulls you along, the celebrities are an interesting mix of famous and not-quite-so-famous, and many of them are quite attractive. I find it especially notable that I bounce back and forth between wanting to hear more of the singing, and hearing more of Obama. Sometimes it feels like Obama is screwing up the song, and sometimes it's the song that's screwing up the speech. I imagine this has something to do with the cadences and rhythms of the speech. Sometimes Obama is on, and sometimes not so much.
But there are other videos out there, with a less uplifting message. While Obama's rhetoric may feel naive at times, John McCain's 2007/2008 version of "straight-talking" is truly shocking.
And the strongest points of the Obama video are the twin refrains "We Want Change" and "Yes We Can." Both sentiments that feel sadly anachronistic today, given the corruption in our government and the overwhelming feeling that what happens in Washington and what happens where you live are two very different things that have no relation to each other, or impact on each other.
And so we have the McCain version of Obama's refrains. And while these feel (to jaded, cynical old me) more realistic, more truthful, they're also shocking when stated so baldly.
Posted by reparent at February 14, 2008 3:14 PM
Comments
ARGENT DE POCHE
I'm not as troubled by the clever cacophony as you are, but I certainly do wish Obama's policy proposals were as progressive as his rhetoric.
Hope is not a plan.
Posted by: coeurlion at February 14, 2008 6:52 PM
O for a world that would consider Obama a centrist, Clinton a republican, and McCain a member of the lunatic fringe.
Still, I'll feel a whole lot better about a vote for Obama than my nose-holding vote for Kerry in '04.
Posted by: Liam at February 15, 2008 12:50 PM