"Yes We Can" Song by will.i.am, Inspired by Obama

This is actually relevant on a number of levels for us Connecticuters. The following video is a mix of a Barrack Obama speech following the New Hampshire primary and various artists singing the words to that speech.

It's interesting to us because the primaries are coming up here in Connecticut and Obama is actually speaking in Hartford today at the XL Center (formally the Civic Center). I will be there. I feel odd posting this (despite it being music related) and then going to an Obama rally, but this guy is certainly inspiring people, especially young people, to become active in the upcoming election. There are many people much less active than me in the realm of politics taking interest in the primaries and upcoming election - and that is certainly a good thing.

As I said, the video takes his speech and intertwines it with artist's signing Obama's words. To name a few participants: Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Nick Cannon, Common and obviously will.i.am. I like how this was done, but I wish they created version without Obama overlapping the singing to make it a bit more musical. Johansson looks as gorgeous as ever, and yes that needed to be italicized.



A slightly better quality video with more explanations from will.i.am can be found here. There's also a list of everyone involved with the video too.