Awhile back, I wrote a post about the use of music in political advertising, especially in the current campaign. I discussed will.i.am’s song “Yes We Can” that he recorded with other celebrities, like Scarlett Johannson, Kate Walsh, and John Legend. Last night, I found another will.i.am song in support of Obama and figured I’d post this one, too. This one, like “Yes We Can” is a collaboration by various celebrities but also features the everyday citizen. This one is also a folksy song (lyric wise) but is now set to a hip-hop beat. One thing that was interesting about this video was that parts of it were spoken in Spanish, bringing together more people this time. Anyways, the new one is called: “”We Are The Ones” and features such names as Jessica Alba, George Lopez, Kerry Washington, and Jamie Foxx. I’ll post more if I come across more.
I also found a video that someone made in response to “Yes We Can.,” entitled “No You Can’t.” They took apart one of John McCain’s speeches to attack McCain and encourage support for Obama. It’s an interesting response to the original and is another folksy type song.
So here are both songs:
“We Are the Ones” by will.i.am
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