Yes we can - Will.i.am (Obama video)
12-02-2008 20:42 |
dag in dag uit
De verkiezingen in de VS. Het blijft me bezighouden.
Zou er wat gaan veranderen. Vandaag hierover weer een
artikel in de krant. Het verhaal ging deze keer, over
wat de onderstaande video heeft losgemaakt in
Amerika. Het nummer is geschreven door will.i.am van
The Black Eyed
Peas (Amerikaanse hiphop band) en de video
is geproduceerd door Jesse Dylan (de zoon van
Bob). Geïnspireerd op de speach van Barack Obama
na zijn verlies in New Hampshire (zie tekst
onderaan). Niet geschreven in opdracht van de
Obama-campagne, maar geschreven omdat will.i.am
(eindelijk) geïnspireerd raakte door een
presidentskandidaat.
Dus ik even de video bekijken. Impressed...
Op YouTube door miljoenen (jonge) Amerikanen bekeken. Daar kan geen campagne tegenop. De video wordt nu ook op verkiezingsbijeenkomsten van Obama gedraaid. Helemaal gratis. En dat in de VS.
Lees ook het verhaal achter de video van will.i.am op www.yeswecansong.com
Interview met will.i.am en Jess Dylan op YouTube: Interview with Will.i.am about celeb-filled music Yes We Can
En nog veel meer op YouTube.
Speach/tekst
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality. (yes we can)
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can. Si Se Puede.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We want change!
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
We want change! I want Change.
The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.
Dus ik even de video bekijken. Impressed...
Op YouTube door miljoenen (jonge) Amerikanen bekeken. Daar kan geen campagne tegenop. De video wordt nu ook op verkiezingsbijeenkomsten van Obama gedraaid. Helemaal gratis. En dat in de VS.
Lees ook het verhaal achter de video van will.i.am op www.yeswecansong.com
Interview met will.i.am en Jess Dylan op YouTube: Interview with Will.i.am about celeb-filled music Yes We Can
En nog veel meer op YouTube.
Speach/tekst
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality. (yes we can)
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can. Si Se Puede.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We want change!
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
We want change! I want Change.
The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.
