Well, if my seventeen-year-old-girl post was a cry for help, will.i.am has just answered the call:
Nothing sobers up the hope-addled mind like the realization that your romantic gushing is eerily reminiscent of Jessica Alba or Ryan Philippe. These are Hollywood "talents" so shallow they make Ryan Seacrest look like Edward R. Murrow.
Viewers dubious of the original Yes We Can video are entitled to a certain amount of cynical restraint. Personally, I think it works because (1) it's composed primarily of an actual Obama speech and (2) it underscores his bona fide genius in the dying art of oratory.
But this latest offering is just good ol'-fashioned bad. It has the pre-fabricated energy of a crowd prompted by an "applause" sign. And - it should go without saying - that if Obama's supporters want to tamp down the "cult of personality" charges they attract (and they should), it might behoove them to stop chanting his name in unison. It's creepy. Not to mention the fact that it makes for a refrain that could have been written by a lobotomized celebutante.
Good night and good luck. Seacrest out.
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Okay, "good old-fashioned bad," but it is still heartfelt. Maybe if they weren't trying so hard to capture the feeling of the first one. I still find it oddly appealing. Except for the chanting...
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