OBAMA!

Yes We Can Obama Song by will.i.am


We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am

These 2 videos are songs by the artiste/producer, will.i.am . These 2 songs' main motive is in supporting Barack Obama, during the election period in the United States. It was down to George W. Bush, John Mc Cain or Barack Obama. For war, or Against war. Some basic background knowledge is that George W. Bush, John Mc Cain and Barack Obama are the candidates in the election for president in the United States. George Bush and John Mc Cain are FOR war, and Barack Obama is AGAINST war, and more active in the nation's internal interest.

From these 2 videos, we can see that many artistes, celebrities have been roped in for the 2 songs. Celebrities, no matter singers, or actors have appeared in this video, all just to show their support for Barack Obama. To name some of the stars, there is Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Nicole Scherzinger, Kate Walsh, and of course, Will.I.Am himself. The celebrities have gathered to show their support for Barack Obama. This support, shows not only through the songs, but also through the celebrities' willingness to step up and appear on the videos. Being public figures, some may be concerned as to, whether appearing on such a video and openly showing their support for Obama may turn some of their fans off, or cause their fans to stop supporting them just because they support Obama. But showing their faces in the videos show their support towards Barack Obama. This sort of support shows non-verbal communication. The celebrities don't have to spell out that they ARE supporting Obama, but seeing them in the video, showing their faces and singing, this is already showing their support for him.

Team spirit, group synergy, moral support, all these are showing in the videos.

The first song, Yes We Can, used some parts of Barack Obama's speech, and I thought that was a really wonderful idea. By using his words, it also brings people to take note of what he had been saying. How many of you get turned off once you hear someone giving a speech? I, for one, switch off after listening to the speaker for about 2 minutes or so. Especially if the speaker is a boring one. By incorporating his words into the song, will.i.am also managed to get people to LISTEN to what Barack Obama had been saying.

The second song, We Are The Ones have the celebrities/people in the video sharing what they would like to see change, what they would like to have in America. Quoting will.i.am, "people say Obama's words are just words... but... when was the last time "words" weren't important...???... when was the last time a great leader didn't use words to lead...??... when was the last time a person didn't use words to describe how they felt...?... when was the last time "words" weren't empowering...?... and we can all recall the last time "words" were used to divide us and install fear..." Words, are indeed, seemingly one of the most important things in our lives. Words are in our everyday communication with each other, be it verbal, or non-verbal. We use words in prints, in writing, even what you are reading now, are words. That is also probably why will.i.am decided to have people saying out what they want, instead of just simply singing some lyrics out. In We Are The Ones, if the word "The" were to be taken away, it would say "We Are One", which also implies how will.i.am wants America to be one. Being a country as a whole, differences aside, skin colour aside, and as ONE. Quoting will.i.am, "and now "United and "Standing"...for something... we know the power of "US"... and we have a person who represents the "U.S."... "US"... "we are the ones we've been waiting for"..." US, stands for United States, as well as US, all of us as a whole. We are the ones we've been waiting for, he probably means that the US citizens, are the ones who would make the difference, and for all of them to unite, was what everyone has been waiting for.

Team work, team spirit, group synergy.
The elections end only in August 2008. I am not an American citizen, nor am I someone who is interested in politics. But after watching this 2 videos, and sensing the call for the end of war, for a better environment, I sure hope Barack Obama wins the election. ;)

Jane.