The Ballad of Barack Obama

In a spontaneous commemoration of the past week's events, I stayed up all night Friday putting together this slideshow tribute, set to an amusing accoustic song I heard on community radio while driving around the East Village the night before. It's called "The Man From Illinois: The Ballad of Barack Obama", by Tom Pacheco. A couple of the lyrics are a little off, but hey we're just beginning with this new era thing and on the whole it's a fun, rousing, heartfelt piece of actual American folksiness. Enjoy!

Comments

[macon d]

Yeah, some off lyrics there all right (the ones that especially stuck in my craw were the sweeping dismissal of the "loony" left and of the "crazy" preacher), but overall, great job! A fine commemorative piece, thanks for the effort. Also, I thought your recent Palin/McCain piece was excellent.

[kathy]

Kai, your slide show has got me crying, in a good way.just one little request, can you slip in the wedding photo on the couch?

Very nice! (This is the first time I leave words on Zuky.)

HKC

[nezua]

sweet editing, bro. way to capture these moments in time...

[sweetleaf]

your all night efforts for this vid is well received and appreciated, capturing a sweet new flavor of american folksy, quirky lyrics and all. :) way to pass it on.

[Kai]

Macon D, yeah you got the two most egregious ones, in my opinion! Thanks for droppin the good word.

Kathy, alas once a YouTube clip is uploaded it is finalized! Just ask Nez, hehe. Glad you enjoyed it as is, though!

HKC, thanks!

Nez, well I'm learning about thie whole video editing thing by hangin out with and observing the work of Nez the Beast, the best of them all! ;-)

sweetleaf, thank you for the kinds words. Always appreciated.

Peace.

[kathy]

that's ok kai, i just loved that photo of them on the couch, it was beautiful. your video was just perfect,

[Sudy]

Whew - that's some editing there, Kai!

Great job.

I loooove the crowd shots. The pics of Grant Park still amaze me.

Thanks, Kai, I know how tedious editing all night can be.

Well worth it for your viewers.

[kj]

Fantastic. :-)