Music for the USA elections
This post has nothing to do with China or my impressions here. I would like to present you two songs released in the context of the current presidential elections in the USA. It is more like a small interlude of my thoughts and the things that I encounter. Although I do not quite share the enthusiasm for the USA and its patriotism, I do like the emotional aspect of these two songs (and of the historical references I associate with these feelings, like speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.). Feel free to write down your own opinion about this in the comments!
Yes We Can
This song is performed by musicians Will.i.am (mainly known through the Black Eyed Peas), John Legend, Common, and others. This is a mixture of a simple guitar tune, speeches of the democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and many people with different voices, some singing, some speaking. All parts of Barack Obama are taken from his speech in South Carolina. The atmosphere is quite patriotic, especially because of the chosen speeches strongly resemble speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. comparable to his most famous speech I Have a Dream (1963), which particularly addresses the situation of black people in the USA. This is no wonder, because Barack Obama, also having dark color of skin himself, is especially favoured in the southern states of USA, which have larger percentages of black population. He currently also is Senator for Illinois!
Wyclef Jean - President
This song by Wyclef Jean seems, unlike “Yes We Can”, not to be meant as support for one of the presidential canditates. It is, however, more addressing general problems seen by the artist, like poverty, “mis-education” (compare The Mis-education of the Negro) and insufficient freedom and/or rights for “people like Wyclef Jean”, which may be understood as people who tell the truth and come from other parts of society than most of the political leaders are. Many signals of his body language, singing voice and content are similar to Bob Marley, who also understood himself as a representative of repressed people in the USA and other countries. These signals include the shaking head, artificially trembling voice, historical references like to America’s discovery, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., comparable to Bob Marley and The Wailer’s You Can’t Blame the Youth (a very good song with a very old video 
). Also note the bass player playing with Wyclef Jean, who is really having a good time playing the song!
This post is just a try for something new in my blog. I would really appreciate any comments on how you like it (both, agreeing and disagreeing).
Qianwei
From the music only:
The first song is funny. Just like the students follow the voice of a teacher when they are reading textbooks.
The second one has a special tail-sound of “day~~~”.Echo of “~~~” after hearing the song.