Sunday, December 14, 2008

WASHINGTON D.C. Presidential Election, November 5, 2008


Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come.

Play both vids together, Obama Victory Speech and Sam Cooke. Listen to at least the first 45 secs of Obama.




It isn't necessary to watch this whole thing. It's here for documentation.
There's more good stuff below, so listen up to 2:15 secs. This speech is quite a long one and will always be here on this site if you feel you want to view it. You can let Seal play out while you look at the pics.



The audience view
Audience raised on platform covering water.





Lincoln memorial (our view of audience)




Grand slammer


With his Grandmother


Young man


During the thick of the campaign




May '08. Reading The Post-American World


Campaign trail


Campaign trail


The Work Ahead


DC SETLIST

[A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke]

Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock).................Jimi Hendrix
Top Of The World.................Van Halen
All Because Of You...................U2
Love in an Elevator...................Aerosmith
We Can Work It Out....................The Beatles
New Sensation.......................INXS
Rock N Roll.....................Led Zeppelin
Paradise City .......................Guns N Roses
For What It's Worth...................Buffalo Springfield
We Didn't Start the Fire..................Billy Joel
It's the End of the World (and I Feel Fine)........................R.E.M.
Revolution.....................The Beatles
Won't Get Fooled Again.................The Who
Nowhere Man...................The Beatles
Loser.....................Beck
Na Na Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye..................Steam
Leash......................Pearl Jam
Killing in the Name.................Rage Against the Machine
I Won't Back Down (live)......................Pearl Jam
Hunger Strike.....................Temple of the Dog
Give Peace A Chance..................John Lennon

This Land Is Your Land (live)................... [guest performance by] Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A..............................Bruce Springsteen
My City Of Ruins..................Bruce Springsteen

[I Have a Dream (excerpt) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Pride (In The Name Of Love) (live).......................U2
Beautiful Day......................U2
Joy......................Mick Jagger, with Bono
One..................U2, with Mary J. Blige
Yahweh........................U2

[Yes We Can...................will.i.am]

Imagine.................John Lennon
Power To The People...................John Lennon

[What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong]



Because this concert took place in a Guerilla setting, the following video selections are songs from the setlist, but the locations are worldwide.



Aerosmith: Japan (2002) Love In An Elevator
A little shout out to Japan! Stephen Tyler is my new hero. He officially is the baddest mother- fucker I have ever seen. He does a lovely little Beatles' Lady Madonna near the end. The live rock occurring on this stage between these 5 dudes is mystical.


INXS: Live at Wembley Stadium, London (1991) New Sensation
UN-believably great live number. This crowd makes me float!
By the way, here's an interesting factoid: the band has 3 brothers in it: Andrew Farriss on keys, Tim Farriss on drums, and Tim Farriss on lead guitar. Michael Hutchence and Gary Garry Beers (bass) were in close high schools, in bands with the brothers. If you haven't viewed the Sydney tour, I highly suggest watching the docu at the very end, about this particular concert (X) at Wembley.


Buffalo Springfield: Televised (1967) For What Its Worth




R.E.M.: Zurich (2008) Its The End Of The World
Introduction really makes this footage wonderful.



The Who: Philadelphia (1973) Won't Get Fooled Again


Rage Against The Machine: Rock AM Ring Festival:Frankenstadion in Nürnberg, Germany (1994) Killing in the Name
Quite possibly the sexiest footage of aggressive rock I've seen. The energy is absolutely ridiculously charged. This song was released in 1992, so this footage has near the energy of its release.. KOOL.


Pearl Jam: George, Washington at the The George (2006) I Won't Back Down
WE ARE PLAYING HERE AT POINT...


Bruce Springsteen: Change Rocks Obama Rally: Philidelphia (Oct 2008) This Land is Your Land


Bruce Springsteen: New York City (date?) Born in the USA
We all know the classic 1984 live version of Born in the USA
This isn't that...



Bruce Springsteen: Barcelona (2002) My City of Ruins
Waterfalls. Just waterfalls.



The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: 1962: Martin Luther King, Jr "I Have a Dream"



U2: (1984) (location?) Pride (In the Name of Love)


U2 featuring Mary J. Blige: Waterbeach, Salvation Army (2005): Unite for Katrina: One


U2: Vertigo: Chicago (2005) Yahweh
Notice that the footage I chose is from a concert in Chicago...



John Lennon: New York City (1971): Imagine
I would really like to do better research and find out the names of the other guitarists in this concert. Give me some time, I looked but I need more time to dig... it's a great live number, so enjoy...



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