I hope you got to see it while it was up. I will re-post it as soon as I can find someone who had the foresight to nab it before it was yanked. (Update: I found the real thing again and it's back up at the original post.)
Here is the video with a different song:
WE’RE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD
Music and lyrics by Lily Campbell (age 9)
We’re gonna spread happiness
We’re gonna spread freedom
Obama’s gonna change it
Obama’s gonna lead ‘em
We’re gonna change it
And rearrange it
We’re gonna change the world.
SING FOR CHANGE
Music and lyrics by Kathy Sawada
Now’s the moment, lift each voice to sing
Sing with all your heart!
For our children, for our families,
Nations all joined as one.
Sing for joy and sing abundant peace,
Courage, justice, hope!
Sing together, hold each precious hand,
Lifting each other up;
Sing for vision, sing for unity,
Lifting our hearts to Sing!
YES WE CAN
Music and lyrics by Kathy Sawada
Yes we can
Lift each other up
In peace, in love, in hope
Change! Change!
I have seen this type of thing before ... let me see ... oh yes, it was in 1977 - I was on a tour of communist China and the children sang these songs for their deceased leaders. It amounted to idolatry and it was certainly scary to witness children elevating and singing because they were told to, not because they had a clue about how horrible these elevated leaders had been to their country.
That this is going on in our country is really scary...
Posted by: Lee | October 01, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Und so kinder, was dass nicht un schone lieder fur der fuhrer?
Devastating, Karen! Where do you find this stuff?
Posted by: Lee Gilbert | October 01, 2008 at 12:52 PM
That new music was exactly what I was thinking when I first saw the original version. Ah those exploited Blueshirts!
Posted by: Greg | October 02, 2008 at 02:08 PM