Reflections on the Obama Inauguration Celebration Concert

Posted by Colleen Kane

 

I am still dabbing away tears from the We Are One Inaugural Celebration Concert with the feeling that, if world peace and unity has not been achieved simply because Barack Obama got elected, then it will surely be locked down in the next month or two. Yesss! (Obvs that isn't realistic...it'll probaby be more like three or four months.)

Some observations:

--Stevie Wonder got rather chunky. Although the go-to mental image I have of him is really Eddie Murphy playing him back in the 80s. 

--I have a crush on Mary J Blige. She always looks so glamorous!

--Garth Brooks singing "Shout"? Mortifying. 

--And what were those guys doing with the eagles?

But the best guy of the show?

 

 

Pete Seeger is adorable.

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Posted Jan 19 2009, 01:55 PM
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Comments

Apollo said:

Damn HBO and their copyright claims!

I hate the fact that I have to work tomorrow and miss a lot of the festivities/historical goings-on.

January 19, 2009 2:38 PM

totalblamblam said:

PS was indeed very tender. Important question, though...who was the guy on the left? His voice overpowered Pete's and Bruce's for the entire song. What gives?

January 19, 2009 2:48 PM

Brian Fairbanks said:

That's Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Pete's grandson. If you've never seen Pete Seeger in concert, do so at the next available opportunity-- and when those two sing together, I defy you not to get choked up.

January 19, 2009 3:51 PM

Brian Fairbanks said:

By the way, you can watch the entire concert here... when HBO gets its act together and starts looping it again...

http://www.hbo.com/weareone/

January 19, 2009 3:53 PM

Brian Fairbanks said:

www.youtube.com/watch

January 20, 2009 10:34 AM

GeeBee said:

Damn Bettye Lavette sounded good! So great to see her get a big stage at last.

January 21, 2009 7:47 PM

About Colleen Kane

Colleen has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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