Jay Jay French supports Obama (Update – Video Added!)
Jay Jay French wants to rock. He also wants Barack.
So the guitarist from the heavy metal band Twisted Sister had re-recorded the band’s anthem “I Wanna Rock,” which has now become “I Want Barack.”
French, a lifelong liberal Democrat whose mother campaigned for John F. Kennedy, says Obama has energized an entire new generation of voters who previously felt left out of politics.
“He has excited so many people,” said French, who founded Twisted Sister in 1973. “He has given sincere hope to people who have been out of the arena for years.”
French plays guitar on the track, which features Paulie Z., the singer for the band Z02, on vocals and lead guitar. They call the band “Jay Jay French and Friends” and stress that it is not a Twisted Sister project; that band’s members are split on who to support in the election.
The Obama camp had no immediate comment on the song.
It’s not the first ode to Obama from the rock world. Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has recorded and released two music videos extolling the virtues of Obama, “Yes We Can,” a viral sensation that has garnered more than 5 million hits on YouTube.com, and the more recent “We Are The Ones.”
French said an accompanying video will soon be released on YouTube, and hopes the song will someday be played at Obama rallies, where Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed And Delivered” currently reigns.
Courtesy of Newsday.com
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Hey Heres a Hard Rock Obama Video for ya> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPn6h6zipio help spread the video link
Musicians should stay apolitical at all times….
This is gonna have some negative feedback for Jay Jay that he may never live down………
I thought that was a Triumph or April Wine song.
Who stole who’s song?
Well, I guess it really doesn’t matter so long a Barak wins.
And I thought I had “too much time on my hands”!
I don’t really like Obama, but you can’t deny the extreme rocking of that song. Paulie Z. is so bad ass.
Posting this without a video or audio link is just plain cruel.