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Friday, August 22, 2008

American Prayer

posted by on August 22 at 13:15 PM

It’s the Will.i.am video for the older set!

Featuring Forest Whitaker, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Barry Manilow, Joan Baez, Macy Gray and Joss Stone, and produced by Dave Stewart.

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MACY! What happened to 'ya?!

Posted by Bub | August 22, 2008 1:35 PM
2

YUCK! And who the hell is that Ringo Starr/Elvis Costello looking dude playing guitar? Forest Whitaker does another piece of over-acting.

Posted by sounds of vomiting | August 22, 2008 1:35 PM
3

Uhhhhhh.....

Posted by speechless in seattle | August 22, 2008 1:39 PM
4

Perez Hilton makes a cameo at the end. Classy.

Posted by Bub | August 22, 2008 1:40 PM
5

Before this vid, I could see and hear. By the end of this I couldnt help but squirt a bottle of hand sanitizer in both my eyes and ears. It hurts, but that could just be the residual effects of this vid in my brain. Can't tell yet.

Posted by henry o henry | August 22, 2008 1:42 PM
6

Yikes! That was the most American thing I have EVER seen. You hate yourselves for loving it, don't you?

This is despite the presence of Pam Anderson, and Barry Manilow's awesome transformation into KD Lang.

Posted by Irena | August 22, 2008 2:16 PM
7

Why is it FIVE FUCKING MINUTES long!? That's what I want to know.

Posted by Jerod | August 22, 2008 2:29 PM
8

I hate life.

Posted by Dr. Downer | August 22, 2008 2:29 PM
9

It's not for you guys. It's for people who actually vote.

Posted by poster girl | August 22, 2008 2:49 PM
10

True, @9.

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 22, 2008 2:59 PM
11

easy-listen the vote!

Posted by infrequent | August 22, 2008 3:15 PM
12

@9-no it's for people who think that all those people in the vid are in the "cool subset". They are NOT.

Posted by Reality check cashed | August 22, 2008 3:25 PM
13

um, last time i checked, macy gray and josh stone were from england, right? they can't vote here, but i'm sure glad they came all the way out to show their support.

weird.

and yeah, macy gray blew up like a balloon!

Posted by apparently a british prayer too | August 22, 2008 4:32 PM
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@13

Macy Gray was born in Ohio. Finding out things like that is kinda why they invented google. Joss Stone is a Brit, though.

I bet this video does wonders with the VH1 crowd. ugh.

Posted by bearseatbeats | August 22, 2008 4:43 PM
15

well, i liked it. you forgot to mention that herbie hancock and bobby mcferrin are in it, too. the dude playing the guitar is dave stewart. philistines.

Posted by scary tyler moore | August 22, 2008 6:35 PM
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The air violin. God in heaven, the air violin...

Posted by BGJ in PDX | August 25, 2008 9:26 AM

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