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Obama's song

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  • 20-01-2009 6:06pm
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    cabla
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    Did anyone notice the John Williams was River Dance basically.


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    oscarBravo
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    There was definitely a strong homage to "Lord of the Dance" in there.


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    cabla
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    Here we go http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=iega9EutaJE&feature=related


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    Das Kitty
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    He only arranged the music, he didn't write it. The first piece was the traditional "Lord of the Dance"

    I was confused that Aretha seemed to be singing "God Save the Queen", until I looked it up.


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    Ludo
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    Das Kitty wrote: »
    He only arranged the music, he didn't write it. The first piece was the traditional "Lord of the Dance"

    I was confused that Aretha seemed to be singing "God Save the Queen", until I looked it up.

    LOL...I had this on in the background and was wondering to myself why the hell they were playing god save the queen?


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    Matt Holck
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    because singing "bombs bursting in air" from The Star Spangled Banner
    would have been callus given recent wars


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