In case you didn’t hear, Barack Obama won last night. If this came as great news, you likely found yourself laughing at that will.i.am hologram, checking out Fox News to see how depressed they were, and then wandering the East Village and slapping hands with strangers en route to your favorite bar where you drank champagne from a can and thought about this song for the first time in ages. Or, maybe you were at an R.E.M. concert in Santiago where you saw their manager Bertis Downs announce the Obama victory and then heard the band cue into “I Believe.”
Whether your night was like this this (via Gothamist) — with or without “Paper Airplanes” and cop cars — or if you stayed home to work on your “Why Obama Isn’t a Good President” presentation in complete, creepy silence, we’re curious how you marked the moment. Maybe you’re this kid.
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i know today is about hope and opportunity and earning puppies and public service and not making ridiculous statements about overrated/underrated albums but…
life’s rich pageant is definitely their best album.
that is all.
I agree, a very positive album. Good tunes about ecology/environmentalism. A lot of different sounds too. “flowers of Guatemala” is unique. I believe is classy
How many Chilean boyfriends does Stipe have up there with him during this clip?
Michael Stipe was for Obama? Fuck me, I’m on the wrong side of the tracks! McCain come back! Recount! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
the only time my country will be featured in stereogum….lols. and oh yeah, most concert-goers understood english. and where ohio is. yay for education!
yeah, i was there. great shows in santiago, the second night was very magic and funny with the obama stuff, obamatic for the people. but the 4 chilean guys in the stage dancing so bad… and they play “i believe”, “cuyahoga” “driver 8″ and “radio free europe” for us. saludos from chile.
Hey SG, check out this Obama/The National mashup from the Obama campaign. No, I don’t work for them, I just think it’s amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDa6CwzSA74