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Six months ago during a concert in LA we turned the mike over to the audience
and "Solid as Barack" was born! At Feinstein's in New York Stephen Holden
reviewed us for the New York Times mentioning it. Saturday Night Live
then aired a fun version and we figured it was time to embrace the idea
with a real tribute with lyrics for Barack.
HuffPost Premiere: "Solid As Barack"
Ashford & SimpsonPosted January 15, 2009 | 04:17 PM (EST)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashford-/huffpost-premiere-solid-a_b_158275.html
WASHINGTON - Some may call it a case of life imitating art, or a dose of excessive political enthusiasm, but singer-songwriters Ashford & Simpson call it a labor of love.
After hearing audiences change the lyrics to their 1984 hit song "Solid (as a Rock)" to "Solid (as Barack)" - and watching "Saturday Night Live" perform a skit in which cast members did the same thing - the performing duo went back into the studio, retooled the lyrics to honor Obama, and intend to release it via digital download on Inauguration Day.
"We were amazed that it went from a concert in California to New York to Saturday Night Live,' " Valerie Simpson told McClatchy Newspapers in an interview. "It really started out as a people thing and snowballed from there."
Ashford & Simpson said they never thought about recording a song for Obama, though they're staunch supporters of the president-elect. They were running through a medley of their hits during a show in Los Angeles in August when they turned the microphone towards the audience to have it join them in singing "Solid."
"And for love's sake, he decided to make a promise to us all," the song starts. "And when he wrote The Audacity of Hope,' we could make a change. Here's for a higher plane. We'll build it up, and build it up, and build it up, and now we're solid ... solid as Barack. ... A new day dawning, the future looks, hot, hot, hot, hot!"
The duo said they paid careful attention to the 2008 presidential campaign, but won't be among the bevy of entertainers coming to Washington to witness Obama's inauguration. They'll be in Jamaica performing at a jazz festival that day.
"I'll be taping it," Ashford said. "His victory was miraculous."
'SNL,' Ashford & Simpson retool hit to honor Obama
by William Douglas - Jan. 18, 2009 12:00 AM McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/election08/articles/2009/01/14/20090114inaug-song0118.html
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