Help please: What was the instrumental song played at the beginning of Obama's acceptance speech?

[endthewar]

The one playing when he walked out to the podium. Anyone know the name of the song? Thanks. :patriot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCrIeRkMhA

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1. Shameless self-kick

Come on you music lovers out there! :hi:

[1corona4u]

3. I just found this, but have not gone to look for it yet....

but it sounds right. Joe likes Bono/U2 as well;

"City of Blinding Lights and Beautiful Day, bookend Obama’s acceptance speech early on Friday. Beautiful Day was also the musical backdrop a night earlier when Obama introduced Senator Joe Biden, his nominee for vice-president, to the Denver crowd."



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4641662.ece

[1corona4u]

4. Yep, that's it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLBdMsUjoTA

[endthewar]

6. Sweet! Thanks a lot!

What a beautiful song. :patriot:

[1corona4u]

7. I had been wondering about it too....

meant to look for it before, but forgot...

[endthewar]

9. I'm glad I could help you out then

:rofl:

Also, I thought it was a perfect intro song for Obama.

[1corona4u]

10. It was and it went so well with the setting they were in....

There were several times I thought Obama was very overcome, emotionally...like when he first walked out, and at the very end, he seemed to get inwardly choked up. On PBS, the reporters, probably unaware they were on mike, said; "He's thinking about his mom", He's thinking about her", his mom'...and I think he probably was...

[gateley]

2. I tried, but I'm sorry - can't help. nt

[madeline_con]

5. It's U2 City of Blinding Lights

Here's a video of them doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLBdMsUjoTA

[CreekDog]

8. Holy cow, they even got the music right

I feel like I'm watching the 49ers of the 1980's. Painstaking planning, perfectly executed.

:applause: