{"id":155267,"date":"2012-01-20T13:17:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T09:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=155267"},"modified":"2012-01-20T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T09:19:26","slug":"i-told-you-i-would-do-it-obama-sings-in-harlems-apollo-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/01\/20\/i-told-you-i-would-do-it-obama-sings-in-harlems-apollo-theater.html","title":{"rendered":"‘I Told You I Would Do It’: Obama Sings in Harlem’s Apollo Theater (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Barack Obama commanded the stage at Harlem\u2019s famed Apollo Theater, and in the spirit of the venue, briefly showed the crowd his Crooner-in-Chief skills with a soulful rendition of Rev. Al Green\u2018s \u201cLet\u2019s Stay Together\u201d that was good enough, as the president noted, to avoid the Sandman\u2019s hook, Mediaite<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n

“I\u2026I\u2019m\u2026soooo in love with you,\u201d Obama sang, with the crowd cheering like crazy.<\/p>\n

Of course, he only sang a (perhaps SOPA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>-conscious?) eight-second snippet of Green\u2019s classic quiet storm, so there wasn\u2019t much time for the crowd to turn against him, but I think he definitely left them wanting more.<\/p>\n

“Those guys didn’t think I would do it. I told you I was going to do it. And the Sandman did not come out. Don’t worry, Rev, I cannot sing like you, but I just wanted to show my appreciation,\u201d he said, News Channel 5<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n

Say what you will about the US president, but singing \u201cLet\u2019s Stay Together\u201d at the Apollo Theater, with Al Green in the room, takes more balls than a bowling alley.<\/p>\n