America’s Song: Why is Awful Will.i.am the Musical Voice of Obama Inauguration?

Will.i.am is either some sort of ultra-patriotic musical genius, or a very likable puppet of the music industry.

We’re guessing it’s the latter.

Known for his work with the Black Eyed Peas and their nightmarish spawn, Fergie, Will.i.am has gone from writing garbage like “Fergilicious” (complete with unintentionally misspelled lyrical chants of “tastey“), to becoming the unlikely voice of Barack Obama’s America thanks to songs such as “Yes We Can,” “We Are the Ones” and “It’s a New Day.” CNN even tapped the popstar as the punchline/holographic correspondent during its election night coverage.

Now, Will.i.am, along with a string of stars such as Bono, Seal, Mary J. Blige and Faith Hill are pushing a slab of patriotic musical drivel dubbed, “America’s Song,” which debuted on Oprah yesterday and is available as a free download on her website here (for 24 hours). If you don’t download this song, the terrorists win…or something like that.

“America’s Song” features cringe-inducing lyrics co-written by Will.i.am and David Foster (the man responsible for producing many horrible pop songs for everyone from Josh Groban to Celine Dion).

While we appreciate the fact that folks are supporting the new President, all of this “all-star” pandering reeks of cheap publicity and bad taste. In a recent TV appearance, Will.i.am told Oprah, “I wanted to write the new American anthem for this day and age—for this generation.” If this nonsense replaces the national anthem we’re moving to Canada. Well, maybe not–after all, Canada is responsible for Nickelback, Rush and Alanis Morissette (shudder).

Regardless of who you voted for on Election Day, we’re fairly certain that nobody voted for Will.i.am, or his new national anthem. Oh well, at least Fergie didn’t show up to make things worse.

Listen to “America’s Song,” then leave a comment and tell us what you think!