# I just found out that Barack Obama was the lead singer of Looking Glass **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715 "2024-09-04T03:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/1 "2024-09-04T03:50:29Z")
There’s nothing you can tell me I’m wrong! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/97GR1KiKmyA/maxresdefault.jpg "Obama singing Brandy. I can’t unhear it.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GR1KiKmyA) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/2 "2024-09-04T03:53:19Z")
Somebody should look into this. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/3 "2024-09-04T04:34:26Z")
What a funny coincidence 😄 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/4 "2024-09-04T04:52:29Z")
Obama has been filmed singing informally. He’s got a good voice. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/5 "2024-09-04T05:06:27Z")
That is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/6 "2024-09-04T09:13:56Z")
We should ask Obama what time frame he thinks the song is set in. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/7 "2024-09-04T10:24:05Z")
Sounds more like him than Shapiro does. Though, as the song goes on it I hear it less and less. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/8 "2024-09-04T12:51:31Z")
Ha, I thought this was going to be one of those silly AI deals. But the actual singer does sound a heck of a lot like Obama singing. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Obama has been filmed singing informally. He’s got a good voice. He does… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CyfLhKeFe9U/hqdefault.jpg "US President Barack Obama singing Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyfLhKeFe9U) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/9 "2024-09-04T13:03:03Z")
Never have I ever seen Barack Obama and [**Elliot Lurie**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Lurie) in the same place at the same time. So … there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/10 "2024-09-04T13:46:32Z")
Not a bad baritone voice — FOR AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/11 "2024-09-04T15:15:15Z")
Coincidentally, that song was bumped out of #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, by. . . “Black and White” by Three Dog Night. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/12 "2024-09-04T15:22:38Z")
I always thought Looking Glass was terribly under-rated. I enjoyed a lot of their music, not just ‘Brandy’. ‘[Jimmy loves Mary Anne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XTpWhfXEXc)’, ‘[Golden Rainbow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mLx2vfYa_I)’, and ‘[From Stanton Station](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptkjC8trXR8)’ are some of my faves from them. So thanks to young Barack for that! ETA: ‘[Sweet Something](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62jahc1FbcU)’ is so fine too! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715/13 "2024-09-06T20:52:42Z")
I saw this a bit ago. There is a guy that has a social media site that has lots of these. Hilarious. I’ll see if I can dig it up. ETA: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Y6rjifpdqA](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Y6rjifpdqA) That isn’t it but there a few