{"id":8016,"date":"2011-10-03T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2011-10-03T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:23:27","slug":"hail-to-the-chief-needs-a-gospel-beat-says-herman-cain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/10\/hail-to-the-chief-needs-a-gospel-beat-says-herman-cain","title":{"rendered":"“Hail to the Chief” needs a Gospel beat, says presidential hopeful Herman Cain"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain says that if elected, he’ll update the traditional presidential entrance music, “Hail to the Chief.” Why?<\/p>\n

The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, who released his own Gospel music album\u00a0in 1996,\u00a0said it\u00a0needs an update. Maybe with a Gospel beat.<\/p>\n

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“It’s traditional, and that’s all well and good,” the candidate told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace. “But I happen to believe that there comes a time when you need to change the mood of it just a little bit — not drastically, but change it just a little bit.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s kind of like in marketing. Periodically companies that have been successful in branding, they might modify their logo just a little bit to give it a fresher look. I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ needs a little bit fresher sound.”<\/p>\n

So, how would Cain perk it up? Not hip-hop, chuckled the candidate.<\/p>\n

“I might put some gospel beats into it, OK?” he quipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, updating Hail to the Chief has already been tried — with varied results. On YouTube, there’s a forgettable beatbox version, but here’s a marching band rendition:<\/p>\n

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