{"id":13879,"date":"2025-08-11T21:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=13879"},"modified":"2025-08-11T21:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:37:46","slug":"i-just-needed-to-feel-something-real-today-james-taylors-emotional-performance-of-america-the-beautiful-on-election-day-is-the-soulful-reminder-we-all-needed-to-vo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=13879","title":{"rendered":"I Just Needed to Feel Something Real Today \u2014 James Taylor\u2019s Emotional Performance of \u2018America the Beautiful\u2019 on Election Day Is the Soulful Reminder We All Needed to Vote and Believe in Something Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/James-Taylor-696x443.jpg\" alt=\"Watch James Taylor's election day performance of 'America The Beautiful'\" width=\"1240\" height=\"789\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"a-special-performance-check-it-out\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Special Performance \u2013 Check It Out<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>James Taylor has shared his lovely live rendition of \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d from his home on the presidential election day. He also encouraged his followers on Twitter to vote by sharing the video and writing, \u201cInspiration for an important day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor previously performed the same song at Barack Obama\u2019s second inauguration in 2013. And more recently, he has been heavily supporting Joe Biden during his 2020 campaign trail. The legendary musician has sent out emails and asked for donations while posting on his social media. He\u2019s been pretty active this year, releasing \u201cAmerican Standard\u201d on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-380x253.webp 380w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-800x533.webp 800w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally-1160x773.webp 1160w, https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-taylor-walz-harris-rally.webp 1581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrote,<em>&nbsp;\u201cJoe Biden knows that, as President, he has to fight for every American, not just the ones who voted for him. He\u2019ll work with scientific and medical experts to forge a fact-based plan to approach this virus, and then he\u2019ll get to work building our country back better than it was before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, he revealed to&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;that he met Donald Trump<em>&nbsp;\u201cin an airport. I just thought of him as a frivolous, minor player. It drives me crazy how unworthy he is of our attention and how much of it he has.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out his performance below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Taylor - America The Beautiful\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Vhand22VtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Special Performance \u2013 Check It Out James Taylor has shared his lovely live rendition of \u201cAmerica the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-musician"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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