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White House Letter: 'Boomer rock' keeps Bush's heart in tune (President's iPod playlist)
International Herald Tribune ^ | 4/11/05 | Elisabeth Bumiller

Posted on 04/11/2005 5:11:02 PM PDT by wagglebee

Between his return Friday from Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome and his meeting Monday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, President George W. Bush spent an hour and a half Saturday riding a mountain bike at his Texas ranch. With him, as usual, was his indispensable new exercise toy: an iPod music player loaded with country and popular rock tunes aimed at getting the presidential heart rate up to a chest-pounding 170 beats per minute.

Which brings up the inevitable question. What, exactly, is on the First iPod? In an era of celebrity playlists - the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady recently posted his playlist on the iTunes online music store - what does the presidential selection of downloaded songs tell us about Bush?

First, Bush's iPod is heavy on traditional country singers like George Jones, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. He has selections by the folk-rock singer Van Morrison, whose "Brown-Eyed Girl" is a Bush favorite, and by John Fogerty, most predictably "Centerfield," which was played at Texas Rangers games when Bush was an owner and is still played at ballfields all over America. ("Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today.")

The president also has an eclectic mix of songs downloaded into his iPod from Mark McKinnon, a biking buddy and his chief media strategist in the 2004 campaign. Among them are "Circle Back" by John Hiatt, "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" by Joni Mitchell and "My Sharona," the 1970s song by The Knack that Joe Levy, a deputy managing editor in charge of music coverage at Rolling Stone, cheerfully branded "suggestive if not outright filthy" in an interview last week.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; bushhasser; bushsmusic; georgewbush; gorelostgetoverit; ipod; music; peanutgallery
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To: wagglebee

Thanks for the info, wagglebee. LOL, when it comes to analog, converting, MP3's and iPods..I am in the dark ages.


21 posted on 04/11/2005 5:44:20 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)
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To: wagglebee
Actually this is NOT a celebrity "playlist", it is a "personal mixtape" made for him by someone else:

McKinnon, who has downloaded "Castanets" by Alejandro Escovedo and "Alive 'n' Kickin"' by Kenny Loggins into Bush's iPod, said that sometimes a presidential playlist is just a playlist, nothing more.

22 posted on 04/11/2005 5:44:36 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: wagglebee

I can't get over the fact that he's got "My Sharona" on his list.


23 posted on 04/11/2005 5:45:54 PM PDT by SilentServiceCPOWife (Welcome to the Hotel Free Republic-You can check out any time you like but you can never leave)
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To: Marauder

Oh my, I was in 'love' with Jim Dandy when I was a teen...


24 posted on 04/11/2005 5:48:56 PM PDT by SelmaLee
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To: wagglebee

Brown-Eyed Girl is a favorite? I guess Bush doesn`t mind hearing it for the 10 billionth time. I think out of the all time most overplayed songs in the history of recorded sound, that song has to be at least in the top 3.


25 posted on 04/11/2005 5:50:22 PM PDT by Imaverygooddriver (ALL YOU BASE ARE BELONG TO US)
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To: Melas
She is under investigation for how she received information about the Valerie Plame/ CIA incident, as well as other classified information. She has refused to reveal her sources, and that is why I hope she gets indicted.

Not for the I-Pod, for goodness sake! I don't give two hoots about that!

26 posted on 04/11/2005 5:52:27 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: MoJo2001

Wow! the president listens to Van Morrison and more interestingly to me, Alejandro Escovedo (True Believers)

How would you likw the job of presidential Dj?


27 posted on 04/11/2005 5:53:48 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: deadhead

I've got a friend who does it for me, I tell him what I want and he takes care of it.


28 posted on 04/11/2005 5:55:28 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Imaverygooddriver

It's right up there with "Satisfaction", "Stairway to Heaven" and "Freebird".


29 posted on 04/11/2005 5:57:16 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: deadhead

:Thanks for the info, wagglebee. LOL, when it comes to analog, converting, MP3's and iPods..I am in the dark ages."

What's an ipod?


30 posted on 04/11/2005 6:19:51 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: wagglebee
Who says our President isnt well rounded?
31 posted on 04/11/2005 6:23:12 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: wagglebee

His taste in music blows...


32 posted on 04/11/2005 7:19:52 PM PDT by NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
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To: NoCurrentFreeperByThatName

That maybe true but our Presidents still rocks!!!!!!


33 posted on 04/11/2005 7:33:03 PM PDT by Kimmers
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To: wagglebee

My wife thinks "Baby Got Back" is probably high on his list... :-)


34 posted on 04/11/2005 7:44:14 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
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To: Future Snake Eater; cyborg

I think cyborg's list (#13) is probably the most complete.


35 posted on 04/11/2005 7:45:48 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: cyborg

If you want to send me a love letter, dear, please do it in private.



;OP


36 posted on 04/11/2005 7:46:35 PM PDT by Petronski (I thank God Almighty for a most remarkable blessing: John Paul the Great.)
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To: SelmaLee
Oh my, I was in 'love' with Jim Dandy when I was a teen...

LOL I read John Candy.

37 posted on 04/11/2005 7:47:20 PM PDT by Petronski (I thank God Almighty for a most remarkable blessing: John Paul the Great.)
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To: wagglebee

a few months ago there was a pop song called IIRC "Dip it Low" The chorus basically was instructions for giving a Lewinsky :)


38 posted on 04/11/2005 7:48:19 PM PDT by sassbox
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To: sassbox

I've never heard it, of course I haven't listened to top 40/pop music in about 20 years.


39 posted on 04/11/2005 7:49:50 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

Clinton doesn't even Email. I bet he can't use an Ipod and doesn't have one. Now, he'll have to keep up with Bush and get one. He can tell us about his playlist. Then, the media can tell up how his list is so much cooler than Bush's.


40 posted on 04/11/2005 8:14:13 PM PDT by motherof 3
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