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12-16-2005, 05:17 AM
President Bush Talks Some More About What's On His iPod
The most powerful man in the world likes to use the iPod's shuffle feature to listen to work from artists including the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, and Don McLean.
By K.C. Jones
TechWeb News
Dec 15, 2005 03:39 PM
President George Bush's iPod is in the limelight again.
Several months after The New York Times and other media reported that Bush had "My Sharona" along with a mix of country, rock and feel-good music, his selections made the cut on Sky News' Web cast this week.
When asked about what is on the music player, Bush asked one of his aides to grab it and began looking up entries by artist. "Beach Boys, Beatles," the president said, before adding that he uses shuffle to listen to those bands as well as Aretha Franklin and "Dan" McClean recordings. One of several people in the room quickly corrected Bush, noting that Don, not Dan, was the man who sang "American Pie."
Bush then casually noted that "Bono came in and dropped his new iPod on me" and compared the popular iPod nano from U2's lead singer to the older one he carries.
"This is a clunker compared to the newer version," he said.
Bush said it "can shuffle the shuffle" and called the device and its features "pretty high-tech stuff."
He made no mention of whether Bono's singing with U2 is among his selections.
Before this week's iPod demonstration through a British media interview, the White House released a list of what Bush listens to on the device given to him by his daughter. That information, released in April, has been covered in The New York Times, through the BBC and on major U.S. networks.
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The most powerful man in the world likes to use the iPod's shuffle feature to listen to work from artists including the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, and Don McLean.
By K.C. Jones
TechWeb News
Dec 15, 2005 03:39 PM
President George Bush's iPod is in the limelight again.
Several months after The New York Times and other media reported that Bush had "My Sharona" along with a mix of country, rock and feel-good music, his selections made the cut on Sky News' Web cast this week.
When asked about what is on the music player, Bush asked one of his aides to grab it and began looking up entries by artist. "Beach Boys, Beatles," the president said, before adding that he uses shuffle to listen to those bands as well as Aretha Franklin and "Dan" McClean recordings. One of several people in the room quickly corrected Bush, noting that Don, not Dan, was the man who sang "American Pie."
Bush then casually noted that "Bono came in and dropped his new iPod on me" and compared the popular iPod nano from U2's lead singer to the older one he carries.
"This is a clunker compared to the newer version," he said.
Bush said it "can shuffle the shuffle" and called the device and its features "pretty high-tech stuff."
He made no mention of whether Bono's singing with U2 is among his selections.
Before this week's iPod demonstration through a British media interview, the White House released a list of what Bush listens to on the device given to him by his daughter. That information, released in April, has been covered in The New York Times, through the BBC and on major U.S. networks.
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