Thursday, April 2, 2009

I guess curtseying is too old-fashioned?

So I'm sure you've heard by now that PresBo and his wife gave the Queen of England that most appropriate of gifts for a sovereign... an iPod. But what was on it?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/what-does-one-g.html

  • Photos from the Queen's 2007 White House State Visit
  • Photos from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown, Va., Visit
  • Photos from the Queen's 2007 Richmond, Va., Visit
  • Video from the Queen's 1957 Jamestown Visit
  • Video from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown Visit
  • Video from the Queen's 2007 Richmond Visit
  • Photos from President Obama's Inauguration
  • Audio of then-state senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and
  • Audio of President Obama 2009 Inauguration Address
Plus the following music:

  • "Oklahoma!"
  • "If I Loved You," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
  • "You'll Never Walk Alone," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
  • "There's No Business Like Show Business," Ethel Merman, "Annie Get Your Gun"
  • "Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?)," Ray Bolger
  • "Some Enchanted Evening," "South Pacific"
  • "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," Carol Channing, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
  • "Getting to Know You," Gertrude Lawrence, "The King and I"
  • "Shall We Dance?" Gertrude Lawrence, "The King and I"
  • "I Could Have Danced All Night," Julie Andrews, "My Fair Lady"
  • "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," Rex Harrison, "My Fair Lady"
  • "The Party's Over (Bells Are Ringing)," Judy Holliday
  • "Maria," "West Side Story"
  • "Tonight," "West Side Story"
  • "Seventy Six Trombones," "The Music Man"
  • "Everything's Coming up Roses," Ethel Merman, "Gypsy"
  • "The Sound of Music"
  • "Try to Remember," Jerry Orbach, "The Fantasticks"
  • "Camelot," Richard Burton
  • "If Ever I Would Leave You," Robert Goulet, "Camelot"
  • "Hello, Dolly!" Carol Channing
  • "If I Were a Rich Man," Zero Mostel, "Fiddler on the Roof"
  • "People," Barbra Streisand, "Funny Girl"
  • "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)," John Cullum
  • "The Impossible Dream," Richard Kiley, "Man of La Mancha"
  • "Mame," Charles Braswell
  • "Cabaret," Liza Minnelli
  • "Aquarius, Ronald Dyson, "Hair'
  • "Send in the Clowns," Judy Collins, "A Little Night Music"
  • "All That Jazz," Chita Rivera, "Chicago"
  • "One," "A Chorus Line"
  • "Tomorrow," Andrea McArdle, "Annie"
  • "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," Patti LuPone, "Evita"
  • "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Jennifer Holliday, "Dreamgirls"
  • "Memory," Elaine Paige, "Cats"
  • "The Best of Times," George Hearn, "La Cage Aux Folles"
  • "I Dreamed a Dream," Aretha Franklin, "Les MisDerables"
  • "The Music of the Night," Michael Crawford, "The Phantom of the Opera"
  • "As If We Never Said Goodbye," Elaine Paige, "Sunset Blvd."
  • "Seasons of Love," "Rent"
Showtunes? And are La Cage Aux Foiles and Rent really appropriate to give to... anyone?

Plus, how self-centered is it to give someone a copy of your inauguration address?

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