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President Barack Obama, while visiting London for this week’s G20 global economic summit, presented the queen of England with a gift, an iPod preloaded with show tunes.
Whoa! Change has come to Washington, from a president who spoke of THE Google and boldly declared he didn’t "do" e-mail to one addicted to his Blackberry and distributing iPods across the globe.
Diplomacy and protocol being what they are it must be quite the challenge to load the queen’s iPod with music.
Don’t download the Sex Pistols’ punk anthem "God Save the Queen," which includes the line, "She ain’t no human being."
Do include anything from 1970s and 1980s rock supergroup Queen.
Don't include Queen’s "Fat-Bottomed Girls," for obvious reasons.
Do include most of Merle Haggard’s catalog; something tells us Queen Elizabeth II would enjoy a strong drink and "Mama Tried" late in the evening.
Don’t include any syrupy Elton John ballad; she’s surely heard enough of that?
Do include Royal Crescent Mob’s cover of the LL Cool J classic "Mama Said Knock You Out."
Don’t bother with Queen Latifah’s early rap efforts.
Do include anything by Aretha Franklin, who is famously known as the Queen of Soul.
And finally, don’t include Madonna, with her obnoxious fake British accent.
Do include "50ft Queenie" by PJ Harvey, who has a genuine British accent.
