# Bush sings "Sunday Bloody Sunday" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236 "2006-10-20T15:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/1 "2006-10-20T15:57:34Z")
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6805063692754011230&q=bush&hl=en](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6805063692754011230&q=bush&hl=en) I thought it was really cool! Gotta love people with a lot of time on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/2 "2006-10-20T16:21:36Z")
The most remarkable thing about it is that in order to assemble such a piece, you’d have to listen to W for countless hours. I can’t listen to the man for more than 5 minutes without wanting to slam my head through a plate glass window. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/3 "2006-10-20T17:41:37Z")
Didn’t U2 play something like this from George HW before their concerts, where he says “We Will Rock You” ? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/4 "2006-10-20T17:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] The most remarkable thing about it is that in order to assemble such a piece, you’d have to listen to W for countless hours. [/QUOTE] Not really. The texts for all his major speeches are published at [WhiteHouse.gov](http://WhiteHouse.gov). Word searches through those texts will go a lot quicker than watching the speeches. [QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] I can’t listen to the man for more than 5 minutes without wanting to slam my head through a plate glass window. [/quote] 😕 Why? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/5 "2006-10-20T17:58:26Z")
Maybe because after about five minute he begins to sound like the Monarch in Full Rant Mode. > [@Number 24](#): > > I can hear that in my eyeballs! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/6 "2006-10-20T18:12:28Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Not really. The texts for all his major speeches are published at [WhiteHouse.gov](http://WhiteHouse.gov). Word searches through those texts will go a lot quicker than watching the speeches. [/quote] Yeah, but you still need to go through the footage, cut, “paste” and watch and re-watch to make sure the timing and synchronization with the music is right. For a clip over 3 minutes, that would still take quite a bit of time > [@](#): > > 😕 Why? Because of his thin reedy voice. Because of his inability to sound spontaneous in prepared speeches and his inability to sound coherent in off-the-cuff remarks. Because of his constant overreliance on the same phrases, cliches, memes, and rhetorical crutches. Because he almost never sounds like he knows what he’s talking about (beyond the talking points prepared by his handlers/minions). Because most every speech, remark, answer, or digression sounds like every other one. But mostly because, personally speaking, I think he’s full of shit most of the time he opens his mouth. If he was a good public speaker, this last point wouldn’t stop me from listening to him (though it might be bad for my blood pressure). But he’s not. He’s terrible. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/7 "2006-10-20T19:33:13Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Why? [/QUOTE] Because he so often sounds whiny and defensive, like he’s trying to explain something that is _so obvious_, and is amazed that you don’t get it: "We’re fighting them over there, so we don’t have to fight them here!"_exasperated chuckle_ Because it is embarassing and frustrating that the leader of our country does not impress with his intelligence. Because we’ve heard the same shit for years now, and it has worn thin. ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/8 "2006-10-20T20:49:46Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] The most remarkable thing about it is that in order to assemble such a piece, you’d have to listen to W for countless hours. I can’t listen to the man for more than 5 minutes without wanting to slam my head through a plate glass window. [/QUOTE] Actually, it look looked the entire thing came from a State of the Union speech. I’m sure they could have dubbed him, but he has on the same suit and tie throughout the entire video. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/9 "2006-10-20T21:00:14Z")
Good or bad, agree or disagree, he IS our president. He should be listened to. That was funny though… ---
**Author:** ![Fragster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ec9cab/32.png) [@Fragster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fragster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/10 "2006-10-20T22:22:04Z")
Yeah, Rolling Stone featured this a couple of months ago. It’s pretty hilarious. When would he have had an occasion to say “bottles”? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/11 "2006-10-20T23:52:21Z")
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror: > [@](#): > > And I repeat to you, I strongly believe that societies in which you’re not allowed to express yourself are societies which do breed resentment, and kind of bottled-up anxiety causes people to become very frustrated. And that’s not healthy for a society. President Signs Medicare Legislation: > [@](#): > > Some older Americans spend much of their Social Security checks just on their medications. Some cut down on the dosage, to make a bottle of pills last longer. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/12 "2006-10-20T23:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass] Didn’t U2 play something like this from George HW before their concerts, where he says “We Will Rock You” ? [/QUOTE] [Yes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMA4B29EJEk) (The We Will Rock You bit starts at around 1:15 of the clip). ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-sings-sunday-bloody-sunday/377236/13 "2006-10-21T01:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=Ms Macphisto] [Yes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMA4B29EJEk) (The We Will Rock You bit starts at around 1:15 of the clip). [/QUOTE] That was done by the [Emergency Broadcast Network](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_Network).