The President's iPod

Posted on April 11, 2005

So, what songwriters does President Bush like? A recent article reveals the playlist in the presidential iPod, which was a gift to him by daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush. Bush's iPod is filled with traditional country singers like George Jones, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. He also has songs by Van Morrison, whose "Brown-Eyed Girl" is a Bush favorite, and by John Fogerty. He also likes to listen to The Knack's "My Sharona," while bike riding.

As for an analysis of Bush's playlist, Levy of Rolling Stone started out with this: "One thing that's interesting is that the president likes artists who don't like him."

Levy was referring to Fogerty, who was part of the anti-Bush "Vote for Change" concert tour across the United States last fall. McKinnon, who once wrote songs for Kris Kristofferson's music publishing company, responded in an e-mail message that "if any president limited his music selection to pro-establishment musicians, it would be a pretty slim collection."