Canadian PM Covers The Beatles

2009-10-05 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 25 Comments
In the greatest convergence of popular music and prime ministering since Britain's Gordon Brown proclaimed Arctic Monkeys to be his favourite band despite never having heard their music, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper bumped his approval rating several percentage points with a performance of the Fab Four's 'With A Little Help Of My Friends' alongside cellist Yo Yo Ma at a concert in Ottawa.

Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCbVw03zEyU

Tagged: The Beatles

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Waior
October 5th 2009
11778 Comments


I love my country. Cover was awesome.

Athom
Emeritus
October 5th 2009
17249 Comments


i don't see any mention of mexicans

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
October 5th 2009
32308 Comments


^LOL

kmagnum1x
October 5th 2009
459 Comments


My face went from :/ to :] to :D

SpoonfulofSlurry
October 5th 2009
7 Comments


i hope he releases a cover album

gasmaskman
October 5th 2009
1006 Comments


wow amazing cover, very surprised.

Tyler
Emeritus
October 5th 2009
7927 Comments


Stephen Harper is so fucking creepy.

Duderino
October 5th 2009
830 Comments


pedosmile

bloc
October 5th 2009
70880 Comments


i read about this and thought it was badass. never heard it yet but i hear it was darn good.

hykinix
October 5th 2009
188 Comments


I wonder how long he was badgered to go through with this.

johnnyblaze
October 5th 2009
3439 Comments


Cover was great, I love how the audience laughs at him when he sings "I need somebody to love".

El_Goodo
October 5th 2009
1016 Comments


Wow that was pretty good. Actually sounded like Ringo.

CrazyFool84
October 5th 2009
1083 Comments


fuck, was gonna post this but figured it would get negged or not counted as news.

New found props for my PM, despite the fact that he's still an android that seems bent on ruining our country

ShineOn75
October 5th 2009
242 Comments


so who does this mean obama will cover...?

no diss.

ZeroTolerance
October 5th 2009
435 Comments


I would love to see Obama cover Avril

Douchebag
October 6th 2009
3626 Comments


Obama will cover MC Hammer duh!

hykinix
October 6th 2009
188 Comments


He certainly wont cover Kanye

Acre
October 6th 2009
847 Comments


Obama will cover the Monkees.

jcfiasco
October 6th 2009
465 Comments


.... good god do I hate this guy...

WoodLawn
October 6th 2009
134 Comments


Not a bad cover actually. Too bad Harper is a tool, bent on ruining this country.

Waior
October 6th 2009
11778 Comments


Too bad Harper is a tool, bent on ruining this country.


I figured it wouldn't take long for something like this to show up. Keep your political opinions to yourself.

Zip
October 6th 2009
5312 Comments


aww you're a tool too

WoodLawn
October 6th 2009
134 Comments


"I figured it wouldn't take long for something like this to show up. Keep your political opinions to yourself."

I'm sorry, I must have missed the "don't mention politics when discussing a political figure" sign at the top of this thread. I'm also hardly the first person in this thread (see: third) who expressed his dislike of Stephen Harper and his politics. I merely commented on the fact that although the performance was pretty good, I still don't like the man and his beliefs (in like, ONE sentence). I didn't realize this was "too political" to be handled by the Sputnik readership.

DoOrDie
October 6th 2009
34 Comments


Cover was great. I wasn't expecting that from the PM. He did look ridiculously pale though. BTW, anyone who seriously thinks Harper is "bent on ruining this country" needs to have their head checked, or at least reevaluate how they express disapproval of political leadership.

Wizard
October 6th 2009
20644 Comments


PM should cover Frank Zappa. His cover of the Beatles was nice to see.



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