Any challengers to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper? :mrgreen:
QuotePrime Minister Stephen Harper took the stage at the Conservative caucus Christmas party in Ottawa on Wednesday night, playing the piano and belting out a number of rock hits.
Harper performed a five-song set list that included Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline, the Guess Who's Share the Land and the Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/12/08/harper-concert.html
(22 min video included in the story for those who are interested)
Steve has previously performed 'With a Little Help From My Friends' with a little help from Yo Yo Ma.
Well, there's always Pulgasari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulgasari)... ;)
I'm sure there must be some examples of Asian leaders singing karaoke out there. There's Clinton and his sax, too....
Unless someone provides evidence to the contrary, I think Harper's probably the only G8 leader with a 20 minute performance floating around the intertubes. I'm not a big fan of the guy (he's OK as a minority leader, but I'd hate to have the Conservatives take a majority), but it's nice to see some personality. He's pretty bland, generally.
Just wait until Mike Huckabee becomes POTUS :o
I theenka, Berlusconi he playa de piccolo? ;D
EDIT: (Technicality to avoid double posting)
Putin sings at charity concert. (http://rt.com/news/prime-minister-mic-charity/)
They showed a little clip of Putin on the Daily Show yesterday and it surely beats Harper hands down...
;) :mrgreen: :D ;D
I wasn't impressed much with Blueberry Hill, but I'm trying to take a look at some of his stuff in Russian (which is fairer to judge by). At first glance, Harper is the more proficient pianist.
I'd like to see Harper sing in French for comparison*. :mrgreen:
*there was some muttering about the lack of bilingual performance on some of the newspaper comment sections, I think. ;)
I stand corrected on the G8 assertion, I suppose. ;)
Huckabee gave a 10 minute interview on playing the bass guitar
http://www.bassfrontiersmag.com/
(no direct link to video, so it may disappear at some time)