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Powell picks Paul -"a bud of mine'' - as favourite Beatle
WASHINGTON Aug 4 - US Secretary of State Colin Powell has professed to prefer billy McCartney over the other members of the legendary rock group The Beatles because he has remained ``normal'' despite great fame and riches, according to an interview released this week.
Asked by American humorist PJ O'Rourke of The Atlantic magazine who his favorite Beatle was - and told by O'Rourke that former US president Bill Clinton had chosen McCartney - Powell replied: ``That's what I would say. Because I know Paul. Paul's a bud of mine.''
O'Rourke expressed bemused incredulity, suggesting that a sane person would have no alternative but to select drummer Ringo Starr as their favourite Beatle, according to a transcript of the interview posted on the magazine's website.
``I'm sure he's a great guy and all,'' O'Rourke said of McCartney. ``But I would have thought anybody in their right mind would pick Ringo. He wanted the act to last just long enough so he would have enough money to open a chain of hairdressing shops. And, by God, he did.
Nonplussed, Powell responded that ``Paul ended up with the most money.''
O'Rourke admitted that was true and noted that McCartney was still among the living, unlike late former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison.
``You know what I like about him: he is so normal,'' Powell added.
Neither Powell nor O'Rourke, who is known for his biting satire, made any mention of the fact that Starr is also still alive, according to the transcript which was released on Monday.
Powell did not delve further into his friendship with McCartney, who along with his now-wife, ex-model Heather Mills, met at least once with the secretary as part of their work in the worldwide campaign to ban landmines at the State Department in April 2001. - AFP
www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0805&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Entertainment&pg=en_05.htm
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Atlantic Unbound | August 2, 2004
Interviews
A Conversation With Colin Powell
Colin Powell and P. J. O'Rourke discuss foreign policy, Volvos, Elvis, and more. The full transcript of an interview from the September 2004 Atlantic
[...]
P. J. O'ROURKE: Ok, well, this is the key one. Which is your favorite Beatle? I actually asked Bill Clinton that. When he was running for President, I interviewed him and I said, "Which one's your favorite Beatle?" And he looked quite surprised because he thought only policy questions would be asked. And it was Paul, wouldn't you know?
SECRETARY POWELL: That's what I would say. Because I know Paul. Paul's a bud of mine.
P. J. O'ROURKE: I'm sure he's a great guy and all, but I would have thought anybody in their right mind would pick Ringo. He wanted the act to last just long enough so he would have enough money to open a chain of hairdressing shops. And, by God, he did.
SECRETARY POWELL: And Paul ended up with the most money.
P. J. O'ROURKE: He did. And he is alive.
SECRETARY POWELL: You know what I like about him, he is so normal.
P. J. O'ROURKE: Yes, so I understand.
Clinton also liked the skinny Elvis stamp, which I thought showed a lack of self-confidence.
SECRETARY POWELL: I knew Elvis.
P. J. O'ROURKE: Really?
SECRETARY POWELL: I met him when he was in the Army. I was a lieutenant; he was a sergeant. He was in the neighboring regiment—or combat command, as we called it—in the Third Armored Division in Germany.
We were in the training area one day and I was driving my jeep around and suddenly came upon this unit from the other outfit and there he was. And so I went over and shook hands.
He was a good soldier. You never would have thought he was anything but a soldier. He had a pimple on his face and everything else. He was not a big star. He was just another soldier.
www.theatlantic.com/doc/200408u/powell
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WASHINGTON Aug 4 - US Secretary of State Colin Powell has professed to prefer billy McCartney over the other members of the legendary rock group The Beatles because he has remained ``normal'' despite great fame and riches, according to an interview released this week.
Asked by American humorist PJ O'Rourke of The Atlantic magazine who his favorite Beatle was - and told by O'Rourke that former US president Bill Clinton had chosen McCartney - Powell replied: ``That's what I would say. Because I know Paul. Paul's a bud of mine.''
O'Rourke expressed bemused incredulity, suggesting that a sane person would have no alternative but to select drummer Ringo Starr as their favourite Beatle, according to a transcript of the interview posted on the magazine's website.
``I'm sure he's a great guy and all,'' O'Rourke said of McCartney. ``But I would have thought anybody in their right mind would pick Ringo. He wanted the act to last just long enough so he would have enough money to open a chain of hairdressing shops. And, by God, he did.
Nonplussed, Powell responded that ``Paul ended up with the most money.''
O'Rourke admitted that was true and noted that McCartney was still among the living, unlike late former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison.
``You know what I like about him: he is so normal,'' Powell added.
Neither Powell nor O'Rourke, who is known for his biting satire, made any mention of the fact that Starr is also still alive, according to the transcript which was released on Monday.
Powell did not delve further into his friendship with McCartney, who along with his now-wife, ex-model Heather Mills, met at least once with the secretary as part of their work in the worldwide campaign to ban landmines at the State Department in April 2001. - AFP
www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0805&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Entertainment&pg=en_05.htm
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Atlantic Unbound | August 2, 2004
Interviews
A Conversation With Colin Powell
Colin Powell and P. J. O'Rourke discuss foreign policy, Volvos, Elvis, and more. The full transcript of an interview from the September 2004 Atlantic
[...]
P. J. O'ROURKE: Ok, well, this is the key one. Which is your favorite Beatle? I actually asked Bill Clinton that. When he was running for President, I interviewed him and I said, "Which one's your favorite Beatle?" And he looked quite surprised because he thought only policy questions would be asked. And it was Paul, wouldn't you know?
SECRETARY POWELL: That's what I would say. Because I know Paul. Paul's a bud of mine.
P. J. O'ROURKE: I'm sure he's a great guy and all, but I would have thought anybody in their right mind would pick Ringo. He wanted the act to last just long enough so he would have enough money to open a chain of hairdressing shops. And, by God, he did.
SECRETARY POWELL: And Paul ended up with the most money.
P. J. O'ROURKE: He did. And he is alive.
SECRETARY POWELL: You know what I like about him, he is so normal.
P. J. O'ROURKE: Yes, so I understand.
Clinton also liked the skinny Elvis stamp, which I thought showed a lack of self-confidence.
SECRETARY POWELL: I knew Elvis.
P. J. O'ROURKE: Really?
SECRETARY POWELL: I met him when he was in the Army. I was a lieutenant; he was a sergeant. He was in the neighboring regiment—or combat command, as we called it—in the Third Armored Division in Germany.
We were in the training area one day and I was driving my jeep around and suddenly came upon this unit from the other outfit and there he was. And so I went over and shook hands.
He was a good soldier. You never would have thought he was anything but a soldier. He had a pimple on his face and everything else. He was not a big star. He was just another soldier.
www.theatlantic.com/doc/200408u/powell
