John Ashcrofts Singing

[Sweetpea]

[Fenris]

1. Admittedly, I have not seen the movie, but I did see that scene

I laughed hysterically for about five minutes after that.

"LET THE EAGLE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!"

[Liberal Veteran]

3. For some reason when he was singing that I couldn't help but think...

...how passionate some Nazis were about their love of Germany and did much the same thing.

[Sweetpea]

4. Kind of like a rallying cry.

[Northwind]

2. The REALLY scary part is

The man actually has a good voice. AUGH!

[Sweetpea]

5. He is ok with pitch...but his vibrato gets on my nerves....

And the song makes you want to jump out of a window.

[Sweetpea]

6. He is ok with pitch...but his vibrato gets on my nerves....

And the song makes you want to jump out of a window.

[supernova]

8. Ashcroft is a George Beverly Shea wannabe

methinks.

[Fovea]

26. But

delivery, phrasing, interp are all in the hopper.

I mean, over the top -- like a bad combination of Jim Neighbors and a sinus sufferer. Someone please explain to the John that 'r' is not a vowel.

The lyrics, likewise are evidence that Ashcroft is devoid of actual poetry, but awash in pathos.

[supernova]

7. Decent church voice, corny song

that has no place in the day to day running of the Justice Department.

[Sparkly]

9. That was a superb moment of comic relief in the film

The audience cracked up at the screening I saw.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Other: One of the creepiest things

I have ever seen and heard. To hear someone so f**ed up and evil attempt to make music is vaguely horrifying. Kind of like Hitler's Jig. Something about it just seems so eerily wrong.

[linazelle]

11. ditto

[misanthrope]

14. Hitler never danced that jig...

...it was admittedly created in a photo lab as a piece of propaganda.

[smirkymonkey]

19. Hah! I knew it!

:)

[Fovea]

12. The R's pilloried Dean for a Vermont Rebel yell

but let Ashcroft perform that bizarre and nausea inducing warble of pain.
Go figure.

[Sweetpea]

13. Yeh....can u imagine Kerry singing out of tune somewhere..

and taking himself seriously.

[grasswire]

15. I played it for a cockatiel

...at a friend's home. I pulled it up on the computer and played the whole thing.

This cockatiel is an opera buff. He really loves to hear singers, and gets real quiet and cocks his head to hear better.

He went nuts at Ashcroft. Shrieked and jumped around. Just went nuts.

[Sweetpea]

16. The persons who clicked Fantastic should reveal themselves.

[The Zanti Regent]

17. William Shatner has some competition, I see..

I shouldn't pick on poor Bill like that, Bill doesn't have that Nazi streak in him...

[Joe Fields]

18. He sings worse than I do.

[Cyrano]

20. Before they threw his ass out of the senate, he was

one of "The Singing Senators" which consisted of Ashcroft, Trent Lott, Jim Jeffords from Vermont (who became an independent), and Larry Craig from Idaho. (Google "singing senators.")

With the exception of Jeffords, the other three would probably have enjoyed doing harmony to "Deutchland Uber Alles."

[rustydog]

21. He sounds like he is <F- - - - - -> a cat

Which could explain his tight-ass views of the human body and his fixation with body oils.

[PittPoliSci]

22. while he does have a good singing voice...

HE DOESN'T NEED TO USE IT!!!

My god what a terrible song...

[Spirochete]

23. Guess his voice isn't totally shot, but

he repulses me so much, if he sounded like John Mathis or John Lennon, instead of John Ashcroft, he'd still grate on my nerves.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

24. Well, if the AG gig doesn't work out, after NOV, he could get hisself

a lounge lizard karaoke king gig. Vegas baby!

[Sweetpea]

27. Not even

[kodi]

25. it is considered a war crime according to the geneva convention

.

[elperromagico]

28. I had plans to create a remix of "Let The Eagle Soar" at one point,

featuring Dubya rapping about weapons of mass destruction and terra.

Pity I never finished that. I could have released it along with the movie and made a bundle. If William Hung can have a hit CD...

[Sweetpea]

30. Maybe William and John can do a duet.

[Endangered Specie]

29. Hed be better singing something like... Die Fahne Hoch! etc...