• blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Bush jr. had it for a while. I lost my shit when he admitted he pirated the beetles songs on the news when he talked about his iPod.

    • joseph [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      please tell me a recording of this is somewhere. I found this but no mention of piracy so must be another clip out there

      • blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Oh dude your gonna make me find this. It was towards the end of his presidency. Pirates were the only ones that recognized it because it was unreleased Beatles songs.

        Edit: it was infact a longer version of this where Bush Jr. calls one of the secret service agents "dude". E.g. "can you get me my iPod dude."

        Edit 2: here's a more reliable source then "trust me bro" https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2006/05/beatles-gw-bush-and-apple-computer

        • joseph [he/him, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          OH i totally forgot that Beatles songs weren't licensed for itunes and stuff at the time. Hilarious.

          • blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            Yeah I forgot too. I think I kind of oversold it but it was still funny with online communities. I remembered people saying if, "Bush can pirate music I can too."