Friday night bombshell: Petraeus is … an Enya fan
posted at 7:40 pm on August 27, 2010 by Allahpundit
I don’t know. This is like finding out that Patton was into orchids.
I’ve never questioned his judgment before. I’m questioning it now.
GRIFFIN: Is there any music that you particularly like? Are you a classical music guy? Are you a pop, are you a Taylor Swift guy?
PETRAEUS: No, no. I’m an Enya guy. I don’t know if Enya’s still –
GRIFFIN: Enya?
PETRAEUS: I haven’t bought a CD in years.
GRIFFIN: Oh, that is hysterical.
PETRAEUS: I do like Celtic music. And Enya is among those and that kind of thing.
I always figured stone-cold warriors were into, er, Cheap Trick and Blue Oyster Cult. Imagine my surprise. Two nice things about this, though: (1) Now we know for sure that he’ll never run for president, and (2) public respect for Petraeus is such that his endorsement can transform the endorsee’s image almost instantaneously. I never thought I’d ask this question, but I guess I have to: Dude, is Enya now officially badass?
In honor of the moment, I give you Hot Air’s new victory music. If the GOP cleans up on election night, we shall rock hard to this triumphant groove. Exit question: Is Stan McChrystal a Lisa Loeb fan or something?
Update (Ed): Get this man some Chieftains or Lunasa, stat!
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The Enya of my Enya is my Friend ?
William Amos on August 27, 2010 at 7:42 PM
If a soldier as tough as Petreus wants to listen to Enya, good for him.
I only like one Enya Song.
On Your Shore
portlandon on August 27, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Whenever Enya is brought up, I always think of this commercial. Not that Enya comes up in my conversations. Never.
It’s good.
Patrick Ishmael on August 27, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Dude. HA has reached a new milestone.
Free Constitution on August 27, 2010 at 7:46 PM
I’m actually not surprised. Petraeus looks like a guy that likes Celtic music.
He wrote poetry.
amerpundit on August 27, 2010 at 7:47 PM
But it was bad, so it doesn’t count.
Free Constitution on August 27, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Sail away sail away sail away!
El_Terrible on August 27, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Churchill painted.
Mary in LA on August 27, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Sherlock Holmes kept bees.
/what?
Mary in LA on August 27, 2010 at 7:49 PM
I’m serious about that, by the way. He actually wanted to publish a book of his poems after the war. Unfortunately, he was killed in a car accident in 1946 in Germany.
amerpundit on August 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Dude. I know Petraeus–we were both at Ft Bragg together and I helped him out after he broke his pelvis back in 2000? IIRC. I like enya too and have since I was in undergrad. It’s soothing and relaxing stuff. All steely eyed killers listen to Enya, c’mon….get with the program.
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM
her music is quite pleasant.
rob verdi on August 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Can’t stand her. Always makes me feel depressed. This however…if this doesn’t put a big smile on your face, nothing will: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bbc167e53c
Sharke on August 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Now it can be said: General Betray Us.
Aquateen Hungerforce on August 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM
it’d be worrisome if he quipped that he likes “Disturbed” or something…
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM
what if his band were “Drowning Pool”??
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM
General Mattis, on the other hand, likes the sound of terrorists screaming for their mommies. He even has MP3 files on his iPod.
amerpundit on August 27, 2010 at 7:53 PM
Enya is like the cuter, softer and talented version of Annie Lennox of Eurythmics fame… BAck in the day, Annie Lennox, to some of us, was kinda mysterious and dare I say ?attractive? in a weirdish, Celtic, Euro-chick kinda way. Might have been the leather pants or tall boots or the red short hair. Enya came along and actually fit the bill and ol’ Annie was sent down the orinoco flow.
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Alexander the Great was bisexual.
*ducking*
itsnotaboutme on August 27, 2010 at 7:54 PM
excellent…
new music for the humpbot
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 7:54 PM
The US military’s policy toward Enya fans should be called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Mark1971 on August 27, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Rofl “new victory music”.
Right on, Allah!
Weebork on August 27, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Sorry, but this takes a willing suspension of disbelief.
Weight of Glory on August 27, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I only like her compositions for Lord of the Rings. Then again, I never paid much attention to her other work.
Cr4sh Dummy on August 27, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Petraeus is an extraordinarily intelligent fella. Maybe if AP would trade in some of his ol’ Ted Nugent “Cat Scratch Fever” vinyl for some Enya, he might move up a notch in the evolutionary chain and not get so impressed with little shiny devices that start with “i”…/
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:58 PM
She’s not bad. My mom had Watermark and Shepherd Moons on CD in the early 90′s and played those to death, but there are some really good tunes on each album.
Doughboy on August 27, 2010 at 7:58 PM
A lot of authors had prior military service.
Cr4sh Dummy on August 27, 2010 at 7:58 PM
I’ve got to say, she is lovely. Her music is so calming, so I can understand why Petraeus would be into her besides her hotness.
Lance Murdock on August 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM
define “cleans up?” it’s obvious that the Donks are going out behind the woodshed, the only question is how bad it’s going to be?
BTW: who’s lisa loeb? is she like Fergie?
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM
That’s a good song. It was used very effectively in L.A. Story which is a really underrated Steve Martin flick. He must be an Enya fan too, since I think at least 3 of her songs were in that movie.
Doughboy on August 27, 2010 at 8:01 PM
please tell me you’re joking :)
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:02 PM
That was Angleton’s hobby.
tigerinexile on August 27, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Could be worse. Kenny G, for instance.
tru2tx on August 27, 2010 at 8:03 PM
cms, dude, i don’t know who the heck lisa loeb is. To quote a famous general “i haven’t bought a CD in years” (and for full disclosure, I DO own watermark).
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:03 PM
i work, i blog, i drink beer, i run, i play with the kids
that’s my life
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:04 PM
ok, ok :)
here she is…
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:06 PM
try this one of Lisa
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Ted c, get off my iPod!
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM
ohh ok, i know that tune. just didn’t know the gal. Kinda cute?
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Here ya go
Not my can of worms but my sister liked her back in the day.
Holger on August 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Samurai were into flower arranging, along with poetry and calligraphy.
I like Enya too.
rbj on August 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM
ppf, I’ve got them on my mp3 player too. “Enemy” is a good one to workout to..
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Dude…I can hardly see the Humpbot without blushing…does that mean I have to watch it in slo-mo?
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:10 PM
And the reason why they could get away with it is because they were also into decapitating their enemies, with swords.
Holger on August 27, 2010 at 8:10 PM
When my retarded daughter was a little girl, her sleep patterns were extremely erratic and fragile.
And then she was vulnerable to the onslaught of cold and flu season…
Let’s just say Enya delivered to her many more hours of sleep than she otherwise would have had. Enya floated our family through many a long winters night and hot summer night. That disc was indispensable on a road trip. So yea, a warrior might find his head cleared with her gossamer style.
Thanks Enya. No really. Thank. You. Enya.
silverfox on August 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM
hmmm, i think i could become a loeb fan… where’s my iTunes card?
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM
heh :)
should be interesting
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:12 PM
No probs here. Petraeus is aces with me.
Southernblogger on August 27, 2010 at 8:13 PM
ppf, I’ve got them on my mp3 player too. “Enemy” is a good one to workout to..
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM
ELL YEAAA!!! Download “Headsprung” by LL Cool J. That is, if you are a treadmill gentleman.
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:13 PM
That’s how they got paid. Seriously. You got pay based upon how many heads you brought in.
rbj on August 27, 2010 at 8:14 PM
dude, did you just suggest LL Cool J? my fave is “Goin’ Back to Cali” and I like to break into the groove with a lil’ “stylin’ and profilin” every now and then, but it pisses AP off. Must be out of his depth.?
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:15 PM
He’s running for NRCC?
Who new?
Indian Outlaw on August 27, 2010 at 8:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdizL4on-Rc&ob=av3e
righteous LL
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:17 PM
I thought for sure he would like Stormtroopers of Death’s “Speak English Or Die!”.
Maybe that’s on his iPod right after “Amarantine“.
profitsbeard on August 27, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Real stone-coldwarriors are more into Bond.
A good string quartet is a good string quartet.
coldwarrior on August 27, 2010 at 8:19 PM
excellent choice
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Add to that wooden flip flops.
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Dear Allahpundit:
Will you please, please PLEASE make a Friday Open Thread?? We need to offload after tons of depressing news.
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Patreus is the anti-Patton. Are you trying to make Patton roll over in his grave?
I never even heard of enya before. It sounds French for enema. Or maybe Australian.
In any case, I certainly had no idea Petraues was “into” it. I did know that he is “into” Ramadan, however, as has even had “May you have a blessed Ramadan” signs put up at U.S. Army mess halls in Afghanistan. I “assume” it was him anyway as he is suppose to be in charge of the SCF (Sharia Cluster Fark) over there now.
Tav on August 27, 2010 at 8:26 PM
It’s kinda weird, when I use to run with my FM Walkman I would run faster when Enya came on. I have no idea why. Just made my brain cause my body to fly. When I wasn’t running it didn’t do anything for me.
Hummer53 on August 27, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Churchill also understood Islam. Patreaus doesn’t seem to have a clue.
Tav on August 27, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Dudette, Ted C. Dudette. Or, politically speaking, Wise Latina Woman ;) ;) I have YouTube open in the other window so we can have our own HotAir Friday picks.
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Only because they were easier for him to handle than women.
semloh on August 27, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I can understand why some people like Enya and for that purpose I go with stuff like this:
3:10 to Yuma (New)
Tears of the Sun soundtrack
Master and Commander Soundtrack- Boccherini
Master and Commander Soundtrack- Prelude (From The Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major)
Holger on August 27, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Thank’s for bringing up Lisa Loeb.
I used to love this hit she had with her group ‘Seven Stories’.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 27, 2010 at 8:34 PM
No
Baxter Greene on August 27, 2010 at 8:35 PM
What’s wrong with Celtic music? I love the stuff. The Celtic station on Accuradio.com is one of my favorite web hangs.
Seriously.
No, seriously.
pugwriter on August 27, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Sometimes I like to kick back and listen to some Mozart while baking cookies. But I can still whip both Obama and Petraues with one hand tied behind my back.
PootyPoot on August 27, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Petraeus can kill all of us with his pinky finger, blindfolded, and under the influence of a bottle of Jaegermeister. If he wants to rock out to Barry Mannilow, I say ‘awesome’.
joejm65 on August 27, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Humpbot to Enya music?
Cindy Munford on August 27, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Holger on August 27, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Ditto on the Master and Commander soundtrack.
It was a great film-though I’m a chick I do love military history-plus Paul Bettany was very…easy on the eyes.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 27, 2010 at 8:38 PM
But he was paranoid as hell.
Cr4sh Dummy on August 27, 2010 at 8:41 PM
forgot about that one…thanks
cmsinaz on August 27, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Nice.
BallisticBob on August 27, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Don’t forget that Enya was once part of her family’s band Clannad. Geeks like me know that Clannad’s best work was for the BBC show “Robin of Sherwood”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4scjQZDbf4
CaptainNed on August 27, 2010 at 8:53 PM
sorry ppf, dudette….of course.
ted c on August 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM
General David Petraeus: master of deep sarcasm.
“No, no. I’m an Enya guy. And River Dance. Hell I’m the Lord Of The Dance. And a HUGE Avatar fan. Seriously.”
Oh yeah.
Kenosha Kid on August 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Trying to pigeonhole a person’s musical tastes can be tricky. IMHO one of the most badass guitarist of the seventies, Ritchie Blackmore, has lightened things up in the last few years, and good on him for it.
Blackmore’s Night
pugwriter on August 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM
If I thought this was anything other than a sarcastic way of livening up a slow news night, that line would cause me to question yours.
It’s good for our warriors to appreciate the truly beautiful things in this world. It gives them that much more to fight for.
backwoods conservative on August 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Yes, I believe it does. This should happen.
exception on August 27, 2010 at 9:13 PM
There will never be a finer time in your life than to be doing a beamer up and down the beach at sunset…
The sails turn pink and slowly fade to gray…
If you’re lucky and it’s the right time of the month…a moonrise…glorious!
Enya…any album, is mandatory …
jerrytbg on August 27, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Second look at Enya?
AUINSC on August 27, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Hmmm…gotta get on with the Enya thing then. I can always switch to Cantores Di Ecclesia, or “Chant”/snort
ProudPalinFan on August 27, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Second look at orchids?
AUINSC on August 27, 2010 at 9:18 PM
What the hell is Enya?
bluetick on August 27, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Wyznowski on August 27, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Wyz…yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! lol!
jerrytbg on August 27, 2010 at 9:23 PM
General Patton says,
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on August 27, 2010 at 9:23 PM
I thought this is the stuff that we use to torture Gitmo prisoners.
year_of_the_dingo on August 27, 2010 at 9:26 PM
canopfor,
On a relatively calm early evening out of any east coast port…
Doing what I briefly described (with the Misses), will be glorious…
jerrytbg on August 27, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Orinoco Flow RULES!! –Listening–
tx2654 on August 27, 2010 at 9:37 PM
This is Enya.
backwoods conservative on August 27, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Election night victory dance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0o-jbTAE8&feature=related
It’s glorious when the music comes in at about the halfway mark.
Tuning Spork on August 27, 2010 at 9:44 PM
At least it wasn’t that guy with the Pan Flute…
That would have had me worried.
trigon on August 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM
silverfox on August 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM
Thanks for sharing your sweet story about Enya and your daughter.
I may just go search for my old Enya CD to see if it helps my insomnia. Heaven knows, hanging out at all hours of the night here on HA is no help at all!
marybel on August 27, 2010 at 9:51 PM
When I think of Enya I think of that death penalty case where the mother of the victim compiled a DVD pf photos with an Enya song playing softly in the background because it was her daughter’s favorite, and it was shown to the jury. Now, I expected the defense to object but of course all the unReason retards, who never met a rapist/murderer that they didn’t love, had a case of the vapors. Thankfully, the USSC told them to take a hike.
Blake on August 27, 2010 at 9:55 PM
canopfor,
==============
On a relatively calm early evening out of any east coast port…
Doing what I briefly described (with the Misses), will be glorious…
jerrytbg on August 27, 2010 at 9:33 PM
jerrtbg: Your baaaad,hehe,hey,joking aside,I appreciate all
forms of music,as long,as its not Hippty-Hippty
Hop Rap stuff!!:)
canopfor on August 27, 2010 at 9:55 PM
I’ll bet he’d like Celtic Women also. I went to a live concert and then bought 3 CDs of their music the next day. Simply awesome!!!!
Vince on August 27, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Bah!! Churchill a painter?!
Der Fuehrer. Now there was a painter. He could paint an entire house in an afternoon. Two coats!!
/The Producers
JohnGalt23 on August 27, 2010 at 10:06 PM
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