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February 17th, 2011
06:01 PM ET
Madeleine Albright channels Bon JoviHow did former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spend Valentine’s Day? Behaving like a rock star, that’s how. Albright was at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night, attending Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti’s concert. When Botti invited her to sit in as drummer during the band’s performance of “Nessun Dorma," she jumped at the chance. “I’m sure this is one thing she has not accomplished in her career,” Botti said as Albright, 73, took the stage.
Sure, she might not have Ringo’s skills or a rocker attitude, but she certainly dressed the part – Albright was wearing a leather skirt. A member of the audience even wolf-whistled. Albright had big shoes to fill. Botti’s regular drummer, Billy Kilson, won a Grammy on Sunday in the best pop instrumental album category (as the drummer on Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto’s album, “Take Your Pick”). But as Botti’s trumpet angled skyward for “Nessun Dorma’s” famously rousing crescendo, Albright cut loose. Botti, who met Albright at the White House last month where he performed during the China state dinner, said she was a natural. “At the end of the song, she raised her sticks in the air as if she were Bon Jovi’s drummer,” he said. And judging by the enthusiastic applause, Albright didn’t give drumming a bad name.
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Was Bon Jovi' performance the other night as SHYTTY as when he first broke in the 80's...?
"At the end of the song, she raised her sticks in the air as if she were Bon Jovi’s drummer"...when did it become acceptable to use a plural verb with a first or third person singular subject...I hear this all over the place and it drives me crazy...do people think this makes them sound smarter?
Im not the best with grammar and all but I dont see anything wrong with the sentence you pasted in quotes here.
At the end of Ertybird's rant, I laughed my butt off like I was Bon Jovi's drummer.
yeah, whatever dude
I believe that that's the proper English, as the verb follows "as if"
"At the end of the song, she raised her sticks in the air as if she WERE Bon Jovi’s drummer". WERE should be WAS and by you (Ummmm poster) not knowing this, just proves how our teachers are failing.
It's subjunctive tense (expressing a hypothetical situation or wish) and is correct as written.
See? Our teachers aren't failing. Some people just never paid attention in class.
She was a failure then and a failure now.
You are an ass...
Well perhaps this will help. In the Stooges remake Madeline Albright should play Curly. With her bloated gut she is a spot on match!!
/yawn
She is someone I admire the most in the world. I wish she would of been president in our lifetime.
I've always liked Madeline Albright and this just deepens my respect for her. Great to see her willing to have fun and cut loose.