tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post5522963672952866179..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: Does Daniel Hannan’s attack on Brown tell us what makes a speech memorable?Max Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-72104571353641444392009-04-02T16:45:00.000+01:002009-04-02T16:45:00.000+01:00I think you'll find these quite memorable:Failed p...I think you'll find these quite memorable:<BR/><BR/>Failed politicians always go to heaven:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMMxomYvMoA<BR/><BR/>How do you solve a problem like Daniel, Roger and Stuart?<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzldaK_psPM<BR/><BR/>The other speech that preceded Daniel Hannan's:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwQEEAZhWMukipwebmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240335641832778726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-88443420950338737852009-03-29T11:51:00.000+01:002009-03-29T11:51:00.000+01:00Max, thanks a lot for your article - so far I have...Max, thanks a lot for your article - so far I have only seen bloggers praising him or others denouncing him (probably labour party voters?). But only you so far provided some kind of analyses why this video has hit the one million views in less than 48 hours... Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Take care, Juliegta mlshttp://juliekinnear.com/toronto-mls-listings.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-26258692068851631302009-03-27T11:17:00.000+00:002009-03-27T11:17:00.000+00:00How can anyone not recall Lord Spencers' speech fr...How can anyone not recall Lord Spencers' speech from the pulpit her Diana's funeral?<BR/><BR/>It would have burnt the paint off a door. I stood open-mouthed listening to it.<BR/><BR/>Had forgotten the Reagan one - thanks for the linkPlatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416276749202589235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-8336790833375208512009-03-27T11:09:00.000+00:002009-03-27T11:09:00.000+00:00I would add to the list - Right Person.The fact th...I would add to the list - Right Person.<BR/><BR/>The fact that Hannan is unknown outside the European Parliament is significant I feel.<BR/><BR/>Had the very same speech been delivered by David Cameron I doubt it would have had the same impact because he comes with so much baggage.<BR/><BR/>Hannan's accent, his delivery, his stance, were what you might describe as post patrician: that is, he belongs to those great patrician orators like Churchill, but with a contemporary twist. This has been deeply unfashionable, but I would put money on it coming back, if nothing else than as an antidote to professional northerners who just sound like tiresome ranters.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-58332257033196036992009-03-27T09:29:00.000+00:002009-03-27T09:29:00.000+00:00Thanks for the post Max.It's interesting that the ...Thanks for the post Max.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that the three modern memorable speeches you mention are all responses to immediate tragic events.<BR/><BR/>The former ones were analyses of where we are and where we're going.<BR/><BR/>Evidence of social dumbing down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-16237482513765254292009-03-27T07:47:00.000+00:002009-03-27T07:47:00.000+00:00Your posting and the grumpy comments so far just g...Your posting and the grumpy comments so far just go to show that what is seen as memorable is all about what people themselves remember!<BR/><BR/>The Reagan TV bradcast after the Challenger disaster was quite magnificent in capturing a dramatic moment in an adult way. Watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JKIZ7j20EA<BR/><BR/>Part of the issue here is that we know that most great speeches from the past were 'great' because the media told us they were great. The media told us when a speech struck the right chord, and eventually people started to know that about the speech when they themselves had heard little if any of it. <BR/><BR/>Of course the Churchill speeches coming by radio into the homes of millions of people during a war did represent an immediacy which moved and mobilised a nation. And they read well afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Now people can see/hear speeches for themselves, and/or pore over them afterwards as in this Hannan case. This makes a big change. <BR/><BR/>That said, something like this Hannan attack might for no obvious reason win a sudden viral following as a bit of a laugh, then abruptly peter out - not quite the same as being memorable or indeed remembered.<BR/><BR/>I used to write speeches for FCO Ministers and tried to come up with a memorable phrase which captured the core 'message' of the speech in a pithy way. See eg this description of a speech I drafted for Geoffrey Howe where he kept rejecting the punchline but eventually accepted it:<BR/>http://charlescrawford.biz/blog.php?single=187Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-69003881974175754392009-03-27T00:12:00.000+00:002009-03-27T00:12:00.000+00:00Hmm...Ronald Reagan’s ‘Challenger’ speech after th...Hmm...<BR/><BR/><I>Ronald Reagan’s ‘Challenger’ speech after the shuttle disaster in 1986<BR/>Tony Blair’s ‘People’s Princess’ speech on the death of Princess Diana in 1997<BR/>Lord Spencer’s eulogy at the funeral of Princess Diana (his sister) in 1997...</I><BR/><BR/>Don't do it for me either. I think you need to elaborate the 'right time' a little. Times when big changes are trembling in the balance, where a new direction is required, and then The Speech crystalises that change perhaps?<BR/><BR/>Many of Churchill's speeches provided that fulcrum for the fears and desires of others to swing around. <BR/><BR/>Or Kennedy's "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." <BR/><BR/>Pivotal points, often only recognised much later. Was Hannan's speech pivotal? Probably not... although it did strike a chord with many people. We shall see.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-20403402128594279152009-03-26T23:24:00.000+00:002009-03-26T23:24:00.000+00:00"...memorable speeches:Ronald Reagan’s ‘Challenger..."...memorable speeches:<BR/><BR/>Ronald Reagan’s ‘Challenger’ speech after the shuttle disaster in 1986<BR/>Tony Blair’s ‘People’s Princess’ speech on the death of Princess Diana in 1997<BR/>Lord Spencer’s eulogy at the funeral of Princess Diana (his sister) in 1997..."<BR/><BR/>Memorable speeches? I do not remember a thing about any one of those speeches! Presuming they existed, they were entirely unmemorable. Certainly I don't care any more about Diana than I would any other caring mother dying. What were your criteria for a "memorable speech"? I suggest you go back to Churchill and work from there.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.com