Both wrong too

I don't know about "trying to be cool" but I believe Cameron's enthusiasm for music is genuine - either that or he's a bloody good actor. I heard him on Desert Island discs, and the way he talked about his choices suggested that he's a man with a definite engagement with music. I particularly remember him saying he and his wife often differ about music, "but the one thing we agree on is early REM."

But then again what do I know? I'm the sort of person who thinks anyone who cycles to work can't be all bad.

End of story

saying how much he likes FATM, hes just saying he bought it. Probably hasn't even listened to it yet.
People like Brown and Cameron probably don't listen to much music, mainly because they don't get much time to do so. Then when they're asked about music they feel they have to say something.

I mean what with the beard and the mention of the Incredible String Band.

He must be on here under an alias...wonder who he is and if he'll turn up at our next pub get-together?

....my devious mind would immediately leap to the conclusion that David Cameron liked Florence and the Machine and the Archbishop Of Canterbury liked the Incredible String Band. Maybe I've been doing this too long.

I worked for a popular hard rock band and I was delighted/amused when the Prime Minister himself admitted to being a fan:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3270217.stm

Not sure how *they* felt about it, mind you. It's not exactly the cool seal of approval.

Make up a story about 'hangin' out backstage with radiohead a few years ago?

It might be a bit more impressive than that. No-one would make up liking the Incredible String Band, since virtually no-one has heard of them outside of message boards such as this one. If you were trying to impress people then Florence wouldn't be first choice (much as I love her).

I reckon they probably just like the artists they say they like.

David Cameron and Rowan Williams might actually like listening to music. And today that happens to be FATM and TISB.

Today, I like Percy Faith.

Just a thought.

"Toffs" who went to Eton don't listen to pop music like everyone else. Even the ones who have grown up in the rock'n'roll era only listen to string quartets. If someone asks them about it they get their servants to tell them what to pretend to like. True fact. Read it in the New Statesman.

and at the time, he was a pretty big Smiths fan. It must pain the more bug-eyed among us, but it is possible to be a politician, even a Tory and to genuinely enjoy music.

I'd vote for anyone who said "I'm too busy trying to make sure your children aren't unemployed throughout their lives to waste a second on the Arctic Monkeys or Florence and the bloody Machine or anyone."

But FWIW, I once stood next to Tony Blair when he developed a very convincing little riff about Leslie West and Mountain that he'd rehearsed in the car on the way to the event. (Barristers are all quick studies).

And FWIW2 David Cameron was in the Word tent at Cornbury a few years ago digging Echo & The Bunnymen and he wasn't doing that to get votes.

And anyone who votes for anyone because of the pop music they say they likes deserves to wake up to Ahmadinejad building a gallows in Whitehall.

... maybe Gordon Brown will show up?

...David Cameron’s endorsement of Florence & the Machine as a desperate cry for help; a carefully orchestrated PR re-branding of the Tory leader as a flawed human being, capable of making really bad judgements; or a noble attempt by the man at inflicting credibility-sapping, career-ending damage on Florence Welch (see Margaret Thatcher’s TV endorsement of Thrashing Doves on Saturday Superstore).

Archbishop Rowan Williams is clearly at the vanguard of a belated Anglican initiative to ensnare the youth of the 1960s. His fondness for the music of The Incredible String Band should be regarded in this light.

For this alone - he was a keen classical musician and conductor, and didn't bother to pretend to be anything else. He still won elections. Also a lifelong bachelor, and it's hard to see any politician being allowed to get away with that these days without explanations being demanded.

Next week, Cameron will be giving an exclusive interview about Florence & The Machine songs he can actually name to the magazine EvenShorterList.

I'm sure I've heard of him praising the Strings before. In fact I think he wrote a piece about them for a book or something? I think his favourite song is First Girl I Loved. A very good choice. I believe he's genuine.