Posted on 09/08/2015 5:27:04 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Donald Trump has been using an unlikely soundtrack at speeches and rallies for his presidential campaign: Twisted Sister's 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It."
When Paul Ryan tried using the same track during his 2012 campaign for the vice presidency, he drew a stern rebuke from Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider. So why does Trump—who is also running as a Republican—get away with the song usage?
The rebellion anthem might seem better suited to a disaffected teenager than a 69-year-old billionaire making a bid for the White House, but Snider says he won't be calling foul this time. In fact, he considers Trump's run to be in the spirit of the track.
"He asked me," Snider tells Newsweek. "He's a friend. He didn't want a Neil Young situation. So he contacted me and said, 'I'd like to use "We're Not Gonna Take It."' I said, 'Look, we're friends, and I really like you, but we don't see eye-to-eye on everything.' We do agree on a number of things, but not everything!"
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
No, you are wrong. Check out ASCAP's brochure on Using Music in Political Campaigns: What you should know
There's an issue called "False Endorsement" whereby playing a musician's identifying work may imply endorsement of that candidate. A musician may sue based on that.
Since USAtoday articles can’t be posted as threads on Freep, I thought I would post this article that Trump wrote here..Dee Snider I believe is half Jewish which is enough to get one beheaded under the Islamo Nazis. He may want to take a glance at it...
Donald Trump: Amateur hour with the Iran nuclear deal
I know what HRC is but not IIRC. Please educate me cause I am really confused.
Well Reggie Love...but not sure if that counts as a friend or something else...
I will put 2 cents in here because I love Rock music.
Trump should have known better than to use the Young song. Neil Young is a leftist first, last, and always. He’s a flower in the hair, patchouli smelling hippie that played at Woodstock.
Dee Snider (they could have used a more up to date picture in the article) is a “rip your face off, saw your neighbor in half Rocker”. He’s also one of the Rockers who went to Capitol Hill to tell Tipper Gore, and her PMRC to shove it “real deep”.
Gotta Love Dee!!
Didn’t he endorse Al Gore after the PRMC hearings? Wait, didn’t Rolling Stoned put Candidate Gore on their cover with an airbrushed alpha male ‘package’ after the PMRC hearings? Didn’t Frank Zappa’s kids endorse Al Gore after the PMRC hearings?
It’s all professional wrestling.
I THINK it stands for If I Recall/Remember Correctly, but i could be wrong.
it took me 15 years so dont trust me :)
“If that’s your best, your best won’t do”
Thank you. I will try to remember.
I'm told that Michelle Phillips liked it even if she didn't agree with it.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
And people think that’s a bad thing. Networking is a useful thing and he’s the king of it...
And people think that’s a bad thing. Networking is a useful thing and he’s the king of it...
This is great.
You don't have a clue about “redneck” voters, do you?
Mr. Trump has access to any number of prominent Country music stars, and they would be the first to tell him, they keep on top for one simple reason - they shut up and sing.
It ain't USA rednecks keeping low class, trashy, nasty people like the Kardashians and Miley Cyrus on cable TV!
Didn’t Tipper Gore’s group *Parents Music Resource Center* rail against the lyrics of Twisted Sister, Prince, et al.
BTW, where is she now? Nevermind. I don’t care.
So what, the Dem campaigns are going to use “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” from the first Bush41 run?
Didn’t Tipper Gore’s group *Parents Music Resource Center* rail against the lyrics of Twisted Sister, Prince, et al.
Oh yeah, but remember it’s not censorship if a Democrat does it.
Just to torture you:
Gore has been a long-time advocate for the LGBT community.She represented the Clinton Administration in the Washington, DC AIDS Walk in 1993 as one of the highest-ranking public officials ever to participate. She has continued to participate in such walks and, in 2013, she was an honorary chair of the Nashville AIDS Walk & 5K Run.She was a public opponent of California’s Proposition 8 to ban same sex marriage in 2008.
She serves as co-chair of the advisory board of the Diana Basehart Foundation which assists homeless and low-income people with animal care. In 2014, she created an exhibition of her photographs at the Wall Space Gallery to support the Pacific Pride Foundation that provides services to the HIV/AIDS and LGBT communities of Santa Barbara, California.
I thought Tipper died several years ago
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/al-gore-confirms-dating-article-1.1768863
Well actually, I think I am one.
But YMMV.
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