Would they prefer “Here Comes the Darkness”? Good chance. Well, they’ve got that now too, of course, but in a few decades, they’ll get it big time.
I think it is totally wrong what Trump did. I think to make it right, every cover band will have to pay royalties to the artist or the families every time they play a song that isn’t theirs. The bar or venue can collect the money from the band and after taxes send it to the appropriate people.