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Tom Petty won't back Michele Bachmann's use of 'American Girl'
StarTribune.com ^ | 6/28/11 | Chris Riemenschneider

Posted on 06/28/2011 12:46:04 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Among the many traditions for presidential candidates on the campaign trail are kissing babies and getting kiss-offs from rock musicians over unwanted use of their songs. A day into her campaign for the White House, Michele Bachmann is already facing the latter custom.

Tom Petty has sent the Minnesota congresswoman a cease-and-desist order after she used his 1977 classic "American Girl" as background music at her kickoff rally Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, a source close to the singer has confirmed.

This is not the first time Petty has sent out such an order: George W. Bush's team also received one in 2000 when the future president used "I Won't Back Down" at campaign stops. Nor is it the first time a candidate has used "American Girl:" Hillary Clinton also spun it at many of her presidential campaign rallies in 2008, without any complaint from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer -- who is otherwise relatively apolitical in his music and public life.

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TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment; Politics
KEYWORDS: bachmann; badmusic; music; petty
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Is that what “cease and desist” means? “Stop purchasing and playing my recordings, netting me a profit everytime the song is played, or I’ll sue!”

Were I part of a jury, it wouldn’t get much sympathy.


21 posted on 06/28/2011 1:00:36 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Tom Petty has sent the Minnesota congresswoman a cease-and-desist order after she used his 1977 classic "American Girl" as background music at her kickoff rally Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, a source close to the singer has confirmed.

I thought after 25 years songs became public domain. Can anyone confirm?

22 posted on 06/28/2011 1:02:30 PM PDT by pgkdan (Time for a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: Jim Scott

What “right” is that?


23 posted on 06/28/2011 1:02:40 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Isn’t that a Jim/Roger McGwinn song? Use his version. Sounds almost the same anyway. Take that, Tommy!


24 posted on 06/28/2011 1:04:22 PM PDT by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Petty knows three chords and lately he has forgotten at least one.


25 posted on 06/28/2011 1:05:06 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Lots of good county songs out there with many artists behind those songs that would LOVE to see them used in this manor.

Petty Tom can FOAD.


26 posted on 06/28/2011 1:05:44 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: JennysCool

Ya, remember Bill Clinton and “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” by Fleetwood Mac?

If I recall correctly, the group Heart didn’t want Sarah Palin to use the song “Barracuda” in the ‘08 campaign.

In the realm of music, it appears that Democrats can use whatever music they want, but Republicans may be forbidden by the good liberal musicians from having the music’s image sullied by being associated with a Republican.


27 posted on 06/28/2011 1:06:57 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Jim Scott

this is just cya of the musician. Does he even OWN the song?


28 posted on 06/28/2011 1:07:21 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: pgkdan

Oh heavens no.
Remember how much Michael Jackson paid for the Beatles catalog?


29 posted on 06/28/2011 1:07:59 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: cableguymn

I’d use the Taylor Swift version of it anyways. I never liked Petty Tom’s voice.


30 posted on 06/28/2011 1:08:52 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Jim Scott
Republicans should just avoid using any contemporary music because 99% of the authors are going to be drug-addled liberals and will refuse permission to use some song they wrote 40 years ago, thinking this demonstrates political sophistication instead of just being , well, petty.

You need to listen to more country music and less of the empty-headed, valueless junk on top 40 radio. I know multiple people in the country music industry, and they're far more tea party types and put their families first then anything that's been festering in Los Angeles.
31 posted on 06/28/2011 1:10:24 PM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I hear the reason is because he wants to reserve it for Sarah.


32 posted on 06/28/2011 1:11:16 PM PDT by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: pgkdan

Don’t know the precise number, but it is much longer than 25 years...


33 posted on 06/28/2011 1:11:16 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

‘My name’s Joe, I’m the CEO!

I’m the man, that makes the big wheels roll!’


34 posted on 06/28/2011 1:11:24 PM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’m at a complete loss as to why these artists think they have control over when/where their material is played.

I buy the rights, I can play it. The artists have their money...they can bug off.

The Palin Heart/Barracuda kerfuffle was equally inane.


35 posted on 06/28/2011 1:11:29 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

She can use it if she pays the ASCAP fees.

Mr. Petty - a kneejerk socialist.


36 posted on 06/28/2011 1:11:58 PM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama can't count.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Same thing happened during W’s campaign. What I want to know is this. Why do these highly paid handlers for Republican campaigns put their candidates in the crosshairs for bad publicity? I’m assuming the campaigns have already paid royalty fees, but left-wing artists like Petty and Fleetwood Mac make such a BIG deal out of smacking down these candidates. The MSM eats it up and regurgitates it ad nausem. Geez, pick artists who lean right and are like-minded.


37 posted on 06/28/2011 1:13:14 PM PDT by TennesseeGirl
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If TomBoy was a country musician, he could be Dixie Chicked.


38 posted on 06/28/2011 1:14:09 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: NoDRodee

Probably not _ most of these people are flaming leftists.


39 posted on 06/28/2011 1:14:15 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: The flash mob who wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: nascarnation

You’re right. Where did I get 25 years from, I wonder??


40 posted on 06/28/2011 1:14:15 PM PDT by pgkdan (Time for a Cain Mutiny!)
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