[GoldHorde]

The ever endless supply of fascist musicians and celebrities. Take your stinkin' tunes and films and go!

[A. Morgan]

LOL

[cvq3842]

I always wondered how Chrissy Hynde of The Pretenders, who actually said she hoped the US loses in Iraq, felt about her song becoming the Rush Limbaugh theme (that bass line).

Does she just shut up and collect the royalty checks? Or is it some kind of “fair use” not subject to royalties? Or can she not do anything about it, because the record company owns the recording?

I dunno.

[safeasthebanks]

Lefty or not, Mellencamp certainly has a right to ask someone he doesn't agree with to NOT use his songs. I know I wouldn't want a Democrat to use any song I wrote (hypothetically, of course!) as part of their campaign.

To me this raises the question of how McCain's campaign could be so ignorant as to use this flaming liberal's song as part of the campaign. Then again, maybe it's just par for the course!

[Living Free in NH]

Did MellenHead actually write the music, or is he just another pretty singer?

[Larebil]

He should be using country music, not socialist commie phonies like MELONhead.
Everytime I here that damn song for those truck ads I puke.
Mellankamp singing patriotic songs is like Godzilla promoting urban renewal.

[cubreporter]

that’s what mccain gets for using the stupid tunes in the first place.

[Vaquero]

“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we’re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.” - Alice Cooper

[Xenalyte]

John Cougar Mellencamp is so ‘80s. Why would someone want to use one of his songs? They’re not old enough to be cool again.

[Sue Perkick]

As much as I detest Mellencamp & his politics that’s not an unreasonable request. McCain should have known better.