Tom Petty Demands Michele Bachmann Stop Playing His Song

Gawker.com ^ | 6/28/11 | Jim Newall

[eaglesiniowa]

Never heard of the schmuck. And absolutely no problem keeping anything he wrote from crossing my air waves. She ought to charge him for all the advertising, yeah that’s the ticket, send him a freeking invoice for all the air time she’s given him.

[crymeariver]

Good riddance! His voice was awful....at least to me!

[crymeariver]

Good riddance! His voice was awful....at least to me!

[crymeariver]

Good riddance! His voice was awful....at least to me!

[Spudx7]

“ZZ Top”

...Legs :-)?

[pennboricua]

I have always believed that what they should be playing is either music by Stephen Foster or John Phillip Sousa or even George M. Cohan.
Patriotic musicto make liberal heads explode.

[GlockThe Vote]

Agreed.

[McLynnan]

I always thought he was highly overrated. His voice is whiny, nasal and grates on my nerves.

[left that other site]

Indeed it does.

[ecomcon]

All musicians steal from each other. That’s because there are only 9 songs. Total.

[Terry Mross]

I’ve never understood how anyone could think this ugly guy is talented. Nor can I understand how he got a record deal.

[boop]

I think Rush HAD paid for the rights to "My City was Gone" (or whatever the title is) but Hynde under pressure from leftists tried to yank it. I remember the few weeks when Rush used some other intro song. Then Hynde relented, after she found out that her parents LIKED Limbaugh. I'm disappointed with Petty, since nobody really was going to think he was "endorsing" Bachmann anyway.

Springsteen did this with Reagan over "Born in the USA", even though it's a a very anti-American tune. Not sure why the Reagan campaign didn't pick up on that. Mellencamp has also done this with republican candidates over politics. David Byrne of the Talking heads did this, but he stated that he doesn't want his music associated with ANY politics. I can actually respect that stance. When Michael Jackson bought the Beatles catalogue, he began to allow usage in TV commercials. Paul McCartney said it "bothered him heaps". But he didn't have standing since he sold the rights.

[Terry Mross]

Any song Rush plays on the radio the writer gets paid. Typcically the singer only gets money off record/cd sales. At least that they way it used to be.

[pterional]

It makes one wonder how these washed up rockers find out about their songs being used for conservative canidates. I can just imagine that the liberal media and their sycophant spies attend conservative ralleys just to report to liberal idiots like Tom petty, or Heart.

[bootless]

Great to see Iced Earth mentioned - I have a CD of theirs that I bought in, uh, 2001 or so.

Krista Branch, maybe? Lt. Dan Band? :)

[Bullish]

Screw you Tom Petty.... In fact that is pretty damn “petty” of you.

Oh and you’re butt ugly to boot!

[Deb]

This happens every election. Entertainers refusing to allow conservative politicians to use their music. Real heroes. How Tom Petty ever became a “rock star” is waaaay beyond my understanding. Maybe the same way Bob Dylan did.

[COBOL2Java]

But knock it off with this popular crap - these musicians HATE us, and will NEVER allow the use of their music. And even if there’s a legal right to use it, the artist will come out and bash the candidate anyway, leading to further humiliation.

Wonder if Ed Rollins picked this song?

[wolficatZ]

“Not my intent to malign him, as I own some of his work, and think well of it. But..”

“BUT...”

I’ve always thought Tom Petty sucked and have never spent one cent on him or his crappy “music”.

I must have a sixth sense about some of the lefty “entertainers” and spending money on their trash, BEFORE they inevitably come forth, and show their true color is leftwing HATE.

No ifs, ands or “BUTS”..

[LachlanMinnesota]

The South’s Gonna Do it Again Charlie Daniels Band - That will make the libs head ache with the heat of a thousand suns.