Posted on 08/29/2024 10:32:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The members of Swedish pop group ABBA have asked Donald Trump to stop using their music and videos at his campaign rallies, the band’s record label said.
ABBA hits including “The Winner Takes It All”, “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a rally held by Trump and his running mate JD Vance on July 27 in Minnesota, accompanied by videos.
“Together with the members of ABBA, we have discovered that videos have been released where ABBA’s music has been used at Trump events, and we have therefore requested that such use be immediately removed and taken down,” the band’s record label Universal Music said in a statement.
It said no permission or license had been granted to the Trump campaign. […]
Several artists, or their representatives, have objected to their music being played at Trump events over the years, including late American singer-guitarist Tom Petty, British singer-songwriter Adele, and rock band R.E.M.
In April, late Irish singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor’s label also demanded the Trump campaign stop using her music.
Canadian singer Céline Dion and her label earlier this month made a similar complaint, calling the use of her performance “unauthorized”. …
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that is the real complaint
same reason i have not been a cable tv subscriber since 2007
i refuse to fund the leftist media
As Mark Dice said in a recent video of his, if the Trump campaign has bought a license to use those songs from the company that produced them, then the actual performers have no control over his using their music. As Mark explained it, once they recorded the music, it becomes the property of the production company, and they can sell licenses to use it, to anyone they want. ABBA can cry all they want. They have no authority to order anyone to stop using their music, as long as there’s a legit license to use it.
“He Is Your Brother” (1972)
The “money changers” are the Khazarian Mafia. Labeling it “anti-Semitic” is akin to calling Italians or Catholics all Mob members.
Are you serious?
They should go back to picking at strings.
I’m surprised Team Trump could find a song of ABBA’s that they weren’t embarassed to play.
MAGA trumps ABBA.
Technically and legally that’s true. Yet families are being successful in squelching some songs from being played. I don’t how they’re getting away with it.
“Those who enjoy ABBA, seek professional help . . .”
Those who enjoy jazz, seek professional help.
Bunch of crazy foreigners. Bite me.
James Brown may indeed have died and been buried, but
HE’S STILL VOTING DEMOCRAT.
Most of these groups sold the rights to their music long ago
Nobody's perfect:)
Polar Music International AB legally still exists and ABBA’s recordings remain copyrighted to the company.
I looked up two of the songs. One is BMI, one is ASCAP. The composers own 50% of the rights (Andersson and Ulvaeus) — their publishing companies own 50%.
He should open up with Tom MacDonald “Bi**h you missed” or tone it down a bit with Fighter or Heros.
“Heroes” doesn’t lend itself to being played in a huge venue. Too much bass, and Bowie changes volume (by design) way too much. ABBA is all hook, danceable, familiar, usually crisp sounding, and even volume. Much easier for a sound engineer to contend with.
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