Posted on 07/13/2004 9:20:04 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:15 p.m. EDT Guitarist Peter Townshend Stands Up to Moore's Bullying
Who guitarist Peter Townshend is ticked off with Michael Moore – and he's hitting back.
Townshend used his Web site to strike back at Moore.
The rocker writes of Moore: "He says — among other things — that I refused to allow him to use my song 'Won't Get Fooled Again' in ['Fahrenheit 9/11'] because I support the war, and that at the last minute I recanted but he turned me down."
Moore has claimed that he wanted to use the Who song at the end of his film after Bush's last line in the pseudo-documentary.
Moore blames Townshend for vetoing the use of the song because he is "not a fan of Michael Moore's and in fact supports the war and supports Tony Blair and doesn't want the song used in any way that would make Blair look bad."
While Townshend admits he did support the war he is less than certain about it today.
Townshend said that at first the song rights had nothing to do with the film. He had never heard of it. But his agent said Moore had offered too little money.
Rebuffed, Moore dragged in Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein to intervene.
At that point Townshend had second thoughts about Moore altogether. He didn't like his "Bowling for Columbine," which Townshend said was "a bullying film."
Now Townshend is the target of Michael Moore's bullying.
Townshend said he had been "slurred" by Moore because "he didn't get what he wanted from me. It seems to me that this aspect of his nature is not unlike that of the powerful and willful man at the center of his new documentary."
Townshend concluded, "But he'll have to work very, very hard to convince me that a man with a camera is going to change the world more effectively than a man with a guitar."
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Great quote!
Too bad Pete doesn't revive his old tradition of smashing guitars one last time and smash one over Moore's fat head.
"CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME? CAN YOU? CAN YOU?"
Yes, Fat loser, we see right through you.
Pete gives Michael Moore the "Abbie Hoffman" treatment.
Don't MAKE me post a picture of Mikey Moore!
Pete gets it. That's all MM is. A bully. He uses lies and innuendos and manipulates the perception that you are vile and contemptible if you don't agree with him.
I've been threatened with a Weapon of Mass Disgusting!
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