Posted on 08/23/2005 6:23:32 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
GERMANY'S conservatives said today they would continue to play the Rolling Stones song Angie on their leader Angela Merkel's campaign trail despite complaints from the band and requests from a record company to stop.
"The song will be played tonight" at a rally in Hamburg, said a spokeswoman for Ms Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) which is tipped to win September elections, paving the way for her to become Germany's first woman chancellor.
She said that the party had been assured by the German music copyright group GEMA that they were allowed to use the Stones' 1973 hit.
The European edition of Time magazine yesterday reported that the legendary rock band believes Ms Merkel should have sought their permission to use their bittersweet love song but would have refused if she had done so.
"We did not grant permission. We are surprised that permission was not requested. If it had been requested we would have said no," it quoted a spokesman for the Stones as saying.
The CDU has regularly played Angie at Ms Merkel's rallies, ignoring the irony of lyrics like "Will all our dreams go up in smoke?", and did so again last night when she addressed a crowd in Warnemuende in north-eastern Germany.
Today a Hamburg-based record company which holds the rights to the song in Germany said they were not taking legal action for now, but asked the CDU to stop playing the song.
"At the moment we are not looking at taking any legal action. But things may still change. Anything is possible," said Jan Ehlers, the head of tj musicservice.
"The way the song is being used now is not acceptable, neither for the authors nor for the original record company," he said.
"We simply ask the CDU to stop."
The Rolling Stones have raised eyebrows with a song on their latest album, Sweet Neo-Con, which is seen as a critique of conservative US President George W. Bush.
Sweet.
Oh . . . it was thirty-one years ago?
Heh-heh.
Oh my.
I suppose if German liberals were using the song it wouldn't be such a problem for dick.........er, mick.
I'm shattered.
I don't quite remember the lyrics right now, but I thought the Angie the Stones sang of was not a particularly sympathetic person. Might not be the best song to use.
They are Germans we're talking about here...
That's why they didnt request permission, Einstein.
Angie, angie, when will those clouds all disappear? Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here? With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats You can’t say we’re satisfied But angie, angie, you can’t say we never tried Angie, you’re beautiful, but ain’t it time we said good-bye? Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried? All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke Let me whisper in your ear: Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here? Oh, angie, don’t you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet I hate that sadness in your eyes But angie, angie, ain’t it time we said good-bye? With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats You can’t say we’re satisfied But angie, I still love you, baby Ev’rywhere I look I see your eyes There ain’t a woman that comes close to you Come on baby, dry your eyes But angie, angie, ain’t it good to be alive? Angie, angie, they can’t say we never tried
Er, maybe not. But someday they'll blare Islamic songs from loud speakers during morning prayer...That's gotta count for something.
Looks like I remembered the gist of the song all wrong anyways,
not a very auspicious tune to associate with a chancellor, I'd think. Rather tragic.
Well now, for a pop tune it should grandfathered in for any use at all.
Not if the CDU wins the election...
You should be exiled on main street.
Mick is a washed up relic of a bygone era. What is wrong with so many of the people from the 1860's? It is nice to remember/reminisce about your past, but I have a hard time believing the Stoners even remember – too much LSD, PCP, etc… As a matter of fact, Mick’s (prune boy’s) stones have already rolled away. He should just shut up and hit the bong again.
He just needs an Emotional Rescue. He doesn't want to be anybody's Beast of Burden. He'll keep a stiff upper lip because he'd be a Fool To Cry.
I don't think Schroeder will get any Satisfaction from this election, and he might even have his Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown. It's All Over Now, Gerhard.
Aside from being dead? :^)
This could be the last time, maybe the last time, I don't know, that we hear from him...
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