Posted on 09/05/2008 4:25:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Ann and Nancy Wilson are p*ssed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.
Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic "Barracuda" as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart's rep, who says "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission."
The statement goes on: "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Dam. She's older than I am. Better start thinking about some old age income girls before you have to play the retirement home circuit.
If the song has fallen into the arena of “public domain” or if the RNC or McCain/Palin campaigns subscribe to ASCAP or BMC(?), they don’t have to have permission.
Public domain songs are those whose copyright of 7 years has expired and may be freely used by anyone.
ASCAP and BMC(? I can’t remember if it is BMC or BMA), subscribers pay royalties to the artists during the time that the copyright is active. As long as the copyright is active or renewed, the artist(s) or the publisher can control who can use their music under which circumstances.
Alice Cooper, I’ve heard, leans Republican. Maybe we could use “No More Mr. Nice Guy.”
That's a good point. Gretchen's a cool woman. She would likely show respect for Heart and stay out of it.
I saw Heart and Cheap Trick together years ago (free ticket a friend won on the radio.) They were pretty good. Cheap Trick blew em off the stage, though. I just wanted to hear Heart cover Zeppelin. They did "Rock and Roll".
If the ASCAP fees are paid BY THE VENUE, then there is no copyright infringement. Heart is complaining about lack of PERMISSION, not license.
There is a BIG difference.
They are just throwing a tantrum. It makes them look juvenile.
The Republicans could do a parody of the song and get around it.
Too bad, so sad.
Song copywrites depend on when it was published. Music pubished before 1978 has a 95 year copyright. Music published after 1978 has a copyright of the life of the oldest surviving author plus 70 years. Anything published before 1923 in in the public domain.
"In 1977 Heart's record label, Mushroom Records, fueled rumors that Ann and Nancy were lesbian lovers by running a full-page ad in Rolling Stone showing the sisters bare-shouldered and suggestively captioned, 'It was only our first time'. When a reporter suggested, backstage after a live appearance, that the sisters were sex partners, Ann returned to her hotel room and wrote the lyrics to 'Barracuda' to relieve her frustration.[4] The song became one of Heart's biggest hits (#11, 1977)."
[4] "Refer to the episode of 'VH1 Behind the Music' which follows the career of 'The First Sisters of Rock & Roll'. More information about this episode can be found at - Heart episode"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Controversy
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Lyrics to Baracuda:
So this ain’t the end -
I saw you again today
I had to turn my heart away
Smiled like the sun -
Kisses for real
And tales - it never fails!
You lying so low in the weeds
I bet you gonna ambush me
You’d have me down down down down on my knees
Now wouldn’t you, barracuda?
Back over time we were all
Trying for free
You met the porpoise and me
No right no wrong, selling a song-
A name, whisper game.
If the real thing don’t do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick
Ooooooh, barracuda?
Sell me sell you the porpoise said
Dive down deep down to save my head
You...i think you got the blues too.
All that night and all the next
Swam without looking back
Made for the western pools - silly fools!
If the real thing don’t do the trick
No, you better make up something quick
You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick
Ooooooohhhh, barra barracuda.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.
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“”Nothing “small” about the Wilson sisters :)””
LOL. You got that right.
Somebody needs to school these two Orcas on the FAIR USE law.
Saw the show a few weeks back. Cheap Trick was horrible. Heart was OK, and Journey was awesome. Pay close attention to their drummer, Dean Castronovo. He actually played ambidextrous within the same song, and he really makes that double kick drum kit rock.
Even better, use the Coops’ “Elected”!
I knew this was going to happen. The Wilson sisters are Libs.
Too bad. I was a big fan. I interviewed Nancy Wilson back in the ‘80s for my college paper. She was nice. Very cute.
A very small person as well, which made her sister look even larger.
“I think there are plenty of examples of meaningful, well crafted rock lyrics.”
Sure there are, but the vast majority is indeed mediocre to embarassing when forced to stand alone without the music. As I said though, it is RARELY the lyrics that sell the song. With the proper power chord structure, rhythm and syncopation, rock groups could be singing about the ring in their toilet bowl and it would sell.
I used to read a lot of rock criticism until I got tired of having to digest analysis regarding the song’s “message”. I, like the vast majority of rock fans, am in it for the musicianship. Too, I can appreciate a superior vocal performance, I just don’t usually care to pay attention to the lyrics.
Oops. Forgot to add, “my Queen.”
You're definitely in the majority there. "Doowahdittyditty dumbdittydumb."
That’s much better, my Knight.
DIxie ChicK Syndrome aka DICKS
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