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Republicans Lack Heart! (File Cease & Desist for 'Barracuda' Song)
TMZ ^ | September 5, 2008 | TMZ Staff

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 ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 70s; 80s; annwilson; ascap; barracuda; classicrock; copyrightlaws; feministagenda; heart; leftistmusicians; mccainpalin; nancywilson; popculture; riaa; sarahpalin; songwriters; wilsonsisters
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To: Sacajaweau
After 8 years these Hollywood types still don't see the connection. I have stopped going to the movies, stopped buying DVD’s and CD’s of these lefties. I just won't support them.
21 posted on 09/05/2008 4:37:59 AM PDT by defconw ("Hope is not a strategy")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

BFD. The song sucks anyway.


22 posted on 09/05/2008 4:38:18 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Oh, Bama, can this really be the end, to be stuck inside of Denver with the Palin blues again!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

The song was written about all the rumors/innuendo about the sisters having a lesbian relationship with each other. And yes, the should understand. But, from what I’ve read about Ann Wilson, she’s pretty hard core left (and allegedy DOES play for the girls team). She’s, therefore, a Sarah hater by default.


23 posted on 09/05/2008 4:38:39 AM PDT by rintense (Palin 2012 for President!)
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To: Finalapproach29er

“Good; it’s not a grown-ups song”

Anyone under age of 50 who listened to FM radio when they were a teenager will remember that song.


24 posted on 09/05/2008 4:38:44 AM PDT by Rebelbase (STOP Democrat Misogyny!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Actually the song Barracuda was written about a record producer at Mushroom Records.


25 posted on 09/05/2008 4:39:25 AM PDT by DB
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Was wondering how long that would take.


26 posted on 09/05/2008 4:39:40 AM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: SW6906
Their asking them not to use it only makes the Wilson’s look small and petty......

Like most idiotic, self-righteous Democrats.

27 posted on 09/05/2008 4:41:16 AM PDT by Allegra (Give 'em hell, Sarah!)
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To: counterpunch
There’s nothing Wilson/Wilson can do as long as the McCain campaign pays the ASCAP fees. ASCAP covers public broadcast for an event, just as they cannot tell a nightclub or sports event not to play their song.

Correct! However, if these two petty, ultra-liberal, skanks don't want the RNC to play their song then find something else.

I thought about this last night when it was being played whether or not they would protest. I'm deeply sadden because they are great songwriters, and I've always appreciated them, but now I'm going to think about this every time I listening to their music.

Thank heavens my female singer couldn't sing Ann Wilson! When you think about, it was the wrong choice of song anyway.

28 posted on 09/05/2008 4:41:41 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Vote Conservative Repuplican!!)
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To: rintense
"She’s, therefore, a Sarah hater by default."

Good...shove it in their face. I hope they show their hate for the world to see. You think these humankind eaters will play nice with us...think again.

29 posted on 09/05/2008 4:42:04 AM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How childish!

How old is that song, anyway? — it was around when I was a teenager and when Ann & Nancy Wilson were sorta hot, so it’s pretty darn old. 1977: America was 201 years young back then and Sarah Barracuda was thirteen...

Now, some thirty-one years later, a couple of aging bar hags don’t want their seriously-dated song played?

Shoot — who cares? Let ‘em fade into obscurity. As the first Female POTUS Sarah will be alot more famous for “Barracuda” than Heart ever was.

Just give the “Barracuda” another four years!


30 posted on 09/05/2008 4:43:29 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: bushfamfan
They’re radically for abortion. This was no surprise to me.

It's a shame that the Wilson's mom wasn't a radical abortionist.

31 posted on 09/05/2008 4:45:28 AM PDT by Devilinbaggypants (Audaces fortuna iuvat.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They should stop touring with Journey and Cheap Trick, and hook up with the Dixie Chicks.

I’m sure that’ll go well for them.


32 posted on 09/05/2008 4:46:07 AM PDT by dfwddr ( Duncan, Sarah. Either will do.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Bingo! Childish, that characterizes the whole left.


33 posted on 09/05/2008 4:46:12 AM PDT by defconw ("Hope is not a strategy")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission."

Read up on "mechanical license" and then get back to me. Better yet, just shut up and sing.

34 posted on 09/05/2008 4:46:52 AM PDT by kevkrom (McCain/Palin '08 -- Palin / ??? '12)
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To: SW6906

Exactly... They don’t need permission to use their song. They probably could demand money for using it, but that’s about it.


35 posted on 09/05/2008 4:46:56 AM PDT by jerod (They were pro-abortion, for gun control & wanted a cleaner environment at all cost - The NAZI party)
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To: SW6906

I’m emailing the article to my brother who has litigated this issue in a case involvingin Limbaugh (years ago).


36 posted on 09/05/2008 4:47:26 AM PDT by Mercat (Global warming doesn't kill polar bears, Sarah Palin does, with her bare hands)
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To: sirchtruth

Well look, this was a publicity stunt. If they hadn’t sent out this meaningless cease & desist letter, we wouldn’t be talking about them right now. And that’s the real motivation for why they did it. No one would have noticed their song was played at all otherwise. Vacuous political statements is a cheap and dirty way for these Hollywood types to get attention, and it works every time. Maybe we should stop taking the bait.


37 posted on 09/05/2008 4:48:18 AM PDT by counterpunch (John McCain - For the LOVE of Country)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The song owners are within their rights, even though some of the posts in this thread are snarky.

I recall Johnny Carson used to cringe when the audience burst out in song — “Happy Birthday” — as his program was then obligated to pay royalties to the song’s owner.

Surely, someone on the Convention planning had sense enough to know they needed to get permission. A political campaign is considered a commercial venture.


38 posted on 09/05/2008 4:48:41 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I have tossed the few Heart recordings I once owned. They have lost me as a fan.


39 posted on 09/05/2008 4:50:21 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

————”Screw ‘em! Use “Stranglehold” by the Nuge instead - a much better song.”——————

LOL. “Stranglehold” might be just on the edge of intense and controversial. Great song.

“Stranglehold” was the entrance song for the pro wrestling Von Erichs. When the song came on, it put a mood in the room unlike any of the other gimmick entries.


40 posted on 09/05/2008 4:51:09 AM PDT by Doug TX
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