Republicans Lack Heart! (File Cease & Desist for 'Barracuda' Song)

TMZ ^ | September 5, 2008 | TMZ Staff

[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."

[ETL]

I wonder if the Russians will sue the Decemberists for opening their concerts with a playing of the Soviet National Anthem?

ELECTION 2008
Communist band opens for Obama
'How many of 75,000 came to hear music?'

A hip rock band that features the Soviet national anthem and communist-inspired lyrics was on stage to open for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at his record-breaking Portland, Ore., rally that attracted 75,000.

The Decemberists, a Portland-based group with a large local following, also closed the May 18 event.

The Decemberists typically begin their concerts with a Russian-language recording of the USSR's national anthem.

A YouTube video shows the Decemberists beginning an April 31, 2007, concert at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., with the anthem.

"Decemberists" refers to an uprising at Senate Square in St. Petersburg Dec. 14, 1825, when a group of Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest as Nicholas I assumed the throne, after Czar Alexander died without an heir.

The Decemberists have posed for publicity photos in period Russian costumes with the red flag of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 waving behind them. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=65510

The Soviet National Anthem / Гимн СССР
English translation (of the 1977 version)

Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labour and valourous deed.

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

In the victory of Communism's immortal ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/lyrics/anthem.htm

From the Decemberists' website:
"Decemberists to play Obama rally in Portland"
http://www.decemberists.com/news.aspx

YouTube video of Decemberists concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCCTe87IxfU

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From Accuracy In Media | AIM.ORG

Obama’s Red Mentor Praised Red Army
AIM Report | By Cliff Kincaid | April 30, 2008

Barack Obama’s childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Moscow-controlled Communist Party USA, wrote a poem dedicated to the Soviet Red Army. “Smash on, victory-eating Red Army,” he declared. He also wrote poems attacking traditional Christianity and the work of Christian missionaries.

The “Red Army” poem goes beyond hoping for the communists to beat the Nazis in World War II and hails the Soviet revolution. It says:

Show the marveling multitudes
Americans, British, all your allied brothers
How strong you are
How great you are
How your young tree of new unity
Planted twenty-five years ago
Bears today the golden fruit of victory!

http://www.aim.org/aim-report/obamas-red-mentor-praised-red-army/

[Earthdweller]

"Maybe we should stop taking the bait."

No no no...take the bait. In fact ramp it up. Let them go on TV as living advertisement for Sarah.

[bahblahbah]

Does anyone get tired of republicans breaking copyright laws? It’s not funny and it’s not worth it...

[Earthdweller]

This is bull...they can only hurt their own leftist cause by making a big deal out of this....let them go for it.

I hope their ugliness looks like a giant billboard.

[Niteranger68]

Good. The song sucks anyway. (I thought one of the Wilson sisters choked on a ham sandwich???)

[TN4Liberty]

Entertainers get involved at their own peril and I happen to be one of those who loses respect and will no longer support someone if they are extremely political and Ann and Nancy lost my respect.

I've said it before on here... if you want to listen to music by conservatives, you should probably buy a harmonica.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Amen. I work hard for my $$ and they won’t get one thin dime of it.

[McGruff]

How old are the Wilson sisters now? Seems like they could use a few extra bucks now they are nearing retirement age and ain't going to have anymore hits.

[ETL]

A little band history from wikipedia:

"By the mid-1970s the male band members were eligible to be drafted to Vietnam, so the band relocated to Vancouver, Canada.[3]"
[3] "The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia: Heart". Canoe/Jam. Retrieved on 2006-09-11.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)

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McCain on lower right

In August of 1968, a program of vigorous torture methods began on McCain, using rope bindings into painful positions and beatings every two hours, at the same time as he was suffering from dysentery.[84][79] Teeth and bones were broken again, as was McCain's spirit; the beginning of a suicide attempt was stopped by guards.[79] After four days of this, McCain signed and taped[94] an anti-American propaganda "confession" that said, in part, "I am a black criminal and I have performed the deeds of an air pirate. I almost died, and the Vietnamese people saved my life, thanks to the doctors."[79] He used stilted Communist jargon and ungrammatical language to signal that the statement was forced.[89]. Source

Also see:
John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account
By John S. McCain III, Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy;
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Good. The song sucks anyway. (I thought one of the Wilson sisters choked on a ham sandwich???)

Those fat bar hags kill samwiches, not the other way ‘round!

[diverteach]

“I believe this falls under what is called “Fair Use”. Their asking them not to use it only makes the Wilson’s look small and petty.”

You are correct. It’s being used no differently than being played at ANY party or dance. Now, Van Halen did the same thing when the campaign used their song “Right now” in an ad. That was a legitimate gripe.

But did anyone notice that that same song was used throughout the convention even after Van Halen decried it’s use?

[snarkytart]

What petty assholes.
What? They only want left wingers buying their music?
Fine.

[defconw]

If that’s all these liberals have to whine about, then they should thank a soldier.

[day10]

Great - I have tickets to see these doofueses, along with Cheap Trick and Journey, Sunday night.

[xmission]

I’m a big heart fan also. Ann has one of the best voices out there bar none.

Unfortunately I guess I’ve bought my last album. I had no idea the were pro infanticide.

I hope the GOP uses barracuda as often as they can from here on out. It’s got to hurt, just like Rush’s bumper music has got to hurt Chrissy (I hope they kick our ass) Hynde.

[day10]

doofueses = doofuses

[Max in Utah]

Barracuda
Heart
(A.Wilson/N.Wilson/R.Fisher)

So this ain't the end - I saw you again today
Had to turn my heart away
You smiled like the Sun - kisses for everyone
and tales - it never fails!

You lying so low in the weeds
Bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down on my knees
Wouldn't you, Barracuda?

Back over Time when we were all trying for free
Met up with porpoise and me
No right no wrong you're 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 it out to the wick aren't you, Barracuda?

"Sell me sell you" the porpoise said
Dive down deep 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!

.

...not worthy...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

NOW YOURE TALKIN!

[longtermmemmory]

ask publicly? hope to be honored?

this is not for the mccain camp, this is for their efette hollywood types.

The venue PAYS AN ANNUAL FEE for songs.

They probably do not even own it.

(seriously, listen to the words of the song folks)
just hollyweird living in the past.

Heart is so Obama

[rbmillerjr]

“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.”

Petty bullshit from the celebrity left. Just ignore them and pay them their royalty fees.

Since 98% of musicians are leftists we would have very little selection of music. They have no legal right to stop the music, only to collect their due fee.