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Dee Snider lashes out at politician for using Twisted Sister song
New republic ^ | August 21, 2012 | WENN

Posted on 08/23/2012 7:36:48 AM PDT by Beaten Valve

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To: silverleaf
Why don’t these candidates - and also Rush and Hannity - use music from artists who support them or at least support free speech?????

Whenever they do, their rallies end up sounding like a country music concert. And the gutless GOP establishment is obviously too scared to be associated with real conservatives like Ted Nugent and Hank Williams, Jr. Maybe they should stick to classical music?

81 posted on 08/23/2012 8:44:41 AM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: al_c

Yeah!

I am partial to Krista Branch myself.

How about “I Am America” - too “tea party” I suppose :-(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw&list=PL73F558F75D9C13C2&index=26&feature=plpp_video


82 posted on 08/23/2012 8:49:25 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Why do rock and rollers complain over use of their music by Republicans but never complain about Democrats using their music?

They don't lose cool points when Democrats use their music.

83 posted on 08/23/2012 9:06:28 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: wardaddy

Saw the Pretenders a few years ago with ZZ Top and the Stray Cats. I went out to smoke during the Pretenders and all her BS preaching about crap I could care less about.

They sounded terrible,too. Had she put as much time into sound check as to preaching...at least ZZ was great(as always)


84 posted on 08/23/2012 9:17:10 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: americas.best.days...

Next expect hissy fits from men in makeup about their songs being played over the satellite radio in Chick-Fil-A and In-&-Out Burger.


85 posted on 08/23/2012 9:26:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: al_c
The Who’s lyrics would be much better anyway...We won’t get fooled again.

The Who were angry about Michael Moore including their song in his movie Fahrenheit 9-11.

86 posted on 08/23/2012 9:29:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: wardaddy
but a politician can still be sued under the federal trademark law for false advertising if the use of the song implies that the musician has endorsed the candidate.

I would think (if I were on a jury) that such "implication" only comes if you are using the song IN a tv or radio ad. Everything else these days is just background noise.

87 posted on 08/23/2012 9:32:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: wardaddy
but a politician can still be sued under the federal trademark law for false advertising if the use of the song implies that the musician has endorsed the candidate.

I would think (if I were on a jury) that such "implication" only comes if you are using the song IN a tv or radio ad. Everything else these days is just background noise.

88 posted on 08/23/2012 9:32:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: DonkeyBonker
Won't get fooled again? Would that be prescient?

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

Lyrics to Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeah!

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

Although it may well be apropos, somehow I do not think that is the impression the GOP wants people to have of their campaign.

89 posted on 08/23/2012 9:51:32 AM PDT by Waryone (Definition of insane: nominating the father of socialized medicine to replace socialized medicine)
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To: Waryone

Saw them live, twice. Unfortunately without Keith was OK but he wasn’t driving the bad so you ended up with lame songs like, Athena,

The second time I saw them they had a different drummer and they rocked.

Too bad about John thunderfingers Entwistle.


90 posted on 08/23/2012 10:04:10 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: silverleaf

Rush isn’t a fair comparison. He secured the artist’s permission to use it, and as he’s said many times, he pays for it.


91 posted on 08/23/2012 3:22:26 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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