Posted on 02/13/2017 6:50:54 AM PST by Cheerio
President Trump's political opponents in the music industry would like his help in at least one regard: The laws that govern who makes money off of music.
"The Recording Academy, together with America's music makers, call on the president and Congress to help keep the music playing by updating music laws, protecting music education, and renewing America's commitment to the arts," Neil Portnow, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said during the 2017 Grammy Awards Sunday night.
The appeal demonstrated how the business side of the music industry will have to grapple with the reality of Trump's victory, following an evening dotted with political attacks on Trump from the artists themselves. It was also a savvy attempt to use the spectacle of the Grammys as an opportunity to win grassroots political support for the artists' running fight with the radio companies who broadcast their music.
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Absolutely shameless.
What a whore.
He should tell them to stand on the street corners with tin cups.
Let them panhandle on streetcorners & sing “My Green Tambourine” for pennies.
Losers.
Bol!
Music industry...you stay out of the business of politics, and we’ll stay out of the music industry.
You made your bed, now, lie in it.
Make your own money.
These nitwits want protection for their own “property”, but have no problem denying the vast majority of middle class Americans any “protections” for jobs and security.
Hollyweird is having a hard days night....
Are these artists asking for a wall to be built around their music so the radio groups, etc. can’t get in unless they go through a legal process?
“The White House needs a special “shame entrance” for beggars like these, Jerry Brown and anyone from Disney.”...
...designed so they have to belly crawl to get in, or at least have to be on their knees.
The best things in life are free
But you can keep ‘em for the birds and bees
Now give me money (that’s what I want)
That’s what I want (that’s what I want)
That’s what I want (that’s what I want) yeah
That’s what I want
DFW....you knew I would choose the Flying Lizzards’ version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25_jgiY51I
You should have kept your Politics to yourself
Yes, that song was much more in line with their true outlook on life, despite Lennon's expressed support for a Maoist revolution. The guy lived in a friggin palace across from Central Park!
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TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'. The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure. There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming. I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed. I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.
I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it. That was how I felt--I was really asking a question. As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.
THE ART OF THE BAD DEAL
“We want you to extort more money from taxpayers and give it to us.”
“We will use it to attack, insult, ridicule, and destroy you and your family.”
Hmmm.... NO!
Go make your own money, “artists”. And oh, by the way? Just shut up and sing. We don’t want to hear your political opinions. That’s outside your area of expertise. See above, “shut up and sing.”
This is the clip I choose to use to respond to the Music Industry Beggers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ptSoUjPa4&list=PLuhPfLVec8y3GMc6FUiln0k5yrjDyI6LY
Hahaha….these major cry-bullies have some nerve. They have plenty of money, so they should hire lawyers and take their complaints to court. The taxpayers don’t need to subsidize this odd group.
What’s wrong with The Kingsmen version?
CA....
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