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Friday, September 05, 2008

GOP Manages To Tick Off A Couple Of Aging 80’s Rockers

At the GOP convention the Republicans, in a nod to Sarah Palin’s high school nickname “barracuda,” were rocking out to 80’s girl rock band Heart’s song by the same title.

Turns out that the band’s chief members, Ann and Nancy Wilson (who aren’t surprisingly liberals), aren’t very happy about it.

John McCain’s campaign has suffered a Heart attack—of the legal variety.

TMZ.com is reporting that Ann and Nancy Wilson are upset that their 1977 rock hit “Barracuda” was used without their permission in the Xcel Energy Center at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

The Heart duo has “fired off a cease and desist letter” to the McCain/Palin campaign, the gossip website is reporting this morning.

Am I the only one thinking that this whole “get ticked off at the Republicans for using our song” thing (Jackson Browne has also sued McCain and the Republicans this year over the use of a song) is a way for aging entertainers who most people have forgotten about it to get a bit of the spotlight again?

Think about it.  A big campaign starts using your song.  You sue the campaign and BAM: liberal reporters across the country are eager to give you a quick 15 minute revival in the limelight.

Frankly, at this point, I think most Republicans are resigned to the fact that the entertainment industry hates them.  Indeed, if Republicans were forced to only enjoy the songs/movies/shows/books produced by entertainers who are even just ambivalent toward right-leaning politics they wouldn’t have anything to do.  It’s just one of those things we on the right accept, and move past.

Indeed, it’s something that most Republicans stopped caring about long ago.

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Rob, you take the one on the left, I’ll take the one on the right.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on September 5, 2008 at 09:36 am
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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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Rob on September 5, 2008 at 09:47 am
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If I remember correctly, this is the same thing Rush dealt with a few years ago with his theme song “My City Was Gone” by the Pretenders.  Their ultra-lib front person, Chrissie Hynde, didn’t want her song associated with Limbaugh, until she figured out that the royalties generated from his use of the song day-after-day could be donated to PETA!  Problem solved.

WhatTha? on September 5, 2008 at 09:54 am

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Rush’s theme song a Heart Song?

Or who?


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Gene on September 5, 2008 at 09:55 am

The Pretenders as Whattha already pointed out.

“Back on the Chain Gang” was probably their most popular song.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on September 5, 2008 at 09:58 am

Gene, I haven’t listened to the drug addled gas bag for a while but I think his song was Back to Ohio by the Pretenders.


Excuse me, you were saying?


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realitybasedbob on September 5, 2008 at 09:59 am

nope, whattha is correct


Excuse me, you were saying?


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realitybasedbob on September 5, 2008 at 10:00 am
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The little problem is that as long as the RNC paid the performance fee for use of the song, Heart really has no say in the matter.  They can whine all they want and honestly, they really just aren’t relevant anymore.

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They can whine all they want and honestly, they really just aren’t relevant anymore.

They still have indignant posturing…



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Proof on September 5, 2008 at 10:14 am

Indeed, if Republicans were forced to only enjoy the songs/movies/shows/books produced by entertainers who are even just ambivalent toward right-leaning politics they wouldn’t have anything to do.

Au contraire, I haven’t been to a movie or show for years and I still have plenty to do.  Imagine all the extra time you can have to associate with friends and loved ones.

My music appreciation has drifted towards classical so there is little problem with lefties there too.


You don’t have to be a moron to be a liberal Democrat but it sure helps.

docdave on September 5, 2008 at 10:19 am

Well, one thing we can do is to patronize those few entertainment options that are conservative or at least not out-and-out liberal.  David Zucker’s “An American Carol” comes out next month and is chock full of non-liberal entertainers and even some conservative ones.

kbiel on September 5, 2008 at 10:20 am

They should be thankful anyone would play their music at all. Isn’t the idea of becoming a singer to be heard? Boy they look washed up and tired!!! Yikes!

Zsa Zsa on September 5, 2008 at 10:45 am

Today is a historically un-precedented day.

blackwaterboob just admitted error:

nope, whattha is correct

Cherish it, it may never happen again.

As to the substance of Rob’s post, my practice is to boycott the products of any content producer who makes it onto my ass-hat radar, and a lot of them have.


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Au contraire, I haven’t been to a movie or show for years and I still have plenty to do.  Imagine all the extra time you can have to associate with friends and loved ones.

My music appreciation has drifted towards classical so there is little problem with lefties there too.

We clearly have different tastes, Doc.  I like music, and not just classical.

And I like to read a lot of fiction, despite the fact that most of my favorite authors are pretty liberal.

Also, just because a guy likes going to the movies doesn’t mean he doesn’t have time for friends/family.


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I listen to Rush a lot, but I hate his theme song.

And by the way, it’s “My City Was Gone” by the Pretenders.


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Rob on September 5, 2008 at 10:58 am

I love the free market!  They get to say what they want, and we get to buy what we want.  Ain’t America great?


Save America; boycott the MSM.

robert108 on September 5, 2008 at 10:59 am
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Notice the difference between the reactions of, say, Heart and Brooks & Dunn.

Lonely Federalist on September 5, 2008 at 11:18 am

80’s? You kids with your music videos and all.

Barracuda was 1977.

Pomerdorgrad on September 5, 2008 at 11:48 am

Ironic that if it wasn’t for Sarah Palin no one would give these two seasoned sirens a second thought!  Rob in VA is correct.  If the requisite fee is paid, these two don’t have a tree truck, or a spindle, to stand on.


“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on September 5, 2008 at 11:49 am
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The one on the left is slowly turning into a man, but the one on the right - to me a 48 year old man - looks just fine.

Pardon my French but I think she is what an 18 year old would call a MILF.

Friend of USA on September 5, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Friend,

I’m a bit more “seasoned” than you, and while I don’t find the one on the right particularly appealing, the one on the left could certainly provide warmth in the winter… and shade in the summer!


“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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They need to quit complaining… but still, the McCain camp should’ve gotten permission to use the songs they did. It’s not illegal, but it’s just common courtesy really, something that often gets overlooked in politics.

I mean, if I wrote a song, and it got played at a Clinton rally, I’d be a little pissy too.

Eddie_the_Hated on September 5, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Am I the only one thinking that this whole “get ticked off at the Republicans for using our song” thing (Jackson Browne has also sued McCain and the Republicans this year over the use of a song) is a way for aging entertainers who most people have forgotten about it to get a bit of the spotlight again?

No, I am sure there is a nutter-fest waiting to jump on that slow train.

Truth is, what they are really saying is “YOU SUCK” and we don’t want anything to do with your dishonest campaign.

Sarah sat up there and took all her cheap shots and made her self enemies and kissed but to the conservative ditto-heads who suck on the FoxNews teet.

Good for Heart.  And sorry bat, but I just added them to my i-pod about 2 years ago as they just sort of rock brother.  Welll...at least about 5 of their songs do.


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Hannitized on September 5, 2008 at 01:35 pm
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Crap, now I have to throw away my Dreamboat Annie 8-track.

TJ on September 5, 2008 at 01:42 pm
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You pay a fee, You play a song..
That’s it. So, sue ‘em.

They should all feel “Flattered”.

Nancy Wison, currently a big, fat, warbling eyesore on stage is obviously too rich to be thankful for the exposure.

Eddie Van Halen (who nobody’s mentioned here. But, also got upset with McCain) looks twice his age, can’t keep his shit together enough to hang onto a Babe like Valerie Bertinelli, and still looks like he needs Dental work, should try holding his water also.

Jerry on September 5, 2008 at 03:49 pm

Who’s the guy on the left?

Mickey on September 5, 2008 at 06:20 pm

Rob, you take the one on the left, I’ll take the one on the right.

What are you going to do with them then??

Carol on September 5, 2008 at 06:25 pm

Nancy Wison, currently a big, fat, warbling eyesore on stage is obviously too rich to be thankful for the exposure.

That’s Ann, not Nancy. Ann was supposed to have gastric bypass surgery but maybe that only works with solid foods, not liquids.

Kevin on September 5, 2008 at 07:45 pm
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I remember the one on the left but she had red hair last time I saw her, in Total Recall.

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Bullwinkle on September 6, 2008 at 01:50 am
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and the highlights of your illustrious career would be?.....

Mark O'Byrne on September 7, 2008 at 09:38 pm
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