NW rock band Heart to McCain-Palin: Stop playing ‘Barracuda’
(via yvynyl)
That wasn’t the first time this happened to him. John Mellencamp already asked him to stop using his song “Our Country” earlier in this same campaign. But, to be fair, McCain isn’t the only person this has happened to, like a lot of Republicans, they’re just following an example set by Reagan in 1984.
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1984: Ronald Reagan used “Born in the U.S.A.” until Bruce Springsteen asked Reagan to stop using the song.
2000: George W. Bush used “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty who threatened to sue Bush if he did not stop using the song. (Petty then performed the song at Al Gore’s home minutes after he conceded the election.)
2008: Mike Huckabee used the song “More Than A Feeling” by Boston up until Tom Scholz of Boston asked Huckabee to stop using the song.
