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McCain-Palin Campaign Continues Playing Heart's 'Barracuda,' Despite Band's Protest

Originally posted by: ericlp
http://www.mtv.com/news/articl...3/20080909/heart.jhtml

Well... This is interesting, so much for the people. They won't even respect a writers musician request not to use it's material.

Whats even more funny they are going to take the profits from the song and give to Obama.

Oh well, worthy of a laugh.
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Heart doesn't own the rights to their songs. As long as the campaign is paying their licensing fees, there's not a whole lot Heart can do about it.
 
Originally posted by: XMan
Originally posted by: ericlp
http://www.mtv.com/news/articl...3/20080909/heart.jhtml

Well... This is interesting, so much for the people. They won't even respect a writers musician request not to use it's material.

Whats even more funny they are going to take the profits from the song and give to Obama.

Oh well, worthy of a laugh.
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Heart doesn't own the rights to their songs. As long as the campaign is paying their licensing fees, there's not a whole lot Heart can do about it.
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The point is they should respect the views of the artist.. I don't care what you own this could backfire on them. We'll see... There are millions of songs out there and I would think they could find one that an artist might "WANT" them to play. Eh?

 
Also, they're not paying license fees for these songs. They're just flat out stealing them. Much like the flags from the DNC.
 
Musicians don't own their product - the label does. Heart can make a fuss over their music being used, but they have no say in the matter unless their contract stipulates as much.
 
Keep digging for these vital issues and you may yet hit china.



On Tuesday morning (September 9), the 1977 hit played before McCain and Palin showed up for an outdoor rally in Lebanon, Ohio. Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson initially complained when it was played at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, before Palin's appearance last Wednesday and after McCain's speech on Thursday. Palin gained the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" while on her high school basketball team, and Republicans are likely using the rock anthem to remind voters of the Alaska governor's reputation as a tenacious leader.

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission," read a statement from Heart's camp. "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."

Later, in an e-mail to EW.com, the Wilson sisters said that "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. ... While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there."

The Republican Party did in fact obtain the necessary license to use the song, which can be played when a venue pays a blanket fee to ASCAP, the organization that protects music copyrights.

While the Wilsons are clearly upset, "Barracuda" co-writer and former Heart guitarist Roger Fisher (Nancy's ex) has a different outlook. He's happy to receive the publicity, he told Reuters last week, and he pledged to give part of the royalties from the song's use to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign.

 
Originally posted by: m1ldslide1
Musicians don't own their product - the label does.
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Wrong.

It depends entirely on the contract as to who has the publishing rights, and varies considerably from artist to artist.

 
Originally posted by: ZeGermans
Also, they're not paying license fees for these songs. They're just flat out stealing them. Much like the flags from the DNC.
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Oops. Look two posts below yours.
 
This is complete non issue if they are paying licensing fees, esp. if per above post the SH*TTY song's co-writer doesn't mind anyway. Let's see if we can make this a pivotal election issue, though!
 
Ericlp, it's probably pretty hard. To paint with a broad brush, most artists really hate the GOP. (I always thought it was funny when I saw the stories about Bush's ipod or whatever, considering how many of the artists on there probably loathed him) I'm sure Toby Keith is waiting by the phone for a call though.

God I hate Toby Keith. I went to his shitty bar in Vegas and stole an oversized novelty jelly jar. Classy, I know.
 
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Ericlp, it's probably pretty hard. To paint with a broad brush, most artists really hate the GOP. (I always thought it was funny when I saw the stories about Bush's ipod or whatever, considering how many of the artists on there probably loathed him) I'm sure Toby Keith is waiting by the phone for a call though.

God I hate Toby Keith. I went to his shitty bar in Vegas and stole an oversized novelty jelly jar. Classy, I know.
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You do know that Toby Keith is a Democrat, don't you?
 
Originally posted by: Hecubus2000
:roll: Who cares. If they bought the CD, they can play it when ever and where ever they want.
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NOT TRUE.

Buying a CD != Buying the rights to play it in front of massive audiences.
 
Originally posted by: XMan
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Ericlp, it's probably pretty hard. To paint with a broad brush, most artists really hate the GOP. (I always thought it was funny when I saw the stories about Bush's ipod or whatever, considering how many of the artists on there probably loathed him) I'm sure Toby Keith is waiting by the phone for a call though.

God I hate Toby Keith. I went to his shitty bar in Vegas and stole an oversized novelty jelly jar. Classy, I know.
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You do know that Toby Keith is a Democrat, don't you?
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I actually didn't know that. Considering the songs he was writing for awhile I feel like it was fairly reasonable to confuse him with the Republicans.

That being said, now I'm just a little bit sadder to be a Democrat. (then again, he said he grew up as a Southern Democrat... which is something very different than a modern Democrat)
 
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: XMan
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Ericlp, it's probably pretty hard. To paint with a broad brush, most artists really hate the GOP. (I always thought it was funny when I saw the stories about Bush's ipod or whatever, considering how many of the artists on there probably loathed him) I'm sure Toby Keith is waiting by the phone for a call though.

God I hate Toby Keith. I went to his shitty bar in Vegas and stole an oversized novelty jelly jar. Classy, I know.
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You do know that Toby Keith is a Democrat, don't you?
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I actually didn't know that. Considering the songs he was writing for awhile I feel like it was fairly reasonable to confuse him with the Republicans.

That being said, now I'm just a little bit sadder to be a Democrat. (then again, he said he grew up as a Southern Democrat... which is something very different than a modern Democrat)
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Toby Keith praises Obama

Of course, he also stirred up some controversy when he basically said Obama acts like a white man.
 
I heard the McCain camp has contacted Bob Seger wanting to use his song "Still the same". Seger replied with "Turn the page"
 
Heart can complain all they want, the music was licensed for that use, and the campaign can continue to do so. What's this BS about having to "respect the wishes" of the band? There's no such requirement.
 
Originally posted by: PokerGuy
Heart can complain all they want, the music was licensed for that use, and the campaign can continue to do so. What's this BS about having to "respect the wishes" of the band? There's no such requirement.
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Besides they are donating some of the royalties paid by McCreepys campaign to use that song to Obamas campaign
 
Originally posted by: ZeGermans
Also, they're not paying license fees for these songs. They're just flat out stealing them.
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From the friggin' article:

The Republican Party did in fact obtain the necessary license to use the song, which can be played when a venue pays a blanket fee to ASCAP, the organization that protects music copyrights.
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Any other lies you have for us?

ZV
 
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