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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:45 AM Jun 2015

Neil Young to Trump: You Don't Rock in My Free World-The rocker also endorses Bernie Sanders.

When Donald Trump strode on to the stage at Trump Tower on Tuesday to announce that he would enter the Republican race for president, a rock and roll anthem blared: Neil Young’s "Rockin’ in the Free World." It was an odd choice, given that the 1989 song seemed to slam a Republican administration for not giving a damn about the poor. And Young has taken exception to Trump's appropriation of his tune. A statement issued to Mother Jones for Young by his longtime manager Elliot Roberts suggests Young was not pleased by Trump's use of the song:

Donald Trump's use of "Rockin' in the Free World" was not authorized. Mr. Young is a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders.

In other words, it may be a free world, but you're not free to steal my song.



Neil Percival Young,
(born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician.


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/neil-young-donald-trump-bernie-sanders
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Neil Young to Trump: You Don't Rock in My Free World-The rocker also endorses Bernie Sanders. (Original Post) kpete Jun 2015 OP
Trump is what every teapartier would be like if they had lots of money NoJusticeNoPeace Jun 2015 #1
So much for being a businessman yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #2
Stupid thieving republicans will never understand rock and roll. johnnyreb Jun 2015 #3
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. So much for being a businessman
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:50 AM
Jun 2015

He must have known you have to pay royalties to play a song. Heck you have to with Happy Birthday in an official function. If someone used Trump's name, he'd have a fit.

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