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magical thyme

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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:59 PM Jun 2015

Neil Young: Sorry, Donald, but I support Bernie Sanders

Neil Young on Tuesday continued a storied American tradition of recording artists asking Republican candidates to stop playing their music after Donald Trump used Young's 1989 song, Rockin' in the Free World, three times during his presidential campaign announcement.

"Donald Trump was not authorized to use Rockin' in the Free World in his presidential candidacy announcement," a representative of Young's Lookout Management said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. "Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for president of the United States of America."

Young is only the latest artist to take issue with what they see as conservative appropriation of their patriotic-sounding anthems. Here are some other examples:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-17/neil-young-sorry-donald-but-i-support-bernie-sanders

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Neil Young: Sorry, Donald, but I support Bernie Sanders (Original Post) magical thyme Jun 2015 OP
Woohoo azmom Jun 2015 #1
Republicans have misused popular ballads before (nt) Babel_17 Jun 2015 #2
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