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Maven

(10,533 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:53 AM Jul 2016

Queen (the band) says use of their song at RNC was unauthorized

Just showed their tweet on MSNBC

[blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"][p lang="en" dir="ltr"]An unauthorised use at the Republican Convention against our wishes - Queen

— Queen (@QueenWillRock) [a href="https://twitter.com/QueenWillRock/status/755406469269450752"]July 19, 2016[/a]
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https://twitter.com/QueenWillRock/status/755406469269450752

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Queen (the band) says use of their song at RNC was unauthorized (Original Post) Maven Jul 2016 OP

Of course it was. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #1

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Jul 2016 #2

The republicans SheriffBob Jul 2016 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)

1. Of course it was.

Reply to Maven (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:00 PM

Jul 2016

They always play the "unauthorized" music because they can't get anything decent from the has-been musicians who'd actually let them use theirs. Meat Loaf? Ted Nugent? Washed-up country singers? That's all they've got.

Gothmog

(145,496 posts)

2. Who is surprised by this?

Reply to Maven (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:09 PM

Jul 2016

SheriffBob

(552 posts)

3. The republicans

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:32 PM

Jul 2016

use our music and plagiarize our speeches.

"Born in the USA" was Reagan's favorite songs. He was too stupid to comprehend the anti-war lyrics.

They should have played, "Green Berets".

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