The Trump campaign playing Rage Against the Machine is just so mindbogglingly dumb, it defies comprehension.
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the worst part isn't even how paralyzingly stupid they are, it's that they're proud of that fact
Fucking Paul Ryan cited RATM as his favorite band. These are not smart people.
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Have they actually used it or did Rage just say "don't use our shit"?
I don't know about the campaign itself, but his minions are fond of "Killing in the name of" being played in support of blue lives matter of all things and to convey their "Fuck your feelings" mantra.
I mean, "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" is probably a good thing from their point of view...
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You can add Jack White and the White Stripes to this.
Haha, I suppose I was too late.
Even... Lynyrd Skynyrd is on the list?
Does someone have context on that entry? Not that I'm complaining - because I'm not.
" Trump “has not yet seen the video, he will see it shortly, but based upon everything he has heard, he strongly condemns this video.” "
Did he condemn it?
As vehemently as he's condemned any other controversy he finds himself in 🙄
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There's a big sign outside Jacksonville on 295 that says "Trump listens to Lynyrd Skynyrd"
I can't tell if that's supposed an insult or a compliment nor for whom.
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Had to look them up to make sure I wasn't talking up my ass, but using RATM, who apparently used anti-authoritarian and revolutionary lyrics, for a rally for someone looking to be a dictator is very ironic.
That type of mindless embracing of something you're not really paying attention to, is typical right-wing mindlessness.
Check out the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen "Born In The USA" while keeping in mind that reagan used it in 1984 presidential election campaign rallies and even mentioned it in gushing, patriotic speech demagoguery, I believe. Never bothered to see what that song is actually about - Vietnam veterans abandoned by their own government and country, as the America they grew up in is decaying into the Rust Belt.
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Did Prince come back from the dead?
The corpse formerly known as Prince
I'd pay thousands to see The Corpse Formerly Know as Prince perform
God I wish.
I'm guessing Prince and Bowie probably did prior to the 2016 election.
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Why doesn't he just use music from his buddies Kid Rock and Ted Nugent for everything?
No one gives a shit about Kid Rock anymore but he sure thinks they do, and The Nuge is an admitted child molester who literally shit his pants to dodge the draft... Sounds perfect for the modern GOP lol
Using Rage Against the Machine was just stupid. I'm guessing they never listened to any of the words and just went for a beat. Even then it doesn't feel like a beat for old white folks in their 70s and Uncle Toms.
Re-appropriation is the name of the game. These jerks don't really make much art for themselves; a movement 60+ years old really should have an identifiable subculture with its own stuff by now. Instead, they're very good at acting like a bunch of kleptos, running with what they can.
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So... Based on #1 and #17, Prince came back from the dead to tell Trump to stop using his music, and then dropped dead again? Do I have that right?
Edit: oh, also David The God of Rock Bowie, and Kenny Rogers.
Ok the amount of people voting you need to learn how to do a Will then cuz special types of Executors are appointed for after death to make such decisions. This is pretty common with people with even a moderate amount of success particularly if they have any type of asset or property (intellectual included) to have looked after that becomes part of an estate.
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You know you are really hated when Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon agree on something.
Would be nice to see a list of the specific songs that got the takedown issued and the date.
Mostly I'm just curious about Nickelback. In what political context are we using "Photograph"?
Abba - ???
Adele - "Skyfall and "Rolling in Deep"
Aerosmith- "Dream on" and "Living on the Edge"
A-ha - "Take me on"
The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun" and "We gotta get out of this place"
The Beatles - "Here Comes the Sun"
Beyonece - "Freedom"
Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the USA"
Celine Dion - "My heart will go on"
CCR - "Fortunate Son"
Earth Wind and Fire - "September"
Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue"
Elton John - "Tiny Dancer and Rocket Man"
Everlast - "Jump Around"
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Free - "All right now"
Guns n Roses - "Sweet Child o Mine" and "Live and let die"
Isaac Hayes - "Hold on I'm coming"
Johnny Mar - "Please please please let me get what I want"
Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah"
Linkin Park - In the End
Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
Neil Young - Rocking in the Free world
Nickelback - Photograph
Nico Vega - Beast
The Ojays - Love Train
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
Panic at the disco - High Hopes
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Phil Collins - In the air tonight
Prince - Purple Rain
Queen - We are the Champions
REM - It's the end of the world as we know it
Rihanna - Don't stop the music
Rolling Stones - You can't always get what you want (the irony)
Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing compares 2 u
Tom Petty - I won't back down
Twisted Sister - We're not gonna take it
Village People - YMCA and Macho Man
White Stripes - 7 nation army
Yoann Lemoine - Run boy run
...Does the campaign realize what House of the Rising Sun is about?
Or "Keep on Rocking in the Free World"
Or "Fortunate Son"
Or "Born in the USA"
To be fair, completely missing the actual message of “Born in the USA” is a longstanding republican tradition.
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love how halfway through you just gave up "quoting" the song names lol
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Ha ha. 15. Rage Against The Machine. Having visions of Trump arriving at the podium along with Killing In The Name
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I'm sure Mike Love of the Beach Boys didn't mind Trump using their music. He's a massive conservative douchebag.
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They should release an album, "NOW That's What I Call Never Trump", but a better title.
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I enjoy that the list starts with "Prince" and ends with "Lorde", nice symmetry
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