Foo Fights Don't Think McCain Is A Hero
Filed under: Music Minute
They did it again!!!!!!
The McCain campaign has been using many many songs without permission, most recently playing the Foo Fighters' My Hero at speeches and rallies.
Well, Dave Grohl and his bandmates are none too pleased about it!
Naturally, they want McCain to quit using their song, joining Heart, Van Halen, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne in a similar battle.
Say the Foos:
"This isn’t the first time the McCain campaign has used a song without making any attempt to get approval or permission from the artist. It’s frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property. The saddest thing about this is that ‘My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song.”
Them's fightin' words!!!
We'd stop if we were you, McCain!!!
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
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im all for fucking over john mccain but i didnt know u had to have permission to play a song at a rally
I'm just amazed that the McCain camp knew who the Foo Fighters were. Scary…
Damn
boofoo
Who would wanna be associated with the fucking idiot McCain?
Good for them
Re: jordan13 – TOOL!!
Congratulations!!!!
They need to learn the rules, if someone is speaking at a venue that a band has been paid to have their songs played that venue can use the songs for whatever it want…next time don't be some quick to sell your songs…
Hey cum sucker, why don't you report about the natives in africa that are pissed that obamma is using their songs.
Ha:} I love the foos. Being associated with McCain in ANY way is just horrid! Poor them! Good thing they told himm:D
really? did the republicans learn nothing the last time?
from now on, just play it safe and stick to toby keith
i wish these artists would quit being a bunch of whiney ass pussies! if i play foo fighters at a party, and i happen to be republican will i be sued as well? if they bought the album they can play the music LEGALLY. if not, these shit ass bands wouldn't have near as much album sales. Republicans listen to your music, stop alienating them because of your liberal ass bullshit politics.
good point…..it's not like they're selling bootlegs
and do any of us really think John McCain picks the music for the campaign?
ugghhh david grohl has such a donkey face….hee hawww hee hawwww he should just be thankful someone is playing their music hahahah cause it sucks!
How stupid are these musicians? The McCain campaign does in fact license all music they use through the proper channels. One doesn't need "permission from the artist"- they just need to pay the licensing fee- which obviously makes these stupid "artists" mo' money.
Ann and Nancy Wilson are especially thick. (In more ways than one
Heart's career is so in the toilet- they're reduced to playing Street Fairs. Literally no one cares about them anymore- they've faded into obscurity.
Yes, along comes the McCain campaign, and revives the song "Baracuda" How many millions watched the republican convention? Sarah Barracude Palin regularly pulls crowds of 20,000++ She is enormously popular. What an avalanche of good PR this would have been for the Wilson sisters!!!!
PR = CD sales = touring revenue = people maybe giving a fuck about your fat asses once again.
But instead of appreciating the opportunity- these ungrateful cunts have to whine about Sarah using "Barracuda" in the press.
What a pity— but then rock stars were never known for their business savvy.
I really liked the Foo Fighters, until this. How un-American, to post something like that.
You don't have to have their permission to play their music at a rally. They are just being overgrown brats. "I don't agree with you views, so you can't play my stuff. Whaaaaa. Now give me my ball back. Whaaaaa." These muscians would gain a lot of respect from the public if they just stated they don't agree with McCain's views, but they do respect McCain's rights to play their music if he wants.
You legal geniuses know nothing of intellectual property. In a public venue, one can not just appropriate someone else's art and use it without permission - particularly to brand themselves with it. The Foos are right to be concerned as these ridiculous candidates who are an embarrassment, are sullying their song by association.
Maybe he should play some of Heidi Montag's stuff since she seems to be the only person that likes McCain.
jeanmarie, you are ignorant. The Foos want to make sure their fans know that they do not endorse this pathetic, grasping candidate by utilizing a public message. If this means you "don't like them" anymore, I'm sure you will not be missed; at all.
Re: Bleubelle – lol thank you !!!:)
I can understand artists being upset if they don't want their music used, but for anyone to imply that John McCain is anything less than 100% hero is absolutely asinine.
What was John McCain if not an "ordinary man" who went out and met his "extraordinary potential?"
McCain supports the RIAA yet uses songs without permission. WTF?
truth!
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OBAMA!
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mccain more of the stain!
Re: skylarr – 14 No A Whorra does.
i think it is funny that mccain keeps pissing musicians off, especially since his eldest daughter works in the music industry! she lives in canada though… the rules are probably different there.
Playing an artist's song at your political rally seems to imply said artist's support. At least to me.
Re: Genghis Khan – 18 I think it's pretty fucking stupid to play an artists song without their permission for now Mccain looks more out of touch than ever! Doesn't matter if it is legal, it is not right!
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MCCAIN MORE OF THE STAIN!
Re: jeanmarie – WHAT AN OBVIOUS PLOY TO TRY TO CONNECT TO THE YOUNG CROWD.
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SOUNDS DESPERATE TO ME!
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This is stupid and so is the ad at the top about Sarah Palin. The only people who EVER spoke out in the last 3 elections are John Cougar and Springsteen. NOW these celebrities figured out its free press to slam anybody…. so everybody is on the wagon. Pink? Lohan? I mean come on. I can't wait until they get their tax bills under Obama. The Dems don't need these celebritys to win this election. Half of the Celebs spend half their lives in other countrys anyways.
So a man who served in the military, and a POW for 5 years at that, is not a hero? He wasnt always married to a rich woman.
I say screw the FooFighters; you can hate on McCains opinions, but that man is DEFINTELY an American hero (no matter how you cut it).
OK - let me get this straight - ACORN - a group that OBAMA was a recruiter for…and an attorney for…is being investigated in SEVERAL states for widespread voter fraud - and your article is about McCain using a Foo Fighters song without their permission.
I guess corrupt Acorns don't fall from the tree.
Dave Grohl has always been a tool even when he was in Nirvana
Re: littlestich – READ UP ABOUT USCWF MCCAIN WAS A MEMBER AND SAT ON THE BOARD.
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NOT PRESIDENTIAL.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS MCCAIN CAN CHANGE. HIS WIFE AND HIS DIAPER.
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MCCAIN MORE OF THE STAIN!
THERE ARE OTHER HERO SONGS THEY COULD HAVE USED. THIS ONE BY UDO.
Braindead Hero
For a long time he's been lucky man
No difference if it's good or bad
The trigger's his - the orders others
No way to stop the final blow
The message: here ya go
The countdown's on a roll
War against the world
All systems deadly armed
Machine, man, all in one
They're all oblivious to the crime
Braindead hero
Braindead hero - out of the sun he comes
Braindead hero
Braindead hero - feel the blazing guns
Now we got to blow his circuitry
Drain the poison from his veins
Degenerate - corrupt his memories
Fire at will - just do or die
The message: here ya go
The countdown's on a roll
War against the world
All systems deadly armed
Machine, man, all in one
They're all oblivious to the crime
Braindead hero
Braindead hero -like a hammer from the sky
Braindead hero
Braindead hero - supersonic cry
You better stay just where you are
Consequences in the fire
Braindead hero
Braindead hero - out of the sun he comes
Braindead hero
Braindead hero - feel the blazing guns
I just lost respect for this band. Their thinking process is underdeveloped… They don't want McCain to use their music because of difference of opinion!? Wow.. thats incredibly narrow minded and unprofessional… even for rockstars.
Re: Ms. McGillicutty – no you idiot, you are not running for office(even though you might be qualified more than Palin) the point is that they are using the Foo Fighter brand without permission and makes it seem like the Foo Fighter are backing McCain and they are not. Artist have a say in how their brand or music is used, Copyright etc. They do not want to be associated with him at all and McCain needs to get the memo on that. He must not give a flying f*k about getting sued cause he keeps playing the music.
Re: BeNiceYall –
McCain is NOT a hero. I live in Arizona and know this fools history. How does getting captured and giving the "enemy" government information make you a hero? McCain is so stupid that the reason he got captured in the first place is because he didn't know how to eject himself from his own plane! He was at the bottom of his naval academy class and didn't give a shit about anything only himself. Also he is not a hero because he is a racist that didn't want to make Martin Luther King a holiday and put Arizona in the red. This non-hero only got to where he is today because of his father.
Re: littlestich –
just like a McCain supporter distracting from the issues. Obama was a part of that group BEFORE he ran for president to help people and that organization went curupt on its own after Obama went to the senate,get your shit straight before you try and slam someone's character. I'm assuming that I don't have to go into detail about McCain skeletons or should I say grave yard of associations that he and his no brain Vp are affiliated with..heh? Stop taking about the past and get the future fixed!! I want to know how they are going to fix healthcare and is it safe to put money in the bank. STFU about non-issues already!
Re: GalaD –
if you lost respect then you never were a fan and never knew where they stood politically. Move along they don't need shallow fans that think that the jonah brothers are rock.
So, now I need to get permission to play songs at my parties? Schools need to get permission to play them at pep rallies? These bands should be happy their music is getting any attention at all let alone being played at rallies for the potential future president of the USA! I am SO SICK of whiny celebretards!
CAPTIAL GAINS TAX - SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON
MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.)
DIVIDEND TAX…
MCCAIN
15% (no change)
OBAMA
39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.')
INHERITANCE TAX…
MCCAIN
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA
Restore the inheritance tax
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in the ir families for generations because the y could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing the ir assets to loved ones will only lose the m to the se taxes.
Re: BeNiceYall – Right on, sister!
OBAMA OTHER TAXES…
New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.
New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
New taxes on retirement accounts,
and last but not least….
New taxes to pay for socialized medicine (TO THE TUNE OF A TRILLION DOLLARS) so we can receive the same level of medical care as third-world countries!!!
Heheheh… FOO FIGHTERS ROCK. Such a talented rock band. (I have every album… the real cds… not mp3 bullshiat)
Nice photo, Mario "Perez". Did you intentionally pick a shot where none of them were smiling?
How many of your readers do you think know what that symbol (the equals sign with the slash through it) means?
Please visit www.stripology.com if you want to surprise your man with a hot-ass strip show! Unleash your inner-stripper (just for your man).
Yea - I may not make up funny words to songs, and make crude jokes about a former war hero…but I can read and educate myself on the economy, foreign policy, Obama's horrible voting record (almost 50% "present" votes - which is unfortunate since Obama would actually HAVE to make a decision as president), etc… Don't LISTEN to Obama - investigate him - check how his plans effect you. Seriously - I used to think he was a great candidate until I actually make myself check what he said.
F Madonna NOW F Green Day!
soon as any of their songs are played I will just turn it off.
Re: MC-Daddy –
LOL, I meant Foo Fighters!
Green Day probably hates McCain too.
Can they go after that bitch Courtney for killing off Cobain with as much vitriol? Pleasee??!
McCain looks like droopy
Poor things.
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No one has to personally ASK them to use their songs
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They don't own them
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Their RECORD COMPANY does.
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Sorry dudes
UGH double standards from the RIAA??? using songs witout permission is just LOW
Dave Grohl looks just as hot as when he was in Nirvana :] R.I.P KURT!
Perez, this is so bugus. Even you should know that if you pay the royaity you can play he song. it is called capitalism. but then if Obama wins capitalism might be replaced by a command and control economy led by Comrade Obama's superior judgements. Heaven help us. See Truth According T o
T o m
Why would the foo-fighters want a fascist redneck gop party using their progressive songs. Mccain knows the law,and they sure the hell dont want republican scumbags pretending its some kind of endorsement,so the gop can have the ususal trash like carrie underwood and the fundamentalist country losers endorsing them,oh by the way this time Toby Keith is backing Obama.
Little snitch—– I'll listen to Warren Buffet,Bill Gates Steve Jobs and back their guy Obama, not some little redneck dixie cesspool loser like you who rents a studio apt for 500 a month begging people to vote republican because you're some bigoted trailer trash,ok. Decent people dont want red state bigot republican trash using their songs,period.
Put politics aside for 1 second everyone-please! What a nice way to thank a war hero, who fought for our country so the foo fighters have the right to free speech to sing about anything they want! Foo fighters should write a song called: how to thank a veteran-don't let them play your music! I don't care who you're voting for - this is NOT how you treat someone who served our country! If foo fighters or anyone else don't support McCain couldn't they just release a public statement saying that and let the guy play the song! I mean really- do any of you really care what songs Obama or McCain are playing? Oh and PS Foo fighters suck and have had maybe 1 good song ever!!!
Technically you don't have to have permission to use the song at this type of event BUT John McCain could have had some COMMON CLASS and ASKED, ESPECIALLY for the simple fact that he has already pissed off heart and someone else….LOVE the Foo Fighter's and good for them for speaking up…Any of you who, WROTE, PRODUCED, RECORDED and put your heart into ANYTHING that you have done would be pissed if someone used that work for their own benefit. It's pretty common sense, obviously, John McCain is runnin' low on the common sense these days…..OBAMA 08'
Re: tobehome – LOL LOL LOL
Re: Ms. McGillicutty – Re you comparing your party to the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE????? OMG!!! Now that is funny!!!!!!! Hello…there is a difference
Re: Billvie Bicks – **But one could ask**….just in case the artist who WROTE the song disagrees 100% with the person's views who will be using it….instead of just ASSUMING!
Re: knowitall – Thank you for showing everyone on hear what an ignorant piece of shit you are! Republicans aren't dumb, bigoted, trailler trash rednecks! Just like all Democrats aren't poor and uneducated but you seem to fit that stereotype perfectly!
Re: BeNiceYall – And I say screw you…:-) No One said ANYTHING about John McCain NOT being a hero…in fact it's been SHOVED down our throats NON STOP so how can anyone not possibly know he is a hero? He would just SUCK as President so anyways…getting back to the SUBJECT of the post….Geesh!!
Re: littlestich – First of all, Obama was never an ACORN community organizer nor was Obama ever an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity. ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Obama ran in 1992 so please don't post stupid crap
U PROBABLY ARE WRONG AND A RIGHTWING JERK. IF YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW VETRANS WERE TREATED YOUR DIXIE FASCIST WHITE TRASH FUNDAMENTALIST REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULDNT HAVE TRASHED KERRY AND HIS 5 MEDALS FOR BRAVERY ,DIDNT YOU SCUMBAGS SAY KERRYS WOUND HE SUFFERED WAS "SELF INFLICTED". SO SPARE ME YOUR REDNECK BS ABOUT DECENT PEOPLE AND ARTISTS THAT DONT WANT RIGHTWING TRASH LIKE MCCAIN STEALING THEIR SONGS.
Is there a good song from "No Country for Old Men" that McCain could use? Like, "Are your Hemorrhoids Hurtin' Tonight…"
the ought to be glad anyone is playing their music..I mean who cares..I don't think the Foo fighters like Mccain just because their music is played at conventions or anything..that is stupid..now if they were there, I might would think that, but just there music in the background…grow up hollywood!!
i think the only reason the foo fighters are mad about this is they're playing the song out of context, insinuating that john mccain is a hero, when the song is actually about the struggles of the common man and how he overcomes it. i know that as a musician, i wouldn't want my music used for the way that john mccain is using it. good for dave grohl, and whoever said the foo fighters suck obviously hasn't listened to them…well…ever.
Maybe if you guys created anything slightly artistic you'd understand.
I certainly wouldn't want anything I created used for a cause I don't believe in.
And just stop, most of you obviously know nothing of intellectual property laws.
Big fuckin do. Tootie fuckin fruity. Don't be such a fucking drag. It's election year, your songs suck anyway. I know what I know,
and I know I don't like these fucking nutsacks. Obama hangs out
with sexual predators and terrorist, maybe he came from Texas to.
Good good - FF
Bad Bad - Republican naughty people
Foo fighters…………………………….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Re: Billvie Bicks –
Perhaps if Sarah Palin understood the lyrics to "Barracuda", she wouldn't be using it as her anthem, since it has more to do with sleazy, corporate greed and the music industry's attitude toward women, rather than female empowerment– unless Sarah is trying to tell us something about her real relationship with McCain.
FUCK MC CAIN!
This mother fucker doesn't thinks he's above the law. He doesn't sound like a good type of person to put in charge of this country.
This song was written for Kurt Cobain. I cried when I watched the live performance because you could see the love and the pain and the joy in Dave's eyes and hear it in his voice. As a musician I would be INCREDIBLY INSULTED for someone to take a song that was written in love and turn it into a fuckin background jingle-like tune for a scummy piece of shit campaign that identifies the exact OPPOSITE of who and what this song was originally about.
Still love this song. Mc Cain step away from the copywright infringement!
AND STOP ACTING LIKE YOUR MOTHER FUCKING RONALD REAGAN YOU TERD! HE PROBABLY IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE!!!!
FUCK MCCAIN-PALIN '08
VOTE OBAMA BITCHES
Re: AngeLa828 – hero? why does everyone keep saying he's a hero.. uhh.. he got caught. in my book that's a big FAIL. I mean, if your job is to not get caught.. and you get caught that pretty much makes you a horrible soldier.
Holy shit you McCain supporters are so fucking stupid. NONE of you know what you are talking about when it comes to this music rights stuff. You are all so damn stubborn like your "leader". If you guys win in the election, our country is done.
Re: littlestich – Better to be associated with a group that is being "investigated" than to have been involved in the Keating Scandal and actually be ONE of the 5 guys who took bribes (oh wait contributions of $1.3 billion). Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed in 1989, at a cost of $2 billion to the federal government. Way to go McCain, sound familiar people???
What are you hillbilly white supremacist KKK member kids talking about? If an artist does not endorse a candidate and his political views then he cannot use the artist's music. But why should we even try to explain something this simple to a bunch of brainless small town dwellers who are so out of touch with the world they think that Mccain's a hero…wow, the stupidity! Also, how come you Nazi kids are on this website in the first place? Back to church with you, internet's a Satan. I know some buck tooth married-to-your-cousin little racists who will be burning in hell for this…hahahaha
Re: littlestich – You need to check out McCain's plans and the woman that he has for VP - her husband would like for Alaska to become it's very own country, kind of like the civil war.Re: littlestich – IF WE HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT!!!! It doesn't even matter, because of McCain's scandals with his lack of regulation of banks, savings and loans, etc. the big CEOs he so loves will piss all our money away anyway, better off putting it under your mattress.
I don't know why I can't get the words to appear in columns, but I think its really important you all see this chart prepared by the Tax Policy Institute - they do it ever election (non-partisian) as a service so folks can see the breakdown:
Tax Policy Institute:
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Income McCain Obama
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Over $2.87 million: Decrease: 4.4% Increase: 11.5%
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$603,403.00+ Decrease: 3.4 Increase: 8.7
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$226,982.00+ Decrease: 3.1 no change
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$160,973.00+: Decrease: 3.0 Decrease: 1.9
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$111,646.00+ Decrease: 2.5 Decrease: 2.1
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$66,355.00 +: Decrease: 1.4 Decrease: 1.8
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$37,596.00 +: Decrease: 0.7 Decrease: 2.4
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$18,982.00 + Decrease: 0.5 Decrease: 3.6
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$ -0- $18,981 Decrease: 0.2 Decrease: 5.5
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As you can see — yes, Obama is raising the taxes for those who make over $600,000.00. But look at McSAME's breakdown: The BIGGEST BREAK is for the WEALTHIEST people.
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YET, McCain will say in his ad's "I won't raise taxes, Obama will" — but take a look folks — look up your income, and do the comparison . . . . and wonder why McCain is giving the relief to the wealthiest.
that's really sad to hear that the Foo Fighters didn't like how McCain tried to use their song.. . But tis true, he should've asked permission. I'm a McCain supporter but it was wrong of him to do so.