Foo Fighters Pissed at McCain

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Oct 9, 2008 11:02 PM #270079
http://ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/foo_fighters_blast_john_mccain_for_using_their_song.html

Quote from Foo Fighters

The band writes, "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. We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song — and start asking artists' permission in general."


Bad McCain. Bad.
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Oct 9, 2008 11:12 PM #270100
What a douche D:<
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Oct 9, 2008 11:15 PM #270102
Kick his ass, Davey!
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Oct 9, 2008 11:22 PM #270112
I love how McCain backs up the RIAA.
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Oct 10, 2008 12:44 AM #270161
They did that with Baraccuda by Heart, too

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/05/mccain-palin-embrace-barracuda/
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Oct 10, 2008 12:51 AM #270164
They had that CoD2 soundtrack too.
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Oct 10, 2008 1:31 AM #270176
If obama did this by accident, probably no one give a shit about it.
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Oct 10, 2008 1:33 AM #270178
Quote from Nukem
If obama did this by accident, probably no one give a shit about it.
Because it's racist to liek him because he's black right?


Anyway, you don't accidentally steal songs over and over again.
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Oct 10, 2008 1:55 AM #270182
Jesus crist dude. I was just pionting that out because thats generly probably what would happen if it did happen. First Time McCain did it, people hated him. If Obama did it, no one would care. Why? McCain is running republican, so that makes him automaticly gay to a lot of people. Yes it is stupid doing that multiples times, but I was saying IF Obama did it. I even wonder if people would still care if he did it more than once.
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Oct 10, 2008 1:59 AM #270185
Quote from Nukem
Jesus crist dude. I was just pionting that out because thats generly probably what would happen if it did happen. First Time McCain did it, people hated him. If Obama did it, no one would care. Why? McCain is running republican, so that makes him automaticly gay to a lot of people. Yes it is stupid doing that multiples times, but I was saying IF Obama did it. I even wonder if people would still care if he did it more than once.
I try to indicate sarcasm by leaving subtle hints like spelling the word "liek" instead of "like". The joke was that you were defending a republican. One of the funniest (if not ignorant) assumptions is that Obama is liked because he's black.

As for the assumption part, I don't think that's fair. Everyone is digging up each others' dirt. The only unfair thing would be to say that one of them is immune from spite.
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Oct 10, 2008 3:49 AM #270222
I don't like the Foo Fighters, but I will defend to the death their right to oppose McCain's selfish unauthorized use of the songs.