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Silversun Pickups Stop Mitt Romney From Using Their Song
The rock group Silversun Pickups is objecting to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign using their song 'Panic Switch.'
WRCB-TV reports that the Silversun Pickups' attorney sent a cease and desist letter to Romney's campaign on Wednesday.
According to a press release by Silversun Pickups lead singer Brian Aubert, the band "has no intention of endorsing the Romney campaign."
"We don't like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don't like the Romney campaign. We're nice, approachable people. We won't bite. Unless you're Mitt Romney!"
"We were very close to just letting this go because the irony was too good. While he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole campaign, we doubt that 'Panic Switch' really sends the message he intends."
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said the tune was accidentally played: "As anyone who attends Gov. Romney's events knows, this is not a song we would have played intentionally. That said, it was covered under the campaign's regular blanket license, but we will not play it again."
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Gotta love people going
Gotta love people going beyond copyright laws... twits.
Never heard of it or them
Never heard of it or them
There is no offense, if none is taken
Does it matter? Apparently,
Does it matter? Apparently, the obscurity is what republicans are using to get away with breaking the law!
You might want to get past
You might want to get past that. There was no law broken. The campaign has licensing with BMI and ASCAP. What happened here were some obscure puppies thought they could get more publicity creating controversy than by having their song played a couple of times at a local event. It is out of courtesy that the campaign has decided not to use their song in the future. However, the song title is pretty descriptive of the band and the Obama campaign.
I would like to hear the song
I would like to hear the song though. Maybe it's on YouTube.
There is no offense, if none is taken
It took me a whole 30 seconds
It took me a whole 30 seconds to find it on a Google search.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG8fugqFn9Q
It actually isn't too bad, but you have to like Rock and Roll.
Let's hope they never play on Letterman. I've noticed that groups that do that never end up going anywhere, unless they are already well known to begin with.
The insanity principle is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. The far right, the far left, vegans, creationists and other extremists believe in the insanity principle, religiously.
WOW - this is really
WOW - this is really earthshaking....now if I can just remember the name of the band????????
Wow, it would be great if you
Wow, it would be great if you could read. Your sarcastic responses in favor of lawbreaking republicans who suppress votes, steal elections and continue to infringe upon the rights that protect musicians is really earthshaking.
Too much kool-aid Marine...
Too much kool-aid Marine... no laws broken here, and manipulation of the vote count has been a democrat trademark for decades!
This does seem to be a
This does seem to be a pattern with the GOP: Reagan ran afoul of John Mellencamp for trying to use "little pink houses", McCain ran afoul of Jackson Browne for using "Running on empty", Palin earned the ire of Heart for using "Barracuda".
"Say and use whatever you want - by the time the misrepresented artists speak up, the damage is done" shouldn't be standard procedure.
Yet the blanket license is
Yet the blanket license is SOP. If I were you I'd direct my rage at ASCAP for selling the license in the first place.