Newt Gingrich vs. Survivor

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The latest musicians to get upset at Republicans for appropriating a song without permission: the band Survivor, whose song “Eye of the Tiger” has been used by Newt Gingrich for years.

The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., contends Gingrich has used the song since 2009 to herald his arrival at rallies and public events.

The lawsuit says Gingrich uses the song without the permission of Frank Sullivan, who with Jim Peterik, composed the song and copyrighted it in 1982.

The lawsuit asks for an injunction to prevent Gingrich from using the song, as well as damages and attorneys’ fees.

I’d actually be in favor of never hearing “Eye of the Tiger” again, for any purpose.

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49 comments
1 Flounder  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 10:58:24am

"ITS THE EYE OF THE TIGER..."
Cmon everybody hands in the air!!

2 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 10:59:22am

Republican candidates can't seem to get any musicians good or even mediocre in this case to allow them to play their songs.

3 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 10:59:46am

Try the rye or the kaiser,
They're our special tonight.
If you want, you can have an appetizer
You might like our salami and the liver’s alright
And they'd really go well with the rye or the kaiser

4 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:00:43am

re: #3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

PEWPEWPEW.

5 jamesfirecat  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:01:07am

"I’d actually be in favor of never hearing “Eye of the Tiger” again, for any purpose."

But it was used for the most perfect stage setting montage ever at the start of Rocky III!

6 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:01:17am

A friend of mine told me about the time that she and her brother were driving across the I-5 bridge. Eye of the Tiger was on and he turned it up. The windows were down because it was an old VW bug with no AC.

Then the shocks went out (old VW bug, remember).

Now they're driving across the bridge, bouncing to the beat. She wanted to die.

7 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:01:51am

re: #4 Varek Raith

PEWPEWPEW.

Image: pizzagrab.gif

8 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:03:54am

My dad and his brothers had a little ping pong tournament between them and my one uncle decided to come out to Eye of the Tiger with a towel on his head imitating a boxer. Was pretty funny stuff but my oldest uncle ultimately prevailed.

9 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:06:35am
Youtube Video
10 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:08:52am

THE DAY IS MINE!

11 wrenchwench  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:08:59am

re: #9 Charles

Here I thought Kragar made that up on the spot....

12 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:10:16am

re: #11 wrenchwench

Here I thought Kragar made that up on the spot...

That's what he wanted you to think.
He's a crafty bugger.
/

13 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:11:12am

re: #12 Varek Raith

That's what he wanted you to think.
He's a crafty bugger.
/

Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

14 erik_t  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:11:19am

No word yet on Muzak's pending suit against Mitt Romney.

/

15 Interesting Times  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:11:53am
LOLGOP
To: Republicans. From: Every musician except Ted Nugent. Don't use our goddamn music. Thanks.
16 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:13:28am

re: #15 publicityStunted

And Damn Yankees, and plenty of pop-country dudes.

17 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:13:34am

re: #14 erik_t

No word yet on Muzak's pending suit against Mitt Romney.

/

Let him use any music he wants with one iron clad promise-No more singing by Mitt ever.

18 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:14:14am

re: #9 Charles

[Video]

Okay that got LOL's all over my office. Well played.

19 Bulworth  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:15:04am
I’d actually be in favor of never hearing “Eye of the Tiger” again, for any purpose.

Yeah.

20 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:15:08am

Newt promises to undo the damages done to America in the 60s and 70s

Gingrich: One of the great challenges we have is that we now have to undo the damage done in the ’60s and ’70s by a movement that somehow thought it could reinvent being human and the fact is it couldn’t. There are very wise rules that have grown up over a very long time and I think when we try to break those rules—I always tell people you could understand the world we’re in right this minute if you can come to grips with Paul’s letters because in many ways he’s writing about being Christian in a pagan world, and a great deal of what’s happened is that our elites have driven us towards a kind of paganism that they don’t think of as paganism, they think it’s modern and clever, but in fact it’s not anything new or different. So I think one of the great challenges for us is to stand up for religion and to stand up for the lessons, both in personal life and in religious freedom, that are at the heart of any kind of healthy society.

21 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:16:35am

I love that Google Adsense immediately serves up ads for:

Eye Condition
Itchy Eye
Survivor Gear

22 Bulworth  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:17:48am
There are very wise rules that have grown up over a very long time and I think when we try to break those rules—I always tell people you could understand the world we’re in right this minute if you can come to grips with Paul’s letters because in many ways he’s writing about being Christian in a pagan world, and a great deal of what’s happened is that our elites have driven us towards a kind of paganism that they don’t think of as paganism.

So, in other words, we need a Shariah Christian Law to rule America.

23 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:18:07am

OK, now this is just horrifying. Inbread animals:

[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

24 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:19:19am

re: #23 Charles

OK, now this is just horrifying. Inbread animals:

[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

Heh!
*Shakes head*

25 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:19:29am

Okay one exemption for those who should have Eye Of the Tiger when they walk into a room....
[Link: verybadfrog.com...]

Image: White-tigers-1.jpg

26 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:19:50am

re: #23 Charles

OK, now this is just horrifying. Inbread animals:

[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

That's so cruel!

27 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:20:29am

re: #21 Charles

I love that Google Adsense immediately serves up ads for:

Eye Condition
Itchy Eye
Survivor Gear

What

no tiger balm!?

28 wrenchwench  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:21:22am

Then there's the in bed animals...

29 jamesfirecat  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:21:38am

re: #21 Charles

I love that Google Adsense immediately serves up ads for:

Eye Condition
Itchy Eye
Survivor Gear

No pet tigers?

//Truly our glory days are behind us....

30 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:22:36am

His Imperial Majesty Self-Designate, Newt the First, was stamping out the opposition today; literally, when he sent his goons to step on the toes of a Ron Paul supporter whose sign was too close to the imperial personage. The Paulist peasant was there first by all accounts, but Newt and the imperial entourage chose the spot for themselves.

‘Everyone step on his toes!’ Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter: Scenes from the Florida primary

Is this a preview of the Newt administration's approach to civil liberties?

31 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:22:47am

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Newt promises to undo the damages done to America in the 60s and 70s

Yeah damn those people who wanted equal rights for all. And lol at all the references to paganism. Given paganism's huge influence on Christianity that's laughable as is Newt trying to act like the 60's and 70's protests were so terrible. What a pos that guy is.

32 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:24:11am

re: #31 HappyWarrior

Yeah damn those people who wanted equal rights for all. And lol at all the references to paganism. Given paganism's huge influence on Christianity that's laughable as is Newt trying to act like the 60's and 70's protests were so terrible. What a pos that guy is.

"OK, no more Easter eggs or Christmas trees."
"WHY DO YOU HATE CHRISTIANS?!"

33 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:24:48am
Youtube Video
34 Bulworth  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:25:02am
So I think one of the great challenges for us is to stand up for religion and to stand up for the lessons, both in personal life and in religious freedom, that are at the heart of any kind of healthy society.

This is bordering on Palinesque word salad.

35 Randall Gross  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:26:02am

Charles, you are evil for having reminded me that this song existed. Payback is due.

"Skyrockets at night..."

36 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:26:43am

re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"OK, no more Easter eggs or Christmas trees."
"WHY DO YOU HATE CHRISTIANS?!"

Seriously, Newt's playing pseudo-historian again and talking out of his asshole.

37 Lidane  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:28:34am

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Newt promises to undo the damages done to America in the 60s and 70s

I will be so happy when the 60's and 70's stop mattering in politics. Some of us came of age in the 80's and 90's and we're getting sick of the Vietnam war and hippies still being the focus of every goddamn presidential race.

Even Barack Obama wasn't immune to this shit, despite being a child in the 1960's. WTF.

38 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:28:48am

re: #30 Shiplord Kirel

His Imperial Majesty Self-Designate, Newt the First, was stamping out the opposition today; literally, when he sent his goons to step on the toes of a Ron Paul supporter whose sign was too close to the imperial personage. The Paulist peasant was there first by all accounts, but Newt and the imperial entourage chose the spot for themselves.

‘Everyone step on his toes!’ Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter: Scenes from the Florida primary

Is this a preview of the Newt administration's approach to civil liberties?

Pretty much. I posted this during the SC debate.

39 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:28:50am

re: #35 Thanos

Charles, you are evil for having reminded me that this song existed. Payback is due.

"Skyrockets at night.in flight.."

FTFY

40 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:29:35am

re: #37 Lidane

I will be so happy when the 60's and 70's stop mattering in politics. Some of us came of age in the 80's and 90's and we're getting sick of the Vietnam war and hippies still being the focus of every goddamn presidential race.

Even Barack Obama wasn't immune to this shit, despite being a child in the 1960's. WTF.

Yeah no kidding. Oh and when they attack Obama over it, the shitheads usually bring up his Mom and her interest in different cultures as if that's a bad thing.

41 Vicious Michigan Union Thug  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:29:38am

I saw this headline and I thought "Newt Gingrich is going to be on Survivor"?

SURVIVOR: GOP Nomination OUTWIT OUTLAST OUTPLAY

It would be really cool to hold the primary "Survivor" style, though I don't think I would like to see pasty Newt, et al wearing loincloths.

42 abolitionist  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:32:46am

Newt comparing himself to Paul = Help, I'm being repressed!

43 wrenchwench  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:33:14am

re: #35 Thanos

Charles, you are evil for having reminded me that this song existed. Payback is due.

"Skyrockets at night..."

What am I, collateral damage?

44 Decatur Deb  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:34:27am

re: #37 Lidane

I will be so happy when the 60's and 70's stop mattering in politics. Some of us came of age in the 80's and 90's and we're getting sick of the Vietnam war and hippies still being the focus of every goddamn presidential race.

Even Barack Obama wasn't immune to this shit, despite being a child in the 1960's. WTF.

Ahem. Suck it up.

45 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:36:27am

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You have a typo in the page you just posted—Gaffney only has one "f".

46 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:39:57am

re: #45 CuriousLurker

You have a typo in the page you just posted—Gaffney only has one "f".

Gaffeney?

47 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:42:56am

re: #46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Gaffeney?

No, your title says "Gafney" and it should be "Gaffney".

48 Kragar  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:45:15am

re: #47 CuriousLurker

No, your title says "Gafney" and it should be "Gaffney".

fixed

49 foobear2  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 2:08:54pm

This sort of thing seems to happen on a regular basis, and the campaigns just never seem to learn.

If a campaign likes a particular song, I've never understood why they don't just get a cover band to record it under a compulsory mechanical license, and just play that.

Charles, am I off-base, or is that how the mechanical license thing works?


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