Who cares? Seriously, when was the last time anyone thought of the Wilson sisters?

Send for the waaaaaaaaaahmbulance.

Oh, so that's who the Wilsons are. I used to like that song but from now on I'll probably turn it off when I hear it.

Eh, this story comes up time and time again when the GOP uses songs in 'fair use.'

Because there is a decided disproportionate amount of moonbattiness in arts, and it is just likely that whatever song you pick will be a moonbat.

They make their little protest press release, and that's all we hear about it.

Why are they complaining? Palin could boost their record sales.

BTW, I saw TMZ TV for the first time last night. What a bunch of human debris.

What are the rules? It was a private gathering and no admission was charged at the door so I think they're allowed to use whatever music they like. I guess the complaints are bad publicity. I guess they could play Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper.

Always struck me as odd that, after releasing a piece of music, they could actually CHOOSE people who weren't allowed to pay for it and use it as music...

re: #1 jester6

Who cares? Seriously, when was the last time anyone thought of the Wilson sisters?

exactly,
i bet they're happy it was used.

I should've seen that coming...

re: #7 Killgore Trout

What are the rules? It was a private gathering and no admission was charged at the door so I think they're allowed to use whatever music they like. I guess the complaints are bad publicity. I guess they could play Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper.

Yes, but for whom?

re: #7 Killgore Trout

Or Frank Zappa.

Don't they like real-life female barracudas? Pity.

I was wondering about that...

Still, they shoulda asked - it would have been the polite / right thing to do, and it's not smart to give the libs anything to whine about (like they need something valid).

Maybe if the GOP sends Ann a free supply of ice cream, they'll reconsider.

Darn.

I guess my one and only Heart CD is going on the trade-in pile.

And erase all the Heart MP#'s from the hard drive too.

re: #1 jester6

Who cares? Seriously, when was the last time anyone thought of the Wilson sisters?

I think Weight Watchers has thought about Ann once or twice, Nancy still looks hot!

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

John McCain ended the big rally introducing Sarah Palin as his running mate with the Van Halen song "Right Now," and the band is not pleased

Singer Jackson Browne, who is apparently a supporter of Senator Obama's presidential campaign, has sued Senator McCain for allegedly using a Browne song in an advertisement without permission. Of course, this isn't as clear cut as you might believe. McCain's campaign points out that the ad isn't actually from the campaign. And, while it's true that there's no compulsory license for pairing a song with a video

and so on

Suggestion for Ann Wilson....Nutrisystem
Suggestion for the other one...Guitar Lessons

Amazing. They have been playing the county fair circuit the last few years. They'd see a resurgence in sales if they just went with it (they may anyway).

Just the same, an artist's work is a cultural contribution. They lose control of that and what it comes to mean upon releasing the work. Those that try to control the meaning of the work after it has been out for a while lose a bit of their legitimacy as "artists" IMO.

Idiots. They could make money out of this somehow. They should latch on to Sarah Palin and encourage it. Cease and desist Increase and assist! They should play 'Barracuda' everywhere they go!

re: #14 Old Buick Tanker

I was wondering about that...

Still, they shoulda asked - it would have been the polite / right thing to do, and it's not smart to give the libs anything to whine about (like they need something valid).

Trying to keep a liberal from whining is like trying to keep a fish from swimming.

they just don't want their friends to think they associate with right wingers. the gop doesn't need their permission anyway.

Stop!

Or we'll issue another sternly worded letter!

re: #18 Dave the.....

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

Can you link to that please?

re: #1 jester6

Who cares? Seriously, when was the last time anyone thought of the Wilson sisters?

They did a great version of Battle of Evermore. It's on youtube, but I might not link to it. Nancy is still hot, at least in the video (2002)

re: #7 Killgore Trout

...I guess they could play Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper.

Ted would have been a great opener.
Cat Scratch Fever, BWU-HAHAHAHahahahaha!

;^)

Legally, I'm pretty darn sure the GOP can use the songs, under the terms of fair use (Lizard lawyers, chime in if you wish)

But the LLL artist always feels the need to make a little press noise so that no one will even suspect that they (gasp) support those right-wingers.

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

re: #11 Ford_Prefect

Well, I guess McCain/Palin could lose support all four members of the Heart / Wilson Sisters fan club. But as long as they still the Fogghat vote they should be OK.

I will check now, but I am pretty sure Wilson sisters and male band members headed up to Canada to avoid the draft back in the day and returned after amnesty was granted. They would have deep philosophical differences with the Repubs. To say the least.

re: #12 laZardo

Or Frank Zappa.

"Harder Than Your Husband"?

Sarah Palin Is My Girl

/by Ted Nugent

re: #1 jester6

Who cares? Seriously, when was the last time anyone thought of the Wilson sisters?

Well it's not like we do the really good things like cut taxes, fight Reds and other barbarians, and emancipate slaves...oh...that is what we do!

If the Republicans had to get permission they would only be allowed to play contemporary country music, Ted Nugent...and Wayne Newton.

/...maybe Kiss.

But let's not forget that country singer John Rich wrote a song just for McCain:

Raising McCain.

"He stayed strong, stayed extra long til they let all the other boys out. Now we've got a real man with an American plan, we're going to put him in the big White House," the song says. Its refrain: "We're all just raising McCain."

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

Really?

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

I did not know that.

re: #23 Ford_Prefect

Trying to keep a liberal from whining is like trying to keep a fish from swimming.

Well, yeah. You got me there.

Oh, the song is Barracuda...I thought Ann Wilson was always singing "Tins of Tuna." And isn't another "popular" Heart song called "Crazy on Food?" My bad...

We don't have to listen to any of their music. I think sometimes these stars forget that we are their customers. Without us, their cushy lifestyle goes away.

OT: McCain up 5 points at intrade. Trading at record high.

The wheels are going to come off the Obama Bus this weekend when Gallup and Rasmussen bath have him behind McCain.

But the Bus won't lose too much momentum - all the bodies underneath will provide little rolling resistance.

re: #18 Dave the.....

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

I guess they asked their mommys as they left the basement...

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

I'd be kind of upset if my male member were drafted.

/

Hey I have nothing against Heart, Van Halen, or anyone else who prefers their music not be used for political purposes. I'm still going to listen to their music. I'm still going to vote the way I want.

re: #36 Ringo the Gringo

If the Republicans had to get permission they would only be allowed to play contemporary country music, Ted Nugent...and Wayne Newton.

/...maybe Kiss.

Gene Simmons doesn't seem to be a moonbat.

LOSERS!

So, any truth to the rumor that "Magic Man" is about Charles Manson? I've heard that one for years.

figures.

But too late. the convention is over.

Nancy Wilson is married to Cameron Crowe. Hollywood's former Rolling Stone wunderkind who hasn't had a successful movie in 80 years. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But there's no way they want to be associated with a campaign that Hollywood so abhors.

They may be typical leftist morons, but I still love the song. And I still love Crazy On You and Magic Man.

What can I say. I'm a conservative and therefore I have an open mind.

re: #41 cyclown

Oh, the song is Barracuda...I thought Ann Wilson was always singing "Tins of Tuna." And isn't another "popular" Heart song called "Crazy on Food?" My bad...

*meow*

re: #20 kansas

Suggestion for Ann Wilson....Nutrisystem
Suggestion for the other one...Guitar Lessons

Another suggestion for Nancy, fire the cosmetologist.

re: #32 snowcrash

I will check now, but I am pretty sure Wilson sisters and male band members headed up to Canada to avoid the draft back in the day and returned after amnesty was granted. They would have deep philosophical differences with the Repubs. To say the least.

Here is the Wikipedia on the band. No reason to think it's wrong, they aren't conservative.

Is anyone here an IP attorney?

Do the Wilson's have a case, or are they just whining because their music was played in a venue they disapprove of?

It seems to me that the authors of books don't get to choose who reads them after publication.

What are the laws where the public performance of recorded music are concerned?

If they do have a case, I expect them to sue. If they don't, then I expect them to continue whining about it. The issue might even get picked up as a moonbat talking point (The Republican's are thieves! yearrrgh!)

But seriously, is anyone here an IP attorney, or knows someone who is?

Although I work as an intellectual property lawyer, I don't do much in the copyright licensing field any more. However, when I was doing this a few years ago, if a client of mine was going to have a convention or a trade show and wants to play ASCAP or BMI music at it's booth, it would approach ASCAP and/or BMI and buy a license to play ALL of that company's music at the event in question. Permission from any one of the artists was NOT required.

This is different from using songs as background on campaign videos.

Now, Heart may have some other claim about right of publicity (i.e., that using the music incorrectly implies permission or sponsorship), but as far as I know, on the copyright claim, the answer to their attorneys is "we got a license, so go pound salt."

re: #34 Killian Bundy

Sarah Palin Is My Girl

/by Ted Nugent

Ha, "Fedzilla". That's a new one to me but it's going to stick.

So does that mean they are Obama supporters LOL LOL

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

Canada is a dangerous place. Møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti.

re: #45 Occasional Reader

I just knew somebody was going to go there.

/Which is of course, why I left it there.

re: #2 MandyManners

Send for the waaaaaaaaaahmbulance.

I hear the siren now! *whaaaa whaaaa whaaaaaa whaaaaaaaaaaaa*

re: #47 MandyManners

Gene Simmons doesn't seem to be a moonbat.

And he's almost as old as McCain now.

I was wondering the same what the copy right rules were pertaining to using music for a free, public event.

Seems to me that would preclude a whole lot of situations where music is played over loudspeakers where there is an audience.

re: #60 Occasional Reader

Canada is a dangerous place. Møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti.

A moose bit my sister once

re: #51 kynna

They may be typical leftist morons, but I still love the song. And I still love Crazy On You and Magic Man.

What can I say. I'm a conservative and therefore I have an open mind.

Yeah, I'm still a fan, too...."These Dreams"....

You mean Sarahcuda successfully jumped the shark?

Making fun of people's appearance is not cool.

maybe the bloated obese wilson sister needs more royalty money for chocolates and stuff.

just sayin'

re: #41 cyclown

Oh, the song is Barracuda...I thought Ann Wilson was always singing "Tins of Tuna." And isn't another "popular" Heart song called "Crazy on Food?" My bad...

R.O.F.L.

Now I gotta get the Dr Pepper off my keyboard. ;^)
Thanks for the belly-laugh!

re: #54 CyanSnowHawk

Johnny Ramone was conservative.

Who owns the rights to the song?

The artists, or the record company?

And once was enough.

And for full disclosure, I posted that song right here at this site.

re: #51 kynna

Nancy Wilson is married to Cameron Crowe. Hollywood's former Rolling Stone wunderkind who hasn't had a successful movie in 80 years. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But there's no way they want to be associated with a campaign that Hollywood so abhors.

They may be typical leftist morons, but I still love the song. And I still love Crazy On You and Magic Man.

What can I say. I'm a conservative and therefore I have an open mind.

My favorite album was "Dog and Butterfly". Used to crank that sucker up loud, back in 1978-79.

re: #55 leereyno

Is anyone here an IP attorney?

Do the Wilson's have a case, or are they just whining because their music was played in a venue they disapprove of?

It seems to me that the authors of books don't get to choose who reads them after publication.

What are the laws where the public performance of recorded music are concerned?

If they do have a case, I expect them to sue. If they don't, then I expect them to continue whining about it. The issue might even get picked up as a moonbat talking point (The Republican's are thieves! yearrrgh!)

But seriously, is anyone here an IP attorney, or knows someone who is?

I believe, that if you pay the ASCAP fees, you can play it at your discretion.

re: #60 Occasional Reader

Canada is a dangerous place. Møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti.

Sarah Palin knows how to deal with moose.

re: #47 MandyManners

From what I have seen he seem to be very good business man. He could be a moonbat, but if he is he is hiding it well.

I still love the irony that the song was written because the sisters were pissed off at some asshole (in the media) who started spreading lies about them.

re: #64 Nancy

See my response in #56...one still has to secure a license. ASCAP and BMI employ tons of investigators whose jobs involve going into bars which have live bands or PA systems and forcing them to buy licenses if ASCAP/BMI music is played....and they will sue at the drop of a hat if the bar does not cave in immediately.

Who cares if the Republicans played a 25 plus-year-old song for Sarah-Barracuda? The Wilson sisters should be happy anyone is playing one of their songs. In front of 40 million people, no less.

re: #65 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
My son was bitten by a donkey at the petting zoo at the TX State Fair! Coincidence, I think not!

Chicks shouldn't be rock stars or rock musicians anyway.

They should stay home and take care of their families.

re: #53 The Other Les

Another suggestion for Nancy, fire the cosmetologist.

Or just blow (quit) the Church of Cosmetology altogether.

I wonder if they even own the rights? They may have long ago gave up the rights.
Just probably trying to impress their liberal friends.

Moöse bitës cän be vërri näasti

Hey Mandy, here's an article I thought you'd find interesting:

Cheerleading accidents may fly under the radar

re: #65 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

A moose bit my sister once

No, really. It did.

re: #65 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

A moose bit my sister once

She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush...

Frankly, is this the best the left-leaning folks can give as a reply to the Republican convention? Is this it? Some complaint about using music without permission? There's nothing else they can focus on, like, say, substantial issues?

I know. I keep imagining that the left can actually use the brain cells they have been given. And I keep getting disappointed.

re: #72 Ben Hur

Who owns the rights to the song?

The artists, or the record company?

And once was enough.

And for full disclosure, I posted that song right here at this site.

Nancy Wilson almost filed a Cease and Desist order against Ben Hur, but then she got confused with the Moses issue and thought it was Obama. You're safe.

re: #47 MandyManners

Gene Simmons doesn't seem to be a moonbat.

That's why I said maybe Kiss.

re: #45 Occasional Reader

I'd be kind of upset if my male member were drafted.

/

Depends on who is doing the drafting. ;-)

re: #63 CyanSnowHawk

And he's almost as old as McCain now.

Chaim is 57.

re: #81 Ben Hur

Chicks shouldn't be rock stars or rock musicians anyway.

They should stay home and take care of their families.

Now, now. That rule doesn't apply to both sides, and you know that. :D

re: #73 Ward Cleaver

My favorite album was "Dog and Butterfly". Used to crank that sucker up loud, back in 1978-79.

Have you heard the parody of that song? Doin' it Doggystyle. It's hysterical.

Y'know, I don't much care.

I listen to what I like that's on the iPod (and right now that's Hillbilly Casino, as it happens) so this is really a non-event.

Of course, I don't confuse Herbie Hancocks' musical abilities with political wisdom. (ditto for Barbara Streisand, ditto for the Wilson Sisters....you get the idea)

The convention was probably fair use, but if a copyright isn't defended "vigorously and consistently" then the material can end up public domain, so this may just be pro-forma. More likely the Wilson Sisters are flaming moonbats who want nothing to do with a conservative woman... but we really don't know that yet.

BTW - has anyone asked The Pretenders about where they stand? Limbaugh uses the riff from "Ohio", after all...

Mew

Chicks shouldn't be in business.

Who would be pissed that 40 million people heard a song from a band that the world forgot?

Iron my shirt!

re: #76 mattm

From what I have seen he seem to be very good business man. He could be a moonbat, but if he is he is hiding it well.

I think he's a Republican. I don't know where I got that, though.

Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains did Barracuda much better than Heart ever could, at the VH1 rock honors last year. They should use this version in the future.

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

I'm so immature that that made me giggle.

Cameron Crowe made Almost Famous in 2000, which was a very good movie and introduced me to the hotness that is Kate Hudson.

If Crowe is a moonbat, he doesn't insert his religion into his movies.

re: #85 Ward Cleaver

Hey Mandy, here's an article I thought you'd find interesting:

Cheerleading accidents may fly under the radar

They need to throw them higher I guess.

401 downdings for annefrance, mine included...

re: #32 snowcrash

I will check now, but I am pretty sure Wilson sisters and male band members headed up to Canada to avoid the draft back in the day and returned after amnesty was granted. They would have deep philosophical differences with the Repubs. To say the least.

While it may be true that they moved to Canada to avoid the draft, it's also true that there was no draft at the time. The draft eneded in 1973, as I recall. The band known as Heart didn't exist in its well-known form until 1974, and nobody outside of Seattle heard of them until 1976.

So, they're not just moonbats, they're deeply stupid moonbats (yes, I realize that many people woud conisder that redundant).

I knew it called it yesterday

re: #74 CyanSnowHawk

I think you are correct- if you buy the ASCAP license for this event, you get to play all of their music and the artists can whine all they want...but there is no copyright claim.

Everyone (musicians and just us regular Joes and Janes) has a "right of publicity" allowing them to control use of one's name or image that implies sponsorship of a product or service. Therefore, the only claim that the musicians might have is that use of the song implies that the musician is a supporter.

There could really be some copyright violations issues with using music without permission. According to the current copyright laws our church cannot play a CD of worship music before and after our worship services even though the church bought the CD. That is considered a public performance. It's absolutely ridiculous but that is the law.

I argued this a couple of weeks ago with a music publisher and he agreed it was stupid.

I attended a KISS concert a couple of years ago...which was awesome by the way! They were very patriotic, and slamming Islamic terrorists the whole time. Lots of American flags lit up with fireworks, and even red, white, and blue confetti (if I remember correctly).

re: #47 MandyManners

Gene Simmons doesn't seem to be a moonbat.

re: #101 leereyno

Cameron Crowe made Almost Famous in 2000, which was a very good movie and introduced me to the hotness that is Kate Hudson.

If Crowe is a moonbat, he doesn't insert his religion into his movies.

My brother made it to the final rounds of call backs to be the lead in that movie.

Musicians can tell you that you can't play their songs at your party?

re: #103 Abu Kuffar

401 downdings for annefrance, mine included...

Maybe Charles needs to have a "10 worst comments" area to go along with
"top 10 comments." Of course, then everyone would go back and downding the bad ones again, thus creating a perpetual cycle.

But that's focusing on the negative. Bad idea.

re: #85 Ward Cleaver

Hey Mandy, here's an article I thought you'd find interesting:

Cheerleading accidents may fly under the radar

Oh, dear me. There needs to be more monitoring. When I fell off the pyramid and broke both my arms and my cocyx, I had more severe injuries than the football team and basketball team combined for that year.

re: #108 iirightii

Try not to call for someone's death here, please.

re: #87 Fat Jolly Penguin

She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush...

...given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

For some reason, I kept confusing the voice of Heart with Stevie Nicks.

/and check out what she does on the side...

I could care less about what they two old hags think but I do feel that our side has ample songs to pick from and they are from Patriotic Americans. It is about time to start asking those in public profile to come forward who support or ticket. Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Jackie Mason are all fine but there are many more and they should be enlisted. The left is great at making it appear that the Hollywood class is alligned with them and it really is not the case...

re: #105 bulwrk

I knew it called it yesterday

So you did! Eerily prescient.

re: #98 shanimal1918

Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains did Barracuda much better than Heart ever could, at the VH1 rock honors last year. They should use this version in the future.

Just a quickie. If "artists" really had a say on who could play their "music" then they might find out that those whom they allow to play the stuff might not add up to enough do-re-mi to keep them in the style to which they are accustomed. by style, of course, I mean cocaine and other recreational refreshments.

ASCAP determines this, not the artist. Musicians might not like it, but if any organization pays the ASCAP fees -- the buyers have a right to use it. Period. And the ASCAP people? Wow. Talk about your barracudas! More like piranhas.

re: #98 shanimal1918

Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains did Barracuda much better than Heart ever could, at the VH1 rock honors last year. They should use this version in the future.

noted

re: #98 shanimal1918

Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains did Barracuda much better than Heart ever could, at the VH1 rock honors last year. They should use this version in the future.

Carlos Santana is a Moonbat.Saw him a few years ago.He was full of anti-Bush/war rants.

re: #119 The Other Les

Damn...

We apologise for the fault in the posts. Those responsible have been sacked.

re: #108 iirightii

"Stinky Beaument, Stinky Beaument, cleanup on aisle 108, cleanup on aisle 108. An asshole spilled onto the floor, may require asbestos gloves."

Get Ted Nuget to cover Barracuda and then play his version....

Problem solved!

re: #80 snowcrash

My son was bitten by a donkey at the petting zoo at the TX State Fair! Coincidence, I think not!

You mean The State Fair of Texas, right? Sorry, just being a little anal.

I've been bitten on the finger by donkeys at both Southfork Ranch, and the late Cleveland Amory's animal rescue place near Tyler.

re: #81 Ben Hur

Chicks shouldn't be rock stars or rock musicians anyway.

They should stay home and take care of their families.

hahahahahahhahahahaa

re: #113 MandyManners

Oh, dear me. There needs to be more monitoring. When I fell off the pyramid and broke both my arms and my cocyx, I had more severe injuries than the football team and basketball team combined for that year.

You wouldn't think it'd be hard to get volunteers to monitor cheerleaders....

Mew

(runs and hides behind the dryer)

If you define the music you listen to by the politics of the performer, you will pretty much end up listening to the sound of silence.

It's stupid. It isn't a "statement" or a boycott. It merely means you are stubborn and depriving yourself of music you could otherwise enjoy. But go ahead if it knocks you out.

I'm as conservative and Republican as they come, but music is music. It's unfortunate that angry leftists make the best music, but that's the state of affairs. Sort of like how alcoholics make the best chefs and writers.

However, I won't listen to music with lyrics that are downright offensive. But not a whole lot offends me, so I can listen to pretty much anything.

And that "Raising McCain" song was absolutely freaking awful. That was one of the worst pieces of drivel I have heard in a long time. The lyrics, as much as I agreed with them, were terrible! It sounded like it was written by a 5th grader. I'm sorry, but I'd be embarrassed to be McCain with that song...

I mean come on... "Shot down over Vietnam town"?

*shudder.

Sarah Palin was amazing though, and thoroughly cleansed my ears of that awful song.

And I never knew that about Heart...interesting. Never been a fan anyway.

I loved the piece of music that was played after Sarah's speech....some sort of march, the movement or theme of which was played again after McCain's. Anyone know what it was? I am off to looksee....

re: #129 Ward Cleaver

You mean The State Fair of Texas, right? Sorry, just being a little anal.

I've been bitten on the finger by donkeys at both Southfork Ranch, and the late Cleveland Amory's animal rescue place near Tyler.

Worst. Hobby. Ever.

(Sorry guys, sleep deprivation makes me silly.)

re: #108 iirightii

Asshole.

Quick good morning to the lizard empire! - since we're talking about pop figures here, I'm going to add my .02 to the Oprah kerfuffle and tell you what my young married-with-children GOP volunteer daughter said this a.m. about the problem: Oprah's scared to death that Palin will bring up more about Obama's votes and philosophy regarding the Born Alive Infant Act. Such an interview would be more heavily followed by audiences nationwide.

That's been fairly easy to conceal as it was buried by the MSM, and many young moms and dads who are sensitive about children's issues don't know the truth about Barry's heartless feelings toward live failed-abortion infants. That position alone could cost the Dems millions of votes....

Glad to see they took time out of their busy amusment park touring schedule, playing to adoring crowds of 125 or so persons, to register their unhappiness with this - so tell me, gals, what's it like to (briefly) be relevent again after thirty years? Don't get to used to it, though!

re: #92 MandyManners

Chaim is 57.

My first Rock album was Kiss Destroyer. I was a total fan for a long time. Joined the Kiss Army and everything. Had several of the big oval belt buckles popular in the late 70s with their logos. It was the 'flair' that I added to my Catholic school uniform. A loophole in their rules didn't specify acceptable belt buckles for the boys. I think I quit collecting their albums after Unmasked, but I still crank Detroit Rock City from time to time.

Møøse trained by TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA
Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor's Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME

re: #116 laZardo

For some reason, I kept confusing the voice of Heart with Stevie Nicks.

/and check out what she does on the side...

Good for Stevie! That's very refreshing to see.

re: #108 iirightii

Hey now, that was uncalled for. I agree she's a moonbat, but...

re: #18 Dave the.....

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

ROFLMAO!
The libtard nuts dont fall far from the libtard trees.
Que jodidos mas imbeciles. Y hablo de los padres.

re: #14 Old Buick Tanker

I disagree kindof - shows more celeb hypocrisy to the heartland ... people see this, Palin is more popular than the song and think a cease and desist letter, LAME. More support b/c people feel embattled by the media / hollywood / music establishment ... IMO

OFF TOPIC but for enjoyment..........

Lots of positive reviews but this was one of funnier ones published in the UK.

Palin shows us how it's done
From FERGUS SHANAHAN
in St Paul, Minnesota

EXCERPTS:
WHY, why, why can’t WE have a Sarah Palin?

That was the question churning in my mind as I witnessed this astonishing American presidential race.
A week ago few in Britain had heard of Palin.

Today, the moose-huntin’ mom is the most talked-about woman in the world.
And with good reason.

Her sensational performance at the Republican convention may turn out to be the moment the White House slipped from Barack Obama’s grasp.

She was an electrifying mix of passion, energy, optimism and plain speaking. The exact opposite of the slippery, two-faced, depressing bunch of third-raters who parade on our Westminster stage.

And consider this: If Obama loses, Hillary Clinton will run for the Democrats in 2012. Opposing her is sure to be Sarah Palin. That would guarantee America its first woman President.

And my fistful of dollars, having seen both in action here, would be on Palin.

We need a moose loose in our Hoose.

The whole article is here:
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]

re: #108 iirightii

(Lizards - sorry I pulled the quote) anyway... hey shithead, stop that.

re: #138 hl mencken

Glad to see they took time out of their busy amusment park touring schedule, playing to adoring crowds of 125 or so persons, to register their unhappiness with this - so tell me, gals, what's it like to (briefly) be relevent again after thirty years? Don't get to used to it, though!

Bawahahahahahaha! They should be thanking the GOP for the pity mention.

re: #109 Pyrocles

I attended a KISS concert a couple of years ago...which was awesome by the way! They were very patriotic, and slamming Islamic terrorists the whole time. Lots of American flags lit up with fireworks, and even red, white, and blue confetti (if I remember correctly).

He was hilarious when he took his daughter to Twentynine Palms. She kicked his ass.

re: #127 Honorary Yooper

"Stinky Beaument, Stinky Beaument, cleanup on aisle 108, cleanup on aisle 108. An asshole spilled onto the floor, may require asbestos gloves."

Dayum, Stinky works fast. Impressive! Never seen him in near-realtime before.

Mew

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re: #18 Dave the.....

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

Can you link to that please?

From today's Saint Paul paper. Yep, after promising violence for the past year, suddenly now that they are in jail, no one was violent. Kind of like high schoolers getting busted with beer.

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re: #95 MijaCat

Y'know, I don't much care.

I listen to what I like that's on the iPod (and right now that's Hillbilly Casino, as it happens) so this is really a non-event.

Of course, I don't confuse Herbie Hancocks' musical abilities with political wisdom. (ditto for Barbara Streisand, ditto for the Wilson Sisters....you get the idea)

The convention was probably fair use, but if a copyright isn't defended "vigorously and consistently" then the material can end up public domain, so this may just be pro-forma. More likely the Wilson Sisters are flaming moonbats who want nothing to do with a conservative woman... but we really don't know that yet.

BTW - has anyone asked The Pretenders about where they stand? Limbaugh uses the riff from "Ohio", after all...

Mew

Chrissie Hynde is a real moonbat; PETA type; arrested for throwing paint on fur and all that stuff.

re: #141 Occasional Reader

Good for Stevie! That's very refreshing to see.

She's very supportive of our troops (found that out a couple of years ago, when I found her Web site). And, she's still hot.

I don't heart Heart anymore.
But I DO heart McCain/Palin.
The Wilson sistahs won't make another dime off'n me.
Good morning Lizards.

re: #137 runrabbitrun

My husband and I went over to Oprah's site this morning (blergh!) to request a Palin appearance on the show. Even if you don't watch the show, it's a fun way to keep her from being able to claim that the viewers aren't interested in hearing from Palin.

re: #146 Walter L. Newton

re: #108 iirightii

(Lizards - sorry I pulled the quote) anyway... hey shithead, stop that.

I almost did that, too, then I started over with Reply.

re: #129 Ward Cleaver
Donkeys are vicious little beasts. lol

re: #23 Ford_Prefect

Trying to keep a liberal from whining is like trying to keep a fishMichael Phelps from swimming.

They sound very restive. Perhaps if we traded them a song to appease them...something like "Gravity Never Sleeps".

re: #137 runrabbitrun

Quick good morning to the lizard empire! - since we're talking about pop figures here, I'm going to add my .02 to the Oprah kerfuffle and tell you what my young married-with-children GOP volunteer daughter said this a.m. about the problem: Oprah's scared to death that Palin will bring up more about Obama's votes and philosophy regarding the Born Alive Infant Act. Such an interview would be more heavily followed by audiences nationwide.

That's been fairly easy to conceal as it was buried by the MSM, and many young moms and dads who are sensitive about children's issues don't know the truth about Barry's heartless feelings toward live failed-abortion infants. That position alone could cost the Dems millions of votes....

When I mentioned several problems about Obama's relationships with terrorists and ilk she looked at me and said she had never heard any of this. Oprah is scared to death that she could be the conduit to the world about Obama's extremely questionable past. First Woman I've ever known to scare Oprah.

If Nugent's on Board, Maybe McCain should use "Wango Tango" one of the most high energy songs of all time... who can understand the lyrics, and who cares?

re: #131 MijaCat

You wouldn't think it'd be hard to get volunteers to monitor cheerleaders....

Mew

(runs and hides behind the dryer)

LOL!

re: #112 vxbush

Maybe Charles needs to have a "10 worst comments" area to go along with
"top 10 comments." Of course, then everyone would go back and downding the bad ones again, thus creating a perpetual cycle.

But that's focusing on the negative. Bad idea.

Hey, your internal monologue was set free.

re: #139 CyanSnowHawk

My first Rock album was Kiss Destroyer. I was a total fan for a long time. Joined the Kiss Army and everything. Had several of the big oval belt buckles popular in the late 70s with their logos. It was the 'flair' that I added to my Catholic school uniform. A loophole in their rules didn't specify acceptable belt buckles for the boys. I think I quit collecting their albums after Unmasked, but I still crank Detroit Rock City from time to time.

How many pieces of flair were you required to wear?

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

This from a band that relocated to Canada so their male members wouldn't be drafted.

I didn't think the Wilson sisters were interested in "male members"...

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re: #49 Occasional Reader

So, any truth to the rumor that "Magic Man" is about Charles Manson? I've heard that one for years.

From what I remember in the late 70's, proceeds went to some Chucky fund. That's why I boycotted them back then.

I have to say I was skeptical about the Palin pick but I am jazzed about it now! - I almost wish McCain said last night : "Friends...I support what Sarah said...have a good night!"

dang....the ol' mp3 player is slowely getting more space added. That's the third band this week I've had to purge. I know some of you can continue to listen to their music after they pull stunts like this, and I could to.....but everytime I hear it now I'm gonna get the aftertaste, so I'll pass. Kind of like eating a good thick ribeye and belching the equivelent of sardines.........

re: #139 CyanSnowHawk

My first Rock album was Kiss Destroyer. I was a total fan for a long time. Joined the Kiss Army and everything. Had several of the big oval belt buckles popular in the late 70s with their logos. It was the 'flair' that I added to my Catholic school uniform. A loophole in their rules didn't specify acceptable belt buckles for the boys. I think I quit collecting their albums after Unmasked, but I still crank Detroit Rock City from time to time.

They got another 15 minutes of fame, now back to the, washed up, worn out, old hat what have you done lately crowd drooling over "the one". cone of silence.

re: #124 Jed 1899

There's a great moment in Humberto Fontova's "Exposing the real Che Guevara (and the useful idiots who idolise him), where a Cuban-American named Henry Gomez was sitting in a cafe wearing a homemade "Che's Dead - Get Over It" t-shirt. Santana is passing and stops to deliver a dumbass speech about how Guevara "...lives in our hearts...Che is all about love and compassion". Gomez attempts to point out the flaws in Santana's argument, opnly to be met with "You're getting hung up on facts, man. We're only free when we free our hearts".
As Henry Gomez would later tell Humberto Fontova "where do you begin with this kind of space-cadet drivel?"

re: #100 KibbyKat

I'm so immature that that made me giggle.

WooHoo! I can be the basis for the giggle loop!

Now, whatever you do, don't remember this at the next solemn occasion where you must be quiet for a moment of silence.

The words will appear in your head, and suddenly you will have this nearly uncontrollable desire to laugh, so you suppress it.

This will increase your desire to laugh, but you must not.

You will keep trying to suppress the growing urge to laugh as it fees upon itself, until suddenly, just as you think you cannot contain it any longer...

...the person standing next to you laughs.

re: #152 Kosh's Shadow

Chrissie Hynde is a real moonbat; PETA type; arrested for throwing paint on fur and all that stuff.

We never see them throw paint on leather clad motorcyclists, even the one's who support JSM, do we?

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Oh, a bazillion up-dings!

the wilsons want to censor the republicans
oprah wants to censor the republicans
nancy pelosi wants to shut down rush limbaugh

- have any of these so-called liberals read our Bill of Rights?

why dont these just issue a fatwa? like their fellow islamo-fascists

(rudy does have balls to say islamic terrorists on prime time)

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re: #176 MandyManners

Oh, a bazillion up-dings!

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Ironically, Orrin Hatch chaired the committee that renewed the copyright law in effect. In all likelihood, it was OK to play it in the hall, not OK to broadcast it.

re: #104 lobo91

While it may be true that they moved to Canada to avoid the draft, it's also true that there was no draft at the time. The draft eneded in 1973, as I recall. The band known as Heart didn't exist in its well-known form until 1974, and nobody outside of Seattle heard of them until 1976.

So, they're not just moonbats, they're deeply stupid moonbats (yes, I realize that many people woud conisder that redundant).

But Bush brought the draft back in 2004, didn't he?

re: #177 drpangloss

the wilsons want to censor the republicans
oprah wants to censor the republicans
nancy pelosi wants to shut down rush limbaugh

- have any of these so-called liberals read our Bill of Rights?

why dont these just issue a fatwa? like their fellow islamo-fascists

(rudy does have balls to say islamic terrorists on prime time)

Levin and Limbaugh calls them "Stalinists" and they could not be more right.

re: #116 laZardo

For some reason, I kept confusing the voice of Heart with Stevie Nicks.

/and check out what she does on the side...

Wow. Thanks for the link. That's special.

After seeing the "Rubenesque" one at a restaurant in Vegas, I have no doubt that when she hits a McDonald's, they change the numbers while she is there, She's so...........well-fed........that she left dents in the concrete floor. She ought to be thanking her lucky stars that her music is still being foisted on the airwaves so she can waddle out to the mailbox and get a royalty check once in a while. Her talent left her way before her appetite did. so much for the whack fantasy of my misguided youth.

re: #160 musicman

When I mentioned several problems about Obama's relationships with terrorists and ilk she looked at me and said she had never heard any of this. Oprah is scared to death that she could be the conduit to the world about Obama's extremely questionable past. First Woman I've ever known to scare Oprah.

heh - Now that Drudge is doing his job better by revealing Ms Oprah's bias, it'll be pretty hard for her to maintain her own rep for being openminded without a Palin interview.

it's all good :) Thanks for letting me know!

re: #49 Occasional Reader

So, any truth to the rumor that "Magic Man" is about Charles Manson? I've heard that one for years.

Never heard that before. Supposedly it's about a phone call one of the sisters had with her mother after she ran off to Canada with her boyfriend.

re: #164 Who Watches the Watchmen?

How many pieces of flair were you required to wear?

I..I believe you have my stapler.

We never see them throw paint on leather clad motorcyclists, even the one's who support JSM, do we?

It's less scary to go after old women than angry bikers!

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re: #165 JamesTKirk

*whack*

re: #109 Pyrocles

I attended a KISS concert a couple of years ago...which was awesome by the way! They were very patriotic, and slamming Islamic terrorists the whole time. Lots of American flags lit up with fireworks, and even red, white, and blue confetti (if I remember correctly).

The deuce you say! I attended their farewell tour several years ago, so they couldn't have been touring a couple of years ago!

///

The statement goes on: “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.”

fuggem

You'd think the Wilson sisters would be happy for anyone to remember their music nowadays. Of course, if Chrysler brought back a revamped gas guzzling Plymouth Barracuda muscle car, these women would have no problem taking royalties while their song is used for a car that rapes Mother Gaia, overheats the surface of Mars, and ends the universe.

re: #180 rawmuse

Ironically, Orrin Hatch chaired the committee that renewed the copyright law in effect. In all likelihood, it was OK to play it in the hall, not OK to broadcast it.

So they should be sending that whine over to NBC, CBS, et al?

re: #57 turn

Ha, "Fedzilla". That's a new one to me but it's going to stick.

fedzilla and pat PUKEANAN work for me anything i did to start the PUKEANAN thing i am happy about

re: #16 The Other Les
Hey Les! Don't get rid of those Heart CD's - just cause they are typical "liberals" don't let that ruin the fact that they made some GREAT music! Truly.
Listen to this one - and watch Nancy play some fine guitar!

Just in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, I got two words for them.

Dixie Chicks

Am I supposed to know who these Wilson Sisters are?
Am I supposed to consider that (musical?) number a "classic"?

/old fart doesn't give a fiddler's damn about them
heh

So what? Their typical lefty flakes, but the music isn't bad... just to annoy them the shrek cd with barracude is going into service while driving around today... on repeat...

The real news would be if they had come out and endorsed Palin...

re: #164 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I like your avatar Watchmen!

After this campaign is over, we should dedicate "Broken hearts are for assholes" to the Obamatons.....

My all time favourite from Zappa has to be "Flakes".... If he wrote that song today, it would have to be called "Moonbats"...

I too was a Kiss fan, and used to get into fight with the Zeppelin fans who hated Kiss...

Unmasked was their last good Album.... My first rock album was Kiss Alive, Which I still consider one of the best live albums of all time.
What song would be appropriate for the campaign?

When in Michigan: "Detroit Rock City".... When in NY, "New york Groove"

re: #56 Darwin Akbar

That is the correct answer.

re: #178 Occasional Reader

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re: #155 KibbyKat

My husband and I went over to Oprah's site this morning (blergh!) to request a Palin appearance on the show. Even if you don't watch the show, it's a fun way to keep her from being able to claim that the viewers aren't interested in hearing from Palin.

Good call. I'll go do that now. :D

re: #191 JamesTKirk

The deuce you say! I attended their farewell tour several years ago, so they couldn't have been touring a couple of years ago!

///

I boycott any band that does a farewell tour.

re: #157 snowcrash

Donkeys are vicious little beasts. lol

It's always a good idea to keep your fingers away from the vicinity of their mouths. They've got one helluva bite. They didn't didn't break the skin, and I managed to pull my fingers away, but damn, that hurts.

re: #152 Kosh's Shadow

Chrissie Hynde is a real moonbat; PETA type; arrested for throwing paint on fur and all that stuff.

Chrissie Hynde was not just anti-war, she was specifically calling for America to lose.

She is not the great Pretender. (oo oo, oo oo)

re: #193 mfarmer1

You'd think the Wilson sisters would be happy for anyone to remember their music nowadays. Of course, if Chrysler brought back a revamped gas guzzling Plymouth Barracuda muscle car, these women would have no problem taking royalties while their song is used for a car that rapes Mother Gaia, overheats the surface of Mars, and ends the universe.

They do right now for a POS Honda minivan. I find the ad offensive.

Maybe Ann Wilson is just expressing a pro-moose position.

re: #171 MandyManners

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Thanks!

re: #190 MandyManners

*whack*

Do not whack me off just because I mentioned male members!

re: #190 MandyManners

*whack*

Every time you whack someone, I'm compelled to run back up and read their post. What are you running, an advertising agency?

*ducking*

re: #157 snowcrash

Donkeys are vicious little beasts. lol

/yes they are

re: #204 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I boycott any band that does a farewell tour.

If it's a real farewell tour, you won't be able to boycott them afterwards.

I love it when I say that I attended a band's farewell tour, and the immediate question is "which one?"

Off topic, but PRICELESS

re: #157 snowcrash

Donkeys are vicious little beasts. lol

And yet, they are capable of love.

As anyone who's been to Tijuana can affirm.

re: #181 JamesTKirk

But Bush brought the draft back in 2004, didn't he?

Hmm...I must have missed that news.

I was probably TDY somewhere, training troops.

Do not whack me off just because I mentioned male members!

ROTFLMMFAO!

re: #206 JamesTKirk

Chrissie Hynde was not just anti-war, she was specifically calling for America to lose.

Chrissie Hynde showed up drunk at a special Joni Mitchell birthday concert, and beat up Carly Simon.

re: #74 CyanSnowHawk

I believe, that if you pay the ASCAP fees, you can play it at your discretion.

Maybe the gOP can borrow it from Honda where it is used to advertise minivans.

re: #214 Minnesota Ronin

Off topic, but PRICELESS

Yes!

Guess what Wilsons. . .the GOP doesn't need your permission to play the song.

And yet, they are capable of love.

As anyone who's been to Tijuana can affirm.

You owe me a new computer screen!

re: #205 Ward Cleaver

It's always a good idea to keep your fingers away from the vicinity of their mouths. They've got one helluva bite. They didn't didn't break the skin, and I managed to pull my fingers away, but damn, that hurts.

Here's how to get a horse to stop biting. When they open their mouth and move toward you, jam your hand in there and grab their tongue (and hang on). Seriously, they hate that, and the next time they'll think twice.

Don't know if it'll work on a donkey, but it'd be fun to try at the petting zoo.

re: #208 Cicero05

Maybe Ann Wilson is just expressing a pro-moose position.

You mean the majestic møøse? It's just one of mani interesting furry animals in Sweden. Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?

I have always hated that song, Barracuda. It is so negative. They should have ended the convention with "We are Family". Any other suggestions?

re: #164 Who Watches the Watchmen?

How many pieces of flair were you required to wear?

Couldn't get away with much. The Sisters of Nazareth House at San Diego Mission De Alcala where quick with those rulers if you stepped out of line.

#220 scottishbuzzsaw

Yes!

That sort of thing wouldn't happen in Illinois though.... Thanks for all the "change" Obama!

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Chrissie did ask Rush to stop using the theme, but he was paying his ASCAP fees. They have since settled the argument, with Rush's fee being donated to PETA.

First -
The fact of the matter is that the McCain campaign DOES NOT need to get permission from the artist. Permission is granted thru the music publishing company (generally either ASCAP or BMI).
I wouldn't think "fair use" is a legitimate argument since Heart could argue that McCain using their work "diminishes the song's value".
(PS I'm no lawyer, just "in the biz")
I would assume they paid the publishing license, if they did - they're covered.
Assuming that's true the Wilson's complaint should be with their publishers - not the McCainiacs!

Second - there's no reason to insult a musician's WORK based on their politics. ANd certainly no reason to stop listening based on their beliefs.

Heart is (was) a great band. They busted stereotypes and had tons of hits through the 70's 80's and 90's while doing it.
Look, 99.8% of "artists" are hypocritical, leftist nutjobs. If you only listened to musicians with whom you agreed- you'd end up listening to nobody except Nugent, Alice cooper and Country.
Sure - I love Ted - but let's be honest - I can only take "Wango Tango" so many times!

re: #45 Occasional Reader

I'd be kind of upset if my male member were drafted.

/

That's when you know it's time to buy new underwear.

I just knew that ANY song that was played by the RNC would get a bunch of garbage from the left.

I say, whatever...we are still gonna win...whiners!

re: #214 Minnesota Ronin

Off topic, but PRICELESS

Don't mess with Texas!

Side Issue -

Rock speaks to teenage angst. It's about living your dreams, being yourself, and sticking it to the man.

A good target for this angst, it seems to me, would be all of those young Arabs that are basically brainwashed to kill themselves for Allah.

One way to win the GWOT, perhaps, would be to introduce Rock & Roll to the the ME.

re: #18 Dave the.....

If the only character witness a defendant can bring is his mommy, he's in trouble.

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re: #207 Honorary Yooper

They do right now for a POS Honda minivan. I find the ad offensive.

"Barracuda" for a Honda Minivan? What next, the Ramones' "Lobotomy" for one one of those late night prescription ads for depression?

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#95

BTW - has anyone asked The Pretenders about where they stand? Limbaugh uses the riff from "Ohio", after all...

'Bout 10 years ago, Limbaugh had to renegotiate his use of "Ohio" with the Pretenders, and for a week or so he used other themes for his show. It seems Hynde had gotten ticked that audiences would scream "LIMBAUGH!" when the Pretenders played what they thought was his theme. Enough money eventually smoothed the problem over.

Back in the '80s, Bob Dornan, a conservative congresscritter from Kalifornia, used Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" as his theme until their outrage forced him to stop.

Not fair, but there it is.

I knew there was a reason why I never liked Heart. Besides Ann being a whale, I mean.

I didn't like Palin being associated with that song, and I hope they drop it completely. Here's the lyric I want them to play, to commemorate our budding relationship:

I’m gonna hit the highway like a battering ram, on a silver black phantom bike.
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry, and we’re all about to see the light.
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole. Everything is stunted and lost.
And nothing really rocks And nothing really rolls And nothing’s ever worth the cost.
And I know that I’m damned if I never get out, And maybe I’m damned if I do,
But with every other beat I’ve got left in my heart, You know I’d rather be damned with you.

re: #174 CyanSnowHawk

The Loop and I are old friends (adversaries?). I had never seen the clown funeral episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show....until the night before a dear family friend's funeral. When I started to giggle, I leaned over to my father to explain and it started him off. Imagine two people (one of them a large and intimidating man) hunched over in a pew, faces buried in their hands, shaking uncontrollably. My grandmother kept patting us on our backs and handing us tissues, which somehow made the whole thing funnier.

Dad and I may go to heck for that, but I like to think the honoree would have approved.

re: #198 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You sir are a critic. :)

re: #228 pxystick

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Chrissie did ask Rush to stop using the theme, but he was paying his ASCAP fees. They have since settled the argument, with Rush's fee being donated to PETA.

I kind of thought he might be playing it to bug her. LOL.

re: #161 canadianconservative

If Nugent's on Board, Maybe McCain should use "Wango Tango" one of the most high energy songs of all time... who can understand the lyrics, and who cares?

I understand the lyrics completely, but I'm from Detroit...that probably helps. ;)

Don't mess with Texas!

Wouldn't dream of it!

re: #191 JamesTKirk

The deuce you say! I attended their farewell tour several years ago, so they couldn't have been touring a couple of years ago!

///

They've had almost as many Farewell Tours as the Rolling Stones.

Is the Møøse related to the whale? Any biologists out there?

re: #47 MandyManners

Gene Simmons doesn't seem to be a moonbat.

Gene Simmons is a patriot and strongly supports the troops. I imagine he is strongly conservative.

Wouldn't you supposed Oprah would be for reinstating the Fairness Doctrine for HER pet issues? Wonder why she hasn't given that consideration concerning Sarah Palin? After all, she has more in common with Sarah, right? Barry's only half black. Sarah is ALL woman.

re: #224 Occasional Reader

...Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?

Don't ferget to Sse the løveli lakes and the wonderful telephøne system

re: #234 Deafdog

Side Issue -

Rock speaks to teenage angst. It's about living your dreams, being yourself, and sticking it to the man.

A good target for this angst, it seems to me, would be all of those young Arabs that are basically brainwashed to kill themselves for Allah.

One way to win the GWOT, perhaps, would be to introduce Rock & Roll to the the ME.

I'm a rocker, too, despite being well-past my teenage angst, and into my mid-life crisis angst. I want the GOP to rock out, hard, but I don't think that's going to happen. After all, their slogan is "Country First."

re: #187 Honorary Yooper

I..I believe you have my stapler.

Never mess with an office worker's chosen stapler.

I don't think Blue Oyster Cult would have a problem with Sarah Barracuda becoming Sarah Godzilla.

re: #113 MandyManners

Oh, dear me. There needs to be more monitoring. When I fell off the pyramid and broke both my arms and my cocyx, I had more severe injuries than the football team and basketball team combined for that year.

cocyx.
I wanna hear you say succulent.
/outa here, got appointments ...

Didn't Chrissie Hynde pitch a fit because Rush uses one of her songs for his intro? I think she backed off eventually.

re: #108 iirightii

Watch the violence advocacy. It can get you banned.

re: #18 Dave the.....

This is precious. Some of the domestic terorists arrested in St Paul this week. They brought their mommies and daddies to court with them. The mommies said their children didn't do anything wrong and could not have done violent acts.

link?

I've hated Heart since way back. Squealing, screaming women who got famous because they (or one of them) could play guitar.

re: #218 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Why do we really care about these disfunctional nitwits?

re: #246 CyanSnowHawk
Tis true, that. But regardless of their political views, they did indeed make some GREAT MUSIC back in the day.
So fuck their political views (just like Fuck Neil Young's political views) and enjoy the music!

re: #1 jester6

When is the last time anyone has seen the Wilson sisters? Moo. Proof of what drugs and too much booze will do to you when you're young.

re: #257 funky chicken
Ah and one of 'em (at least) could really sing, too - check out Crazy On You -

Mooo=Ann
OOOOh =NAncy
And she really plays good too.
Shame they can't see this issue correctly.

The initial question here is how long before a song becomes part of the public domain? The tune in question is more than 20 yrs-old. Who owns the Heart songbook? The ladies may not have a claim to make.

re: #248 kansas

Gene Simmons is a patriot and strongly supports the troops. I imagine he is strongly conservative.

Gene Simmons (formerly Chaim Witz) was born in Israel and AFAIK is economically and politically conservative. Socially, I dunno, and I'd suspect he is not an orthodox Jew. Paul Stanley (i.e., Eisen) is also Jewish.

re: #242 BlueCanuck

You sir are a critic. :)

LOL!
IT'S ME!