Stop using our music.

Repubs do this all the time.

Springsteen objected to Reagan’s use of the song “Born in the U.S.A.” during the 1984 election.
(He told Christie to cease and desist also)




Poor Mary Pat!

Reagan also got dinged in 1984 by John Cougar Mellencamp for “Pink Houses.”

Bobby McFerrin objected to George H.W. Bush using the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in 1988.

Sam & Dave objected to Bob Dole using the song “Soul Man” in 1996.

Springsteen objected to Dole using “Born in the U.S.A.” in 1996.

Mellencamp didn’t grant any more leeway to George W. Bush than to Reagan. Mellencamp complained when Bush used “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” in 2000.

Tom Petty objected to Bush using the song “I Won’t Back Down” in 2000.

John Hall of the band Orleans objected to Bush using the song “Still the One” during his re-election campaign in 2004.

Boston objected to Mike Huckabee using “More Than a Feeling” in 2008.

Van Halen objected to John McCain using “Right Now” in 2008.

Mellencamp is back! He complained about McCain using “Our Country” in 2008.

In the same election, Mellencamp had a problem with McCain using the song “Pink Houses.”

Heart objected to McCain using “Barracuda.”

Jackson Browne objected to McCain using “Running on Empty.”

Bon Jovi objected to McCain using “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”

The Foo Fighters stopped McCain from playing “My Hero.”

Tom Petty objected to McCain using “I Won’t Back Down.”

 

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