Had to look them up to make sure I wasn't talking up my ass, but using RATM, who apparently used anti-authoritarian and revolutionary lyrics, for a rally for someone looking to be a dictator is very ironic.
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That type of mindless embracing of something you're not really paying attention to, is typical right-wing mindlessness.
Check out the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen "Born In The USA" while keeping in mind that reagan used it in 1984 presidential election campaign rallies and even mentioned it in gushing, patriotic speech demagoguery, I believe. Never bothered to see what that song is actually about - Vietnam veterans abandoned by their own government and country, as the America they grew up in is decaying into the Rust Belt.
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Even that young Gen Z'er, Miley Cyrus, is too smart for that a-hole!
Didn’t expect to see Skynard on there. Though my wife pointed out that while I have a mental tableau of their music the lyrics don’t reflect it
He makes music that appeals to the people who don't understand the lyrics in music. Same story with people think Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen is some patriotic song about how great the US of A is when it is the opposite.
Also it sounds like their music is more anti coastal elitism, which is certainly an orange flag, but Sweet Home Alabama certainly looks to be a song of “quit blaming Alabama democrats for the actions of an Orange County republican president”.
? That song came put in the mid seventies. It was a response to a Neil Young song called southern man that trashed rednecks.
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You know you are really hated when Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon agree on something.
They should release an album, "NOW That's What I Call Never Trump", but a better title.
Otep - Kult45
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
I enjoy that the list starts with "Prince" and ends with "Lorde", nice symmetry
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So... Based on #1 and #17, Prince came back from the dead to tell Trump to stop using his music, and then dropped dead again? Do I have that right?
Edit: oh, also David The God of Rock Bowie, and Kenny Rogers.
Ok the amount of people voting you need to learn how to do a Will then cuz special types of Executors are appointed for after death to make such decisions. This is pretty common with people with even a moderate amount of success particularly if they have any type of asset or property (intellectual included) to have looked after that becomes part of an estate.
I think whoever owns the rights can do that, not necessarily the artist.
Sure, but they specified The Estate of Tom Petty but the other three dead artists by name.
Also Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
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I had the same thought initially. I haven't read the article, but assuming this picture isn't fake they might be including artists from his last two campaigns. Rogers did in 2020, Bowie and Prince died in 2016
Using Rage Against the Machine was just stupid. I'm guessing they never listened to any of the words and just went for a beat. Even then it doesn't feel like a beat for old white folks in their 70s and Uncle Toms.
Hey, I resent that remark. I listen to Rage A M and I'm 75. Oh, and also, I'm sure as hell not as fuckin' brain dead as Trump is.
Always outliers.
Re-appropriation is the name of the game. These jerks don't really make much art for themselves; a movement 60+ years old really should have an identifiable subculture with its own stuff by now. Instead, they're very good at acting like a bunch of kleptos, running with what they can.
The Black Eyed Peas "Where is the Love" is one of my favorite songs. Trump should never play that because it talks directly against him.
Lynyrd Skynyrd? Last show I saw of them, they were very much on the trump bandwagon
Jack White is missing on the list
Did Prince come back from the dead?
Yes, but only to tell Trump to fuck off. He didn't stick around for our benefit, unfortunately.
You see, he's just like his father...
I'm guessing Prince and Bowie probably did prior to the 2016 election.
The corpse formerly known as Prince
I'd pay thousands to see The Corpse Formerly Know as Prince perform
God I wish.