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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, arrived at a rally in Michigan in the United States with the song of Creedence Clearwater Revival Lucky son – a curious choice for a wealthy heir who avoided Vietnam draft by receiving five medical deferrals.
“Some people are born, silver spoon in hand. God, don’t help yourselves, all of you, “the song goes, and then adds in the chorus,” I’m not the son of a millionaire, no, no. “
It caught the attention of songwriter John Fogerty, who said Friday that he found it confusing that Trump, of all people, would play the song at his events.
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Audience members sit in chairs at socially distanced intervals as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Mariotti Building Products, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Old Forge, Pa. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)
“It’s a song I could have written now, so I find it confusing, I’d say, that the president chose to use my song for his political rallies when, in fact, it seems like he’s probably the lucky son,” Fogerty. he said in a video posted on Instagram.
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CCR’s 1969 hit is the latest addition to an incongruous and evolving playlist that the Trump campaign has developed for its rallies and speeches.
And Fogerty’s reaction to the election of the Lucky son adds to the controversy surrounding Trump’s musical score, which has at times been modified after artists objected to the Republican borrowing his songs.
The Rolling Stones even threatened to sue the campaign for using You can’t always get what you want as starting music at rallies.
The campaign replaced him. Lately, Trump has been ditching the stage for the ’70s disco hit YMCA by Village People, and the president has even been seen almost, but not quite, dancing to the tune.
The Trump campaign and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The musical choices for Trump’s events suggest that he is a creature of habit: the same songs are generally played over and over again, whether at a campaign rally or a presidential event.
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President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at MBS International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Freeland, Michigan.
His mainstay of the rally is the patriotic tune God bless americaby Lee Greenwood, who occasionally appears at events to sing it live.
Democrat Joe Biden doesn’t hold big campaign rallies, which draws less attention to his playlists.
The Democratic convention made liberal use of Bruce Springsteen songs and featured several successful artists, including performances by singers Billie Eilish, Jennifer Hudson, Leon Bridges and John Legend, and rapper Common.
In addition to the Stones, Neil Young and Tom Petty’s heirs have publicly opposed the Trump campaign dipping into their catalogs. The rock band Guns N ‘Roses has mocked Trump for using one of their songs.
The Village People have not objected to Trump’s regular use of their songs, including YMCA and Macho Man.
“YMCA is everyone’s anthem and favorite song for fun. Regarding the use of the president, I have not granted permission to use it at their rallies because permission is not required, “said a spokesman for the band in a statement attributed to” YMCA “writer Victor Willis.
“If I were an enemy of Trump, maybe I would just sue him out of spite,” Willis added.
“I am not, and I will not allow my lawyers to sue the president. But he should at least do the ‘YMCA’ dance while doing it. “
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The Trump campaign has a “Political Entity License” with BMI, a music rights management company, which authorizes the use of millions of songs, according to a BMI spokesperson.
“However, there is a provision that allows BMI to exclude musical works from the license if a composer or publisher objects to their use in a campaign,” BMI said in a statement.
The Rolling Stones raised such an objection. Trump had played You can’t always get what you want at the end of their rallies until June.
Trump’s musical choices have regularly surprised.
In May, Trump’s team played Live and Let Die, from Guns N ‘Roses, while touring a factory that made masks at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The gang responded by trolling Trump in a new shirt.
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Young sued the president’s campaign after he performed one of his songs at rallies, noting that he had opposed Trump’s use of his catalog since 2015.
And when Trump resumed his campaign rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June, following the close of the pandemic, his pick of Tom Petty’s I will not back down prompted a cease and desist notice from the artist’s family.
“Both the late Tom Petty and his family oppose racism and discrimination of any kind,” the family said in a statement.
“Tom Petty would never want a song to be used for a hate campaign.”
As for Fogerty, he said in his statement that Trump’s march in June through Lafayette Square, in front of the White House, to hold a Bible in front of a church damaged by protests of police brutality was emblematic of the kind of people. Son of fortune he intended to criticize.
“The first lines of Lucky son I mean, some people are born to wave the flag, oh they’re red, white, and blue, but when the band plays Say hi to the bossThey’re pointing the barrel at you, ”Fogerty said.
“Well that’s exactly what happened in Lafayette Park when the president decided to take a walk in the park, cleared the area with federal troops so he could stand in front of St. John’s Church with a Bible.”
But Fogerty stopped short of asking Trump to stop using the song.
– Bloomberg News
