I love it when musicians support politicians, and not

[thewayne]

"Please stop using our music in any way...We literally hate you!"
—Drop Kick Murphys to Gov. Scott Walker

I remember Bill Clinton using Fleetwood Mac, and I think Obama did also, and with the blessing of the band. I thought Romney got similarly spanked by a band, but I can't find a cite quickly. Maybe I'm thinking of the metal band that was objecting to their music being used to enhance interrogations at Abu Ghraib.

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[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Apparently campaigns buy blanket music licenses so they can play pretty much anything they want. But if a major artist like Sprinsteen says 'stop', they better stop.