On the subject of politicians playing music at campaign stops....

[thewayne]

I came across this CNN article from 2012:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/politics/music-in-campaigns/

wherein Bruce Springsteen complained about Saint Reagan playing Born In The USA, apparently without the Reagan people realizing that it was a song that was anti-war and bemoaning the decline of the USA.

The article is quite interesting and names several other rock groups who have complained about misappropriating their music, including Tom Petty and Heart.

Here's the interesting bit: campaigns buy blanket music performance licenses so they theoretically can play just about anything that they want. But if you piss off The Boss, not a good thing.

Comments

[silveradept]

It still does seem to be limited to conservatives playing music of groups that hate conservatives at this point, though. I can't think of any liberal candidates that would want to appropriate conservative-leaning musicians.