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Neil Young gives Tim Walz permission for his song – after he sued Trump for using it
(www.independent.co.uk)
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The song is "Rockin' in the Free World". Hopefully Young asked Walz, "are you sure you want to use that one?"
It actually makes sense as a campaigning song to me as long as your platform is about trying to address the social problems the song is highlighting.
I guarantee Walz knows what it's about, and he chose it for that reason.
Hes one smaht cookie, kid.
He does.
https://lemmy.world/post/18392285
Holy fucking shit! He's on a different level now!
Grateful Dead moccasins!
Just a reminder that Ann Coulter and Tucker fucking Carlson are "deadheads" too. Walz is great and I think he gets it, but the evidence of that is what he's done not the band merch he wears.
This thread is about whether or not Walz was aware of the lyrics of a Neil Young song. Being a fan of The Grateful Dead added to the discussion.
Walz seems like a respectable person. We will see how that plays out. Charles Manson and Mark Chapman were obsessed with Beatles, but I don’t associate them to everyone else who enjoys their music. So I’m not really clear on the point being made here.
Wicked smaht,
I find it incredibly unlikely that he's going to enter into a conversation on American failures and cruelty as a VP candidate for the party currently in the White House.
But I would be damned impressed if he ended up coming out to "we got a thousand points of light for the homeless man, we got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand" rather than the chorus. Worried, but impressed.
WHERE IS MY TOILET PAPER?
Many people don't listen to the main lyrics or understand the meaning of songs, but just like the chorus.
"Born in the USA" is another example.
Same as the Magaites dancing to Killing In The Name a while back during the BLM protests. It was obvious that the only part of the song they cared about was "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me"
I'd love to hear one of them answer who were the "forces" that burn crosses. Probably some sort of imaginary vaccine cop.
Or Paul Ryan and anything by RAtM.
Which was used for NJ in the roll call. I laughed a bit.
It's questionable there, but it's a hell of a song so they could be earnestly saying Springsteen was a NJ treasure for writing a fantastic protest song. Buuuut... they probably just liked the assumed pride of the chorus.
a team is one your comment just reminded me of, thanks.
And some mandatory songs that always came up that my memory serves... semi charmed life by third eye blind, hey ya by outcast, every breath you take by the police, escape (Pina colada song) by Rupert Holmes, macarena ...
Ok I got bored trying to remember them all if anyone wants to add ..
"Hook" by Blues Traveller. "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People.
AMERICAN WOMAN
Which is also a song by a Canadian band 😅