McCain Palin Heart “Barracuda” Controversy

September 5th, 2008 by Castina

Tagged as: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Today's New Music

The Wilson sisters want nothing to do with the Republicans.

Ann and Nancy Wilson, the singing sibs who made up the classic rock band Heart, are livid their hit 1977 song “Barracuda” was played following Governor Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain’s addresses at the Republican National Convention this week.

“I feel completely fucked over,” Nancy told Entertainment Weekly Friday.

Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice ordering the McCain-Palin campaign to discontinue use of the song.

“Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women,” Nancy and her sister Ann said in a e-mail to EW today.

“We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late ’70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.”

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On September 5th 2008, Julie Rogers wrote:

Go Nancy!
Think they had any clue to the lyrics of Barracuda?
Geez, they are idiots. I knew immediately when I heard the song, as a longtime fan, that Ann and Nancy would never have allowed this if asked.
Maybe you can encourage the dems to use Allies.
Julie
On September 7th 2008, Bill wrote:

Anybody wanna buy some HEART Cd’s and Vinyl ?

I am selling all of mine.
On September 7th 2008, Bill wrote:

Julie says she is a long time fan.

So am I – Dunno how old Julie is – but I was a hippie rock guitarist who saw them a bunch of times in the mid seventies – was on shrooms the first time and watched in awe from the front row as Nancy played the intro to Crazy on You. Fell immediately in love with Nancy. Have been ever since… BUT NOW, I Am very disappointed in them. Have we not had enough bickering and hatred between the two major parties ? Suck it up and go on ladies. Have some class like Chrissie Hynde did.
On September 8th 2008, Mark wrote:

I thought that was Sam Kinison for a second. When did she get so fat?
On September 14th 2008, AllAmericanGirl wrote:

Too bad there is so much ugliness, stupidity, and lack of talent in today’s music/entertainment industry, which is a loose description of the industry … considering the quality of music and entertainment that has been produced within the past 15 or so years … too bad that these girls screwed their opportunity to revive a dead career and their dead hit that no one has even thought about in the past 30 years.

Lets see … entertainment industry … all experts in politics… Haa Haa Haa! O yeah! Druggies, far leftie commies … with alley cat morals and fried brains influencing political decision in the U.S. The only people that the entertainment industry continues to impress are the shrinking under 20 year old crowd! Not much out there on TV or Radio or in the theaters anymore. Maybe that is because you are so far behind the 8 ball that you are invisible to anyone with the ability to think and reason. Let’s see … entertainment industry still catering to the under 20 crowd when the largest segment of the population is 50 years old and up… entertainment industry catering to the under 20 crowd when the largest segment of spendable income group is over 73 Million Adults aged 50 and over and growing by the hundred thousands every day, oh yeah … the bright and brilliant minds of the entertainment industry who are so forward thinking that are so stuck in the past that they have gone backwards and can’t change to go with whats happing today … going after those tiny tots with no money to spend when what is happening is with the 73 million people, th 50+ crowd that controlls 70% of all personal wealthwith combined personal incomes exceeding 900 billion dollars. Oh yeah. You folks can make brilliant political judgements with your drug fried brains.

Well it’s your music, and if you want to censor it, it is fine with me. I certainly won’t be listening to any of it for any reason, ever again. Fact is, I think that you have been censored by 56% of the American voting public. See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya. I believe that your future success is with the 13 year olds and in countries outside the US. I have destroyed your all of your albums and donated them to the local land fill.
On November 21st 2008, Lori wrote:

Good for you, ladies of Heart.
Since when is it a crime and bad form for someone to stand up and say they don’t want their intellectual property to be associated with an idea — whatever it may be? Even if you don’t agree with it, it’s none of your f*@king business. THEY wrote the song. It belongs to THEM. Who cares what their reasons are? And the fact that the people who took the time to even respond to this proves that SOMEONE not only knows who Heart is, but is still listening to their music. And if you were around when they made their music, you too are arguably a drug-fried fan. Jacka**.