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McCain Palin Heart “Barracuda” Controversy

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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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