Presidential Candidate John McCain has been using Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” to promote his campaign for the past few months allegedly without their permission. The band is pretty angry, declaring McCain “appropriated [the tune] without our knowledge and used [it] in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric [and] just tarnishes the song.” The band claim the song is a “celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential.”
Foo are not the only band upset with the Republicans using their songs to promote themselves in a positive light. Jackson Browne filed suit against McCain for using his 1977 song “Running On Empty.” Heart also protested the use of their song “Barracuda” during a rally featuring Sarah Palin. [EFlux Media]
Basically everyone is just mad because they support Obama, and they don’t want the world to think they are Republicans. I think they should just ask for rights money and that should be the end of it. All of these bands have allowed their songs to be played in movies, on the radio constantly, and now suddenly they are upset because a Republican wants to use their song? Give me a break, babies. Go back to you’re hot tub filled with money.
