How much does it cost to get a rock ‘n roll star to sell out? Oooh, those guys get their money for nothin’ and their chicks for free, so it must be really expensive.
Rock ‘n roll star Tom Petty, a good liberal, was pissed off when he found out that Michele Bachmann was using his song, American Girl, as part of her campaign.
The Guardian UK offers the details:
Tom Petty has told US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to stop using one of his songs as part of her campaign, insisting he did not give the rightwing politician permission. Within 24 hours of the televised launch of Bachmann’s 2012 campaign, Petty’s lawyers reportedly pounced on the press-conference soundtrack, which used the song American Girl as exit music.
“Petty isn’t pleased,” reported NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell, while Rolling Stone confirmed the singer’s lawyers had sent the Minnesota congresswoman a cease and desist order. It’s not even the first bump of Bachmann’s campaign: during her announcement speech, the Tea Party supporter confused the birthplace of actor John Wayne with that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Petty’s problem appears to be with Bachmann’s politics. In 2008, the singer allowed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to use American Girl for her unsuccessful presidential bid.
Uh-oh. Tom Petty is pissed off. Hell hath no fury like a liberal rock ‘n roll singer. He has all the money in the world, so this should be an ugly battle. Or maybe not.
Politico reveals the outcome of the dust up:
It looks like Michele Bachmann can remain an “American Girl” — she paid fees to two music licensing companies at the end of June, according to her latest campaign finance report. Bachmann shelled out a total of $900 to the American Society of Composers and Broadcast Music, Inc., in separate payments on June 28.
$900. 900 measly dollars? That’s all it takes to buy off a rich. liberal rock ‘n roll singer?
This is like the old joke about the guy who’s sitting next to the beautiful woman in a bar. They’re hitting it off and the conversation is going well when he says, “Let me ask you a question. Would you have sex with me for $10,000,000.”
“Well,” she says. “I guess I would. That’s a lot of money.”
“Great,” he says. “Would you have sex with me for ten dollars?”
Horrified, she says, “Absolutely not. What do you think I am, some kind of whore?”
“We’ve already determined that,” he says. “Now we’re just negotiating the price.”
Tom Petty. $900 whore.
Source: Guardian UK, Politico
We’re not sure if this qualifies as “news that’s fit to print” for the New York Times, but it’s bound to be on Fox.
