Neil Young gives Tim Walz permission for his song – after he sued Trump for using it - eviltoast
Trump’s campaign also tried to use Beyonce’s “Freedom,” but stopped when she threatened to sue

Trump’s campaign also tried to use Beyonce’s “Freedom,” but stopped when she threatened to sue

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    761·
    3 months ago

    The song is “Rockin’ in the Free World”. Hopefully Young asked Walz, “are you sure you want to use that one?”

    There’s colors on the street
    Red, white, and blue
    People shuffling their feet
    People sleeping in their shoes
    There’s a warning sign on the road ahead
    There’s a lot of people saying we’d be better off dead
    Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them
    So I try to forget it any way I can

    [Chorus]

    I see a woman in the night
    With a baby in her hand
    There’s an old street light
    Near a garbage can
    Now she put the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit
    She hates her life and what she’s done to it
    There’s one more kid that’ll never go to school
    Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool

    [Chorus]

    We got a thousand points of light
    For the homeless man
    We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand
    We’ve got department stores and toilet paper
    Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
    Got a man of the people says keep hope alive
    Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive

    [Chorus]

    • RadicalEagle@lemmy.world
      100·
      3 months ago

      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.

          • AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            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.

            • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              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.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          111·
          3 months ago

          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.

    • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
      34·
      3 months ago

      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.

      • neidu2@feddit.nl
        23·
        3 months ago

        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”

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          I’d love to hear one of them answer who were the “forces” that burn crosses. Probably some sort of imaginary vaccine cop.

      • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        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 …

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          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.

  • experbia@lemmy.world
    17·
    3 months ago

    been noticing the conservatives on Twitter freaking out over the music rights thing, rattling on about how “music should be for everyone”. which is a hoot, because like, wait, you’re telling me you want to take the property of someone else, which they invested time and money into producing, and redistribute it to all people who want it?? HMMMM that sounds like something…

    I’ve had a few folks delete their tweets but for the most part they just ignore it or call me very stupid and evil (their go-to when they have no argument) lmao. I actually engaged one Maga musician because he was afraid of what would happen if we allowed the right’s “musical socialism” discussion to continue.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Lol I saw him at a musical festival near Barrie like 8 years ago, and I remember someone from the group beside me saying “I swear to god if he says Monsanto one more time…” and then then the literal next song started with a big power chord and “Mooonnnssaaaaaannnntoooooo” and they stood up and left.