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

  • RadicalEagle@lemmy.world
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    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.zone
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          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.world
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            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.xyz
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        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.