Heart Lashes Out Over 'Barracuda' Usage

MonsterOfTheMidway
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edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
Rock group Heart, angry that its 70's hit "Barracuda" is being used as the unofficial theme song for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, is biting back at the Alaska governor.

The song, a nod to the "Sarah Barracuda" nickname Palin earned on the basketball court in high school, was dusted off for her appearance at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on Wednesday.

Heart singers Ann and Nancy Wilson said a "cease-and-desist" letter has been sent to the Republicans asking them not to use the song.

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission," according to a statement issued late on Thursday on behalf of the sisters.

There was no immediate comment from the Republican camp.


Last month, rocker Jackson Browne sued Republican presidential candidate John McCain, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Republican Party, accusing them of using his 1977 hit "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad without permission.

Copyright law may not be on the Wilsons' side as the song is licensed for public performance under a blanket fee paid by the venue to ASCAP, the firm that collects royalties on behalf of composers and copyright owners.

Despite the Wilson sisters' objections, one of the song's co-writers said he was "thrilled" that the song was used.

In an e-mail to Reuters, the band's former guitarist, Roger Fisher, said it was a win-win situation. Heart gets publicity and royalties, while the Republicans benefit from "the ingenious placement of a kick-ass song," Fisher said.

Fisher and the Wilsons wrote "Barracuda" with drummer Michael DeRosier. It appeared on the group's second album, "Little Queen," in 1977. The song was inspired by the band's anger over an obnoxious record label executive.


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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    hahaha
    well there ya go.
    ^ to the people talking about it the other night.
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  • pateljam
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    Didn't the RNC a few years ago use one of Springsteen's songs and there was an issue with that.... not sure though
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    pateljam wrote:
    Didn't the RNC a few years ago use one of Springsteen's songs and there was an issue with that.... not sure though


    Pretty sure it was Reagan using Born In the USA.
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  • pateljam
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    MonsterOfTheMidway wrote:
    Pretty sure it was Reagan using Born In the USA.


    Oh damn didn't think it was that long ago... shit the years are flying by....
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  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    Good for the Wilson sisters!
    Just me
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    MonsterOfTheMidway wrote:
    Pretty sure it was Reagan using Born In the USA.
    It was used again in '04.
  • jimed14
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    I knew the second I heard the first strians of that tune, there was going to be a response from at least one of the Wilsons.
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  • ofthegirl75
    ofthegirl75 New Jersey Posts: 315
    Good for them. Maybe Palin could use the song "I'm a bitch":/
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    Go Ann...Go Nancy...

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  • transplant
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    well thank goodness they lashed out. for a second, I thought the Wilson sisters endorsed Palin! I mean, could you imagine if word got out that a musician would support anything Republican? Wow, I mean what a career killer!
  • Vedderlution_Baby
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    What made them think they could use a song without asking the artist first?
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    transplant wrote:
    well thank goodness they lashed out. for a second, I thought the Wilson sisters endorsed Palin! I mean, could you imagine if word got out that a musician would support anything Republican? Wow, I mean what a career killer!


    If you borrowed part of my life's work from me and didn't ask, and gained notoriety (and cash) from it, that would make you a thief.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    What made them think they could use a song without asking the artist first?


    This is what I don't get, you hear this thing happening so frequently during elections. You would think with all the money these parties are spending, and all the lawyers on staff, there is no one there who might mention to the candidate that doing that sort of thing is a copyright infringement.
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    If you borrowed part of my life's work from me and didn't ask, and gained notoriety (and cash) from it, that would make you a thief.
    No argument there. Though it would seem the only people making cash on it right now are those that wrote the song.

    Of course they should have asked first.
  • keeponrockin
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    Dave Grohl also got pissed at the republicans a couple years back.
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  • Wobbie
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    I ((((heart)))) Heart! :D
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • stupidcorporatewhore
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    maybe Palin should ask JET if she can use "cold hearted bitch".

    or if she's sticking to the 70s, forigner's "cold as ice"

    either one will do.
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    they used Van Hagar's Right Now today. How long until Van Hagar tells them to knock it off
  • drew2420
    drew2420 Posts: 61
    MonsterOfTheMidway wrote:
    Pretty sure it was Reagan using Born In the USA.


    Haha, do they not know a single lyric in that song besides the chorus. It's not exactly happy USA
  • g under p
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    Give them hell sisters like you did to the record label. I always felt there was a bit of anger in that song. The theme song to my daughter's swim team the Greenbelt Municipal Barracudas.

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