PJ music used to intro Sean Hannity...
At 3:35pm on Sean Hannity's radio show today, the opening riff to Alive was used as the intro music back in to the show after a commercial break.
I do not know exactly what control the band has over how their music is used on the radio, but I do know that a number of bands have prevented their music from being used during GOP rallies in recent elections. I can't possibly imagine that the band stands with Sean Hannity. I urge the band and members of this board to address this matter, as Pearl Jam's music should not be utilized by a right wing neo-con like Hannity to help promote his show.
~Mike
I do not know exactly what control the band has over how their music is used on the radio, but I do know that a number of bands have prevented their music from being used during GOP rallies in recent elections. I can't possibly imagine that the band stands with Sean Hannity. I urge the band and members of this board to address this matter, as Pearl Jam's music should not be utilized by a right wing neo-con like Hannity to help promote his show.
~Mike
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We get it, Poor and working people should lift u extraordinary fuckers on our shoulders and pay your share of taxes
I don't know what's more disturbing, the music being played in the opening segment or the fact you were listening to a Sean Hannity radio show.
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It's actually somewhat humorous that a conservative talk show host would use the music of a band that's been on the VFC tour and have been such outspoken critics of conservative whack jobs in general.
However, I'm sure there are a couple of conservative fans of the band so maybe cooler heads should prevail and we shouldn't make a big deal about this. Besides, promotion is promotion right?
Yes and no (promotion is promotion). It's exactly like songs being used at rallies - would you want something you put so much effort into to be associated with an ideology you completely disagree with? While there are conservative PJ fans (I've seen plenty, whether it was half an arena booing a Bush-mocking EV at Uniondale '03 or drunken rednecks stumbling around pre and post show, screaming "Shut up and play music" whenever Eddie talks to the crowd about a social issue he cares about), the band themselves do not (in my opinion), even remotely, support anything Hannity spews from his mouth... so I don't think the music should be associated with that show. Does the band need Hannity fans as fans of their work? Nah, I don't think so.
Yeah, I get it. I don't watch or listen to Hannity or The Factor or Rush or any of that...but I use to watch Keith O and sometimes Rachel Maddows just to see what stupidity they were spewing from time to time. They are all idiots.
And you are right, it doesn't help the blood pressure.
Ha! yeah encourage the blind sleep mentality. all media outlets are fucked IMO. just givmme some truth.
That doesn't take away from the fact that it's pretty funny for anyone related to Fox News to use Pearl Jam music on their show... even better that the riff in question was played by Stone, someone who supports environmental stewardship and responsibility, on the radio show of a guy that thinks global warming is a left wing socialist conspiracy theory...
How dare that asshole use pearl jam in his radio broadcast.
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I get what you mean though.
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