Foo Fighters ask that McCain not use their song "My Hero" for campaign use

[LynneSin]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-10-08-foo-fighters-mccain_N.htm?csp=34

Foo Fighters tell McCain to stop using song

NEW YORK (AP) — Yet another band is complaining about John McCain's use of their song to promote his campaign. This time, it's the Foo Fighters.
The rockers sent out a missive telling the Republican presidential candidate to stop using My Hero. They said they learned it was being use through news reports.

"The saddest thing about this is that My Hero was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential," the band said in a statement. "To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

The band noted it's not the first time McCain has been told to stop using a song. John Mellencamp, Heart and Jackson Browne have also complained — Browne even filed a lawsuit.

[BurtWorm]

1. What next? Paul Anka asks McCain people to stop playing "She's Having My Baby"

at Sarah Palin rallies?

[Gato Moteado]

2. does anyone have a list of all the rockers that have told mccain to eat shit this year?

i'm loving it!

[Torgo Johnson]

3. I believe the Foo Fighters should offer a compromise...

and tell Mccain he can instead use Long Road to Ruin at all his campaign stops.