The British pop star Adele does not want to sound songs of campaign rallies Donald Trump.
The team of the Republican candidate for the US elections had chosen the success of Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” for his actions with supporters , which led to the representatives of the singer to release a statement rejection.
“Adele did not give permission for their music was used in any political campaign,” his spokesman said.
Last week was the first time I heard the song Adele at a rally of Trump in South Carolina, which he led the editor of BBC America Jon Sopel to comment that the singer and the conservative politician formed an “odd couple”.
It is believed that Trump is a fan of the singer , which saw action in New York.
Technically, the copyright in the United States give carte blanche for politicians to use in their campaign rallies recorded music, but when the place of the act have license one of the associations of composers.
However, there is room for an artist to complain if you think your reputation or image may be damaged with the repeated use of the song without their express permission.
Adele is not the first case. There have been other artists who have rejected that US politicians use their songs without permission
These are other examples.
Aerosmith
The lawyers Star Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, also sent last year to the campaign Trump a letter requesting him to stop using success “Dream On” during his rallies by the United States.
The letter said that the song was sound “false impression” that Tyler supported Trump in your presidential race.
Trump said on twitter that he was entitled to use the song, but he had found a “better to replace it.”
“Steven Tyler has received more publicity for their request on the song than it has had in 10 years. Well done! “said the magnate.
Neil Young
Previously, Trump also had He used the “Rockin ‘in the Free World” by Neil Young -a hard argument against President George Bush senior- when he announced his candidacy.
Young, renowned liberal, demanded that Trump stop using the song declared its support for the Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders .
REM
Trump also used the theme of REM “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) “, which move drew the band’s singer, Michael Stipe, issued a harsh statement:”. Do not use our music and my voice to his stupid campaign “
Bruce Springsteen
The “Boss” harshly criticized President Ronald Reagan for using his famous “Born in the USA” for his reelection campaign in 1984.
Reagan’s campaign, like many others since the release of the song, misinterpreted the message of the issue.
The president sought the support of the singer, who not only supported him but distanced.
“When Reagan mentioned my name in New Jersey, felt it was a manipulation and I had to separate myself from the words of the president,” Springsteen recalled after liberal, yes gave one of his songs to the campaign of Democrat Barack Obama in 2008.
Tom Petty
George W. Bush used the song “I Will not Back Down” 1989 during his campaign in 2000, but was forced to quit after receiving a letter from representatives of Petty.
Then, the issue was used by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Ron Paul for their primary campaigns of 2008.
Survivor
The Republican candidate Newt Gingrich used the topic “Eye of the Tiger”, popular to appear in the movie “Rocky III” , during the 2012 campaign.
However, Frankie Sullivan, one of the band members and co-author of the song, sued the candidate.
Although Gingrich initially refused to withdraw his campaign song, finally had to seek agreement.
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