Hall to Bush - don't use my song....

[DrummerDeanna]

I thought this was pretty amusing....


From the Associated Press.....



WASHINGTON (AP) _ The New Yorker who helped write the 1970s hit
``Still the One'' is telling President Bush to stop using the tune
at campaign events.
John Hall of the band Orleans says he's no fan of the Republican
incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song.
Hall, a former Democratic county legislator in Dutchess County,
co-wrote ``Still the One'' and recorded it with Orleans in 1976.
The pop tune was played at Bush events yesterday and again today to
open and close a rally for the president in New Hampshire.
The 56-year-old Hall says he and his bandmates are supporters of
Democratic challenger John Kerry and don't want their work used to
promote Bush's re-election.
He says his lawyers are drafting a formal letter of complaint to
the Bush campaign.
There's been no response yet from the Republican camp to Hall's
request.

On the Net:
Orleans: http://www.orleansonline.com

[dissention]

The Repubs are always stealing songs and then being told they can't use them. Reagan tried to use Springsteen, Dole tried to use "Soul Man," and Shrub tried to use Tom Petty during the 2000 campaign and this current one. All of them were told to cease and desist.

[gldstwmn]

Ha! I was just coming to post this. Good for Daryl Hall. :angel:

[skcin]

Eeeewwwww. Isn't one of the lines "you're still the one who can scratch my itch"? And "we're still havin' fun, and you're still the one"? Is that the tune?

First of all, good for Hall - I wouldn't want someone I don't support using my material (like I'm a big recording artist, lol) .

Second of all, I don't even want to THINK about anyone in the Bush campaign scratching anything. And who the hell is "havin' fun" right now? Bush? That's pretty inappropriate considering there's a war going on.

Paula

[Johnny Stew]

Ha! I was just coming to post this. Good for Daryl Hall. :angel:

I think you're confusing John Hall, from Orleans, with both Daryl Hall AND John Oates, from Hall & Oates. ;) *hehehe*