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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:28 PM
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This is not my beautiful campaign song! David Byrne sues Charlie Crist for using "Road To Nowhere."
Monday, May 24, 2010 17:15 ET
David Byrne sues Charlie Crist
By Alex Pareene

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/05/24/david_byrne_sues_crist/index.html

Salon staff



Florida Governor and independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist has had better days. First, he failed to secure an endorsement from the AFL-CIO. Then, David Byrne sued him for a million dollars for using the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere" in a campaign ad against Marco Rubio. (On the plus side, Crist is ahead in all the polls, with Democratic support.)

Byrne's attorney is the same guy who represented sadsack singer-songwriter Jackson Browne in his successful suit against John McCain and the RNC for their use of "Running on Empty."

If these songwriters don't want Republicans and former Republicans misappropriating their music, they shouldn't have written songs with titles that sound vaguely like political attacks. I bet this has never happened to, say, Lemmy.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:30 PM
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1. Lemmy who?
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:36 PM
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5. I'm fairly certain he refers to Lemmy Kilmister...
Of Motorhead... the guy with his hand on my left boob...
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:47 PM
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7. Asking "Lemmy who" could get you in some hot water around here...
...just sayin'. Pretend you know who he is, even if you don't.

:rofl:
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 08:01 PM
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9. How about if I pretend I don't know who is, even if I do
Will that work?
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 08:14 PM
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10. Works for me, since I have no dog in that hunt.
Just sayin' means exactly that...just sayin'.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:32 PM
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2. Well, that is a pretty big suit on Crist. Nice job on the post title. n/t
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:36 PM
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3. What's with the jab at Jackson Browne.
He's been raising money for progressive causes for over thirty years.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:36 PM
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4. WTF? Crist is wearing Byrne's "Big Suit" from "Stop Making Sense".
That's really going too far! :rofl:
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KonaKane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:36 PM
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6. He still David Byrne's suit too!!
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al bupp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 08:00 PM
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8. Sir, I give you a K&R for the title alone
Edited on Mon May-24-10 08:07 PM by al bupp
Thanks for the chuckle.
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