Foo Fighters Tell John McCain: No Tune for You!

Foo Fighters Tell McCain: No Tune for You!
The Foo Fighters have thrown a monkey wrench in John McCain's use one of their big hits on the campaign trail -- and they're hardly the first big-name band to do so!

The Foos are requesting that McCain stop using their tune “My Hero,” says the Associated Press.

"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. "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 Foos join John Mellencamp, ABBA and Jackson Browne as artists who’ve requested that McCain not use their songs as Republican presidential anthems. Browne even sued McCain to protest his use of “Running on Empty” in a campaign ad.

On the flip side, soul singer Sam Moore asked Barack Obama not to use “Soul Man,” says the AP.

Published 10/8/08 by the Insider

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  • no it doesn't... the Foo Fighters were a group of Show performing Jet Pilots. get your facts straight.
    Anonymous 12/2/08 Reply
  • I know who I'm NOT spending my money on in the future. The Foo Fighters, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, and ABBA should be outlawed and denied any concert tours in the future
    Anonymous 10/24/08 Reply
  • THIS IS DISGUSTING! I am officially denouncing myself as a Foo Fighters fan.

    John McCain served our country and deserves to use whatever song he damn well pleases. Without men like him we would be living in oppression under the rule of China,...
    KimberlyG4 10/19/08 Reply
    • Congratulations, KimberlyG4, for your courage in denouncing Foo Fighters! I agree with everything you said but, sadly, a majority of Americans who support the Democrat ticket are going to have a very rude awakening! Sadly, too, our media backs the...
      MISSMOO 10/19/08
  • THIS IS DISGUSTING! I am officially denouncing myself as a Foo Fighters fan.

    John McCain served our country and deserves to use whatever song he damn well pleases. Without men like him we would be living in oppression under the rule of China,...
    KimberlyG4 10/19/08 Reply
  • Dave Grohl wrote that song for the late Kurt Cobain. Is MCcain trying to tell us something subliminally?
    JeremyA 10/14/08 Reply
  • thats fine, everyone. keep bashing McCain. keep pushing toward being the underdog. put everyone against him, so he can fight harder. all you gotta do is get him PO'd enough to search for that one little piece of info on Obama that can prevent Obama...
    Anonymous 10/13/08 Reply
  • Oh, and another thing, I think any music artist has the right to request a person or group not to use their music. It's their intellectual property and if they don't want it associated with a person or group's beliefs or ideals, or maybe just don't...
    Anonymous 10/13/08 Reply
  • From Dreams of My Father:'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'

    From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of...
    Anonymous 10/13/08 Reply
  • first of all , when did he say obama can use it , but mccain cant

    second , where is the proof obama had anything to do with terrorism ( i live in Pakistan myself ) except prevent it
    look , less than 40 days remaining till america's elections ,...
    Anonymous 10/13/08 Reply
  • This page specifically requests "No links or abusive language please!" Can you please stick to the issue at hand without the profanity? Is name calling really required to get your point across?
    PLEASE PEOPLE show some intelligence!!
    LorettaM2 10/13/08 Reply
  • The truth of the matter is that some of these Americans are dumb,sorta like McCain.You in incest bitches.Obama should be deported? you should be deported you in cow molester
    Anonymous 10/13/08 Reply
  • LOL. I think Running on Empty is PERFECT for John McCain.
    Anonymous 10/12/08 Reply
  • Ayers is a college professor now. If the fact that Ayers did something when Obama was 8 some how according to the right wing idiots makes him "suspicious" or "unpatriotic" then let it be so for the college he teaches at or the students that attend...
    Anonymous 10/12/08 Reply
  • i cant belive anyone wants McCain to win...
    :( im so dissapointed in you americans.
    Anonymous 10/12/08 Reply
  • This is funny stuff right here, for all the crap that a lot of you people talk about making the right choice, I find it ironic how some of you are choosing Obama because of a crappy Band
    Anonymous 10/12/08 Reply
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