British singer Rebecca Ferguson agreed to perform on the condition that she could sing Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit," a protest song from 1939 denouncing the violence against Black people in the US. Before he took office in 2016, musicians even released "anti-Trump songs" under the motto "Artists for a Trump-Free America," and those asked to sing at his inauguration refused. Adele, Aerosmith, Elton John, Queen and Tom Petty's family don't want Trump to play their music at his campaign rallies, either. The Stones are not the only band emphatically opposed to Donald Trump using their music at his rallies. It was an embarrassing lapse for the Republican president. George Bush Senior also made an odd choice in his 1988 election campaign when he chose Woody Guthrie's popular folk song from the 1940s, "This Land is your Land" - a left-wing protest song. Perhaps it's the second line of the chorus that is closer to Trump's intentions: "But you can get what you need." The line suggests this president knows what his people need, even if it may not always be what the people want. It is rather unlikely Trump's rallies are meant to advocate these issues.
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The Stones' song that Donald Trump likes to use at his election campaign rallies is actually about free love, peace and drugs. "Jack" Kennedy: "Everyone is voting for Jack, cause he's got what all the rest lack." Sinatra didn't go into detail about what exactly Kennedy had that all the rest lacked. When Barack Obama used Stevie Wonder's hit "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" in the 2008 campaign, the words "I'm yours" and "I belong to you" could stand for a president who wants to serve his people.įrank Sinatra slightly changed the opening line to his 1960 hit "High Hopes" for John F. Sometimes, a politician might even be trying to make a point. Queen's 'We Are the Champions' is another favorite among campaigning politicians Image: Imago/Leemage Bush using Petty's song in the 2000 election campaign and Hillary Clinton using it again in 2008. Popular songs include Queen's "We are the Champions" and "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty, with George W. It hasn't always been about content, but about how well the title or the chorus fit their election campaign goals and how much the music moved the masses. Yet Donald Trump's presidential predecessors also used pop songs to score points with their respective electorates. The Stones' music rights organization BMI fired back, issuing cease-and-desist letters if Trump, who faces a slump in approval ratings, continues to use their songs for his purposes. Once again, Trump has been employing the song during his election campaign rallies, such as in Tulsa, Oklahoma in late June. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is the chorus of the 1968 Rolling Stones hit by the same name that US President Donald Trump played back in 2016 during his election campaign rallies - without the rock band's authorization.
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