Keep on rockin' in the free world is a really bizarre song choice for a political rally.
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Keep on rockin' in the free world is a really bizarre song choice for a political rally.
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@inthehands Nobody pays attention to lyrics.
C.f. Born in the USA, Every Move She Makes.
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@MarcC
I was thinking of exactly those two! -
@inthehands As a non-native English speaker I am quite fascinated by native speakers being this oblivious to song lyrics. That's how we get things such as "I used to be a big fan of Rage Against The Machine and went to several shows but I won't play their stuff any more because Tom Morello made a political tweet".
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dataramareplied to JKB last edited by [email protected]
@jkb @inthehands I mean, what machine did these people think RATM is raging against? A printer?
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@inthehands "Tonight, after his acceptance speech, Walz walked off stage to a favorite song of his: Neil Young’s “Rockin‘ in the Free World.” Neil Young personally allowed the campaign to use the song. When the Trump campaign used it, Young sued to make them stop."
August 21, 2024
In 1974, music writer Jon Landau saw a relatively unknown musician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and wrote for an alternative paper: "Last Thursday, at the Harvard Square theater, I saw rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes.
(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)
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@janisf
I am most certainly not about to go second guessing Neil Young himself! If he’s good, I’m good.