I'm kinda surprised that Rush actually allowed this deal; but given his latest ear implants, I guess his hearing wasn't quite to snuff at the time.
Anthony
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:07:47
Kelley wrote:
>At 11:14 AM 12/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 at 8:49pm Tom Wheeler wrote:
>> >
>> > The socially active Hynde,
>>
>>so why does she allow rush limbaugh to use her music as his theme song?
>>
>>i have never understood why she didn't put a stop to his
>>decidedly commercial use of her IP.
>
>Chrissie Hynde makes Rush Limbaugh pay <...>
>
>The standoff between CHRISSIE HYNDE and radio right-winger RUSH LIMBAUGH is
>finally over. Since 1984, Limbaugh had been using the "My City Was Gone,"
>the Pretenders lament about the mall-ification of America, without Hynde's
>consent. According to Hynde's manager, Limbaugh had not licensed the song
>for his nationally syndicated radio show, nor had he even asked for
>permission to use it -- something that didn't seem to bother Hynde all that
>much until Limbaugh told a pair of reporters in 1997 that "it was icing on
>the cake that it was [written by] an environmentalist, animal rights wacko
>and was an anti-conservative song. It is anti-development, anti-capitalist,
>and here I am going to take a liberal song and make fun of [liberals] at
>the same time." Last month, Hynde finally got Limbaugh to pull the song but
>then did an about face on Aug. 18, telling him that he could use the song
>if he donated all the royalties to the animal right's organization PETA,
>after PETA campaign manager Dan Mathews told her Limbaugh had a soft-spot
>for animals. She fired off the following missive to PETA to let them know
>of the recent developments. "In light of Rush Limbaugh's vocal support of
>PETA's campaign against the Environmental Protection Agency's foolish plan
>to test some 3,000 chemicals on animals, I have decided to allow him to
>keep my song, 'My City Was Gone,' as his signature tune and to donate all
>proceeds from the deal to further PETA's efforts in that regard" ...
>
>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=8994
>
>
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