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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 05:08 PM Feb 2017

Grace Slick Says She Will Donate All Profits from Chik-fil-A Ad to Pro-LGBT Organization

Grace Slick Says She Will Donate All Profits from Chik-fil-A Ad to Pro-LGBT Organization



http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/02/21/grace-slick-says-she-will-donate-all-profits-from-chik-fil-a-ad-to-pro-lgbt-organization/

In a post published today via Forbes, former Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship vocalist Grace Slick detailed her recent decision to license a Starship tune for a Chik-fil-A ad, despite her opinions on some of the company’s practices, including CEO Dan T. Cathy’s anti-LGBT statements and the company’s donations to organizations that share those views.

“My first thought when ‘Check’-fil-A came to me was, ‘F**k no!’” Slick writes. The singer went on to explain that, instead of refusing the request, she would accept and turn the situation around, donating all of the profits she receives from the ad, which uses Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” to pro-LGBT organization Lambda Legal, which Slick calls “the largest national legal organization working to advance the civil rights of LGBTQ people, and everyone living with HIV.”

“instead of them replacing my song with someone else’s and losing this opportunity to strike back at anti-LGBTQ forces, I decided to spend the cash in direct opposition to “Check”-fil-A’s causes – and to make a public example of them, too,” Slick writes. “We’re going to take some of their money, and pay it back.”

’“See, I come from a time when artists didn’t just sell their soul to the highest bidder, when musicians took a stand, when the message of songs was ‘feed your head,’ not ‘feed your wallet.’ We need that kind of artistic integrity today, more than ever.”
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Grace Slick Says She Will Donate All Profits from Chik-fil-A Ad to Pro-LGBT Organization (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2017 OP
Love this! blowback Feb 2017 #1
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Liberal In Red State Feb 2017 #2
Take their money and give it to the peole they hate, it will make them sick.. sunonmars Feb 2017 #3
She stopped performing, but she never stopped being Grace. Miles Archer Feb 2017 #4
Damn, she had a fantastic voice!! ailsagirl Feb 2017 #7
Thank you for everything, Grace! NBachers Feb 2017 #5
Love your words, Grace ailsagirl Feb 2017 #6
Love you Grace! orangecrush Feb 2017 #8
I just love Grace Slick. Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #9
Kept this photo from the "Flight Log" booklet taped to my wall when I was a kid Master_Monstruwacan Feb 2017 #12
Amazing Grace! Way to go! mountain grammy Feb 2017 #10
Amen to that, Grace! Initech Feb 2017 #11

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
3. Take their money and give it to the peole they hate, it will make them sick..
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 06:59 PM
Feb 2017

This is smart screwing them.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
4. She stopped performing, but she never stopped being Grace.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:01 PM
Feb 2017

She was a heroine of my youth, and continues to be one.

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
7. Damn, she had a fantastic voice!!
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:10 PM
Feb 2017

Was listening to "White Rabbit" the other day-- no one can sing like she did.

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
6. Love your words, Grace
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:09 PM
Feb 2017

"See, I come from a time when artists didn’t just sell their soul to the highest bidder, when musicians took a stand, when the message of songs was ‘feed your head,’ not ‘feed your wallet.’ We need that kind of artistic integrity today, more than ever.”

Mr.Bill

(24,103 posts)
9. I just love Grace Slick.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:43 PM
Feb 2017

I once heard an interview with her where they asked her if she could re-live the 60s would she do anything differently.

She said "I'd like to do it with blonde hair and big tits."

 
12. Kept this photo from the "Flight Log" booklet taped to my wall when I was a kid
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:09 PM
Feb 2017

Grace, blonde hair wasn't necessary for you to be gorgeous, and there's nothing wrong with those...

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