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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally
The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says consider this shit shut right down right now after seeing footage of rally in South DakotaThe Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has signalled that he will move to stop Donald Trumps presidential campaign from using the bands music at his rallies.
Marr responded on X after a user shared footage of a Trump rally in South Dakota in 2023 in which the Smiths song Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want can be heard playing as the crowd waits for the former president to come on stage.
Ahh right OK, Marr wrote in reply to the video. I never in a million years wouldve thought this could come to pass. Consider this shit shut right down right now.
The Smiths music has reportedly been heard at multiple Trump rallies recently, including at his rally in Laconia, New Hampshire on Monday.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/24/johnny-marr-the-smiths-songs-playing-at-donald-trump-rally-rallies
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Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally (Original Post)
Violet_Crumble
Jan 2024
OP
It is not easy to stop trump, or anyone else, from playing your songs, especially
Silent Type
Jan 2024
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MyNameIsJonas
(744 posts)1. I bet Morrissey supports it, tho.
Violet_Crumble
(36,140 posts)4. No doubt at all that he would...
I still find it hard to reconcile the Morrissey of my youth to what he turned into. Though I was always a fan of the Smiths because of Johnny Marr, not Moz....
IcyPeas
(22,575 posts)2. So even after getting cease and desist letters he still uses their music
Add this to his list of wrongdoings. I wonder if the Trump campaign has been fined for this?
Silent Type
(6,469 posts)3. It is not easy to stop trump, or anyone else, from playing your songs, especially
if the campaign is paying applicable royalties. I suspect trump keeps playing it after a complaint just to offend the libs.