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Violet_Crumble

(36,140 posts)
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 10:18 PM Jan 2024

Johnny 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 Dakota

The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has signalled that he will move to stop Donald Trump’s presidential campaign from using the band’s 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 would’ve 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
I bet Morrissey supports it, tho. MyNameIsJonas Jan 2024 #1
No doubt at all that he would... Violet_Crumble Jan 2024 #4
So even after getting cease and desist letters he still uses their music IcyPeas Jan 2024 #2
It is not easy to stop trump, or anyone else, from playing your songs, especially Silent Type Jan 2024 #3

Violet_Crumble

(36,140 posts)
4. No doubt at all that he would...
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 10:55 PM
Jan 2024

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
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 10:27 PM
Jan 2024

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
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 10:35 PM
Jan 2024

if the campaign is paying applicable royalties. I suspect trump keeps playing it after a complaint just to offend the libs.

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