Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally

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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

[MyNameIsJonas]

1. I bet Morrissey supports it, tho.

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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]

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?

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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.