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Posted on 06/03/2010 10:33:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Edited on 06/03/2010 10:34:12 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The Canadian rock band Rush has sent a letter to Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, saying his campaign is violating copyright laws by playing their music without permission.
The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported that Rush's attorney, Robert Farmer of Toronto, had sent the letter to the Paul campaign. Farmer told the newspaper his objection is not political.
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Rush never worked for me. Geddy Lee’s voice was lame and the lyrics where as bad as U2’s. Neil Peart is a good drummer but Bruford of Yes of Yes is better and Phil Collins was an very good drummer. See his side band Brand X jazz fusion stuff.
Tony Banks is genius particularly with the Mellotron work (choral) which was like an early sampler. Depreche Mode Emu Emulator sampling work was great as were other groups I could name.
My only issue of Gabriel Genesis is the treatment of Hackett. Steve Hackett is one of my favorite guitarists. Gabriel, Banks and Rutherford in real life are rather stuffy blokes who attended one of Englands top public (our private) schools. Hackett never appeared to be a full member of the band.
I guess they treated him better than Roger Waters treated the rest of Pink Floyd.
A lot of black rappers sample or rip parts of older white bands songs and usually have to pay royalties.
One of the weirdest most recent example was Kayne West (gag) ripped or sampled part of 1970s King Crimson 21st Century Schizoid Man. One of the strangest examples I have ever heard of.
They are not my cup of tea but a politicians should ask the publisher (the people who own the song) for permission first.
They have a right because it might hurt the band (any band) because opponents of the candidate might be mad andthey could lose fans. They also have the right because they own the work.
Exactly, cheesy has beens from a long past day. I’ve seen ‘em in concert in the early 80’s good stage show but yawn. Francis Farmer will have her revenge.
This thread went off track but I don’t mind. The coolest rip/rap I ever heard is Schooly-D’s “Sanctifying Rapper” sampled to Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”. It was on the original soundtrack of “Bad Lieutenant” until Led Zep sued. I found a copy of Schooly-D on eBay, shipped from Germany.
Well a little off track but rappers ripping songs are examples of music ownership rights being enforced.
It is Rush’s music and they have the right to say no.
This has been stumbled on enough recently that every campaign should know to treat other people's intellectual property very carefully and get permission for everything, even beyond any bare minimum "pay the license fee to ASCAP or BMI and play it everywhere".
The world is torn asunder into sorry hemispheres.
My favorite band is old Genesis. Well medium-old too. I remember being in Wherehouse Records when I was first exposed to The Lamb when it came out. I was blown away. I actually own a few documentaries on the band on VHS and DVD.
I’m with you on Hackett. He played here in Seattle at the Triple Door last year and I was sick that I missed that. I’ve actually learned a few concepts, regarding stagecraft, from Gabriel. I bought a bunch of Lava Lamps at Garage sales (I have 9 or 10 now) and pre-heat before the gig and they add a nice look on stage.
Waters- a nutcase regarding Syd. As The Eagles said, “Get Over It”.
Except that it appears that the case is a bit different this time.
“Farmer, general counsel for the Anthem Entertainment Group Inc. in Toronto, which is RUSH’s record label, has sent a letter to Paul campaign officials informing them that they have violated copyright laws — and urging them to stop.”
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=141023
My friend saw the Selling England and Lamb tours. I saw neither. I saw And Then There Were Three. I got to meet them with others at a record store. After Hackett left there was no guarantee they would survive. There were not many people there. The Lamb is still one of the best albums ever made.
Hackett is a great player and appears to be a very nice guy. I know people raved about Gabriel’s stage prescence but in watching the You Tube videos he appeared to be gooid but not as incredible as people made him out to be. The Lamb stage prescience was top notch. The live muscianship was staggering.
I had some experience in stage craft but prefer to say less in this open forum.
I saw them in the very early 80’s at the Paramount in Seattle. I don’t know what the title of the tour was, but I consider it the “seconds out” tour, since I believe that is the tour that resulted in that album.
Regarding Gabriels stagecraft, he is just a great source of ideas. I really like the circular moving stage thing. You can only do so much with it, but it’s cool and makes the concert interesting.
My all time favorite, however, is the Pulse concert DVD by Pink Floyd. I owned it originally on Laserdisc.
"I'm drinkin' up good vibrations, SunKist orange soda taste sensations..." and the enjoyment of a perfectly good Beach Boys song has been fornicated since I can still remember that commercial from the early 80s more than I remember the original lyrics
The Biden for Senate campaign of the 1990s took Patrick Doyle's Henry V "St. Crispin's Day" soundtrack and trashed it
A Hemmorhoid remedy actually asked Johnny Cash if they could use "Ring of Fire" in a radio spot for their product Thank God he and his record company stopped them cold
Metallica defended their rights against file sharing and as a result a small portion their popularity actually (and IMNSHO unjustifiably)took a hit.
Whether you like their music or not, the members of Rush have a right to defend their intellectual property.
Now, if they were to insult a previous president while engaging in an obscene display of kiss assery as was done by a former Beatle who has apparently forgotten what happened when another former Beatle loudly engaged in political chest pounding, that might be another matter entirely.
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