RUSH LIMBAUGH LIVE THREAD - 7/21

The Rush Limbaugh Show

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Listening live to Rush Limbaugh. Chime in!

[Adam-ondi-Ahman]

NOTE: This is Rush's last show until August. He's going on vacation after this show!

Uh oh! Usually major stuff happens when he's on vacation!

[theDentist]

Yup, I always get that wrong. Missed Blair this AM. WIll see it later on CSpan or Fox news.

[Vision]

Vision and NRA are right. I always get that wrong...

What?

[Enterprise]

Christiane Amanpour asking what kind of people these are who can't get their bombs to go off. LMAO!

[skip_intro]

From wikipedia:

Even Limbaugh's introductory theme music has attracted controversy. Since the 1980s he has used an edited and looped version of the powerful instrumental riff from The Pretenders' "My City Was Gone", a song written by Chrissie Hynde to bemoan the effects of overdevelopment on her native Ohio. Limbaugh loved the riff, hated the message, and thought he could both attract listeners and annoy opponents by playing it. When a landmark copyright case was decided in the 1990s, musical artists gained control over their works when performed thematically. Briefly in 1999, Limbaugh was forced to suspend playing the song while negotiating with Hynde. Hynde eventually decided to allow Limbaugh to use it, with Limbaugh donating approximately $500,000/year to the animal rights organization PETA. Hynde explained that she doesn't agree with Limbaugh but her parents are big fans.

[Vision]

No, when did that happen?

[Enterprise]

Negatory on that - it is "My City Was Gone, Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders"

[Bahbah]

Hi, Ultra. I always enjoy these threads. Loved the bit I just heard about Christiana Amanpour wondering who these people trying to bomb the tube could be and why can't they make these bombs work.

[Vision]

Hynde eventually decided to allow Limbaugh to use it, with Limbaugh donating approximately $500,000/year to the animal rights organization PETA.

OMG Rush, how can you do it?

[me1og]

The intro is The Pretender's "My City was Gone", Rush has a tape of an interview in which the lead singer, Chrissy Hind, states that her parents listen to Rush and are thrilled that he uses her song. Chrissy is a lefty, but doesn't care that he uses the tune. Her publishing company, or whoever controls using her recorded music, assumed she wouldn't want the song used by Rush, and somehow ordered him to stop. Once the Pretender's people learned that Chrissy didn't mind him using the song, they negotiated a price, and he resumed playing it as his intro.

[Numbers Guy]

Hynde eventually decided to allow Limbaugh to use it, with Limbaugh donating approximately $500,000/year to the animal rights organization PETA

I do not believe this portion is correct. Wikipedia has a lot of urban legends.

[Loyal Buckeye]

This was a trial run to prove they could drop bombs and still have time to get away.

It could also be for the head terrorists to demonstrate that the grunt terrorists can really, really, really trust the head terrorists not to set of the bombs prematurely and blow up the grunt terrorists.

[McGruff]

Sounds like Christine was disappointed the bombs didn't go off. I thought I heard her say, Fire those terrorists bombers.

[b4its2late]

See the post right above yours...

Thanks skip!

[Bahbah]

This is Rush's last show until August. He's going on vacation after this show!

Goodness, I felt faint for a moment. :(

[KevinDavis]

Uh oh is right. I wonder what is going to happen???

[USISRIGHT]

I don't quite see how terrorist attacks are the media's fault. Are they supposed to avoid asking questions about terrorism or Iraq like Rush did when he had the Vice President on yesterday? He complains about softball questions and every one of his questions was just that.

[johnny7]

Chrissie Hine... and she's a lib.

[TChris]

"Back to Ohio". Pat Benetar, I think. I hear it grates on her that he uses her music as his intro.

Actually, it's The Pretenders, with Chrissie Hynde, who is miffed about Rush using it. ...and the song is "My City Was Gone"

[b4its2late]

Listen to what Rush is reading. I sent him this:

Krushing Karl Rove
Posted by b4its2late to veronica; Born Conservative; writer33 On Bloggers & Personal 07/21/2005 11:03:04 AM EDT · 11 of 22

I'm gonna send this article to Rush through the super secret 24/7 email portal... LOL!
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