Jose Feliciano protests use of his 'Feliz Navidad' for musical spoof about illegal immigrants

Washington Examiner ^ | 12/24/09 | SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS

[DogByte6RER]

Free speech for me, but none for thee...

How come these "artists" never protest Weird Al Yankovic for spoofing their pop music?

[DogByte6RER]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30oiyPjjUU

[boocoowell]

Yo Jose: tough you-know-whatties....

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

I just saw the song being used today on a “Dora The Explorer” Christmas episode.

I’m sure Feliciano receives plenty of royalties around the holidays.

[Las Vegas Ron]

LOL...be sure to leave a comment!

[GAB-1955]

Some have.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Pendejo.

[cripplecreek]

I thought he played for the Yankees.

[Electric Graffiti]

Hey Jose.....vete a la mierda.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I agree with Mr. Feliciano. THe song is not funny and it is disgraceful. Leave Christmas alone. FELIZ NAVIDAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHRITMAS SONGS.

[CalifScreaming]

What is abhorrent is using a song meant for celebrating the birth of Christ as a vehicle for hate and ignorance.

[BunnySlippers]

Weird Al gets an agreement from the artists first.

Not that I don’t agree with your underling premise.

[domenad]

I’m hardly a lawyer, but I thought parody was protected under the first amendment. Still, they likely got rid of it because of the risk of bad press.

[freekitty]

If he meant what he said; he would say that about others who have done the same thing.

[humblegunner]

"Feliz Navidad"

I always thought it was "Police nab me Dad".

Go figure.

[DoughtyOne]

Feliciano? Is that Spanish for a cross between fleas and guano? Okay, okay...

Songs are morphed for lampoon purposes all the time. I’m not sure what the legality of it is, but I don’t hear many artists getting cranky over it.

[Sans-Culotte]

I thought it was funny. I guess the truth hurts. However, if the guy is gonna use José’s music, José should see some pesos.

[BlueAngel]

I agree with what you said.

[iopscusa]

Is jose an illegal immigrant or just an enabler? Wadda a tool.

[ko_kyi]

Surprised he saw something wrong with it.