Posted on 09/08/2015 5:27:04 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Donald Trump has been using an unlikely soundtrack at speeches and rallies for his presidential campaign: Twisted Sister's 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It."
When Paul Ryan tried using the same track during his 2012 campaign for the vice presidency, he drew a stern rebuke from Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider. So why does Trump—who is also running as a Republican—get away with the song usage?
The rebellion anthem might seem better suited to a disaffected teenager than a 69-year-old billionaire making a bid for the White House, but Snider says he won't be calling foul this time. In fact, he considers Trump's run to be in the spirit of the track.
"He asked me," Snider tells Newsweek. "He's a friend. He didn't want a Neil Young situation. So he contacted me and said, 'I'd like to use "We're Not Gonna Take It."' I said, 'Look, we're friends, and I really like you, but we don't see eye-to-eye on everything.' We do agree on a number of things, but not everything!"
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was Snyder ever on the Apprentice show?
"This song is a song about rebellion," Snider says. "And [Trump is] definitely rebelling. If I forget the comfortable old man I've become and go back to the angry young man I once was, what he and Bernie Sanders are doing is they are raising holy hell—and upsetting the apple cart. That was the spirit that 'We're Not Gonna Take It' was written in."
Yeah, Newsweak, is this all you have to put up against Trump? Good news, actually.
I’m not sure, but I think Dee Snider was on The Apprentice.
IIRC Dee Snyder was a contestant on celebrity apprentice. But I’m not %100 sure.
Same song as was used for the Gray Davis recall — and Schwarzenegger election.
Yes season 13.
I think the show has been valuable for Trump.
Hey Bohner:
WE AIN’T GONNA TAKE IT
YOU’RE ALL WORTHLESS AND WEAK
WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE
NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY
All he needs is a public performance license
Trump has a lot of friends...
Lol !!!
Free publicity for Mr. Snider means $$ in his pocket.
Too bad the current squatter in the WH hasn’t had one person come forth and call him a friend in nearly 7 years. Strange, isn’t it?/s
Innit tho? Best *he* could come up with was 'some guy in the neighborhood' if I recall correctly...
the infowarrior
I’ve been staring at IIRC on FR for 15 years. It just hit me what it means.
I should get kicked off just for that :)
Trump needs to turn up at a Toby Keith concert.
New York boy could lock up the redneck vote.
“We’ll fight! We’re free! We’re right! They’ll See!!!!!!”
I don’t always pick up on the ABCXYZ language either, I think it’s an age thing. We didn’t grow up texting, in fact we had to actually DIAL the phone. Kids today don’t know what that means, they’ve never seen a rotary dial phone.
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