No 'Barracuda' for Palin

I read on CNN that the McCain campaign is being asked, yet again, by another musical group to stop using their music.

This time it's the 70's women rocker band Heart. Since Sarah Palin has been known in some parts as "Sarah Barracuda," the Johnny Mac attack decided to use the 1977 Heart hit "Barracuda" after his speech Thursday when Palin joined him on stage. The campaign had already been asked NOT to use the song earlier that day after it had been used in conjunction with Palin's appearance Wednesday.

Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson said no way. Via Entertainment Weekly:

Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda' no longer be used to promote her image. The song 'Barracuda' was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The 'barracuda' represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there.

Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease and desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign.Other lib rockers that have told McCain to Kick it Out before they go Crazy on You:

Van Halen - "Right Now"
Jackson Browne - "Running on Empty"
John Mellencamp - "Pink Houses" and "Our Country"
Orleans - "Still the One"
ABBA - "Take a Chance on Me"
Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"

Will the McCain campaign find music for their rallies before November that they don't have to steal and don't have a distinctive twang? Stay tuned...