Harris’s move to seek permission to use the hit song comes after the co-writer of a song used in Donald Trump’s rallies spoke out to reveal his disapproval.
At the Republican National Convention last week – days after surviving an assassination attempt – Trump walked on stage to the song Hold On, I’m Coming.
The co-writer of the Sam & Dave’s 1966 hit David Porter told The Independent that the 78-year-old former president had never asked for permission to use his music in his political campaign.
“I can say [that] I don’t want any of my songs used for political campaigns,” he said. “We create music for uplifting people, not separating them.”
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Trump absolutely fuming he can on use Ted nugent and kid rock songs without being sued.
That’s never stopped him before.
Beyonce and Taylor Swift Fan Club both endorsing Harris. This may be a landslide…
Freedoooooom
Yeaaaaaaaaaah
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Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiiight
- Beyonce, probably
Trump walked on stage to the song Hold On, I’m Coming.
I take it the song isn’t named after a porn quote, is it? I wouldn’t put it past Trump…
couldn’t have been his speech was longer than a minute
If you’ve seen the original Blue Brothers movie, you’ve heard a snippet of ‘Hold On’ and another Sam & Dave hit, “Soul Man”. I’m told they were fantastic live but not so much in studio. Back in the 60s the chorus might as well be a porn quote given radio stations were squeamish about playing something so ‘explicit’, but the writers maintained it was simply about rushing back to song writing. HBO recently released a short documentary series about their original label, Stax which covers the big concert the label threw, WattStax. I recommend all of that as better than trying to hunt down random Sam & Dave songs.