On Thursday evening, an estimated 5,500 people packed into a Freeland, Michigan aircraft hanger to see President Trump in the flesh. Just before the president debarked from Air Force One, “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival blared on the rally speakers, amusing reporters on the ground. Whether the timing of the song was purposeful or accidental—simply Boomer-era classic for a crowd full of them—is unclear, but the irony is glaring regardless, and it’s just the latest chapter in a long tug-of-war between politicians and musicians.
the next day. Others have taken a more passive-aggressive approach: Bobby McFerrin, who wrote and performed the 1988's “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was very unhappy when George H.W. Bush—a big fan of the song—used the song at his campaign rallies that year. McFerrin’s manager“We were quite surprised at this unauthorized appropriation of Mr. McFerrin’s rights. Indeed if anyone were to recognize the value of personal property rights, one would expect it to be the Republican Party.
It sounds like a patriotic anthem to anyone who only listens to the booming chorus. The verses, however, act as a scathing critique of—like “Fortunate Son”—the Vietnam War and the absence of support for downtrodden veterans from the very government that sent them “to a foreign land to go and kill the yellow man.”But “Born In The USA” has been claimed by the right ever since its release in 1984.
Reagan’s speechwriters got the president to drop a Springsteen reference in a speech during a New Jersey campaign stop soon after. “America’s future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts; it rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire: New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen,” Reagan said. “And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about.
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