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REM slams Cruz and Trump for using song
Republicans Ted Cruz and Donald Trump should look elsewhere if they want music to rev up the crowds.
According to the Daily Beast, Trump used REM’s 1987 song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) as he hit the stage at the Stop the Iran Deal rally in Washington, DC. Founding member Mike Mills was not feeling fine at all.
‘Personally, I think the Orange Clown will do anything for attention. I hate giving it to him,’ Mills tweeted.
Leader singer Michael Stipe was slightly more colloquial.
‘Go fuck yourselves, the lot of you—you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men,’ Stipe said in a quote to The Daily Beast.
Trump and Cruz were the two Republican presidential contenders who spoke at the rally.
‘Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign,’ Stipe continued.
On Facebook, the group sounded a little less Trumpy.
‘While we do not authorize or condone the use of our music at this political event, and do ask that these candidates cease and desist from doing so, let us remember that there are things of greater importance at stake here. The media and the American voter should focus on the bigger picture, and not allow grandstanding politicians to distract us from the pressing issues of the day and of the current Presidential campaign.’
For our younger readers (we know you exist), below is the song’s video. If you never heard of REM, now is a good time to start.
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James Withers
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