“Consider it closed at this time,” the musician wrote; The 1984 song “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” was played before Trump took the stage at holiday events
The former guitarist of The SmithsJonny Marr didn’t like seeing a song by his band played at Donald Trump rallies. He had access to a video on X, formerly Twitter, which showed Please, please, please, let me get what I want played at an event for the former president in South Dakota, in August 2023. The musician requested that the song no longer be played by the Trump campaign.
“Never in a million years did I think this would happen. Consider this shit over now,” he wrote on his social media profile on Tuesday, the 23rd.
Ahh…right…OK. Never in a million years would I have thought this could happen. Consider this shit closed right now. https://t.co/M6eYROedOy
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) January 23, 2024
Another netizen claimed that the track was performed in a more recent rally, on January 22, in the state of Indiana.
Please, please, let me get what I want, B-side of the single William, it was really nothing, from 1984, is a plea to get what you want. At rallies, the song was played while the audience waited for the politician to take the stage, with emphasis on the phrase “good time to change” (“a good time to change”, in the literal translation).
Morrissey, lead singer of the band that composed the song with Marr, has not commented on the case. The musician was supposed to come to Brazil last year, but he postponed his performances after he was diagnosed with dengue fever in Mexico. The shows have been rescheduled for February, in Sao Paulo and Brasilia.
Marr isn’t the only musician who has balked at his work being used to support Trump. Artists like it Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, Adele, Elton John, Armas and Rosas, Rihanna AND Rolling Stones They were also angered by the Republican campaign’s use of their songs.
A similar movement occurred in Brazil: Renato Russo’s son, Giuliano Manfredini, asked TikTok out of court to remove videos that use the band’s songs in favor of Bolsonaro. Trace What country is this? was included in pro-Bolsonaro videos on the social network.
Source: Terra
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