Tom Petty won't let Michele Bachmann play "American Girl" at campaign rallies

By Virginia SmithJune 29th, 2011, 2:00 pmComments (8)

Michele Bachmann

Just on the heels of her campaign's misuse of the Katy Perry's LGBT-friendly anthem "Firework," Michele Bachmann is now under fire for using Tom Petty's classic "American Girl." Though Petty gave Hillary Clinton permission to use the 1977 track in her 2008 campaign, he's issued a cease-and-desist letter to Bachmann for trying to do the same. Sick burn! Petty also took issue with George W. Bush a few years back for trying to use "Won't Back Down."

I never get tired of it when musicians call out politicians they hate for appropriating their music, though at the rate she's going it looks like Bachmann might have to stick to Public Domain's greatest hits for the rest of the campaign. Just for kicks, check out this live version of "American Girl" below:

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Commentarium (8 Comments)

Jun 29 11 - 4:46pm
offline009

reminds me of "silence of the lambs" and good for Petty..........

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Jun 29 11 - 5:27pm
JM

Go Tom Petty!

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Jun 29 11 - 8:21pm
Jr

Tom Petty is a d-bag who uses and promotes drugs. I'm sure she can find a better song anyway.

Jun 29 11 - 11:02pm
Austin

How's the view on your high horse, Jr.?

Jul 01 11 - 4:32am
Suzanne

Seriously. You really think this shit matters? He's in rock 'n' roll....what did you think they do?

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Jun 29 11 - 9:36pm
VenusDePsycho

Hell Yeah! I love Tom Petty even more than I did before for this :)

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Jun 29 11 - 11:58pm
brononymous

tom petty sucks, wouldn't want to hear that crap at her rallies anyways.

Jun 30 11 - 4:37am
Texas

Agreed. If I'm going to her rallies the only crap I want to hear is hers.

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