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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Hey, Angie, Get Offa My CloudAngela Merkel's been stepping up and down from the podium at her campaign speeches to a Rolling Stones tune -- "Angie" -- meant to loosen up her dull, Christian-Democrat image. The Stones' legal department doesn't like it:The only ones not smiling however, are the Rolling Stones. "We didn't grant permission" for Merkel to use the song, a spokesman for the musicians told Time magazine. "We are surprised that permission was not requested. If it had been requested, we would have said no." But "Angie" is a desperately sad song -- it's like campaigning to Martha by Tom Waits or something by Leonard Cohen. Trying to buff your image with a break-up ballad seems somehow very German.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
3:36 PM
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