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And Now I Listen To Heart Over and Over Again
12:04PM ON
09/06/2008
BY
Jessica Ramsey
The rock duo Heart is the latest group to publicly veto a stump song, condemning the McCain-Palin ticket for using its ’70s hit “Barracuda” as the theme for Gov. Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women,” Heart members Ann and Nancy Wilson told Entertainment Weekly after the song played at the Republican National Convention.
“‘Barracuda’ was written in the late ’70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women.”
Loves it. Here’s a clip of the song, live circa 1977 with an intro in German:
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