Hey, Mike, you can’t use that song!
Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is being asked to stop using the song “More Than a Feeling” from the popular 1970s and 80s hair-band BOSTON. He’s played it several times during the campaign with his band Capital Offense.
Tom Scholz, former band member and owner of the trademark band name, fired off a letter yesterday to Huckabee asking the Republican to stop using the song.
Scholz is a strong Obama supporter.
Here’s an excerpt from Scholz’s cease and desist letter to Huck:
“BOSTON has never endorsed a political candidate, and with all due respect, would not start by endorsing a candidate who is the polar opposite of most everything BOSTON stands for. In fact, although I’m impressed you learned my bass guitar part on More Than a Feeling, I am an Obama supporter…. .
“…By using my song, and my band’s name BOSTON, you have taken something of mine and used it to promote ideas to which I am opposed. In other words, I think I’ve been ripped off, dude!”
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