Tuesday, August 5, 2008

After ‘Obama Love’ Debacle, SFS Plays GOP Music Supervisor

Songs for Soap

We wouldn’t exactly call this an ideological repudiation, but John McCain got a slap in the face from the Warner Music Group for his “Obama Love” ad, which featured the Frankie Valli song “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.” It appears that no one ever cleared the rights to use this song, and the McCain team was forced to hastily replace the track with some soupy elevator tune that sounds ripped from some consumer-grade family home video soundtrack disc.

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