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Band to GOP: Turn Off 'Barracuda'

Posted Sep 5, 08 1:10 PM CDT in Arts & Living Politics 

(Newser) – The members of the band Heart aren’t pleased that the GOP has been using their song “Barracuda” as Sarah Palin’s theme, reports Entertainment Weekly. Palin’s nickname since high school has been “Sarah Barracuda.” After a mild statement failed to stop the Republicans from using the song a second time, Ann and Nancy Wilson released an emphatic denunciation.

“Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda' no longer be used to promote her image,” wrote the band members. They pointed out the "irony" of the use of this song, which uses the word “barracuda” to represent the “soulless, corporate” music industry.

Source Entertainment Weekly

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In this 2002 photo released by New England Aquarium, a school of brass striped barracuda swims in the waters of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati.   (AP Photo)
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart performs during the VH1 Rock Honors concert at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 12, 2007.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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