Donald Trump has many enemies, and the latest appear to be the Rolling Stones.
The band has asked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to stop playing their music at his campaign events.
In recent months Trump has used various Stones songs to liven up his rallies, including the 1969 classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”.
On Tuesday he played their 1981 hit “Start Me up” before giving a victory speech following the Indiana primary.
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This triggered the Stones’ complaint.
In a statement the group said: “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately.”
The Stones have joined Aerosmith, Neil Young and Adele in ordering Trump to exclude them from his playlist.
Technically, politicians do not need permission to play a band’s songs at rallies. A blanket license from performing rights organizations ASCAP or BMI should be sufficient.
However, an official objection from an artist can affect whether that license is issued.
There is also the matter of why a politician would want to play music by a band which has formally objected to their policies or personality.
Plus, does Trump appreciate how questionable some of the lyrics to the overtly sexual Start Me Up are for an aspiring US president?
At intervals Mick Jagger sings: “I can’t compete with the riders in the other heats…You make a grown man cry… You make a dead man cum.”
Enough said (or sung).