Even a fictional band doesn’t need Donald Trump taking part in its songs at his rallies.
The members of Spinal Faucet, the fictional heavy metallic band within the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Faucet,” that includes comedy legends Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christoper Visitor, have drawn a line within the sand with the previous president relating to their music.
Properly, at the very least one music.
On Friday, Shearer (aka Faucet bassist Derek Smalls) posted on X, previously Twitter, demanding “that the Trump marketing campaign chorus from taking part in ‘Intercourse Farm’ at their rallies.”
The submit was in response to a current ruling that stopped Trump’s presidential marketing campaign from taking part in “Maintain On, I’m Coming” by the late Isaac Hayes throughout occasions.
As well as, artists together with Celine Dion, ABBA, Beyoncé and the Foo Fighters, together with Sinéad O’Connor’s property, have additionally objected to Trump’s use of their songs at his rallies.
Shearer’s submit was most likely meant as a joke since (A) he’s a comedy legend and (B) the possibilities of any marketing campaign, even Trump’s, utilizing a music with lyrics together with “Engaged on a intercourse farm/ Attempting to boost some laborious love/ Getting out my pitchfork/ Poking your hay” are slim.
Nonetheless, HuffPost did do its due diligence and requested Shearer if “Intercourse Farm” had really been performed at any Trump rally.
“Not that I do know of,” he conceded via a post on X.
Nonetheless, simply to make sure, HuffPost reached out to the Trump marketing campaign to get its response to not being allowed to play “Intercourse Farm” at rallies, however nobody instantly responded.
In the meantime, it seems like a busy time for Spinal Faucet. Shearer, McKean and Visitor are working with director Rob Reiner on a sequel to their groundbreaking movie, “Spinal Faucet II,” which is set for release next year.
