Barracuda

We’ve all wondered what the hell people were thinking when they chose Green Day’s “Time of Your Life” for their wedding or graduation songs — oblivious to the incredibly obvious lyrical sarcasm — so one can only ask what the fuck the Republicans were thinking when they appropriated Heart’s “Barracuda” as Sarah Palin’s theme song tonight:

Barracuda
(Heart)

So this ain’t the end – I saw you again today 
Had to turn my heart away 
You smiled like the Sun – kisses for everyone 
and tales – it never fails! 

You lying so low in the weeds 
Bet you gonna ambush me 
You’d have me down on my knees 
Wouldn’t you, Barracuda? 

Back over Time when we were all trying for free 
Met up with porpoise and me 
No right no wrong you’re selling a Song – a name 
whisper game 

If the real thing don’t do the trick 
You better make up something quick 
You gonna burn it out to the wick 
aren’t you, Barracuda? 

“Sell me sell you” the porpoise said 
Dive down deep to save my head 
You… I think you got the blues too. 

All that night and all the next 
Swam without looking back 
Made for the western pools -silly fools! 

There’s nothing like making a poorly-researched choice and then regretting it after research is undertaken, huh, John McCain Sarah Palin? Of course, the sad, pathetic part of it? Is the rubes’ll buy it and they’ll fucking get away with it. Paging Ann and Nancy Wilson!

Oh, hey, no need to page the Wilsons!

Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.

Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic “Barracuda” as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart’s rep, who says “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.”

The statement goes on: “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.”

We’re told Ann was watching TV today and heard the song at the convention when Palin was touted.

Addendum: Oopsie. Here’s what “Barracuda” is really about. Sorry about that, Sarah:

Ann Wilson revealed in interviews that the song was about Heart’s anger towards Mushroom Records attempted publicity stunt involving sisters Ann and Nancy and a made up lesbian affair. The song particularly focuses on Ann’s rage towards a fan who came up to her after a concert asking how her “lover” was. She initially thought he was talking about her then boyfriend, band member Michael Fisher. After he revealed he was talking about her sister Nancy Wilson, Ann became angry and went back to her hotel room to write the song.

Addendum The Second: Ann Wilson Not Amused

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. The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.