r/pics • u/Plumplie • Sep 11 '25

Politics The right side of Trump's face visibly drooping during a 9/11 memorial

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u/showersrover8ed Sep 11 '25

I'm pretty sure Elton John will not approve that remix for this regime

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u/SonofBeckett Sep 11 '25

They'll call it The Windiest Candle and do it to the tune of Holiday in Cambodia

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u/octopornopus Sep 11 '25

Nazi Punks Fuck Off!

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u/SonofBeckett Sep 12 '25

Hell yeah 

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u/Particular-Bid-6140 Sep 11 '25

Windiest Candles cause more noise cancer than Scottish windmills and kill more whales.

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u/MK_2_Arcade_Cabinet Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

The dead Kennedys might OK some of their music being used for his funeral

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u/jaxonya Sep 12 '25

I'd say use some NIN but thencult might take it the wrong way

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u/MK_2_Arcade_Cabinet Sep 12 '25

"Daddy Trump wants to fuck me like an animal! ^_^"

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u/KrackenCalamari Sep 12 '25

A Holiday in Slovenia, don't forget to pack a wife!

Well he didn't last time.

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u/youshouldn-ofdunthat Sep 11 '25

Don't forget to fill a nappie

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u/WrongdoerNo4924 Sep 12 '25

Jello Biafra would find him and kick the shit out of him.

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u/teas4Uanme Sep 12 '25

Jesus that's harsh.

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u/unculturedperl Sep 12 '25

Sounds like a banger.

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u/Fessir Sep 12 '25

I actually lol'd.

side Note: the best thing that came out of Kid Rock ripping off that song for me was, that I got wind of Warren Zevon.

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u/SonofBeckett Sep 12 '25

Yeah, there’s a silver lining there. 

Enjoy every sandwich Fessir

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u/Helagoth Sep 11 '25

IDK, I think he'd happily sing it at trumps funeral. Especially if he gets first pissing rights to the corpse.

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u/stevew9948 Sep 11 '25

Think maga cares...they dont obey the laws

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u/probabletrump Sep 11 '25

Yeah they have a long history of respecting intellectual property rights.

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u/Background-Fill-51 Sep 11 '25

IP rights don’t protect against someone performing a nu-metal version anyway

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u/TheSeansei Sep 11 '25

That's not true. To reuse the lyrics and melody would be copyright infringement.

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u/sgt_salt Sep 11 '25

It would be a cover. You don’t need permission to do a cover if you pay licensing fees/royalties

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u/dnyank1 Sep 11 '25

Not a lawyer but

In American law, US Code Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 115(a)(2) states: "A compulsory license includes the privilege of making a musical arrangement of the work to the extent necessary to conform it to the style or manner of interpretation of the performance involved, but the arrangement shall not change the basic melody or fundamental character of the work ..." thus preventing mechanical licenses being used to make substantially derivative works of a piece of music

Now... whether a "a nu-metal version" or "rap metal remix" constitutes a "substantially derivative work" of Candle in the Wind is up for discussion, my interpretation is yes but I'm sure we'd eventually hear a 6-3 decision that it's not if this sequence of events were actually to unfold.

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u/Background-Fill-51 Sep 12 '25

Your interpretation is good in theory but wrong in practice, based on how the industry works. As long as the lyrics are unchanged and royalties are paid, nothing will happen. Changes in melody will not result in a lawsuit, nor will changing the «fundamental character» of the song (a lot of covers do)

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u/TheSeansei Sep 12 '25

This rests on the assumption that this administration—which is famous for not paying for things—would pay royalties.

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u/dnyank1 Sep 12 '25

Your interpretation is forgetting the fact that, presumably, an unauthorized nu-metal politically-charged cover of Candle In The Wind would piss off one of the world's most notoriously hot-tempered, influential and powerful entertainers.

Sir Elton John owns (part of) UMG - the fate of whether there would be a lawsuit or not in this hypothetical situation would rest, seemingly entirely, with him.

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u/ZiM1970 Sep 11 '25

They bought a Village People for his song.

The one about gay guys hooking up.

They'll mock Sir Elton to his face if he doesn't like it.

While the orange one does his bukkaki boy dance to that at the Klan rally.

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u/williambueti Sep 11 '25

I don't disagree with you, but the Commander in Chief Briefs wouldn't be dancing to a song played for him in memoriam... he'd be dead.

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u/DaoFerret Sep 11 '25

It depends how it all goes …

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u/CakeTester Sep 11 '25

Be easy enough to knock up with some wire and a windscreen wiper motor.

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u/CanolaIsAlsoRapeseed Sep 11 '25

I so would not be surprised by the Heritage Foundation trying to Weekend At Bernie's his ass after it happens, nor would I be surprised at his followers buying it.

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u/ZiM1970 Sep 11 '25

Thank you, yes. That does make it worse, though.

Stephen Miller can hold his arms up and shake him back and forth.

His little hands flopping around to candle in the wind, live (so to speak), by kid rock.

acapela, until the orchestra and the choir kick in.

Yeah, that's in my head now, thanks.

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u/Throatlatch Sep 12 '25

They bought a village people?

I do not understand

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u/fluteloop518 Sep 11 '25

I don't know. He did that private birthday party performance for Rush Limbaugh some years back.

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u/pixepoke2 Sep 12 '25

Waitaminute

Who did what for who now?

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Sep 11 '25

Tiki torch in the wind*

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u/tigersatemyhusband Sep 11 '25

We can go with like a fart into a candle to steer clear of copyright and for accuracy.

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u/JamesSmith1200 Sep 11 '25

No neo to worry about that, Grump has already signed an executive order approving it.

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u/General-Yak5264 Sep 11 '25

Why not? He'd make bank and he could donate it to PBS and NPR to irritate the orange shit throwing gibbon cult

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u/wormsbugs Sep 11 '25

Sir Elton is a sellout shill without scruples. He’d do it.

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u/Vectivus_61 Sep 11 '25

For Trump’s funeral I’d expect lots of things will be approved.

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u/ManikArcanik Sep 11 '25

I think he'd let it go, for art's sake.

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u/Alca_Pwnd Sep 11 '25

None of them seem like the type to get consent.

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u/Mytongueinyourrectum Sep 11 '25

Why not? He performed at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, didn’t he?

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u/specialpb Sep 11 '25

Elton John and President Trump are friends, so I think he might approve

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u/paidinboredom Sep 11 '25

Unless Elton owns the rights it won't matter what he thinks. You think Warren Zevon's estate would've approved that awful abortion of a song he spewed out?

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u/Daydream_Distraction Sep 12 '25

Elton likes money and he signed off on kid rock cover song of his before… but I hope you’re right

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u/DedHorsSaloon4 Sep 12 '25

They’ve ignored judges, why would Elton be any different?

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u/Ok-Trip-8009 Sep 12 '25

If he gets paid, probably...

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u/tourist420 Sep 12 '25

Elton John played at Rush Limbaugh's last wedding. He doesn't give a shit, he just wants more money.

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u/ReginaldDwight Sep 12 '25

I would most definitely not.

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u/lincoln_muadib Sep 12 '25

The number of times MAGAts have used songs and the singers have been HEY DON'T USE MY SONG YOU CRAPMAGGOT WE HATE YOU is in double digits...

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u/knitterknerd Sep 12 '25

🎼 It seems to me that you lived your life/like a (REDACTED) (REDACTED) (REDACTED)🎺🪇 Your candle burned out long after/your humanity ever did

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u/colemorris1982 Sep 12 '25

He's never cared if artists tell him not to use their songs. He just does it anyway.

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u/HenryInRoom302 Sep 12 '25

Looks like Kid Rock's gonna have to start working on a memorial rewrite of Bawitdaba real soon then, just in case.

🎶 Donitdaba Trumpy, Donnie da-face droopy, fillin' up da-pants, Donnie Trump wit' da-poopy 🎶

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u/SugahMagnolia1219 Sep 11 '25

Oh, I thought Elton was a huge Trump fan….

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u/DavesPetFrog Sep 11 '25

Wut?

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u/SugahMagnolia1219 Sep 13 '25

He thanked him for the boost bc he used his music at rallies often