Donald Trump campaign’s music choices cause more controversy after ban on using songs from the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Tom Petty
- Creedence Clearwater Revival song Fortunate Son, played at a Trump rally last week, was likely intended to criticise people like the US president
- The Rolling Stones threatened Trump with a lawsuit in June for using their song You Can’t Always Get What You Want at the end of his campaign rallies
US President Donald Trump arrived at a rally in the state of Michigan last week to the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Fortunate Son – a curious choice for a wealthy heir who avoided the Vietnam draft by receiving five medical deferrals.
“Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand. Lord, don’t they help themselves, y’all,” the song goes, later adding in the chorus: “I ain’t no millionaire’s son, no, no.”
It caught the attention of the song’s writer, John Fogerty, who said he was confused about why Trump – of all people – would play the song at his events.
“It’s a song I could have written now, and so I find it confusing, I would say, that the president has chosen to use my song for his political rallies when in fact, it seems like he is probably the fortunate son,” Fogerty said in a video posted on Instagram.
The 1969 hit is the latest addition to an incongruous and evolving playlist that Trump’s campaign has developed for his rallies and speeches.