Adam Levine: "Dear Fox News. Don't play our music on your evil fucking channel ever again."

[jefferson_dem]

Maroon 5's Adam Levine goes to war with 'evil' Fox News
Singer demands the broadcaster to stop playing his music, prompting reprisals from the Murdoch channel

Sean Michaels

guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 October 2011 06.30 EDT



'Dear Fox News, don't play our music ever again' … Adam Levine of Maroon 5. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage

Maroon 5's Adam Levine has entered a war of words with US broadcaster Fox News, which has been using the band's songs as background music. Levine described Fox as an "evil fucking channel", prompting Fox to question Levine's right to describe his work as "music".

"Dear Fox News," Levine tweeted. "Don't play our music on your evil fucking channel ever again. Thank you." It's unclear what set the singer off. Although he's a host on the talent show The Voice, on rival network NBC, Maroon 5 songs such as This Love and She Will Be Loved have soundtracked a thousand TV montages.

Fox supporters and pundits were quick paint Levine's remarks as a liberal smear. Writing on her popular blog, the Fox contributor and conservative journaist Michelle Malkin referred to the tweet as "bigotry". " irrational, self-defeating, blanket hatred," she said.

Greg Gutfeld and Adam Levy, hosts of Red Eye on Fox News, seemed even more offended. "Fun joke: why did Maroon 5 cross the road? Because crappy music is legal there," Gutfeld tweeted. Levy compared Maroon 5's work to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques". Shortly after, while recording Red Eye, they deliberately played a clip from Maroon 5's Sunday Morning. "If you go to iTunes and search under the category called crap, that comes up!" Gutfeld said.

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[Firebrand Gary]

1. I already own all of their CD's, but in support I am going to download them to my Ipod.

[Divine Discontent]

2. "It's unclear what set the singer off." - really guardian?

maybe it's clear the reason he feels that way about faux noise channel because it's a shit-stain on the face of live broadcast television that lies on purpose to deceive the American people on behalf of the warmongers and corporations that will do anything to make a profit - anything... that may be part of it!

also, since his brother is Gay, he also may find their "humor" and bigotry reprehensible and think they're style of "news" only causes problems and circumvents the truth to cause division in America.



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[NYC Liberal]

4. self-delete

Wrong place

[Drahthaardogs]

3. Bigotry? ha ha

Yes, rich, white, republican, neocons are a protected class that often face discrimination.

[NYC Liberal]

5. Telling a corporate new station, "don't play our music" is "bigotry"?

No wonder there are so many racist, bigoted right-wingers if that's their idea of bigotry.

[malaise]

6. Great news

Rec

[6000eliot]

7. Hey, Morons,

if their music is so crappy, then why the fuck are you playing it?

[dana_b]

8. " irrational, self-defeating, blanket hatred,"

pot meet kettle

[babylonsister]

9. If the music is so crappy, why was faux using it? You rock, Adam Levine! nt

[beac]

12. Yes, their argument is a little "irrational" and "self-defeating" wouldn't you say?

Hey FOX, I hear Hank Williams Jr. is looking for a new gig... you know, since you're in the market for some new "crap" music.

[City Lights]

10. "evil fucking channel"

:thumbsup:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. Similar prior thread

[qb]

13. I'm amazed at how tweets become international news. Nevertheless...

Adam Levine, :yourock:, you sexy hunk!

[Tatiana]

14. This can never be repeated often enough. n/t

[newspeak]

15. looks like faux is like the repug party

don't ask permission before you use other's music. Especially artists that definitely don't agree with your sick ideology. Good on him!!!! I agree with him 100%, faux is nothing but a propaganda mouthpiece for right wing corporate shill ideologues.