1 hits in Australia, Same Love is one of them, so it’s no huge shock it’s on the playlist alongside Thrift Shop and Downtown and his latest release Glorious.Īhead of landing in Australia, Macklemore has watched the issue blow up on social media. This week’s belated outrage is operating on a five year delay.Ībbott, naturally, jumped on-board a DIY petition to stop the song being played at the NRL Grand Final - an occasion where acts are paid handsomely to perform their biggest hits because nobody wants to hear 15 minutes of unfamiliar material. Tony Abbott's daughter Frances disagrees with her dad on it seems /RVea3JrFDcâ Annika Smethurst September 28, 2017 Macklemore has even toured here (twice) playing the song in question to thousands of paying customers. It’s had over 170 million views on YouTube.Īt the time it was the most popular song in Australia and there were no petitions, no angry tweets from politicians, no drama.
1 and even longer dominating commercial radio. It went on to sell over 300,000 copies, spend four weeks at No. Same Love was a song Macklemore released back in 2012. Macklemore, for readers who don’t know - and Alan Jones - is an American rapper who is white. His way was freeze-framed somewhere around 1952 and no doubt has a sepia Sullivans-style look. Once again, Abbott is angry because something isn’t going his way. Or when Tom Jones sang Delilah - you know that old school ditty that comes with a bodycount?
The man who says Australians don’t like being told what to do is telling someone else what to do.Īnd a politician who has been invited to countless sporting events (presumably on our dime) doesn’t want politics mixing with sports.ĭidn’t see Tone complaining when Farnsey sang You’re the Voice (about political apathy) or Barnsey sang Khe Sanh (about post-war trauma) at recent grand finals. So free speech advocate Tony Abbott wants Macklemore banned from performing Same Love at the NRL Grand Final because it doesn’t align with his Flintstonian beliefs?
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