Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick Diverts Earnings From Chick-fil-A Commercial to LGBTQ Cause

[HAB911]

Leave it to Grace Slick to make an activist statement by saying "yes" to use of Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" in an ad for fast food chain Chick-fil-A.

The co-founder of Starship's predecessor, 1960s psychedelic group Jefferson Airplane, Slick has penned an op-ed explaining her decision to authorize a license of the 1987 hit to a company known for supporting organizations that are anti-gay marriage. The commercial first aired during the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12.

"That was my voice you heard," writes Slick in Forbes. "I am donating every dime that I make from that ad to Lambda Legal, the largest national legal organization working to advance the civil rights of LGBTQ people, and everyone living with HIV... Instead of them replacing my song with someone else's and losing this opportunity to strike back at anti-LGBTQ forces, I decided to spend the cash in direct opposition to Chick-fil-A’s causes – and to make a public example of them, too. We’re going to take some of their money, and pay it back."

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7694143/jefferson-airplane-grace-slick-chick-fil-a-commercial-lgbtq

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R

[Ken Burch]

2. Grace Slick still kicks ass!

And that's not the first time that song has been misused.

In the province of New Brunswick, Canada, there was a right wing political group called the Confederation of Regions Party(a party based largely on opposition to bilingualism and the repeal of laws protecting the rights of francophone, or French-speaking New Brunswick residents) or CoR, that closed one of its party conventions by having a guy sing it as "we'll build this CoR together, stand in stone forever".

That party once finished second in a New Brunswick provincial election.

[Phoenix61]

3. Hey, she ain't named Slick for nothing

[Ken Burch]

4. This was the best quote from her op-ed:

"I come from a time... when the message of songs was 'feed your head,' not 'feed your wallet.'”

[LeftInTX]

5. Cool!!

[jodymarie aimee]

6. when I first moved to Berkeley I met her

Lord in heaven, I love that broad.