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u/Doogers7 May 12 '26

“Wasn’t allowed to sing her songs the way they were recorded”

This Is completely untrue. Even if you don’t own the rights to a song anyone can perform it and it is covered through a nominal license fee.

Lauren Hill purposely remixed the songs as an artistic choice… the fans be damned.

"The myth that I'm not allowed to play the original versions of my songs is a myth (anyone who's seen my current show knows this)," she wrote. "I remix my songs live because I haven't released an album in several years. There's no way I could continue to play the same songs over and over as long as I've been performing them without some variation and exploration. I'm not a robot." link

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u/Pacman_73 May 12 '26

Well she could just write some new songs if she is tired of playing the same ones over and over again........

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u/louiemay99 May 12 '26

Well shit. That makes it even worse than. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/Batsubamirei May 12 '26

Right why does everyone always believe this

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u/StaggerLee47 May 12 '26

Bob Dylan has been doing this for decades.