Talk:Rockin' in the Free World

REmoving the reference to "Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them" being relevant to crack cocaine, since I can't find any evidence of that - and it seems to commonly be a reference to overseas populations Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)}

Results 1 - 10 of about 11 for Sampedro rockin' free world Khomeini. (0.19 seconds) , personally I agree with you, that whole section should be removed - why would you fear about your European tour because Iran was burning American flags anyways? Sounds like an urban legend - and it's very important that Wikipedia not further misinformation. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 05:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About the Khomeini reference[edit]

Khomeini passed away on June 3, 1989, "Rockin' in the Free World" was first performed live on February 21, 1989 at the Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA with Neil Young's band The Restless. So the Khomeni story must be made up or Poncho was watching another flag-burning event on TV.

I'd suggest the Rushdie Affair - Khomeini's fatwa against The Satanic Verses, calling for Rushdie to be killed, had been pronounced on February 14, and this was instant news and greeted by roaring crowds in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. Not sure if there was U.S. flag burning at that point, but does Sampedro or Young actually say the joke was inspired by torched American flags? Even if one of them did, he may have conflated two news stories. Rushdie was, of course, an immediate symbol of freedom of speech and thought.Strausszek (talk) 23:40, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's almost certainly it, considering the timing. Without a source, it'd be WP:OR to read too much into it, though; I just put the quote there. Calbaer (talk) 04:30, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Performances[edit]

Where's the G3 jam? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.194.230.174 (talk) 17:25, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]