ST. PAUL, Minn. - GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night," her spokeswoman said late Wednesday.

The Minnesota congresswoman received a personal letter from NBC's vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan, a day after she appeared on the show. As Bachmann walked onstage, the show's band had played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song entitled "Lyin' *** B——."

Vaughan wrote that the incident was "not only unfortunate but also unacceptable," Bachmann spokeswoman Alice Stewart told The Associated Press. She said Vaughn offered his sincerest apologies and said the band had been "severely reprimanded."

Fallon also apologized to Bachmann when they spoke earlier Wednesday, she said. He'd tweeted earlier, saying he was "so sorry about the intro mess."

"He was extremely nice and friendly and offered his apology, and she accepted it," Stewart said, adding that the comedian said he was unaware the band planned to play the song. "It's just unfortunate that someone had to do something so disrespectful."

Bachmann lashed out earlier Wednesday at NBC for not apologizing or taking immediate disciplinary action. In her first comments on the flap, Bachmann said on the Fox News Channel that the Fallon show band displayed sexism and bias by playing the song.

Bachmann: "Fallon" dustup shows bias, sexism
"This is clearly a form of bias on the part of the Hollywood entertainment elite," Bachmann said. She added, "This wouldn't be tolerated if this was Michelle Obama. It shouldn't be tolerated if it's a conservative woman either."

She went further on a national radio conservative radio show hosted by Michael Medved, calling the incident "inappropriate, outrageous and disrespectful."

On Fox, Bachmann expressed surprise that she's heard nothing from the TV network. She suggested that discipline for the show's band, The Roots, was in order. She said she believed Fallon's comments to be sincere.

One of Bachmann's congressional colleagues, New York Democrat Nita Lowey, had called on NBC to apologize for its "insulting and inappropriate" treatment of its guest.

An NBC spokeswoman didn't return a phone message from The Associated Press.

The Roots' bandleader, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, has said the song was a "tongue-in-cheek and spur-of-the-moment decision."

Bachmann, who is lagging in presidential polls, has spent the week promoting her new autobiography in national television interviews.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=BqeVjopXLWI
Lyin' *** ***** Lyrics
Fishbone

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I knew her and she knew me
When she asks me to introduce them
When I did we were three
Until she tried to seduce him
I really thought our love was much too strong
But that little slut just proved us wrong
I still care and that's my fatal flaw
'Cause sharing you will surely kill us all
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she loves you
But you know she don't care
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she needs you
But you know she really don't care
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she loves you
But you know she don't care
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she needs you
But you know she really don't care
She swears that her love's for you
And she swears that her love never ends
She swears that she's all for you
As she messes around with your friends
I really thought our love was much too strong
But that little slut just proved us wrong
I still care and that's my fatal flaw
'Cause sharing you will surely kill us all
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she loves you
But you know she don't care
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
She always says she needs you
But you know she really don't care
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's just a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
You're nothing but a little lyin' *** *****
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
This is dedicated to lyingass Yvette
You lyin' piece of sack ofshit
Slut trash can *****, *****
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=1OuiuolN1r4

Well.......I think the shoe fits...... whether she wants to wear it or not.....

It was very inappropriate and disrespectful, although I love the Roots and Jimmy Fallon.

The VP of late night for NBC stated as much, IM not sure who else from NBC she wants to hear from.

Im not sure the precedent for such a decision by a house band on a late night television show, in terms of 'disciplinary' action. I hope the roots dont lose the gig, but it would be understandable if they did.

I say give them a raise and tell bitchwoman they were "dealt with"....her and Congress gets away with crap like that!

Wonder how long it would take NBC's president to apologize if this were played for Queen Michelle???

The VP for late night programming already apologized.

I bet Bachmann didn't even know what was being played until someone told her to complain about it afterwards.

to be honest, neither did I

thats why I almost think Roots and Fishbone are musician friends and this was a way to get the latter some quick publicity,,lol

This is no different then the Barack the Magic Negro song or the Barney Frank Banking Queen, if the shoe fits..............

If that were the case people would be getting fired and maybe even prosecuted for a hate crime IMMEDIATELY.

I'm guessing you're talking about Michelle Obama. Not quite sure why you're comparing them, though. She's much classier than Bachmann.

You mean like touching the Queen of England?

Yeah, what nerve! Didn't she know the Queen is already a little touched?

Oh well.... she touches the Queen, and Obummer bows to a foreign dictator..... it runs in the family!

Let me guess, you actually like crazy Bachmann.

so are they supposed to memorize and respect rituals or not(not touching a queen even if she touches them vs bowing in respect to a foreign leader)?

lol

I think those things are not quite as significant as implying someone is a female dog,,,,

Not really...........

Today in 1977, Sex Pistols' single "God Save The Queen" was released in the UK, and almost instantly banned.

God Save The Queen Lyrics
God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb
God save the queen
She ain't no human being
There is no future
In England's dreaming
Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future,
No future for you
God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves
God save the queen
'Cause tourists are money
And our figurehead
Is not what she seems
Oh God save history
God save your mad parade
Oh Lord God have mercy
All crimes are paid
When there's no future
How can there be sin
We're the flowers in the dustbin
We're the poison in your human machine
We're the future, your future
God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves
God save the queen
We mean it man
And there is no future
In England's dreaming
No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future,
No future for me
No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future
For you
It was the year of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and in the conservative conventional UK, the single caused widespread offence, withlyrics including the phrase "God Save The Queen, She ain't no human being.."
Provoked to utter obscenities live on early-evening national TV in the UK, the group found themselves victims of an instant suburban backlash, becoming targets of hate to average citizens, and overnight heroes to a generation of revolting teenagers at the same time. Banned by TV and radio, the single was refused a place in the nation's Main Street shops, while workers at EMI Records' pressing plant refused to handle the record, which was seen by them to be attacking the monarchy.
Whipped up into a frenzyof indignation by the media, the song was regarded by much of the general public to be an assault on Queen Elizabeth II, which, to be fair, it was. The title is taken directly from "God Save the Queen", the UK national anthem and wasdoubly controversial, for its equation of the Queenwith a "fascist regime", and for its claim that England had "no future". Pistols singer Johnny Rotten later said, "You don't write a song like 'God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race. You write a song like that because you love them, and you're fed up of seeing them mistreated".
Released as the band's second single from their album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, the single cover, depicting a defaced picture of Queen Elizabeth II (which in English law, is a form of treason), was designed by Jamie Reid, and in 2001 was named #1 in a list of 100 greatest recordcovers of all time by Q Magazine .
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sex_Pistols_-_God_Save_the_Queen.jpgOn 7th June 1977, on the day of the Jubilee national holiday, Sex Pistols pulled off a publicity stunt by playingthe song from a boat named The Queen Elizabeth as it sailed down the River Thames, eventually mooring outside the House of Parliament. The police were awaiting the boat's docking and, as the members of the party leftthe boat for dry land, a scuffle broke out, resulting in eleven people, including several members of the band's entourage, being arrested.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=dQtoevFk8Ao&fulldescription=1
In one week it sold 200,000 copies in the UK, peaking at #2 (behind Rod Stewart's "I Don't Want to Talk About It") on the UK singles chart, though there have been persistent rumours -- never confirmed or denied -- that it was actually the biggest-selling single in the UK at the time, and the British Phonographic Industry conspired to keep it off the Number One slot.
I don't suppose we'll everknow, although none of the BPI's then executives were subsequently knighted, so perhaps Her Majesty wasn't very bothered, one way or theother...