Who's Townsend calls Michael Moore a bully

WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- WHO singer Peter Townsend charges documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has bullied him for not giving Moore rights to a song.

Townend's online diary entry centers on his refusal to give rights to his song "Won't Get Fooled Again" for use in Moore's popular documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The singer said he did not believe the song was right for the movie, and, in retaliation, Moore has made personal attacks against him.

Wrote Townsend: "I greatly resent being bullied and slurred by him in interviews just because he didn't get what he wanted from me. It seems to me that this aspect of his nature is not unlike that of the powerful and willful man at the center of his new documentary."

The singer wrote he "had not really been convinced" by Moore's previous documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," saying he had concerns about the film's accuracy. Then, upon finding out more about Moore's current project, he wrote, "I was 90 percent certain my song was not right for them."

Townsend said he wishes Moore "all the best" with the movie, which he has not seen, adding. "But he'll have to work very, very hard to convince me that a man with a camera is going to change the world more effectively than a man with a guitar."