Neil Young on politics

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and which provincial indie phenom has made that dent in the culture?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 April 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Pearl Jam

― Sharon Hale, Saturday, 22 April 2006 09:45 (eighteen years ago) link

There's NO WAY Neil would know about any of that stuff unless somebody played it for him. He only knew about Devo cuz Dean Stockwell took the risk of pissing him off to play it for him. He's been on record for well over a decade that he hates listening to recorded music, so he wouldn't be seeking this stuff out. Plus that Beastie Boys & Bright Eyes stuff wasn't on their albums, and he DID mention Chris Rock on his last album.

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 22 April 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Somebody should play him Desaparecidos though! I bet he'd like it.

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 22 April 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link

If you think it's myopic for a sextegenarian to not be aware of a download-only Bright Eyes single, well...

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 22 April 2006 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Neil on CNN a few days ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7utryGZ25dg&eurl

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 22 April 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link

No way will this be as good as Pink's "Dear Mr President".

― Ricky Nadir (noodle vague), Saturday, 22 April 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link

not saying all those efforts were good (or even listenable) but to say that no one outside of the 60s generation has written any suitably angry songs about the political state of the union is just stupid.

The 60s generation thinks it's all about them?! Since when?!?

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 22 April 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link

"you've got a song called "Let's impeach the president". What is it about?"

"aren't you worried people will think you are UNPATRIOTIC?"

"perhaps you're using this as a way to sell more records"

"people will say [i.e. I say], you're a canadian, does this give you less of a platform to say these things"

fuck cnn

― a.b. (alanbanana), Sunday, 23 April 2006 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link

i like how the reporter looked panicked after the anchor rebuked her commercial-motivation theory

― a.b. (alanbanana), Sunday, 23 April 2006 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link

I say go for it Neil!

Ben Harper's definitely had some pretty good protest stuff too, if a tad more subtle than "Impeach the President", but take a listen to Black Rain and a few other tracks from Both Sides Of The Gun.

― shorty (shorty), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

flipping through Fox news today I saw them interviewing Billy Ray Cyrus. The only question I saw before I turned the channel:

"why do people love country musicians so much?"

― Period period period (Period period period), Sunday, 23 April 2006 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link

I love the very half-hearted "Mm" at the very end

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Sunday, 23 April 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

so how come they love them so much? huh?

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

The whole album is being streamed now:
http://www.neilyoung.com

I like it but I've always had a soft spot for when Neil rocks out and most of the disc is distortion-fueled anger.

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Friday, 28 April 2006 09:20 (eighteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

Crazy: https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/01/neil-young-american-citizen/?fbclid=IwAR3dav_HCtPfbA49ATDm3wMn5Yh-D6l8XBPM8M3S-scczBrXRXZlsUj_pkI

― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link

he's actually seemed like a kooky sweetheart on insta lately

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7pHpETJ81D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link

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