Posted on 01/25/2022 10:31:06 AM PST by dennisw
Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for Covid-19 safety and prevention, doesn't want his music to share a home with vaccine misinformation.
In a now-deleted post on his website, Young asked his managers and record label to remove his music from Spotify because he said the music and podcast platform is "spreading fake information about vaccines -- potentially causing death to those who believe this disinformation spread by them." (Rolling Stone originally reported the text of the deleted post.)
"I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform," the 76-year-old said in Monday's post, according to Rolling Stone. "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both."
"Rogan" refers to Joe Rogan, the exceedingly controversial podcast host who has made frequent false and inaccurate claims surrounding vaccines and Covid-19. Earlier this month, a group of more than 250 scientists, doctors and nurses penned an open letter to Spotify condemning the streamer for platforming Rogan and calling on Spotify to warn its listeners about misinformation.
"The Joe Rogan Experience" was Spotify's most popular podcast globally in 2021, according to Variety. It became a Spotify exclusive in 2020, when Rogan signed a multi-year exclusive licensing deal with the streaming service, thought to be worth more than $100 million, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time.
CNN has reached out to Young's manager, his publicist at Warner Records and Spotify for comment.
Frank Gironda, Young's manager, did confirm to the Daily Beast that the two had discussed Young's concerns and were "trying to figure this out right now." He said, too, that Young was "very upset about this disinformation."
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I’ve never liked him as a solo artist. The whiny voice has always been nails on a chalkboard to me.
Neil Young’s singing voice has always grated on my nerves. And I’m not just hating on him because of his political extremism. I grew up in the CSNY era. CSN >>>> CSNY
Mainly Stephen Stills >>>> Neil Young, better singer and guitar player.
Who legend has it Joni Mitchell introduced Stills, or suggested stills to Crosby.
“Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for Covid-19 safety and prevention...”
Oh is that what he’s known for now? I thought he was known for whining over beginner guitar chords.
Nobody listens to it anyway
It's comical ... it really is.
“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.”
I guess he withdrew his statement after his manager told him that Rogan is bigger than Young ever was in his heyday, so this isn’t much of an ultimatum.
Hilarious, cuz true.
all that heroin affected Neil negatively in ways he doesn’t realize!
Why does this man think anyone cares? Does anyone care?
“Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for Covid-19 safety and prevention, doesn’t want his music to share a home with vaccine misinformation.”
Neil, you are a putz and a sign of my hatred for you I am going to play skeet shoot off y terrace with your albums.
Who?
Oh, the whiny guy who used to hang with Crosby, Stills, and Nash. I thought he died years ago.
That would be awesome if we could not only remove his music from Spotify, but from EVERY other source and be rid of it for good!
Plus, it would stop putting money in his pocket and hopefully help cancel him from spouting his nonsense to everyone else..
Real idiot....most people could not pick him out in a line up!!!!
Thought he was dead... He’s irrelevant regardless.
Democrats are severely worried about people having open minds and making their own decisions. It's noteworthy that they have simply abandoned the power of persuasion for poisoning the well by calling all discussion that doesn't follow their line of thinking to be "misinformation".
But the way I see it, if someone is presenting wrong information, the proper way to refute it is to provide proof that it is wrong. But as we've seen in several stories lately (the 2020 election, Jan 6), just questioning the story is an act of defiance and dangerous. They're really pulling out all the stops to shut down open dialogue.
HAHAHAHA!!! You’re right! Probably a country song. :-D
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