Southern Man don’t need him around anyway.
Why is this 2015 kerfuffle relevant now?
“Rockin’ In the Free World”, like “Southern Man” and other Young’s songs is a slam on the USA. Like Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”, it’s an anti-USA song that most folks think is patriotic. Maybe Trump picked it due to it’s digs at GHW Bush.
Is Canadian Neil Young colluding with Democrats on elections?
NewsMax won’t load on my computer. Can you share it with us?
I saw him at Coachella in 2016, he was great. I expected him to get political, he did not. He did promote one cause though, but it was innocuous and not offensive.
I also gained a lot of respect for him when I learned of how much he has done for his special needs son. The man has a big heart, and I can overlook some things when a man is doing the right thing for his family.
Young should be flattered his song was used; it’s not like it would be appropriate in Beijing or Pyongyang.
How about this: Trump can use “Old Man” in relation to “Feel the Bern” Sanders.
I was born in Florida just near the Alabama line. My Grandpa owned land in both Florida and Alabama. I consider Alabama my second home.
“Sweet Home Alabama”.
Did Neil Young ever come out of his burned out basement?
Neil young is a bitter old man. I’m a huge Neil young fan from way back. All he seems to care about these days is the environment and big evil corporations etc. His music was so lyrical. Oh, well.
Neil Young is a foreigner. He has no business meddling in American politics. The dims should be all over that.
This post made me curious, maybe somebody with a lot better connection than I have can double check this.
I’m pretty sure when I watched Trump’s announcement speech a few days ago, when he announced he was running again, I’m sure I heard the exact same song, “Rockin in the Free World”, in the background while they were waiting for everything to get cranked up. I thought about Young throwing a fit the first time and wondered what Trump thinks he’s doing...or maybe he worked out a deal...???
I can’t remember the guy’s name, one of the Fox outside reporters they use almost daily, was there, you could see the crowd behind him and hear the venue PA in the background, and I’m sure I heard that song, specifically the section just before and during the lead guitar part.
I remember the stink about it back then but not much detail. At least Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was decent enough to talk to Trump like an adult and make a reasonable request, Trump acknowledged that it was handled without animosity too. Neil Young didn’t have that much sense, he just threw a juvenile tantrum.
Later on CSN&Y all considered getting back together and touring again just to oppose Trump...Never happened, probably because they couldn’t get along. I can’t remember which one, I think Crosby, was basically being an asshole to a couple of the others and they all said forget it, not worth putting up with the headache.
This post made me curious, maybe somebody with a lot better connection than I have can double check this.
I’m pretty sure when I watched Trump’s announcement speech a few days ago, when he announced he was running again, I’m sure I heard the exact same song, “Rockin in the Free World”, in the background while they were waiting for everything to get cranked up. I thought about Young throwing a fit the first time and wondered what Trump thinks he’s doing...or maybe he worked out a deal...???
I can’t remember the guy’s name, one of the Fox outside reporters they use almost daily, was there, you could see the crowd behind him and hear the venue PA in the background, and I’m sure I heard that song, specifically the section just before and during the lead guitar part.
I remember the stink about it back then but not much detail. At least Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was decent enough to talk to Trump like an adult and make a reasonable request, Trump acknowledged that it was handled without animosity too. Neil Young didn’t have that much sense, he just threw a juvenile tantrum.
Later on CSN&Y all considered getting back together and touring again just to oppose Trump...Never happened, probably because they couldn’t get along. I can’t remember which one, I think Crosby, was basically being an asshole to a couple of the others and they all said forget it, not worth putting up with the headache.
Neil Young’s singing sounds like someone is squeezing his nuts intermittently through the whole song.