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Neil Young Says He’s Considering Suing Trump for Playing His Song at Rallies
Breitbart ^ | July 28 2020 | DAVID NG

Posted on 07/28/2020 11:38:11 AM PDT by knighthawk

Rocker Neil Young said that he has changed his mind and is now considering suing President Donald Trump over the continued use of his 1989 hit single “Rockin in the Free World” at campaign rallies.

Neil Young said the reason he is considering is the president’s recent decision to deploy federal agents to urban areas in order to quell weeks of rioting and destruction. The musician described federal agents as “thugs” and said the rioting has been peaceful, despite the ample destruction to federal property and private businesses.

“I am changing my mind about suing President Trump. Reconsidering. I’m looking at it again,” Young wrote in a post on his official site.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: neilyoung; trumprallies
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Who is this guy to talk...didn’t he shoot his lady down by the river? I think there was a guy living in his van down there who saw the whole thing...some motivational speaker, if I remember correctly...I think his name was Foley...yeah, Matt Foley


21 posted on 07/28/2020 11:46:07 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: circlecity
As long as Trump pays ASCAP or BMI there’s not much Neil “hasn’t done anything in 30 years” Young can do about it.

And that is, as they say, THAT.
22 posted on 07/28/2020 11:46:39 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: knighthawk

I watch all the Trump Rallies. I only heard Rockin in the Free World one time and it only played for 30 seconds or so.


23 posted on 07/28/2020 11:47:05 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: knighthawk

‘Rocker Neil Young’

I can’t seem to place the name...


24 posted on 07/28/2020 11:47:48 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: knighthawk

Southern Man don’t need him around anyhow...............


25 posted on 07/28/2020 11:47:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: circlecity

Well he has done something with csn on occasion. We made it through 3 songs at MGM in Vegas a few years back. csny sounded like crap and the politics were the usual absurd BS. Good thing the tickets were free.


26 posted on 07/28/2020 11:47:58 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: knighthawk

“the rioting has been peaceful.”

First of all, by definition, a riot is not peaceful.

Second of all, has this guy spoken to any small business owners who have seen their entire investments go up in flames? Or the people who are too petrified to go out of their house and walk down the street to buy some milk? And what about the three police officers who were blinded by some yahoo using a laser gun, apparently?

And the list goes on. And on. And on again.


27 posted on 07/28/2020 11:48:04 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!")
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To: Buckeye McFrog

You can add ‘comic’ Jim Carey and movie director (Sausage Party) Seth Rogen to that list.


28 posted on 07/28/2020 11:48:23 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: 2CAVTrooper
That's kind of the whole point. Take a bitter anti-USA song and turn it into a conservative anthem. This enrages the original artists!

Trump really knows how to push the buttons of these sanctimonious rockers and I love it.

29 posted on 07/28/2020 11:49:04 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: knighthawk

Sure. Big bad Trump sent his stormtroopers to attack those innocent, peaceful “George Floyd” protesters who weren’t bothering anybody, didn’t burn buildings, didn’t kill anybody, didn’t steal, didn’t rape.

Only in the USA.


30 posted on 07/28/2020 11:49:36 AM PDT by I want the USA back (BLM is a violent marxist movement designed to overthrow the US constitutional form of government.)
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To: discostu

“Has anybody associated with the campaign bothered to listen to the lyrics? It’s the exact opposite of rah rah.”

99% of people never listen to anything but the chorus.

“Born in the USA” wasn’t a patriotic song either, but Reagan used it anyway, and nobody cared, because nobody listened to the verses (except some music nerds).


31 posted on 07/28/2020 11:50:10 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: knighthawk

Will one of the attendants kindly pat Neil on the head and give him his pudding.


32 posted on 07/28/2020 11:50:22 AM PDT by JPG (MAGA 2020!)
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To: knighthawk

I they’re paying the royalties, not a damn thing he can do about it.


33 posted on 07/28/2020 11:51:10 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: plain talk

Attack Trump on his own field of play. Do it.

I don’t think Young is serious. It’s just verbal bravado.


34 posted on 07/28/2020 11:51:16 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Very much so. I think people don’t listen past the hook. “’Born in the USA’ yeah!” “’Rockin in the freeworld’ you bet!”. Umm guys... Especially in this internet age. One can be excused for maybe not hearing the song right, especially with Bruce’s style of singing, but you can look up the lyrics, one easy google search.


35 posted on 07/28/2020 11:51:27 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: knighthawk

Wait, YoungIdiot, how long have they been using your song, and you are now getting around to “considering”?

ROFLMAO.

They paying royalties or have a license like anybody else to play that song?

Yeah, sit the hell down and STFU, snowflake, kkthx.


36 posted on 07/28/2020 11:51:50 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Delta 21

Yeah, but he may sue you for reproducing his likeness without a license.


37 posted on 07/28/2020 11:54:19 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: circlecity
“hasn’t done anything in 30 45 years”

Whiny Guy from Canada hasn't done anything since before the helicopters went off the decks in the South China Sea after bringing people back from Saigon

38 posted on 07/28/2020 11:55:26 AM PDT by Regulator
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Do it, ya’ petulant bitch.


39 posted on 07/28/2020 11:55:38 AM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk

One of the most annoying voices in rock.


40 posted on 07/28/2020 11:56:06 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Pop culture, media and public education: the dumbing down of America)
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