Young's latest leftist prattling doubtless will be as well.
Funny how you seldom hear 'Southern Man' but ...
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Posted on 04/14/2006 9:13:32 AM PDT by slowhand520
Neil Young, Son of Famed Reporter, Records "Impeach the President" Song
By E&P Staff
Published: April 14, 2006 11:40 AM ET
The 60's relics are so precious ain't they? Is this guy even American?
NEW YORK As an E&P "Pressing Issues" column recently noted, rock star Neil Young is the son of a famed Canadian journalist, so it should not surprise many that he recently recorded a song in California with a very reportorial -- or at least pundit -- feel to it.
It’s called “Impeach the President,” so there can be little question what it is about.
Apparently it was recorded with a 100-voice choir. Rumors have circulated the past few days on the Web, but E&P has tracked down the strongest confirmation in a blog kept by Sherman Oaks, Ca. musician/singer Alicia Morgan.
Previous reports quoted hints by Young and Jonathan Demme (who directed the new documentary “Heart of Gold”) that Neil was working on a hard-rocking political or “anti-Bush” CD.
Last Friday, Morgan wrote on her LastLeftB4Hooterville blog that she had been “summoned” to a local studio to sing on the new record with 99 others. “I'm not going to give the whole thing away, but the first line of one of the songs was ‘Let's impeach the President for lyin'!’ Turns out the whole thing is a classic beautiful protest record. The session was like being at a 12-hour peace rally. Every time new lyrics would come up on the screen, there were cheers, tears and applause. It was a spiritual experience. I can't believe my good fortune at being a part of this.
“We finished the session by singing an a capella version of 'America the Beautiful' and there was not a dry eye in the house.
“Neil said it should be out in 6 to 8 weeks."
Harp magazine reported on its Web site Thursday that Demme had confirmed in an e-mail, “Neil just finished writing and recording -- with no warning -- a new album called 'Living With War.' It all happened in three days… It is a brilliant electric assault, accompanied by a 100-voice choir, on Bush and the war in Iraq… Truly mind blowing. Will be in stores soon.”
The magazine continued: “Details are pretty scarce, but the featured track, titled ‘Impeach the President,’ features a rap with Bush’s voice set to the choir chanting ‘flip/flop’ and the like.”
Young has always been a maverick politically as well as musically. Although he has recorded a few songs with a "liberal" slant, he also drew criticism from the left for pro-Reagan comments many years ago. Most of his albums contain few if any political songs.
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Those 100 hippies who agreed to sing in the choir don't realize they are being used...this is a clever conspiracy to make Dick Cheney President.
We must be old.
:-)
It's till the sixites to these folks. Haben Sie eine Rekorde von Neil Young?
It's till the sixites to these folks. Haben Sie eine Rekorde von Neil Young?
Proof of political agenda.
Well, the biggest problem with that song was that the man was reaching for his trousers instead of his 12 gauge. It would've had a whole different ending.
"I heard Mr. Young sing about her,
I heard old Neil put her down,
I hope Neil Young will remember,
Southern Man don't need him around anyhow!"
Destined for a mass circulation of 500. All purchased by labor unions for use at rallies.
I guess Neil's still having side effects from the brain surgery he had last year.
"Another Rocker who killed all his brain cells with drug abuse trying to be relevant? "
mmm...drugs are bad...mmmm..ok?
~Mr Mackey, Southpark school counselor
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Neil Young also owns a sizeble portion of the old Lionel Train Corp.; BS like this will not do that company much good either...
Ah, Neil Young--master of the one-string guitar solo.
That was actually a response to Young's song slamming Southeners. My pet peeve is idiot yankees and others who like to stereotype ALL Southerners as racists, especially the movie and music industry. Typical movie about a backwards racist southern town full of hatred where an enlightened yankee comes down and shows us poor saps the error of our ways. (Warning: My sarcasm filter is off)
He always was a sanctimonous prik.
Back in the 80's, Neil got a severe beatdown by the Geffen/Wenner/LA music industry velvet mafia for embracing Reagan and delivering quotes like this one about AIDS:
"You go to a supermarket and see a f*ggot behind the f*ckin' cash register, you don't want him to handle your potatoes." -- from a 1980's Melody Maker interview
Ever since, Neil's been a good little boy and has toed the line nicely for his masters. They were pleased with his anti-Bush "Rocking In The Free World", and he's made sure his public pronouncements are the correct kind ever since. California ranches and toy trains are expensive, you know.
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