Posted on 03/23/2024 9:52:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Joni Mitchell's music has quietly returned to Spotify after a two-year hiatus.
She made headlines after joining Neil Young's boycott over the music-streaming site's deal to exclusively distribute The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Young issued an ultimatum to the music service, saying: "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both."
The comedian had come under fire for comments regarding COVID-19 and vaccines. "Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives," Mitchell said at the time. "I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue."
Rogan's contract, reportedly worth an estimated $200 million, has ended. The Joe Rogan Experience is now on Apple and Amazon. Young was the first to return to Spotify two weeks ago – and now Mitchell has followed suit.
"Spotify, the No. 1 streaming of low-res music in the world – Spotify where you get less quality than we made – will now be home of my music again," Young confirmed on his website.
Joe Rogan Fires Back at Neil Young
Still, Young didn't exactly sound thrilled about this turn of events: "My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I opposed at Spotify. I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did with Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Rogan fired back at Young over his return.
"His excuse was he said that because all of the platforms are now allowing my disinformation, he's just going back on Spotify too," Rogan said on his podcast. "Great to know you've got some ethics."
Rogan's guest, political commentator James Lindsay, then added: "Well, everybody's doing it these days — disinformation."
Ah, suck it up and quit your whining.
Who cares what these old commie dinosaurs say or think. Their God is the almighty buck. Hypocrites.
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I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did with Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all.”
I thinks he means a righteous stand in this case would just be too expensive.
Is it a wheelchair race?
Is this an old article? I was certain I heard Joni had returned to Spotify over two years ago.
To quote her from the Hejira album; I guess Joni is still
“Chicken scratchin for her imortality”
Given how disabled is Joni Mitchell, I wouldn’t be surprised if her “stand” was the work of her management team.
Neil Young, by contrast, has always been a putz and surrounded himself with putzes.
FWIW, Mitchell is a zillion times more talented than Young.
What if you knew her and saw her dead on the ground?
It’s literally all about the Benjamins.
Money Trump’s their philosophies
Ignored both of them decades ago.
Sounds like they are desperate to come up with new money after all the drugs and cigarettes took their toll.
Thought Joni would be dead of lung cancer 40 years ago.
Young, who cares, southern man don’t need him around, anyhow.
Snakes gonna crawl.
>> Rogan’s guest, political commentator James Lindsay
This whole thing cracks me up, but that comment above more than anything.
James Lindsay is SO MUCH MORE than a political commentator!
>> Thought Joni would be dead of lung cancer 40 years ago.
>> Young, who cares, southern man don’t need him around, anyhow.
I liked them both, back in their day. (Which is loooong gone.)
It’s too bad they abandoned sanity and cast their lot with cultural marxism. Sad choice.
Joe Rogan and James Lindsay, on the other hand, are the healthy future going forward.
they both suck
Now THAT is how a real counterculture hero stands up against the Establishment! /s
Proof that money walks and BS talks.
Not singin’ for Pepsi, not singin’ for Coke.
Only sing for Big Pharma and the government hoax!
Clowns who lost at cancel culture
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