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Joni Mitchell Follows Neil Young Back to Spotify
Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | March 22, 2024 | Nick DeRiso

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."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; covidstooges; joerogan; jonimitchell; music; neilyoung; obamacare; spotify; vaccinemandates
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To: left that other site

I see what you did there.


61 posted on 03/24/2024 11:26:11 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

LOL.


62 posted on 03/24/2024 3:03:53 PM PDT by left that other site ("Salvation is of the LORD" (Prayer of St. Patrick) from Psalm 3:8)
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To: DoodleBob

“Disinformation “ is a word used for speech they don’t like.


63 posted on 03/24/2024 3:09:40 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Allegra

Music lovers don’t listen to Neil.

We southern men don’t need him ‘round anyhow.


64 posted on 03/24/2024 3:12:00 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: TigersEye

The irony drips.


65 posted on 03/24/2024 3:14:03 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Really? Met her once. She was very nice.


66 posted on 03/24/2024 3:18:51 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: DoodleBob

The ‘socialists’ are crawling back to the money.


67 posted on 03/24/2024 3:33:00 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: DeplorablePaul

George Harrison (Beatles) really despised Neil Young and especially his guitar solo at Bob Dylan’s celebratory concert at Madison Square Garden.

NY is a flaming leftist but embraced free market capitalism to become a mega millionaire...just like Joni Mitchell who is one of the great songwriters of the late 20th century,


68 posted on 03/24/2024 3:40:59 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: newfreep

Bill Buckley had a good name for the Neil Young types: banjo Bolsheviks.


69 posted on 03/24/2024 3:52:15 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: DoodleBob

With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair


70 posted on 03/24/2024 3:53:25 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: Fido969

They spoke BS, but walked back to the money. :)


71 posted on 03/24/2024 4:25:01 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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