The Rogan/Spotify saga continues...

[ThatRobGuy]

Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'

Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’
“They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young,” Neil Young wrote in a letter to his manager and label. “Not both”

Neil Young posted a since-deleted letter to his management team and record label demanding that they remove his music from Spotify. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” he wrote. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.”


60's musicians who used to like to "rock in the free world" and made their mark by opposing censorship and embracing opposition to established authority, are now not only advocating for censorship, but demanding it.

It's almost like trying to imagine Parliament Funkadelic demanding that they take Rogan down for smoking too much pot.

How times have gotten strange...

In any case, if that's Neil Young's demands, he's free to make them, but I think he may be either underestimating Rogan's financial impact on the platform, or overestimating his own.

 

[Sketcher]

Rogan should have Neil Young as a guest.

 

[bekkilyn]

They have become the establishment that they claimed they opposed.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Rogan should have Neil Young as a guest.

lol, I'm sure he would if Neil would agree

 

[ThatRobGuy]

They have become the establishment that they claimed they opposed.

"Rage for the Machine"

 

[Captain Ahab]

They have become the establishment that they claimed they opposed.

He should change the spelling of his first name to Kneel. Never heard of him, doubt I’m missing out on anything.

 

[bekkilyn]

"Rage for the Machine"

"No one can hear when you're screaming in digital."

 

[Hans Blaster]

Never heard of him, doubt I’m missing out on anything.

Blasphemer!

Keep on Rockin' in the free world.

 

[7thKeeper]

He should change the spelling of his first name to Kneel. Never heard of him, doubt I’m missing out on anything.

If you've never heard of him, how can you know? Even if he wasn't actually famous, you never know if some obscure musician is exactly up your alley.

 

[durangodawood]

He should change the spelling of his first name to Kneel. Never heard of him, doubt I’m missing out on anything.

Just curious, Captain Ahab, did you ever read Moby Dick?

 

[ThatRobGuy]

WSJ News Exclusive | Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum

The formal request to remove the music was made Wednesday and could take several hours to take effect across Spotify’s service across the world.

 

[Sketcher]

WSJ News Exclusive | Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum

The formal request to remove the music was made Wednesday and could take several hours to take effect across Spotify’s service across the world.

Rogan should really have him on as a guest now.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Rogan should really have him on as a guest now.

Not sure...Spotify may be too bitter at Young to let Rogan have him on.

By having to pull all of Young's music off their platform... That's going to cost them thousands and thousands of cents in lost revenue!

 

[iluvatar5150]

Not sure...Spotify may be too bitter at Young to let Rogan have him on.

By having to pull all of Young's music off their platform... That's going to cost them thousands and thousands of cents in lost revenue!

idk... Dude's popular enough that he probably still makes serious coin from their platform. I seem to recall that Paul McCartney makes something like $400k/yr just from that horrible "Wonderful Christmastime" song. For Neil Young, I'm probably good for $20/yr myself just for listening to his Deja Vu and Harvest Moon albums on repeat.

I wonder if they had to take down Type O Negative's cover of "Cinnamon Girl." That would be terrible.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

idk... Dude's popular enough that he probably still makes serious coin from their platform. I seem to recall that Paul McCartney makes something like $400k/yr just from that horrible "Wonderful Christmastime" song. For Neil Young, I'm probably good for $20/yr myself just for listening to his Deja Vu and Harvest Moon albums on repeat.

I wonder if they had to take down Type O Negative's cover of "Cinnamon Girl." That would be terrible.

lol, I forgot that Peter Steele took a run at that song.

At 6' 8", he had a slightly more "imposing" stage presence than Young.

 

[iluvatar5150]

lol, I forgot that Peter Steele took a run at that song.

At 6' 8", he had a slightly more "imposing" stage presence than Young.

Yeah a little bit. I'm a bit sad that I only really knew about them when I was in high school and thought they were super dark, not appreciating that their whole schtick was a farce. I have virtually zero interest in anything heavy these days, but there's still some room in my tired old man heart for some tongue-in-cheek doom metal. I still listen to Bloody Kisses.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

I'm not sure I would want to advertise on a media. That knowingly allows people to lie. Since the person has been so brainwashed.

 

[Tinker Grey]

I'm not sure I would want to advertise on a media. That knowingly allows people to lie. Since the person has been so brainwashed.

Rogan might be telling lies, but I'd say it's out of delusion. I've watched a number of his interviews and I find him an honest person but easily sold on conspiracies.

At one point, he was a moon-landing-conspiracy advocate. But after interviews with Sam Harris and Neil DeGrasse Tyson (and perhaps it was specifically someone else), he changed his position on that.

I respect someone who can learn and change. I'd guess that having people on your show that'll attract an audience means having some loons on. Given that Rogan seems to have a propensity for believing wild stuff, I'd say he just hasn't had the right people on yet.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Rogan should have Neil Young as a guest.

That would be a waste of Neil Young time. You can't have an intelligent conversation with someone, that's been brainwashed or doesn't know what they are talking about, like Rogan. It's a waste of time.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Rogan might be telling lies, but I'd say it's out of delusion. I've watched a number of his interviews and I find him an honest person but easily sold on conspiracies.

Yes. I have more problems with networks allowing this crap to be aired. When they know it's a lie?