Neil Young: "Rogan or me."

[George K]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-demands-spotify-remove-music-vaccine-disinformation-1290020/?fbclid=IwAR2UKKnezXsUyuGBUhXJEqsTleFTCRr6b5G6tnzDRs96okxIgF5aFJTTNtA

Neil Young has posted an open 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 writes. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.”

“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” he continues. “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.” Young is referencing the steady stream of misinformation about vaccines that Joe Rogan has peddled on The Joe Rogan Experience. Last month, 270 doctors, physicians, and science educators signed an open letter asking Spotify to stop spreading Rogan’s baseless claims.

“With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence,” the letter reads. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy.”

Young removed most of his music from Spotify several years ago because he felt the sound quality on the service was too low, but he ultimately relented. “That’s where people get music,” he told Rolling Stone in 2019. “I want people to hear my music no matter what they have to get through to do it. I’m just trying to make it so they hear a lot more and enjoy it a lot more, but sell it for the same price because music is music.”

Well, what does the contract say?

[jon-nyc]

Neil can start his own streaming service.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.:

Neil can start his own streaming service.

How did you get Ax's password? Care to share?

[Jolly]

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.:

Neil can start his own streaming service.

Looks like he's going to have to:

Spotify: "See ya later, Neil!"

Spotify Technology SA is removing Neil Young’s music, as the folk-rock star isn’t wavering in his objections to Joe Rogan’s podcast.

The “Heart of Gold” and “Harvest Moon” singer earlier this week penned an open letter to his manager and label asking them to remove his music from the service, saying it is spreading fake information about Covid-19 vaccines through Mr. Rogan’s show. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” he wrote.

“We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators,” a Spotify spokesman said. The company has detailed content policies in place and has removed over 20,000 Covid-related podcast episodes since the start of the pandemic, he added.

“We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,” he said.

Spotify struck a deal with Mr. Rogan in 2020 worth more than $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter, bringing his popular and lucrative show exclusively to its service.

While the letter has since been removed from Mr. Young’s website, he has been in discussions with his label, Warner Music WMG -0.20% Group Corp.’s Warner Records, and Spotify since then, and continued to hold his ground, according to people familiar with the matter. 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.

Before the removal, Mr. Young had 2.4 million followers and over six million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Hay, Neil. Rather than being a whiny pussy, why don't you man-up and show up on Rogan's show and actually talk about what bothers you?

But...no.

[Mik]

I suspect Neil wants us to get off his lawn too.

[89th]

Neil Old, amirite

[George K]

Hay! Neil!

It's all about the $$$$$.

Who brings more revenue to Spotify?

That's what I thought.

[George K]

Ann Althouse:

"Well, of course, Spotify should side with Joe Rogan. The person who makes an ultimatum like that should lose. It's ridiculous. If that worked, there'd be an obnoxious celebrity throwing his weight around every day.

So much for 'rocking in the free world,' Neil, you big jerk."

[Renauda]

@89th said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

Neil Old, amirite

Yes and he probably feels he has nothing to lose.

[Mik]

'Old man, look at your life....."

[Mik]

@renauda said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

@89th said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

Neil Old, amirite

Yes and he probably feels he has nothing to lose.

I suspect so. But then we all have diminished filters as we get older and I imaginet most of us do not have quite as open-minded (read inexperienced) view of the world as we did when younger.

[George K]

@renauda said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

Yes and he probably feels he has nothing to lose.

I read, somewhere, that he's sold his song catalog. I wonder what control over distribution he retained.

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

So much for 'rocking in the free world,' Neil, you big jerk."

She clearly hasn't spent even ten minutes looking into Neil Young.

[Mik]

@aqua-letifer said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

@george-k said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

So much for 'rocking in the free world,' Neil, you big jerk."

She clearly hasn't spent even ten minutes looking into Neil Young.

Kind of like thinking Born In The USA is a pro-American song.

[Aqua Letifer]

@mik said in Neil Young: "Rogan or me.":

She clearly hasn't spent even ten minutes looking into Neil Young.

Kind of like thinking Born In The USA is a pro-American song.

Or Fortunate Son.

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

[Ivorythumper]

[George K]

OK, now this is getting serious.