Neil Young: "Rogan or me."

[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.

[Mik]

[bachophile]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/arts/joni-mitchell-neil-young-spotify.html

Joni has now joined Neil.

Honestly I don’t care one way or the other as what’s not on Spotify I can get on Apple Music.

What I would like to see if now an avalanche of classic stars follow suit and see if they can break Spotify’s will to fight. Would be an Interesting social media experiment.

[George K]

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

Would be an Interesting social media experiment.

Indeed.

Some little part of me says that Spotify has the interest of the artists at heart, but it is the revenue from Rogan that puts food in its belly.

Like you said, I don't care either way, but I'll make some popcorn.

[George K]

Neil has removed the original letter, by the way.

He put up a new one: "https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Spotify-More-Songs-Less-Sound"

He talks about the sound quality of Spotify's streaming, and in the last paragraph, he says,

"I support free speech. I have never been in favor of censorship."

OK then.

[George K]

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/01/frampton-comes-cropper.html

There's interesting stuff about royalties in this story which @Larry might find interesting.

[Larry]

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

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/01/frampton-comes-cropper.html

There's interesting stuff about royalties in this story which @Larry might find interesting.

That's why I always preferred to be in the background, and work for the suits instead of the artists themselves. Artists that aren't touring, or writing their own songs better love being famous, because that's their biggest reward. I'd rather have just a piece of the writer royalties and no one ever know who I am than to be famous s a performer of other people's songs.

[Larry]

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

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

Would be an Interesting social media experiment.

Indeed.

Some little part of me says that Spotify has the interest of the artists at heart, but it is the revenue from Rogan that puts food in its belly.

Like you said, I don't care either way, but I'll make some popcorn.

Spotify isn't the one who determined how royalties work, or how a given artist has structured his business. As for Neil Young, he should be grateful he ever made a dime in his life. Same for Frampton. Other than "do you feel" where he introduced the public to the wonders of the Voice Box, he didn't have much. If someone who is still getting airplay pulled this stunt Spotify's reaction might be different. But Young and Frampton??? Nah...

[George K]

Government official calls for censorship:

[Larry]

Yeah, and that's part of a surgeon general's job, huh....

The entire Biden administration is made up of the worst kinds of fools.

[George K]

Actually, he didn't specify Rogan, but said that tech should prevent the spread of misinformation.

[Mik]

As I said, the Ministry of Truth. Coming to a neighborhood near you, and right soon.