These days it’s getting harder and harder to accept the reality that we live in. In a world where being a rock star once meant being a rebel, it’s hard to swallow these conformist ideologies being spewed like bile at their fans. Though, to be fair, Neil Young’s fans probably aren’t that far from the grave themselves, whereas Joe Rogan’s listeners are anywhere from half his age to more than double it.
Neil Young has always been a vocal and political voice in music. There’s literally a Lynard Skynyrd song called “Sweet Home Alabama” telling Neil Young that “A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow“. Bashing on America is something the Canadian is well known for, so it should come as no surprise that he takes issue with Joe Rogan daring to utilize his protected right to free speech in the form of podcasting. The Canadian “rocker” likely felt he wasn’t straying from his lane because Joe Rogan announced an up-and-coming episode where he and Dr. Jordan Peterson (also Canadian) had a four-and-a-half-hour conversation.
This was apparently going too far for the 76-year-old musician. He wrote a scathing letter to Spotify in which he demanded that the music giant choose between his music and Joe Rogan’s podcasts. The letter has since been removed, likely because it has no chance of beating a podcaster who signed an exclusive $100 million deal with Spotify.
According to Rolling Stone, who made sure to quote it before it was removed, the letter had a lot to say.
“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.”
“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” he continued. “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.”
Now, there is a small movement on Twitter asking people to stand behind Young and add their own music to the blackmail attempt in removing Joe Rogan from Spotify. That’s also likely to fail because, as many companies are finally figuring out, boycotts are often perpetuated by people who never shopped or purchased from you to begin with.
Back in 2020, Trader Joe’s made it clear that they would not change the names of their products to suit Cancel Culture because most of the people telling them to change their names had never been customers in the first place. You can’t miss what you never had.
There’s also been a shift as more information and studies continue to make headlines about what we didn’t know then and what we do know now regarding COVID-19. Even Leftists like Bill Maher and fellow panelists are sick and tired of all the mass hysteria being spread by those who wish to remain in power.
The video below is a piece from Real Time with Bill Maher and his guest Bari Weiss. Clay Travis, who posted the video, makes an excellent point about the liberal audience. It’s time for this to come to an end, and maybe, just maybe, Neil Young took down that letter because the COVID-19 hill is not the one he wants to die on. Especially as more and more people flock to outspoken thinkers like Joe Rogan.
The most impressive thing about Bari Weiss on last night’s Bill Maher is the wild applause after she finishes here. After two years the tides are turning, even for the left leaning people in this country when it comes to covid. Watch this: pic.twitter.com/8DIH3zTibM
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 22, 2022
People are allowed to think for themselves and more importantly, they’re allowed to question what’s going on around them. Love him or hate him, Joe Rogan is not an expert. He’s just not, and he’ll tell you that. He makes no bones about calling himself a moron. Yet, he is curious and he is open to having conversations with people who are experts in their fields.
He is willing to ask who, what, where, when, why, and how. It’s the real reason why he has over 11 million people listening to each episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The best thing about Joe Rogan is that when he’s wrong, he’ll admit it and then he’ll go back and research it and get the correct information. He’s never been above admitting he messed up.
That video is cringey, but it’s what happens when you stumble in a long form podcast when you didn’t know a subject was going to come up and you wing it.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) January 14, 2022
Whoops! Rogan was right! So he demonstrates uncertainty, willingness to look it up, willingness to be corrected, interest in being correct (consistent with him in both of my previous appearances with him), and humility in the face of thinking he’d been convinced. While right! https://t.co/bdIEZVJqq5
— James Lindsay, watching narratives crumble (@ConceptualJames) January 14, 2022
Getting back to the Neil Young thing, here are several reactions to his attempt to blackmail Spotify into censoring free speech.
I enjoyed listening to you Neil @Neilyoung you’ll be missed https://t.co/bc25T5SXdP
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) January 25, 2022
Today I learned that Neil Young is apparently on Spotify… https://t.co/ytamzdKcZ5
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) January 25, 2022
Neil Young is 76 years old and hasn’t been relevant in 40 years, but somehow he thinks he can demand Spotify choose between him and the most popular podcast in the world.
Joe Rogan is going to win this battle every time.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) January 25, 2022
Love Neil Young’s music but what a f**king plank. In 2006 he did the ‘Freedom of Speech’ Tour, now he’s opposed to freedom of speech. pic.twitter.com/sTJ7zP8PL7
— Right Said Fred (@TheFreds) January 25, 2022
Even left leaning comedic late night show decided to drop a bomb on Young!
Neil Young is gonna regret this when his monthly Spotify checks for $1.37 stop rolling in https://t.co/nAyAJ8ayqv
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 25, 2022
Neil Young hasn’t listened to a single hour of Rogan’s podcast, and neither have all the NPCs on here obediently expressing their support.
Anyone with half a brain who actually listens to Rogan’s show knows the media’s portrayal of what is discussed is malevolently wrong.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 25, 2022
Neil Young has demanded that Spotify choose between he and Joe Rogan. Welp, that’s an easy call. Bye, Neil. https://t.co/tOr9AJItPD
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 25, 2022
This story syndicated with permission from For the Love of News
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