From an article in Globe & Mail today. Plus two nobodies from Canada not worth mentioning.
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
Nils Lofgren
UPDATE
Graham Nash
India Arie
David Crosby would have but he sold his rights. Oops!
Who the fuck is Nils Lofgren? Also, I bet none of these muppets even watched the podcast (Dr. Robert Malone) that they are up in arms about. They are just boot-licking puppets following orders.
Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a member of Crazy Horse, and founder/frontman of the band Grin.
shareSo basically just old people cause they're the most vulnerable. XD
Not a single young artist are pulling it so they either agree with him with their silence or they care about the statue quo aka MONAY MOANY MONAY $$$.
I agree with your observation. In my opinion, a great deal of the motivation for covid lockdowns comes from terrified senior citizens who could care less about the harm they impart to younger people still finding their way in the world.
shareIt’s just scared entitled boomers for the most part.
shareNils Lofgren is a good musician but I had never heard of any of his songs. The songs are well-written but none of them stand out. I remember "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young in the eighties but I believe most of his hits were from the sixties and seventies. I had never heard of Joni Mitchell but her song "Big Yellow Taxi" was sampled by Janet Jackson and Counting Crows did a cover. Joni Mitchell had a great voice and her old hits still sound good.
shareNeil Young wants a world where you are free as long as you agree with him.
And the ruthless corporations that he does business with and profits from. He has no problem taking money from Blackrock or encouraging people to switch to Amazon.
I mean, I still use Amazon but I'm not posturing like I'm taking a stand for leftist principals like he is either.
He doesn't need the streaming money. He sold half his catalog for $150M and he's married to Darryl Hannah.
shareNeil Young was once a musician for whom I had tremendous respect. I still consider his greatest work from the 70s to be in the pantheon of rock n' roll (Tonight's the Night and Rust Never Sleeps, especially). But now he's promoting ignorance while purporting to fight it.
shareI'll have to check those albums out. Some of his mellow stuff like Heart of Gold is really good. I always preferred fast music for working out and driving BUT I'm not going very fast anymore.
shareSo a couple of has-beens are trying to get woke to grab a few moments back in the spotlight. Nothing new and nobody cares. Notice nobody relevant in the last several decades actually gives a shit.
shareI find plausible the theory that Grandpa Young is being an idiot on the Joe Rogan issue to curry favor with his younger squeeze, Daryl Hannah, who is known to be a zealous liberal activist. Her pet issues pertain to the environment and I respect her conviction, but Neil Young is throwing punches in the dark at someone he obviously knows nothing about. Young's motivation could center completely on continued access to Hannah's coochie.
shareThat's very possible. It could definitely be a "yes honey" situation.
shareLol! I have a Neil Young double album I received back in the early 90s from BMG disc club. Still wrapped in it’s cellophane, unopened. The guys voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
That album would make a good coaster for at least 4-5 drinks.
shareIt might fetch $100 on ebay because of the vinyl craze.
shareGraham Nash and India.Arie now.
Before any of the cultured intellectuals here ask who India.Arie is:
She has sold over 5 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 23 nominations, including Best R&B Album.share
Those artists are so Woke they canceled themselves!
shareCrosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby & Nash; and Stills-Young Band are withdrawing all of their albums.
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills, and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. They are noted for their lasting influence on American music and culture.share