Donald Trump just made an announcement that he will be running for the Presidency of the USA for the Republican Party and when he finished his major announcement there comes Neil Young's "Keep On Rockin' In The Free World" blasting out of the speakers. I guess good old Neil is creating a sh!t storm right now. On the first day of his campaign announcement and Donald's team is already fuckin' up (no pun intended). Hard to believe that Neil would agree with this use of his song.
Of course, implied in the above is that you are so much smarter than Donald Trump, right?
Seems pretty funny Trump running in 1st place -- another "H. Ross Perot" type -- yes he has campaign-funds enough to buy it, but, no experience either
money does talk in Wash DC tho -- as it does anywhere, but esp. politics
but those guys, Bernie Sanders etc continue the John Anderson>Lyndon Larouche fringe/colorful candidates -- more power indeed to them
Neil has no right to complain IMO -- surprising he'd raise a bitch about it IMO -- Trump likes the song, as do many
Neil is always upset about something, but this might not make it on his radar.
Not that I think Trump is a good candidate, but I'd rather a good successful business person be in the office than a politician.
Of course, implied in the above is that you are so much smarter than Donald Trump, right?
I don't exactly understand what you mean? In recent years there have been plenty of requests or even legal action by artists that objected that politicians were using their music / lyrics without their approval. I find it hard to believe that Neil knows & approves of this use of his famous song and he is known to put up a fight when something rubs him the wrong way / goes against his principles. So if indeed they used that song without learning from past mistakes of other politicians / campaigners than yes i think that's stupid. But that doesn't make me any smarter 😉 .
Neil is always upset about something, but this might not make it on his radar.
Not that I think Trump is a good candidate, but I'd rather a good successful business person be in the office than a politician.
Agreed, he probably sees Trump as just a misguided fellow w/big $ who likes his (Neil's 😮 ) music -- & his own too (Trump's 
) -- I'll take Neil's :shaddap 😛 :
That was Jimmy Carter's premise too, a successful businessman coming in from the outside etc -- still, Donald Trump occupying the White House makes me nervous...
Neil and Don are pals.
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That says it all bro! 
😛 -- perfect, thanks for posting
"Rockin' In The Free World"
There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I think the irony of the song has escaped Trump and his team.....
People only hear the chorus anyway... much like Born In The USA.
People only hear the chorus anyway... much like Born In The USA.
Or "Every Breath You Take" or "Fortunate Son". I loved when Carnival Cruise used "Lust For Life" on their commercials. But then, politics and advertising aren't about nuance and subtext.
Of course, implied in the above is that you are so much smarter than Donald Trump, right?
To know an implications definition with certainty, I do know someone has to be really smart.
When Donald Trump strode on to the stage at Trump Tower on Tuesday to announce that he would enter the Republican race for president, a rock and roll anthem blared: Neil Young’s "Rockin’ in the Free World." It was an odd choice, given that the 1989 song seemed to slam a Republican administration for not giving a damn about the poor. And Young has taken exception to Trump's appropriation of his tune. A statement issued to Mother Jones for Young by his longtime manager Elliot Roberts suggests Young was not pleased by Trump's use of the song:
Donald Trump's use of "Rockin' in the Free World" was not authorized. Mr. Young is a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders.
In other words, it may be a free world, but you're not free to steal my song.
(Mother Jones)
The basic premise of this thread was correct. Trump was using the song without permission and Neil Young does not support his campaign.
Sounds to me like wearly69 owes ABBDutchFan an apology. In this specific case, ABBDutchFan apparently does know more than Donald Trump.
I think it's a little overplayed IMHO -- no one stole Neil's song, it was just used to kick off the campaign of a political candidate -- maybe Neil feels like he was enlisted into Trumps's campaign because of the use of his song -- still, he doesn't look unhappy in that photo w/Trump --
it's all Americana -- good luck to the candidates
Trump probably had just donated money to the Pono or Lincvolt projects so Neil was happy then.
I don't exactly understand what you mean? In recent years there have been plenty of requests or even legal action by artists that objected that politicians were using their music / lyrics without their approval. I find it hard to believe that Neil knows & approves of this use of his famous song and he is known to put up a fight when something rubs him the wrong way / goes against his principles. So if indeed they used that song without learning from past mistakes of other politicians / campaigners than yes i think that's stupid. But that doesn't make me any smarter 😉 .
I wasn't aware of this. I thought they were free to use the song as long as they paid to do so. Just like a NFL team etc... has to pay for playing an artist music at any game or event.
I thought this thread was gonna be about Pono crashing & burning.
Neil is always upset about something, but this might not make it on his radar.
Not that I think Trump is a good candidate, but I'd rather a good successful business person be in the office than a politician.
Repost when Trump becomes a successful business person. He ruined the Real Estate business his father built, bankrupted his Casino business (talk about taking money from the poor and giving it to he rich) and now makes his money by selling his brand (name).
Neil is always upset about something, but this might not make it on his radar.
Not that I think Trump is a good candidate, but I'd rather a good successful business person be in the office than a politician.
Agreed, he probably sees Trump as just a misguided fellow w/big $ who likes his (Neil's 😮 ) music -- & his own too (Trump's
That was Jimmy Carter's premise too, a successful businessman coming in from the outside etc -- still, Donald Trump occupying the White House makes me nervous...
Jimmy Carter was Governer of Georgia, Trump can't even govern his mouth.
Trump is more TV personality than anything now, this is all publicity. He's about as serious about being President as Joe Walsh.
Neil is always upset about something, but this might not make it on his radar.
Not that I think Trump is a good candidate, but I'd rather a good successful business person be in the office than a politician.
Repost when Trump becomes a successful business person. He ruined the Real Estate business his father built, bankrupted his Casino business (talk about taking money from the poor and giving it to he rich) and now makes his money by selling his brand (name).
Yeah, I knew better than to post in a partially political thread. I know to keep my comments to music and making fun of stuff, but thought just this once... My bad.
[Edited on 6/17/2015 by WarEagleRK]
Donald Trump wants to rock in the free world, but Neil Young is not having it.
Mr. Trump, the billionaire businessman, drew Mr. Young’s rebuke on Tuesday when he strode across the stage at Trump Tower to declare his presidential candidacy backed by Mr. Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World.”
“Donald Trump was not authorized to use ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ in his presidential candidacy announcement,” the musician’s team said in a statement. “Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for president of the United States of America.”
That Mr. Young would insult The Donald for using his rock anthem and endorse someone more liberal could have been foreseen. After all, the song is famously liberal, having been written as an indictment of the poverty policies of the elder President George Bush’s administration. Mr. Trump is a Republican.
He is not the first presidential candidate to be admonished for using an artist’s song without permission. In April, Senator Marco Rubio declared his candidacy to the electronic tune “Something New,” drawing disapproval from the Swedish duo Axwell and Ingrosso. Mitt Romney was a three-time offender during his 2012 presidential campaign, drawing scorn for using K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag,” the Silversun Pickups’ “Panic Switch,” and Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”
Nor is Mr. Trump the first conservative to use music with a mismatched message. Ronald Reagan praised Bruce Springsteen’s “message of hope” after The Boss released the album “Born in the U.S.A.” The title song was written to protest broken government, the vast military-industrial complex and the mistreatment of American war veterans, but it has become a patriotic anthem, and politicians of all stripes continue rocking to it.
having been written as an indictment of the poverty policies of the elder President George Bush’s administration.
But! But!. The incoming prez said this about Herbert..."former President George H.W. Bush "is the most perfect man I've ever met." 😛
The truth of the matter is, it IS a combover. Actually a comb-around-back-over top-and down-over. We think. It IS doing something bizarre and superhuman.
Neil came out today against the use of song. David Crosby said Trump is messin' with the wrong guy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neil just cancelled his Honor The Treaties Tour , got the notice yesterday heard there was no explanation from Neil as to why .
Neil just cancelled his Honor The Treaties Tour , got the notice yesterday heard there was no explanation from Neil as to why .
Maybe he was FIRED! 😉
QUOTE BY NEIL YOUNG
Yesterday my song "Rockin in the Free World" was used in a announcement for a U.S. presidential candidate without my permission.
A picture of me with this candidate was also circulated in conjunction with this announcement but It was a photograph taken during a meeting when I was trying to raise funds for Pono, my online high resolution music service.
Music is a universal language. so I am glad that so many people with varying beliefs get enjoyment from my music, even if they don't share my beliefs.
But had I been asked to allow my music to be used for a candidate - I would have said no.
I am Canadian and I don't vote in the United States, but more importantly I don't like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly Democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests. The money needed to run for office, the money spent on lobbying by special interests, the ever increasing economic disparity and the well funded legislative decisions all favor corporate interests over the people's.
The Citizens United Supreme Court ruling is proof of this corruption as well as are the proposed trade deals which would further compromise our rights.
These Corporations were originally created to serve us but if we don't appropriately prioritize they will destroy us. Corporations don't have children. They don't have feelings or soul. They don't depend on uncontaminated water, clean air or healthy food to survive. They are beholden to one thing - the bottom line.
I choose to speak Truth to this Economic Power. When I speak out on corporations hurting the common man or the environment or other species, I expect a well financed disinformation campaign to be aimed my way.
Such is the case with the reaction to my new album The Monsanto Years, which covers many of these issues. I support those bringing these issues to light and those who fight for their rights like Freedom of Choice.
But Freedom of Choice is meaningless without knowledge.
Thats why its crucial we all get engaged and get informed.
That's why GMO labeling matters. Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need freedom to make educated choices at the market. When the people have voted for labelling, as they have in Vermont, they need our support when they are fighting these corporate interests trying to reverse the laws they have voted for and passed in the democratic process.I do not trust self serving misinformation coming from corporations and their media trolls. I do not trust politicians who are taking millions from those corporations either. I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.
Keep on Rockin in the Free World.
Neil Young
Trump is more TV personality than anything now, this is all publicity. He's about as serious about being President as Joe Walsh.
The Donald wants to be Joe Walsh? Maybe he should have used "Life's Been Good".
