Neil Young To Release Protest Album

Subject: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: bobad
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 02:29 PM

Neil Young has recorded and will soon be releasing a new album. He describes it as a "power trio with trumpet and 100 voices" and "a metal version of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan."

From the N.Y. Times:

On His New Album, Neil Young Calls for Bush's Impeachment
    By JEFF LEEDS
Published: April 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES, April 17 — Neil Young, who has periodically touched on political themes during a four-decade career, plans to release a hastily recorded new album ruminating on the war in Iraq and directly calling for the impeachment of President Bush.

The 10-song album, "Living With War," will probably represent Mr. Young's most overtly partisan work since the song "Ohio," recorded and quickly released by the group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as a response to the Kent State shootings in 1970.

Elliot Roberts, Mr. Young's longtime manager, said the album would be "more about soldiers" and "what it's like to all of a sudden be 18 and on the line."

The titles on the album include "Let's Impeach the President," which features Mr. Bush's voice overlaid above a 100-voice choir singing, "Flip flop." Another title is "Lookin' for a Leader." The album also includes an a cappella version of "America the Beautiful," sung by Mr. Young with the choir.

Mr. Roberts said that he did not know exactly what had inspired Mr. Young to record the new songs, which were written and recorded in a span of roughly two weeks, but that "I know he watches the news." He added that he believed the album's sentiments would resonate broadly, adding that "it's not a political, Democratic versus Republican feel."

The album comes at a time when major record companies and radio stations appear to have developed a degree of comfort with bluntly political material. The latest song from the band Pearl Jam, "World Wide Suicide," which accuses the president of taking soldiers' sacrifices for granted, recently logged three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard modern-rock airplay chart. And Green Day's 2004 album "American Idiot" which addresses themes of alienation but also includes lyrics like "Sieg Heil to the president gasman," has emerged as a blockbuster, selling more than 5.4 million copies so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan data.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:01 PM

I saw Peal Jam performing "WorldWide Suicide" the other night on tv and it was electrifying. I am glad to hear it is topping the charts.

Too bad this admittedly out-of-context quote came too late for Young to use: "I hear the voices..." George W. Bush.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 10:32 AM

Mr. Roberts said that he did not know exactly what had inspired Mr. Young to record the new songs

Seems a kind of naive approach to publicity--of course he knows EXACTLY what inspired the songs--but I'm glad to see an album like this coming out. We need more of them.

SRS

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Steve-o
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 04:18 PM

I heard a similarly-themed album is coming from Paul Simon. Best part of this is that they also said he's "gone back to his earlier acoustic guitar style". I'll be watching for that one.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST,The Beast of Farlington
Date: 21 Apr 06 - 08:47 AM

Steve Earle pretty much did this 18 months ago with The Revolution Starts Now.

I'm also a huge Neil Young fan, but what took him so long?

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 24 Apr 06 - 01:08 PM

Is this the same Neil Young who came out in support of Reagan in the mid-80s? Or is it the one who used to play for Manchester City?

Sounds like the Danger Bird is about to lay another egg....

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Apr 06 - 11:05 PM

He came to his senses.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: John O'L
Date: 25 Apr 06 - 02:29 AM

...and Springsteen singing folk songs too. Interesting times we live in.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Apr 06 - 07:54 AM

I hope it flops. What a whiner, literally he is.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST,Le Citron Vert
Date: 25 Apr 06 - 09:13 AM

Martin,

I'm sorry but I've never even heard any of your music. Neil Young's stuff is amazing. Listen to Harvest and tell me he's not good.

You right wing idiot. It's people like you who voted Bush back in - have a look what happened there!

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 25 Apr 06 - 11:23 AM

Neil Young was being interviewed on one of the syndicated interview shows and the host asked "Your song "Impeach the President" - what is that song about?"    I am amazed that some people have the jobs they do.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Janie
Date: 27 Apr 06 - 10:55 AM

From an article on today's foxnews.com--the lyrics to

"Let's Impeach the President"

Let's impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door

He's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let's impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones

What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government's protection
Or was someone just not home that day?

Let's impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected

Thank god he's racking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There's lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean

Thank God

Janie

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Apr 06 - 11:08 AM

Right wing idiots?!?!?!?! That's a pretty blanket statement to make; not to mention a very naive one at that. I enjoyed reading everyone's viewpoint, until I got to your moronic statement that seemed as though it was said just to start an argument. Grow up!

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: heric
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 01:21 PM

http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23252/

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Once Famous
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 01:53 PM

Guest, Le Citron Verse

You have ruined this thread. Not me.

I didn't elect Bush alone into office. The majority of Americans did. Either way, you would still be an idiot and a loser and either way, Neil Young is a whiney singer.

I own the Harvest album. It's OK, but it's dated and quite tired. And Mr. Young, who is much more corpoate than many of you either know or want to admit is sure practicing Capitalism 101 on this opportunity and you who are buying this piece of self-serving crap of his are falling for it.

As for my own music, plenty have heard it and even like it to keep me happy.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 04:07 PM

"I didn't elect Bush alone into office. The majority of Americans did."

Wonder if they are regretting that now?

Cheers
LL

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST,Le Citron Vert
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 04:50 PM

My name is Le Citron Vert, NOT 'Le Citron Verse'.

Then again, my name it ain't nothing.

To say Harvest is dated is like saying 'Highway 61' is dated.

Neil Young has his own voice, which is much more personal than someone trying to sing like Bon Jovi or whatever.

I'm not sure if Mr. Young is as corporate (or should I say as 'corpoate') as you say he is, but even so, at least he's willing to come out and make a stand against an illegal war, which many musicians aren't willing to do.

In other words, even if he is jumping on the anti-war bandwagon, he's jumping on the right* bandwagon.

*Meaning correct.

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: number 6
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 04:57 PM

"Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970's"

..I'd say that is rather dated.

I don't know if Crazy Horse is on his new album, I hope not, for Neil's sake .. let's face it they really suck.

sIx

Subject: RE: Neil Young To Release Protest Album
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Apr 06 - 05:16 PM

>>..I'd say that is rather dated.<<

lol. Thing about Crazy Horse is that little bass player who stands there all night with his little apple ass to the crowd. Next tme I'm bringing a pea shooter.