Neil Young says Trump's use of songs at Mount Rushmore 'not OK with me'

[jacksonsprat22]

Singer objects to playing of Like a Hurricane and Rockin’ in the Free World and says he stands with Lakota Sioux protesters

After two of his songs were used by Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore on Friday, Neil Young had a simple message for the president: “This is not OK with me.”

This week, the Oglala Sioux tribal president, Julian Bear Runner, told the Guardian the land in the Black Hills was never legally ceded to the United States.

“The lands on which that mountain is carved and the lands [Trump was about to visit] belong to the Great Sioux nation under a treaty signed in 1851 and the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868,” he said, “and I have to tell him he doesn’t have permission from its original sovereign owners to enter the territory at this time.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...ushmore-not-ok

[dukkha]

Well I heard Young sing about her
Well I heard old Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow ...

[jacksonsprat22]

Still, few have been more forceful in their condemnation of Trump than Young, who was born in Canada but is now a naturalized US citizen.

In his February letter to the president, he said: “You are disgrace to my country … Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our resources and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.”

[Grokmaster]

Singer objects to playing of Like a Hurricane and Rockin’ in the Free World and says he stands with Lakota Sioux protesters

After two of his songs were used by Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore on Friday, Neil Young had a simple message for the president: “This is not OK with me.”

This week, the Oglala Sioux tribal president, Julian Bear Runner, told the Guardian the land in the Black Hills was never legally ceded to the United States.

“The lands on which that mountain is carved and the lands [Trump was about to visit] belong to the Great Sioux nation under a treaty signed in 1851 and the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868,” he said, “and I have to tell him he doesn’t have permission from its original sovereign owners to enter the territory at this time.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...ushmore-not-ok

Then WHY DID YOUNG TAKE THE MONEY FOR THE USE OF THE SONGS???

[jacksonsprat22]

Then WHY DID YOUNG TAKE THE MONEY FOR THE USE OF THE SONGS???

He did not give permission for use yesterday.

[Rune]

Well I heard Young sing about her
Well I heard old Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow ...

Defends stealing...what an asshole

[Geeko Sportivo]

The Trump team is down to just having permission to play Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, and Charley Daniel songs now!

Not sure how Cat Scratch Fever, The Devil Went Down To Georgia, or God Only Knows Why would work out on the campaign trail! LOL!

[Trumpet]

Then WHY DID YOUNG TAKE THE MONEY FOR THE USE OF THE SONGS???

Gobbledygook, you're so full of shit.

[Callinectes]

Still, few have been more forceful in their condemnation of Trump than Young, who was born in Canada but is now a naturalized US citizen.

In his February letter to the president, he said: “You are disgrace to my country … Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our resources and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.”

In the immortal words of Laura Ingraham, "shut up and sing". Same goes for Bruce Springsteen. I'm a HUGE fan of both of them, they are incredible story tellers(if you haven't heard Springsteen's "Western Stars" yet, you're missing out, but he even manages to get political in that work of art). Pretty damn sure Trump never saw that February letter.

[jacksonsprat22]

In the immortal words of Laura Ingraham, "shut up and sing". Same goes for Bruce Springsteen. I'm a HUGE fan of both of them, they are incredible story tellers(if you haven't heard Springsteen's "Western Stars" yet, you're missing out, but he even manages to get political in that work of art). Pretty damn sure Trump never saw that February letter.

Trump should shut up.

[Rune]

In the immortal words of Laura Ingraham, "shut up and sing". Same goes for Bruce Springsteen. I'm a HUGE fan of both of them, they are incredible story tellers(if you haven't heard Springsteen's "Western Stars" yet, you're missing out, but he even manages to get political in that work of art). Pretty damn sure Trump never saw that February letter.

Nothing good ever comes from New Jersey

[jacksonsprat22]

Nothing good ever comes from New Jersey

Bruce Springsteen. Asbury Park. The Beach. All good.

[Stone]

Fuck Neil Young. Ugly motherfucker that sings like a pussy anyway.

[Rune]

Fuck Neil Young. Ugly motherfucker that sings like a pussy anyway.

Fuck you.
Ugly motherfucker that writes like a pussy.

[Micawber]

Trump is an autocratic philistine, the natural enemy of artists.