“The farmers won’t be free to grow what they want to grow/If corporate control takes over the American farm/With fascist politicians and chemical giants walking arm in arm.“The cadence of Premium gross additions (through 3Q20) and app download data (through 4Q20) do not show any material benefit from recent podcast investments (that began in 2019),” the team of Citi analysts led by Jason Bazinet said in a research note Friday, cutting their rating on Spotify stock from “neutral” to “sell.”

“From the fields of Nebraska to the banks of the Ohio,” Young sings. Check out his video for “A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop” from the LP where he briefly pauses the Monsanto bashing to bash Starbucks over their usage of GMOs. He took his activism a step further in 2015 when he released The Monsanto Years, a concept album about the agribusiness company Monsanto. MTV initially banned the clip, but they eventually relented and even awarded him Video of the Year at the Video Music Awards. His 1988 classic “This Note’s For You” called out Pepsi, Coke, Miller, and Budweiser by name, and the video viciously mocked pop stars like Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, and Michael Jackson for using their music in their commercials. This is far from the first time that Neil Young has used his platform to bash a major corporation. That could, of course, change at any moment.

Representatives for Neil Young and Spotify have yet to comment on the matter, and we’ll see if Rogan decides to address it on the next episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, but Young’s complete catalog remains on Spotify for now. He took down the letter after just a few hours, but it had spread all across the internet by that time. Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'įlashback: Paul Simon Relaunches Solo Career With 'Mother and Child Reunion' Neil Young Pulls Music from Spotify, Blasts It as the 'Home of Life-Threatening' Covid Lies “I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” he continued.

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