Folk-rock singer Neil Young told Spotify they needed to either remove Joe Rogan’s podcast or his music. He gave them an ultimatum and told them they can’t have both. So… what is the deal here? In short, Neil Young is an idiot. The way he is handling this is dumb, his cause is dumb, and from a business standpoint, he is a moron.
It’s actually unfortunate because Neil Young has some good music. The arrogant man thought he had the clout to get a company to part the red seas for him. This is a pretty standard idiot move. Neil Young later stated, “Thank you Warner Brothers for standing with me and taking the hit – losing 60% of my worldwide streaming income in the name of Truth.”
OK, so he feels like he is protesting and making an impact in the world. (Its Not)
Let’s check into this:
What does he think he is doing? Neil Young thinks he is protesting the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast. So he thinks Joe Rogan and his guests are spreading lies?
Let’s just say, for argument sake Neil Young is right… Well, if he is right, he is a little late to the party. He should have been protesting back in 2021. The COVID pandemic is just about over. The new strains of the virus are watered down. The virus is not as deadly as it once was.
The next question is, what specifically is misinformation? Neil says, “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” This is pretty vague, and Neil fails to give a point-blank example.
To sum this up, the WHO, Neil Young, and mainstream media are coming after Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts globally, and mainstream media numbers can’t keep up. Joe Rogan has a variety of industry experts and entertaining guests. Listeners can gain a wide variety of information from the show, and this may be scaring entities who want to control the narrative.
This is potentially the misinformation Neil Young is referring to:
It will be interesting to see Neil Young walk back his thoughts and threats in the next few months. (We are calling it, today is 1/31/2022) NEIL YOUNG WILL WALK BACK WHAT HE SAID AND GET BACK ON SPOTIFY.