Obviously, we've been going at this the wrong way and really
should thank Neil Young for doing this new generation a big favor.
Neil Young has done more to get old fogies off modern
technology then any single movement, and Gen Z ought to be grateful.
One of the more outlandish and paranoid theories going
around about covid is that the virus was deliberately developed to destroy the
baby boomer generation and finally clear out the clutter of the wasted 1960s in
order to make room for Generation Z
This is generated by the fact that the bulk of the victims
of this virus were those of that generation and older.
This may be an exaggeration but the current conflict with
Spotify is doing as much for the music industry as covid did to old folk generation.
The latest group to declare it is removing it solves is
Crosby Stills Nash who have frequently played with Neil Young until he decided
he was too good for them and went off on his own.
Neil Young’s conflict with Spotify may be motivated by the
fact that the same company that owns some of the vaccines also owns a lot of
his music, but clearly his effort has a side more than just based on profit.
His efforts are managing to purge all these old has-been
musicians from Spotify in order to make room for musicians of today
This is not to say that some young musicians aren’t jumping
on Neil Young’s bandwagon to get their name out in the public, but many of them
have lived in the shadow of these decrepit dinosaurs for so long they could
hardly breathe for the stench of corn starch and soiled Depends.
Of course, Neil Young never intended to become the trash
collector for the music industry; he was just looking for free publicity also
to remind people that he is still alive and kicking.
This may be the same motivation for David Crosby whose band
is planning a comeback, such as the Blues Brothers did and need someone to make
them seem like they're important enough to come buy tickets to see.
But there is reason why Classic Rock Radio hardly ever plays
their material anymore.
Crosby Stills Nash & Young and for the most part Neil
Young's early material has largely become the fodder for light rock radio and
music in elevators.
This is the stuff that old people hum along with in the
supermarket aisles much to the chagrin of young people who have to put up with
it.
Hardly anybody knows who Richard Nixon was; let alone Kent
State. God help us if we have to hear Guinevere one more time. Few people
realize that Suite Judy Blue Eyes is about the woman the band members passed
around the way Layla is and other Rock Classics that still do get played on the
airwaves.
Hopefully Neil Young will continue his moral Crusade and get
rid of this music on other platforms so that people will actually buy albums
again and we won't have our internet cluttered up with this crap.
Crosby in saying that he wants to censor the internet,
posted a really pathetic statement on Twitter, how misinformation is rampant
etc by which he means anything that Neil Young and he disagree with.
Since we know that Pfizer is connected to the same company that
owns Neil Young's music you have to wonder if the same is true for Crosby
Stills Nash & Young. Or maybe they are tied to one of the other
pharmaceutical companies selling a vaccine and Crosby doesn’t want their money
train to be disrupted by someone challenging the current narrative.
Getting their name out doesn't hurt them either, especially
considering the band is planning a tour and you can bet the next few statements
will tell us how to buy tickets as long as we can prove that we are vaccinated.
The problem for David Crosby is that the people who remember
his day may be the primary victims of the virus in the first place. So, there may be very few people alive to
actually attend their concerts.
And since rock radio isn't playing their music, not many of Generation
Z are going to know who they are
After all Crosby Stills Nash & Young is not the Beatles.
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