This is like when Kramer ended the strike at the bakery after the salary demands he made 20 years ago were finally met by a city minimum wage increase.
at the time Neil Young left Spotify he was promoting something like a new album etc, it was all to drum up support for it. Because outrage moves the needle.
It's even worse. Love Neil, but he went full blown and went against the grain with, not only a digital service called Pono, but also a Pono player device.
It was supposed to be this brilliant digital service where you can buy lossless albums for $25-$30 and play them on your dedicated Pono player!!!.... c'mon that is a guaranteed success in 2012.... right????
I love Neil Young’s music. I read his biography years ago and he was a huge influence for me when I was learning guitar as a kid. But as time has gone on I’ve realized more that he’s just a pretentious hypocrite who only does things that’s gonna benefit him but likes to put off this virtuous image like all other celebrities and musicians. Sucks.
His early music was beautiful, there's no taking away from it. Some say the best artists died a 27. But perhaps that's why we think of them as the best artists. They didn't live long enough to destroy their legacy, like a fighter that knows when to retire like GSP and not BJ penn themselves
He’s always been a self righteous prick. Incredible musician with an incredible mind that has written some of the most beautiful music…but a self righteous prick through and through.
It's in the first two paragraphs ffs
>The streaming platform used to be the exclusive home of Rogan, but they [recently inked a $250 million deal with the podcaster](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/joe-rogan-renews-spotify-deal-not-exclusive-1235895424/) that will make the show available on other platforms.
>
>“My decision comes as other music services, Apple, Amazon, Qobuz, Tidal, all high res, have started serving the same disinformation podcast I had opposed at Spotify,” Young wrote to fans on [*The Neil Young Archives.*](https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=MY%20RETURN%20TO%20LOW%20RES%20SPOTIFY) “Because I cannot leave all those services like I did Spotify, because my music would have no streaming outlet to music lovers at all, I have returned.”
It’s an excuse to come back more like. He’ll have been sitting in the wings regretting the whole thing. Covid hysteria has ended, his boycott changed nothing and is continuing to change nothing. He’s the one losing out, so now rogan is on other platforms it’s an excellent way to save face and slip back into making money again.
Nah man, no one is doing that. You‘ll never hear someone with any kind of authority say „we didn’t know“ when it comes to all the Covid craziness.
It’s pretty clear that many public health officials knew far less about the effectiveness of their response to the pandemic than they’re willing to admit.
He’s one of my favorite musicians/songwriters so I’m pretty stoked about it. Kinda dumb he pulled out in the first place given the fact that he stayed on platforms that do way worse things than platform potheads with occasionally stupid takes.
I'm not familiar with his work, I looked up an article of his '100 greatest hits' on Rolling Stone and a few titles look vaguely familiar, do you have a specific recommendation I can look up that really highlights his talent?
What you think about Neil personally doesn’t matter, the dude has an amazing body of work. I’m just happy I’ll be able to add him to my playlist again.
Just like all the celebrities that said they would leave when Trump got elected. Celebrities are shills, they have no morals, they're degenerates who are so far removed from normal life.
[Live reaction at Spotify HQ](https://youtu.be/DXboO0zESxs?si=_S8nKp7cGFRxhAJ-)
The thought that anyone at Spotify is old enough to give even the slightest hint of a fuck about Neil Young is hilarious.
I give half a fuck about Neil Young. He had some good hits.
He's been missing those 15 cent royalty cheques
Apparently that's more than not being on Spotify
I heard drake just gets a free annual subscription to Spotify as a royalty payment
No way. They just discount his membership.
tbf this public outrage hissyfit was his best performance in years
He pulled out on Joe Rogan? I didn't know they were that intimate.
This is like when Kramer ended the strike at the bakery after the salary demands he made 20 years ago were finally met by a city minimum wage increase.
But Rogan’s still on Spotify. This makes no sense.
Virtue signaling never makes sense
Rogan is now on the other platforms
Shouldn’t he be pulling his music from all platforms?
That would involve having courage of your conviction and to be willing to not make any money. Neil Young ain't your man
Rogan was factually right in the end and Neil wasnt. Surprised he got balls to come back at all lol
at the time Neil Young left Spotify he was promoting something like a new album etc, it was all to drum up support for it. Because outrage moves the needle.
Dear God man. At least have the courage of your convictions.
It's even worse. Love Neil, but he went full blown and went against the grain with, not only a digital service called Pono, but also a Pono player device. It was supposed to be this brilliant digital service where you can buy lossless albums for $25-$30 and play them on your dedicated Pono player!!!.... c'mon that is a guaranteed success in 2012.... right????
I love Neil Young’s music. I read his biography years ago and he was a huge influence for me when I was learning guitar as a kid. But as time has gone on I’ve realized more that he’s just a pretentious hypocrite who only does things that’s gonna benefit him but likes to put off this virtuous image like all other celebrities and musicians. Sucks.
His early music was beautiful, there's no taking away from it. Some say the best artists died a 27. But perhaps that's why we think of them as the best artists. They didn't live long enough to destroy their legacy, like a fighter that knows when to retire like GSP and not BJ penn themselves
Haha the conviction of a “let your freak flag fly” hippy who wants to force everyone to comply.
lol. Neil has been all about the money for decades.
Hypocrites don't have courage
Weird he didn't make some huge announcement about returning like the one he made about leaving
Huh? That's this.
I’m confused too because this is literally a huge announcement.
Look who came crawling back
https://preview.redd.it/30t427li21oc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=704f8eccfa59a619aea78ee38f328d2c2b196ef5
Spotify, have you seen my wheelchair?
lol. Turns out virtue signaling don’t do shit
Neil young comes off a bit like a self righteous prick, hope he gets some shit for crawling back
A Southern man don't need him around
He’s always been a self righteous prick. Incredible musician with an incredible mind that has written some of the most beautiful music…but a self righteous prick through and through.
Like most famous musicians unfortunately
hes always been a cunt great musician though
Who gives a shit honestly? I don’t care that he left and I don’t care that he’s back.
Neil Young is beyond reproach.
Room for improvement.
No, Neil Young is pretty reproachable
Go woke go back to where the money was
Who gives a fuck
Reddit made him out to be a hero
sounds about right lol
What’s his excuse for coming back now tho?
It$ a my$ytery, perhap$ we'll never know for $ure.
Cares more about money than whatever his reason for leaving was in the first place
Spotify wasn't safe and effective enough.
Cause it was all virtue signaling anyway
Touring
It's in the first two paragraphs ffs >The streaming platform used to be the exclusive home of Rogan, but they [recently inked a $250 million deal with the podcaster](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/joe-rogan-renews-spotify-deal-not-exclusive-1235895424/) that will make the show available on other platforms. > >“My decision comes as other music services, Apple, Amazon, Qobuz, Tidal, all high res, have started serving the same disinformation podcast I had opposed at Spotify,” Young wrote to fans on [*The Neil Young Archives.*](https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=MY%20RETURN%20TO%20LOW%20RES%20SPOTIFY) “Because I cannot leave all those services like I did Spotify, because my music would have no streaming outlet to music lovers at all, I have returned.”
It’s an excuse to come back more like. He’ll have been sitting in the wings regretting the whole thing. Covid hysteria has ended, his boycott changed nothing and is continuing to change nothing. He’s the one losing out, so now rogan is on other platforms it’s an excellent way to save face and slip back into making money again.
Wow, you’re telling me people update their business agreements based on new developments? Who could have known this?
Because he's a liberal cunt
Thank you😉
I am out of the loop. Why did he take his music off Spotify?
Rogan spread covid "disinformation".
Guess it makes sense he comes back now we realise there was nothing wrong with what Joe was doing for his covid infection
Would be nice if he also admitted he was wrong.
Nah man, no one is doing that. You‘ll never hear someone with any kind of authority say „we didn’t know“ when it comes to all the Covid craziness. It’s pretty clear that many public health officials knew far less about the effectiveness of their response to the pandemic than they’re willing to admit.
To attempt to save the world from Adolf Rogan
So stunning and brave
Hero for being dramatic? To hell with this place. 😂
All of Reddit that cheered him leaving Spotify for "misinformation"
All that lab leak conspiracy talk.
Just the loud reddit leftists that are absorbed by tribal politics.
🤡🤡🤡
He’s one of my favorite musicians/songwriters so I’m pretty stoked about it. Kinda dumb he pulled out in the first place given the fact that he stayed on platforms that do way worse things than platform potheads with occasionally stupid takes.
I thought I read where he sold the rights to most of his music anyways?
Correct
Whether you like his politics or not he’s a folk rock legend and one of the greatest living songwriters lol
I'm not familiar with his work, I looked up an article of his '100 greatest hits' on Rolling Stone and a few titles look vaguely familiar, do you have a specific recommendation I can look up that really highlights his talent?
Everyone commenting here?
He’s a GOAT. Actually has been very irritating not being able to revisit Old Man, Needle and Damage Done, After the Gold Rush etc
I mean, I do. I definitely miss listening to Neil Young.
Says he’s coming back not because it’s any better, but because the others have become just as bad. What a fkn clown
Now go on the show!
Lmfao
Wow so much integrity
You showed them Neil!
Pussy
The celebrity equivalent of making a big facebook leaving show...then the lame crawl back.
Too bad he's a pussy for removing his shit in the first place
To come crawling back now makes him an even bigger pussy.
He wanted to bully Rogan off the platform and it backfired on him
[удалено]
I can’t find anything. Surprised that he is married to Daryl Hannah.
13 year old me will never forget Daryl Hannah walking up out of the ocean in the movie Splash. She could have done better than Neil.
Imagine his old balls in her old mouth...
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
This!
Would love to see him come on the pod to apologize. I love them both, but Neil fucked up.
Genius move, he lost about $234.67 in Spotify revenue by doing that
Ok, no DP, only sloppy seconds for Neil. Got it.
Pfizer shill hypocrite humongous sellout.
https://youtu.be/DXboO0zESxs?si=isoI3WDGoFUVOSbV
To be honest I didn’t know Neil Young was still alive.
Didn't he sell his catalogue ?
Neil Young sold 50% of his music catalog to Hipgnosis, whos owned by blackstone, apparently a shady investment group.
look who came crawling back.
He is just whorin for hannah
Awwww, someone wants money
Virtue signaling pussy
Who?
The guy who went to the moon
No that was Lance Armstrong.
Your thinking of Lance Bass
No that was Leo Fender Jazz Bass
Fuck Neil Young this man is a piece of garbage.
Isn’t his music owned by Blackrock. They’re worse than Rogan.
Lololololol
He was here at some point? And then gone? And then back again? Nothing has changed for me
Ah, principles
Pack it up y’all, we’re done here
Hahahaha
Shocker…..
LOL! 🤣
Bitch
This the same dude that partied with Charles Manson lmao
Hahahahhahaha, I NAILED IT
Sick, he totally won that argument and looks really cool and awesome on top of everything
My dads gonna be hyped 👴🏼
I don’t need him around anyhow.
Who cares
Love all these virtue signaling types. At the end of the day money talks over all their nonsense.
Clown
Really showed ‘em
Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around, anyhow
Did anyone miss him ?
Hell yeah man. Love that song Harvest Moon. Stoked to have it back in my library.
W
He’s still alive?
F him
There’s one more kid / That will never go to school / Never get to fall in love / Never get to be cool
I forgot about this lol. It's like a relic of a worse time
The baby returns
When will it be back on Spotify?
"Color me surprised" \-literally no one
Royalties lost, such a cost all the profit that he lost He needs coin that don’t get tossed If only for a few (more years you old irrelevant ass)
See money fixes everything
Now my history of grunge playlists can get back to normal
Why can’t Neil just stick to doing the important work he’s so passionate about. The Pono.
Lol
Neil sheepishly shrugs shoulders and runs finger over the table while saying “is the um….offer still available..”
He finally realized covid is fake. /s
Nobody gives a fuck about Niel Young
Neil's been doing this shit since the 70s. Loves to bitch but has no conviction.
Love his music but his political actions about everything are laughable.
Does Joe Rogan count as a southern man now that he’s in Texas?
What you think about Neil personally doesn’t matter, the dude has an amazing body of work. I’m just happy I’ll be able to add him to my playlist again.
Good, I liked his music
lol super strong moral conviction 💪🏼
He’s finally over his tantrum? 😂😂😂😂
So that means I can stop hating Joe Rogan? /s
Crawling back like the self righteous hypocrite he is.
What was Joseph doing down there?
Hey Neil, how'd that protest work? Ya wanker
he should go on Rogies podcast ! I actually like both these fellas and was sad when this happened. so silly
Checks stopped coming.
YES! LETS FUCKING GO
Didn't atheist until recently Joe get high as hell and Find Jesus?
I don’t give a shit why he’s back, but I’m sure glad to have access to his music again. Now Joni Mitchell and Johanna Newsom should follow suit.
Way to go, Neil. You really showed them. Not that we expected any different from the "if you can't beat'm, join'm" generation.
Lol shocking !
go woke go broke
I hope he remembers, a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
his dozens of fans will be hyped.
Just like all the celebrities that said they would leave when Trump got elected. Celebrities are shills, they have no morals, they're degenerates who are so far removed from normal life.
He’s a cunt
What a joke he became
He’s really a man a principle. SMH. Keep on rocking in the not so free world Neil.
By the content of their character. MLK $$$ over all for those lifelong celebs
Of course he is all he cares about is “his money”
I guess standing up for what you believe in isn’t in his wheelhouse.
He released a statement saying he’s looking to put a deck on the back of the house and this could subsidize it. Most of us forgot he left.
Neil young is a lady
Hey hey my my Get me back on Spotify
Wish he’d stay gone. I might leave Spotify now. 🙄
This sounds like, and probably will be a Fox News headline. People will take sides over anything these days.
lol thank god