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[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s song "Sweet Home Alabama" was in response to Neil Young putting down southerners in his songs "Alabama" and "Southern Man".

[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s song "Sweet Home Alabama" was in response to Neil Young putting down southerners in his songs "Alabama" and "Southern Man".

Young has strong [[liberal]] political views.  In 2006, he released an album, ''Living with War'', which included a song called "Let's Impeach The President".  The first line of that song is "Let's impeach the president for lying and leading our country into war."  Another controversial line in the song is "What if [[Al Qaeda]] blew up the levees? Would [[New Orleans]] have been safer that way?"

Young has strong [[liberal]] political views.  In 2006, he released an album, ''Living with War'', which included a song called "Let's Impeach The President".  The first line of that song is "Let's impeach the president for lying and leading our country into war."  Another controversial line in the song is "What if [[Al Qaeda]] blew up the levees? Would [[New Orleans]] have been safer that way?"

==Spotify controversy==

==Spotify controversy==

In January 2022, Young demanded to audio streaming platform Spotify, via an open letter posted to his website,<ref name="Young Spotify">[https://summit.news/2022/01/25/neil-youngs-attempt-to-pressure-spotify-to-censor-joe-rogan-fails-miserably/ Neil Young’s Attempt to Pressure Spotify to Censor Joe Rogan Fails Miserably]</ref> that it had to choose between having his music on the platform and having the podcasts of [[Joe Rogan]]; Spotify responded by dropping Young, who drew far fewer listeners per year on Spotify than Rogan does per episode of his podcast.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/spotify-removing-neil-youngs-music-singer-gave-ultimatum-platform-choose-joe-rogan/ Spotify Removing Neil Young’s Music After Singer Gave Ultimatum for Platform to Choose Him or Joe Rogan] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>  Young had made the demand based on his objections to what he claimed, without proof, was "misinformation" from the Rogan podcasts regarding [[COVID-19]] "vaccines", the safety thereof and the controversy surrounding them in an attempt to get Rogan removed from Spotify, but Young's attempt to utilize [[cancel culture]] against Rogan backfired on him when Spotify sided with Rogan and removed Young's music instead.  As a result of the decision by Spotify, Young deleted his open letter from his website,<ref name="Young Spotify"/> which led to mockery against him on social media while several critics pointed out that Young does not have the legal power to make the demand he made, as Young sold 50% of the ownership of his music catalogue to a British investment firm several years ago, and his demand against Spotify was also criticized as a publicity stunt intended to keep his name in the news.

In January 2022, Young demanded to audio streaming platform Spotify, via an open letter posted to his website,<ref name="Young Spotify">[https://summit.news/2022/01/25/neil-youngs-attempt-to-pressure-spotify-to-censor-joe-rogan-fails-miserably/ Neil Young’s Attempt to Pressure Spotify to Censor Joe Rogan Fails Miserably]</ref> that it had to choose between having his music on the platform and having the podcasts of [[Joe Rogan]]; Spotify responded by dropping Young, who drew far fewer listeners per year on Spotify than Rogan does per episode of his podcast.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/spotify-removing-neil-youngs-music-singer-gave-ultimatum-platform-choose-joe-rogan/ Spotify Removing Neil Young’s Music After Singer Gave Ultimatum for Platform to Choose Him or Joe Rogan] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>  Young had made the demand based on his objections to what he claimed, without proof, was "misinformation" from the Rogan podcasts regarding [[COVID-19]] "vaccines", the safety thereof and the controversy surrounding them in an attempt to get Rogan removed from Spotify, but Young's attempt to utilize [[cancel culture]] against Rogan backfired on him when Spotify sided with Rogan and removed Young's music instead.  As a result of the decision by Spotify, Young deleted his open letter from his website,<ref name="Young Spotify"/> which led to mockery against him on social media while several critics pointed out that Young does not have the legal power to make the demand he made, as Young sold 50% of the ownership of his music catalogue to a British investment firm several years ago, and his demand against Spotify was also criticized as a publicity stunt intended to keep his name in the news.

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