Yes, you really don’t get it. Nor do you understand Neil Young and his particular way of social commentary despite citing to it in your post. You seem bent on particularizing the message you’d send if you had his audience which you don’t nor ever will. I’ve been following Neil’s career since I was 16 and I have seen him perform well over 30 times over the decades. He’s taken on more controversial topics than you’ll ever write in your attempt at relevancy on Substack. The message is simple: come out and enjoy the collective communion of live performance that might include political speech one doesn’t agree with while you still have the chance and celebrate that right during a time of repression. The invitation to Chump? It’s obvious he won’t show so it’s both a hollow gesture and a tongue-in-cheek dig at an authoritarian that couldn’t care less about shared values of a democracy. What’s so hard in interpreting that? Not pugilistic enough for you? Well, fuck right off then and start your own band and sell your own tickets. Good luck with that, loser.
You're right. I guess because he's seen Neil 30 times (I've only seen him four times myself) he UNDERSTANDS what he's saying more than mere mortals like me. As you know, I'm not a big fan of Donnie. And if you saw the lengths of what Neil did in 2006 with George Bush about the Iraq war and read the nasty stuff he's written on his website about him, that statement seems like a cop out. And I get it, he's 79, hasn't toured for a while, envisions a lot of angry MAGA folks if he gets political. But if you're going to write something on your website - OR YOUR SUBSTACK - you ought to stand behind it. Agreed?
Yes, you really don’t get it. Nor do you understand Neil Young and his particular way of social commentary despite citing to it in your post. You seem bent on particularizing the message you’d send if you had his audience which you don’t nor ever will. I’ve been following Neil’s career since I was 16 and I have seen him perform well over 30 times over the decades. He’s taken on more controversial topics than you’ll ever write in your attempt at relevancy on Substack. The message is simple: come out and enjoy the collective communion of live performance that might include political speech one doesn’t agree with while you still have the chance and celebrate that right during a time of repression. The invitation to Chump? It’s obvious he won’t show so it’s both a hollow gesture and a tongue-in-cheek dig at an authoritarian that couldn’t care less about shared values of a democracy. What’s so hard in interpreting that? Not pugilistic enough for you? Well, fuck right off then and start your own band and sell your own tickets. Good luck with that, loser.
Interesting read. I know one thing. You succeeded in pissing off one reviewer. ha.... wow.
You're right. I guess because he's seen Neil 30 times (I've only seen him four times myself) he UNDERSTANDS what he's saying more than mere mortals like me. As you know, I'm not a big fan of Donnie. And if you saw the lengths of what Neil did in 2006 with George Bush about the Iraq war and read the nasty stuff he's written on his website about him, that statement seems like a cop out. And I get it, he's 79, hasn't toured for a while, envisions a lot of angry MAGA folks if he gets political. But if you're going to write something on your website - OR YOUR SUBSTACK - you ought to stand behind it. Agreed?
Ab...so....freaking...lutely. Good to have thick skin when writing for the public. ha