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Neil Young taken off Spotify

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Lefty Frizzell said:
I’m really not sure what he was thinking? Obviously Spotify aren’t going to remove the podcast that brings in several millions of views per week, for an artist who only has several tracks on the platform with over 1m views for as long as they have been on the platform.

Maybe he thought it would be a domino effect and more artists will join in? I guess if any do have an issue with Rogan, the test will be whether they or their record companies love money more than making a stand.
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Well given there are a couple of songs still up, heart of gold has 235m (just from that compilation)
 
Harry Angstrom said:
Maybe they are happy with Rogan’s content and don’t succumb to the demands of rich rock stars. I’ve lived Neil Youngs music for nearly 50 years and admire his stance but he shouldn’t have been surprised they said no.
I’ve never forgiven young for his awful autobiography I read the first few chapters of once. Luckily I didn’t buy it.
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Who says he was? I doubt he gives a fuck to be honest. It's just ol' Neil being Neil.

I'll just listen to all his records I've bought on Amazon Prime instead.
 
errant said:
Same here, I’m suspicious of rogan only because of who hang on his every word… ditto that Jordan Peterson.
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They are both minor figures on the world so you are losing nothing from ignoring them but I think Peterson is far different. His stance comes from decades of academic study and work as a clinical psychologist. There is plenty in his work to make you think about stuff. Rogan just seems to be good at talking to people
 
Lefty Frizzell said:
I’m really not sure what he was thinking? Obviously Spotify aren’t going to remove the podcast that brings in several millions of views per week, for an artist who only has several tracks on the platform with over 1m views for as long as they have been on the platform.

Maybe he thought it would be a domino effect and more artists will join in? I guess if any do have an issue with Rogan, the test will be whether they or their record companies love money more than making a stand.
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Record companies and companies that buy 50% of back catalogues are in the business of making money so there will be mild pressure on Young to reverse his decision. If I'm honest, I'm disappointed in Young here. For one it means I can't listen to his music and secondly he shouldn't be calling for censorship. I don't listen to Joe Rogan but I'm not interested in stopping others listening to him, regardless of what he or his guests say.
 
chunkylover53 said:
Well given there are a couple of songs still up, heart of gold has 235m (just from that compilation)
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Yeah, maybe 20 podcasts worth of listens? I think that as Rogans show brings in a young audience (think the average age is mid 20s) that will be a factor in why they continue to back him.

Having said that. Now that this is in the news again, I fully expect social media warriors to begin an assault with hashtags etc and it may be too much for the company big wigs to handle. Perhaps they will be forced to cut him if other artists are then being pressured in to not using Spotify.
 
It may do more damage than people think. There will be many older Spotify punters not happy with Neil gone. It’s a gaping hole for people who like Neil. If a couple of other big names moved so would I. No issue with rogan’s shite just want a streaming service that can deliver.
 
Harry Angstrom said:
His stance comes from decades of academic study and work as a clinical psychologist.
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Does he use that as a shit shield to lend his more whacky stuff/thoughts credibility? I don’t have a horse in this race, but he made a tit of himself recently with his climate denial bullshit…. on some podcast, not sure who the host was… 😉
 
Frank Bullitt said:
Record companies and companies that buy 50% of back catalogues are in the business of making money so there will be mild pressure on Young to reverse his decision. If I'm honest, I'm disappointed in Young here. For one it means I can't listen to his music and secondly he shouldn't be calling for censorship. I don't listen to Joe Rogan but I'm not interested in stopping others listening to him, regardless of what he or his guests say.
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You could buy it.
 
errant said:
Does he use that as a shit shield to lend his more whacky stuff/thoughts credibility? I don’t have a horse in this race, but he made a tit of himself recently with his climate denial bullshit…. on some podcast, not sure who the host was… 😉
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Haha. I think Peterson is one of the most misinterpreted people out there. The classic was Cathy “so you’re saying” Newman.
 
Harry Angstrom said:
They are both minor figures on the world so you are losing nothing from ignoring them but I think Peterson is far different. His stance comes from decades of academic study and work as a clinical psychologist. There is plenty in his work to make you think about stuff. Rogan just seems to be good at talking to people
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He is a bit radged though. I'm not convinced he's wired up correctly. He's a bit Sheldon Cooperish.

Revels in being contrary anarl, so I can see why you might like him. :lol:
 
Joe Rogan gets some interesting guests on but if he’s pushing a political agenda, he can go away
especially if he’s anti-vax. Being anti-vax is being anti-science!

there’s already too many social-media types that have far too many subscribers on the internet who politicise and polarise things. The world needs understanding and compromise in social media.
 
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Stubbs ftm said:
I've no idea who he is, some podcaster I presume
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Yes, the most popular in the world and for good reason - he interviews the most diverse amount of guests, all creeds, colours and backgrounds and political persuasions. He recently had a CNN news correspondent on who admitted they lied about Rogan after he went to a doctor and got Covid remedies that were outside of the Covid Karen’s narrow window.

The left generally hate Rogan as he is a maverick that cannot be controlled or coerced by them so they are now obsessed by him with their hate.
 
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