MakemineVanilla Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Question: does Neil Young still own the rights to his own music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Question: does Neil Young still own the rights to his own music? I believe he sold 50% of his catalogue last year so expect he does. I can't recall the ins and outs but as he had the power to have it removed from Spotify, that cements that belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I believe he sold 50% of his catalogue last year so expect he does. I can't recall the ins and outs but as he had the power to have it removed from Spotify, that cements that belief. Knowing his dislike of streaming services on principle, his dislike of file compression and the fact that he has his own streaming service (Pono), he seems to have plenty of better reasons to come off Spotify, than a dislike of Joe Rogan. But getting a whole new generation to ask the question, 'Who is Neil Young?', is a pretty decent marketing strategy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2022 Until I got Spotify I had literally never listened to a single podcast, ever. Now I do. Not that Rogan bloke, obviously, but there are some good history and music ones to while away the insomniac hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Spotify pays the vast majority of artists a pittance, and Mr Spotify has just invested $100 million in weapons research. How's the World going to get any better if this sort of behaviour is supported, just because it's convenient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, Xann said: Spotify pays the vast majority of artists a pittance, and Mr Spotify has just invested $100 million in weapons research. How's the World going to get any better if this sort of behaviour is supported, just because it's convenient? I know he wanted to own the Gunners but that's going a bit far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Mr_Dogg said: I know he wanted to own the Gunners but that's going a bit far. It's crazytown. Checking the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st when I read it. Quote 'Music is being used as a weapon': Spotify users and artists react to CEO's €100 million investment in AI defence tech Resident Advisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Never follow a pop star for your politics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 29, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2022 Joni Mitchell has now asked Spotify to remove her content 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, bickster said: Joni Mitchell has now asked Spotify to remove her content Good. I have a lot of Neil's albums on CD, but I did use Spotify to listen to the ones I don't have. I own everything by Joni, so no problem. Edited January 29, 2022 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I'm all for artist calling out shit companies and I got my Neil Young albums on vinyl. But Amazon, isn't they way, way worse than Spotify, they are like some dystopian nightmare. And I'd wager you could find Joe Rogan stuff on there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted January 29, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2022 James Blunt has threatened to release new music onto Spotify if they don't remove Rogan. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AVFC_Hitz Posted January 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, BOF said: James Blunt has threatened to release new music onto Spotify if they don't remove Rogan. James Blunt as a musician is not my cup of tea. As a human being he's a top bloke. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Just the link to a tweet below, as it has a naughty (but not unreasonable) word - Tweet Edited January 29, 2022 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Neil Young has kicked off massive about 2 people sitting down and having a conversation about vaccines yet he is happy to share a platform with Gary Glitter and Ian Watkins I'm pretty pissed off about the whole thing because I listened to Young pretty often and I don't have any physical copies of music these days so it looks like I'll not be listening to him for a while unless I stick the odd track on youtube or something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I used to like Neil Young too, "where ever I lay my hat" and "love of the common people" are my favs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 31 minutes ago, leemond2008 said: Neil Young has kicked off massive about 2 people sitting down and having a conversation about vaccines yet he is happy to share a platform with Gary Glitter and Ian Watkins I'm pretty pissed off about the whole thing because I listened to Young pretty often and I don't have any physical copies of music these days so it looks like I'll not be listening to him for a while unless I stick the odd track on youtube or something. Aren't there two Neil Youngs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2022 47 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I used to like Neil Young too, "where ever I lay my hat" and "love of the common people" are my favs Fool. That was Neil Diamond. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 30, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 29/01/2022 at 10:43, BOF said: James Blunt has threatened to release new music onto Spotify if they don't remove Rogan. I didn't realise when you posted this, that James Blunt actually said that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 34 minutes ago, bickster said: I didn't realise when you posted this, that James Blunt actually said that He has a wicked sense of humour and more than happy to poke fun of himself. Decent guy, terrible music though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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