Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Neil Young urges Bush impeachment on protest album

From Yahoo News:
Veteran rocker Neil Young has recorded a protest album featuring an anti-Iraq war track with "a holy vow to never kill again" and a song titled "Let's Impeach the President," the singer said on Monday.

The 10-track set, called "Living with War," was recorded this month by a "power trio" -- electric guitar, bass and drums -- plus trumpet and a 100 voices, the 60-year-old Canadian-born musician announced on his Web site.

Young's longtime manager, Elliot Roberts, told Reuters the album, which has been the subject of Internet buzz for several days, will be played for executives at his label, Warner Music Group's Reprise Records, on Tuesday.

"It's devoted to the state of America, or the direction that America is moving in," Roberts said of the album.

I can hear the attacks on Neil Young by the right wingers already. They'll probably bring up the fact that he's from Canada a million times and call him a washed up hippie has been because all they've got is their hatred for anyone who speaks out against the moron in chief. It's nice to see someone of Neil Young's stature speaking out against the Bush administration. Hopefully the songs are really good so they get a lot of airplay and attention. I know Green Day's American Idiot was a slam against the President but from what i read about Neil's latest cd, it's very direct. Of course with Bush's continually sinking approval ratings, Young isn't taking much of a risk.