Neil Younger is encouraging his listeners to reject “large firms who’ve bought out America” and as a substitute “purchase native” as he introduced plans this week to take away his music from Amazon.
In a submit on the Neil Younger Archives web site, the 79-year-old rocker referred to as out Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for supporting the federal government that “doesn’t assist you or me.” He referenced the continuing shutdown of the federal authorities.
It was unclear if Younger supposed to drag his streaming catalog off Amazon Music or cease the e-commerce website from promoting bodily copies of his albums, or each.
The “Coronary heart of Gold” singer has dozens of albums accessible to stream on Amazon Music and his web page has greater than 555,000 followers.
In 2022, Younger pulled his music from Spotify after he was upset with that streaming platform for internet hosting common podcaster Joe Rogan, who Younger mentioned was spreading Covid vaccine misinformation on the time.
He returned in 2023, explaining that “music companies Apple and Amazon have began serving the identical disinformation podcast options I had opposed at Spotify … I can not simply go away Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, as a result of my music would have little or no streaming outlet to music lovers in any respect.”
Bezos is amongst quite a few tech leaders who provided congratulations and pledged assist to President Trump after he recaptured The White Home final 12 months.
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Right here’s the total textual content of Younger’s submit:
“FORGET AMAZON AND WHOLE FOODS.
FORGET FACEBOOK.
BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT.
BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”
“The time is right here. FORGET AMAZON. Quickly my music is not going to be there. It’s simple to purchase native. Assist your group. Go to the native retailer. Don’t return to the massive firms who’ve bought out America. All of us have to surrender one thing to avoid wasting America from the Company Management Age it’s coming into. They want you to purchase from them. Don’t.”
“They shut down our authorities your revenue your security your loved ones’s well being safety. Take America Again collectively, cease shopping for from the massive firms assist native enterprise. Do the fitting factor. Present who you might be.”
