Neil Young Comes Crawling Back to Spotify

Streamin' man don't need him around anyhow

Long, long ago, deep within the murky mists of time, I wrote this:

You can read that whole long thing if you want, but in summary: Neil Young obviously learned nothing from the Parents Music Resource Center in the ‘80s, because he tried to do the exact same thing and it had the exact same result.

Trying to suppress free speech only makes people more curious about the things you don’t want them to hear, whether it’s risque song lyrics or dissenting opinions about vaccines. People need to decide for themselves. And if they get it wrong, that’s just the way it goes.

If they’re making a bad argument, make a better one. Trying to silence them only makes them resent you.

I’m just surprised nobody slapped a sticker on Rogan’s podcast: “PARENTAL ADVISORY: VACCINE MISINFORMATION.”

Well, it’s been a couple of years since Mr. Young’s principled stand, and Joe Rogan is still on Spotify. Along with… guess who?