Written by CBC Music on the 28th of August, 2025. Below is not the full article.
Neil Young has shared a new song, Big Crime, which takes aim at the Trump administration.
"On the fiery track, Young sings, 'Got to get the fascists out, got to clean the White House out,' and 'There's big crime in D.C. at the White House.'"
"Young has previously spoken out against the president. In 2015, he filed a lawsuit against Trump for using the song Rockin' in the Free World during his campaign, and in 2020, he endorsed Bernie Sanders for president and said Trump was 'a disgrace to my country.'"
"Young has released many politically-charged songs throughout his career and was also openly critical about the Richard Nixon administration. His 1970 song, Ohio, is famously about the Kent State University shootings that took place in May of that year, when the Ohio National Guard was called in to quell an anti-Vietnam War protest that resulted in the death of four students. 'Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming,' he sings."
4 Comments
streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 1y
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Neil Young is a national treasure. Seeing a 79-year-old rock out - not just play rock music - but rock out, with a powerful political message, is really cool and inspiring. The band with him is young. He's probably passing some of his genius on, genius that brought us tracks like The Needle And The Damage Done, Ohio, and many others.
I've got myself in a lather now and must listen to a couple of my fave Neil Young tracks, Like A Hurricane and Cowgirl In The Sand :D
GrizzlyBur@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
The Needle and the Damage Done is such a wonderful song, I think it is one of his strongest ones hes written -- even when considering Heart of Gold. Helpless is also such a excellent song.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
One of his recent-ish (15 years old good lord) albums is on high rotation since it came out for me, Le Noise is excellent and still as fresh as when it came out. Highly rec.
CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
All great songs. Southern Man is also an amazing song with something to say.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y