Neil Young: 'Will I be deported?'

Gaurdian Unlimited ^ | Thursday May 22, 2003 | Adam Sweeting

[eBelasco]

It's not what we thought we were gonna be doing, a lot of the people's civil rights have been compromised, and we don't know what's going on. If I keep speaking my mind, will I be deported?

[eBelasco]

In the next couple of months, they'll probably make it unpatriotic to be Democrat

It already was Neil. Nobody has to legislate that.

[bmwcyle]

It is not unpatriotic. It is just selfish and stupid.

[MEG33]

Ya gotta have a gimmick.

[dead]

He's as whiney in print as he is vocally.

Just try washing your hair once in a while, and we'll let you stay and complain some more.

[SkyPilot]

Neil Young was on MTV with Roger Clinton (yes--that Roger) about 6 months after Bill the Bender was elected. Neil was really furious, and slammed Roger on camera:

YOUNG: "We voted for change! We didn't get change Roger!"

I loved Neil's music growing up....but I grew up. Pity he didn't.

[mr.pink]

If I keep speaking my mind, will I be deported?

There is a town, in North Ontar-i-o...

Clueless, Clueless, Cl-u-u-u-u-eless.

[Provost-Marshal]

The Dixie Chicks. Willie Nelson. Neil Young. Bruce Springsteen. Carrot Top. Jeanne Garofalo. Sean Penn. Susan Sarandon. Tim Robbins. Anthony Robbins. Samuel L. Jackson. Ethan Hawke. Don Rickles. Kim Basinger.....

ENEMIES!!

[eBelasco]

I stand corrected.
Being a Rat isn't necessarily unpatriotic: it's just that 99% of them are (in addition to being selfish and stupid).

[dead]

"But he's so out of touch that his advisers haven't told him that their record sales spiked upwards when that happened, and while the airplay went down the sales went up and their concerts all sold out."

Apparently Neil’s advisors haven’t told him that the Dixie Chicks sales dropped considerably following the comments, and the concerts were sold out long before the comments were made.

If you’re going to call other people ignorant, always be sure you have at least a passing knowledge of the facts.

[Billthedrill]

I'm not much in favor of the deportation thing - could we just go straight into the executions? Lord knows every time an artiste is criticized they're treating it as if they were shot, so it wouldn't actually be much different...

[eyespysomething]

I am SOOO_OOOO_OOOO tired of people whining about being threatened for speaking out, and talk about how Bush has made it dangerous for those who disagree with him. Bush has taken away their free speech. HELLO? Bush didn't do it. Don't these people get it? It's the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Stupid!

[eBelasco]

As a foreigner, Neil probably doesn't have many rights here, so we probably could get that done without much fuss. At least a stay at Gitmo should be in order. It's not like Cretin's gov't would really offer much opposition.

[freebilly]

4 dead in Ohio......

[B Knotts]

Bush is not the one that polarized America. It was Clinton (and his allies) that did that.

[blackdog]

Neil Who? That guy that sings like cats screwing?

Well, I guess he's gotta be doing something to get noticed and thank god it's not singing or modeling.

[eBelasco]

You are clearly a Zeppelin fan.

[bmwcyle]

You have to have a great understanding of news, history, our own government, Plato, and have college courses other than women studies to be unpatiotic. They are just childish and stupid.

[ckilmer]

I liked Neil Young's stuff in hs & college.

Later I hated his music.

Now I ignore it.

the words are not bad but the voice is a mouse. I'm reminded of flannery oconner's novella "A good man is hard to find." the crazy kid says to the incessantly talking old woman, " you'd be all right if you were just shot between the eyes every day of your life."

[jwfiv]

Neil's a deluded loser.

How sad.

He coulda been so great, now he's just sleeping rust.

[prisoner6]

If I keep speaking my mind, will I be deported?

What mind? BUH-BYE!

prisoner6

[F16Fighter]

Lynard Skynard:

"Well I heard Mr. Young sing about us. I heard ol' Neil put us down. Well I hope Neil Young will remember -- a Southern (Northern, Eastern, or Western) Man don't need him around anyhow..."

[kaboom]

Well I hope Neil Young will remember

A Southern man don't need him around anyhow ...

[Cincinatus]

"Will I be deported?"

I most certainly hope so.

[axxmann]

...a southern man don't need him around, anyhow...

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

You beat me to it. Screw Neil Young.

[jwalsh07]

Only if he doesn't wash his hair again this year.

[thrcanbonly1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, bit didn't Neil put out a extremely patriotic song in memorial of the victims of 9-11 within 3 days. You people seem to think anyone who questions the current administration is unpatriotic. Ashcroft scares the hell out me too.



Goebbels would be proud.

[Provost-Marshal]

Your line of thinking scares me. I suppose you think Benedict Arnold should be considered an American hero because of what he did at the Battle of Saratoga? Maybe we should overlook his later traitorous treachery? I think not. As for Ashcroft, extremism in defence of liberty is no vice, my friend. Same today as it ever was.

[MrLee]

Hey wait a minute!, I heard Neil Young loves Ronald Reagan, AND he did write and record "Let's Roll" last year.

[eBelasco]

Two things come to mind: he's Canadian, and "what have you done for me lately?"

[thrcanbonly1]

I agree "extermism in the defence of liberty is no vice" but show me how Ashcroft is defending liberty.

Why does my line of thinking scare you?


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[blackdog]

Kashmir, the greatest tune by Zeplin......If only they would shut up so I could hear the music.

[F16Fighter]

"You people seem to think anyone who questions the current administration is unpatriotic....Goebells would be proud."

Did you read the title of the thread??: 'WILL I BE DEPORTED?'

Neil Young is now proven to be a self-serving, insincere BS artist who needs publicity either way to perpetuate his no-where career.

Try reading between the lines once in a while...

[Provost-Marshal]

re: Ashcroft -- The fact that we still enjoy liberty, despite all the recent tumult, proves the point beyond a reasonable doubt.

re: your line of thinking -- because it presupposes that one gets a mulligan for being a traitor, if they did something that was noble previously

[Cincinatus]

I heard Neil Young loves Ronald Reagan,

Why do I find that so difficult to believe? In any event, he can like him from Canada just as well as from Malibu.

[eBelasco]

Ramble On.

[dts32041]

Everybody knows this is no where

[Grando Calrissian]

REVOLUTION BLUES

---

Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town
You never see us 'cause we don't come around.
We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down.
But we need you now, and that's why I'm hangin' 'round.
So you be good to me and I'll be good to you,
And in this land of conditions I'm not above suspicion
I won't attack you, but I won't back you.

Well, it's so good to be here, asleep on your lawn.
Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm afraid that he's gone.
It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long.
Yes, that was me with the doves, setting them free near the factory
Where you built your computer, love.
I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take the rejection
I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you.

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs, with my carbine on
I keep 'em hoppin', till my ammunition's gone.
But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong.
I got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains,
And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains.
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars.

[MrLee]

Well, he can't sing, I agree, but neither can Bob Dylan!
I wish I could find that Reagan quote, but anyway, I'll conceed Young's probably just an oppitunist(sp)......but compared to David Crosby & Graham Nash he's right wing!!

[eBelasco]

He's running dry.

[Mr. Mojo]

After a string of less-than-awesome albums.....

Hence the true source of Neil's bitterness. His last decent studio album was Ragged Glory (1990), and his last great studio album was Rust Never Sleeps, (1978). I've always been a huge fan of Neil's music (in the early-mid part of his career), and I was heartened to hear that he was a Reaganite in the mid-80's, but ......

"once you're gone, you can never come back.
when you're out of the blue, and into the black."

[eBelasco]

"In the mid-1980s, Young, the professional contrarian, endorsed Ronald Reagan." from the article quoted above.

Professional opportunist.

[Mr. Mojo]

Why do I find that so difficult to believe?

Check out the first paragraph of the linked article.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I like everything about Neil Young's music except for songwriter, the lyrics, his voice, and his hair. The music is fine though.

Oh yeah, I forgot he looks like he needs a shower everytime I see him.

[Revolting cat!]

Goebbels would be proud.

Unfortunately for you Herr Goebbels appears to be dead, still at this date (haven't you heard?) However, you win a consolation price, as professor Goodwin would be proud of you provoking another application of Goodwin's Law of Usenet. Congratulations!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

This makes me wonder if Melissa Etheridge had Neil Young 2nd on the list of sperm donors after David Crosby.

[Cincinatus]

It's actually well down in the piece. But even if it's true, my earlier comment stands -- he can admire The Gipper from Canada just as well as from here.

[ActionNewsBill]

As for Ashcroft, extremism in defence of liberty is no vice, my friend.

Ashcroft defending Liberty? Interesting concept.

I doubt we'll be seeing that anytime soon.

[thrcanbonly1]

I think we still have our liberty in spite of Ashcroft et. al.

What exactly did Neil Young do that would make him a traitor?


I am just one of those people that love my country, but am faerful and distrustful of the government no matter who is in power.