🎸 The Anthem Everyone Completely Misunderstood
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: NPR · 1 min read · · Updated
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Nothing unites the political spectrum quite like collectively ignoring the actual verses of a protest song just because the chorus sounds great at a campaign rally.
What actually happened
By the time Neil Young reached 1989, he’d already achieved all the highs and lows that could come with a successful rock ’n’ roll career. But then he made the album “Freedom,” and ended it with a song that challenged what people thought about his personal politics and that would catapult him back into the mainstream and the top of the rock charts. It would become something of a rock standard, and curiously adopted by people all over the political spectrum. This week, NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss what’s happened with “Rockin’ in the Free World” by Neil Young,
Key points
- By the time Neil Young reached 1989, he’d already achieved all the highs and lows that could come with a successful rock ’n’ roll career.
- But then he made the album “Freedom,” and ended it with a song that challenged what people thought about his personal politics and that would catapult him back into the mainstream and the top of the rock charts.
- It would become something of a rock standard, and curiously adopted by people all over the political spectrum.
- This week, NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss what’s happened with “Rockin’ in the Free World” by Neil Young,
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