Neil Young opposes Donald Trump using his songs at the Mount Rushmore event: ‘This is NOT okay with me’
Neil Young has turned to Twitter to voice his objections to the Trump campaign using his songs at an event.
During his rally, held at the base of Mount Rushmore on Friday, United States President Donald Trump played three of the rocker’s songs, to Young’s seeming irritation.
“This is NOT okay for me,” the 74-year-old tweeted from his official account, along with a video of his 1989 Rockin ‘hit in a free world blasting into the event’s speakers.
Not right: Neil Young has turned to Twitter to voice his objections to the Trump campaign using his songs at an event
Later, the same Twitter account posted a video of the Young Like a Hurricane song playing before Trump took the stage.
Again, the Canadian singer-songwriter objected, tweeting: “I stand in solidarity with the Lakota Sioux and this is NOT okay for me.”
The comment referred to the indigenous peoples of the area. It was considered sacred land, but when gold was discovered in the region, they were forced to abandon it.
The Young Cowgirl in the Sand song was also heard at the event, according to Deadline.
Enraged: During his rally, held at the base of Mount Rushmore on Friday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, played three of the rocker’s songs, to Young’s apparent irritation. Young seen here last year
Too far: later, the same Twitter account posted a video of the Young Like song to Hurricane before Trump took the stage
Young is far from the first musician to complain about the Trump campaign using his music.
Tom Petty’s estate issued Trump a formal cease and desist order for using his 1989 song I Won’t Back Down during his poor attendance at Tulsa.
“Both the late Tom Petty and his family strongly oppose racism and discrimination of any kind,” the statement read.
‘Tom Petty would never want a song of his for a hate campaign. He liked to bring people together. We believe in the United States and we believe in democracy.
But Donald Trump does not represent the noble ideals of either of them. We would hate for fans marginalized by this administration to think we were complicit in this use. ”
Unpopular: Young is far from the first musician to complain about the Trump campaign using his music
A year ago, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne demanded that the 74-year-old reality star-turned-politician stop using their music, including 1980s banker Crazy Train, for commercials or political campaigns.
In 2018 Rihanna tweeted that neither she nor her people would ‘ever be in or around one of those tragic demonstrations’ after Trump played his 2008 hit Please Don’t Stop the Music.
That same day, Guns N ‘Roses leader Axl Rose tweeted that the father of five divorcees twice was a’ bag of shit ‘for ignoring his’ formal request ‘to stop using Sweet Child’ or Mine since 1987.
And Aerosmith has repeatedly sent cease-and-desist warnings to the former Democrat for using Dream On and Livin ‘on the Edge in their rallies in 2015 and 2018.
Insult to injury: Young Cowgirl in the Sand song was also heard at the event, according to Deadline. Neil seen here in 2019
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