Rock 'n roll icon Neil Young made worldwide headlines by demanding Spotify cease playing his music so long as they broadcast Joe Rogan's podcast much of which is devoted to spreading vaccine misinformation.
But The Joe Rogan Experience is Spotify's most lucrative and most popular podcast. It doesn't matter how many lies Joe Rogan and his guests tell about the vaccines. So long as Spotify is making money they will be more than happy to stop playing Neil Young's music.
The only way I see Young's stand working is if other artists join him in solidarity. If The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond, Lady Gaga and the estates of Elvis Presley and David Bowie and others in turn demanded Spotify stop playing their music so long as they broadcast Rogan's lies then Spotify just might pay attention. I mean all one would be left with would be Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Kid Rock.
But I don't see this coming to pass. Neil Young is a loner who does things his own way. Loners seldom find recruits to join their cause no matter how worthy it might be.
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