Neil Young Objects To Use Of 3 Of His Songs By Donald Trump At Mount Rushmore Event

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Neil Young objected to the use of his music in the prelude to President Donald Trump’s event at the base of Mount Rushmore, siding with Lakota Sioux who have long claimed the land as their ow…

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Ironically, Young, 74, criticized PTrump‘s leadership of the U.S. in a lyrical rewrite of his 2006 track “Lookin’ for a Leader” during one of his “front porch performances” released just two days before the Rushmore event. Young also expressed support 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

In 2015, Young objected to the Trump campaign’s use of “Rockin In the Free World” when the politician announced his presidential campaign. At the time, a Trump campaign spokeswoman said, “Through a license agreement with ASCAP, Mr. Trump’s campaign paid for and obtained the legal right to use Neil Young’s recording of ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ at today’s event. Nevertheless, we won’t be using it again — there are plenty of songs to choose from. Despite Neil’s differing political views, Mr.

Before Trump arrived on Friday, demonstrators blocked a road that led into the national monument, before authorities removed them. According to the Associated Press, police used pepper spray on several protesters. The demonstrators included Native Americans who long have claimed the land in the Black Hills. Four decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the lands had been taken illegally in violation of an 1868 treaty between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

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In typical 🍊💩🤡fashion: do anything then sue in court. Yknow like how he runs his businesses. Only this time it’s taxpayers $$$ paying his fines

but he'll take the royalties

Go get 'em!

andizeisler Neil should troll trump by offering this...

All these musicians should sue Trump for illegally using their music to show him he can't do whatever he wants.

Playing Canadian songs at Mount Rushmore?

Did you do it with an exclamation point? You need to add a forceful punctuation to your objection if you want it to be legally binding.

Neil Young is so cool it’s mind boggling tbh...

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