Friday, April 21, 2006

Neil Young: "Let's Impeach the President"

As a huge Neil Young fan, I was excited when rumors surfaced last week that his upcoming album would be critical of President Bush and the war in Iraq. An article in today's Los Angeles Times provides more details on the album, Living With War, based on interviews with Young himself. One track, subtly titled "Let's Impeach the President," features a 100-person chorus and audio samples from the President’s speeches. Here is an excerpt of the song's lyrics:

"Let's impeach the president for abusing all the power we gave him and shipping all our money out the door. Let's impeach the president for bending the facts to fit their new story of why we have to send our men to war."

"Neil Young's harsh words" [Los Angeles Times]

UPDATED 4/22/06:

Neil Young has a blog! Or at least the album does:

Neil Young's Living With War Blog [livingwithwar.blogspot.com]
Neil Young Interview with CNN [livingwithwar.blogspot.com]

UPDATED 4/29/06:

Young has released the album via streaming audio. [outragedmoderates.org]