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Neil Young's new anthem is a reworked version of "This Land Is Your Land." Young recently released a song titled "Let's Roll Again," in which he criticized Elon Musk and Tesla. Known for leveraging his platform to highlight environmental and political issues, Young's recent live performance sparked controversy on social media during the Light Up The Blues benefit concert for autism at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
In this new track, Young specifically called out Musk and Tesla, encouraging other car manufacturers to take action:
"Come on Ford, come on GM / Come on Chrysler, let’s roll again / Build something special, that people need / Build us a safe way for us to live / Build us something that won’t kill our kids / Build us something that runs real clean / Come on America, let’s get in the race / China’s way ahead, they’re making clean cars"
He then went on to add:
"If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla / It’s electric, it doesn’t matter / If you’re a Democrat, taste your freedom / Get whatever you want, taste your freedom"
The lyrics have caused a stir on social media as users flocked to X to express their opinions on the matter:
"Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die." Yes it can, Neil. You just killed it", commented one user.
"Even in this age of hypocrisy the Lefties 180 flip on Tesla’s 100k+ employees & countless suppliers & investors all to spite one guy has got to be the absolute height", remarked another.
"This is just sad. Neil Young had many moments of brilliance throughout his career; this is a total joke. I’m embarrassed for him", wrote another user.
"Van Morrison and Clapton ran hard in the other direction. Morrison hilariously so", quipped a fourth user.
"I hope Neil Young will remember/A southern man don't need him around,", another fan expressed his opinion.
"Lynyrd Skynyrd was right about him", added another fan.
Neil Young's Legacy Of Dissent
Whether perceived as a poignant commentary on the contemporary state of affairs or as an absurdly out-of-touch statement, Neil Young's critique is consistent with his longstanding tradition of integrating music with activism.
Neil Young has been at the forefront of climate activism for decades, and his new song "Let's Roll Again" embodies his belief in protest music as well. This wasn't the only noteworthy event at the concert; according to Noise 11, Young performed five songs at the benefit:
Let’s Roll Again (new and unreleased), Big Box (from The Monsanto Years, 2015), Ordinary People (recorded by not used on Freedom, 1989 then released on Chrome Dreams II, 2007), Human Highway (with Stephen Stills) (from Comes A Time, 1978), and Rockin’ in the Free World (with Stephen Stills) (from Freedom, 1979)
The report further adds:
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His CSNY bandmate Stephen Stills joined Young for the last two songs ‘Human Highway’ and ‘Rocking In The Free World’.
It is noteworthy that this incident does not mark the first occasion on which Young has engaged in a dispute with Elon Musk; he previously boycotted Musk's social media platform X following reports that Musk had endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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