Even Neil Young realizes he was going nowhere (somewhat) - on PBS with Charlie Rose (#):

I look at it Charlie as “why”? Why are we doing this? And why is the human race doing this? I try to step back and see it. And y’know on this record I got really involved in the present, which is like turmoil, it’s terrible. To be involved in, y’know, criticizing the president, and doing this and that, and talking about things in the first person and getting right in there. It’s like I got sucked into it. I was part of the turmoil myself. Which I wasn’t happy about. And I’m not happy about it now. But it happened. [...]

I was sucked into it and I got angry. I was angry about things that were happening, and I thought this is just not right. This is not the way it should be. I felt like we were being lied to and things weren’t true and we were getting sold a bill of goods [...] but I don’t want to harp on that. [...]

I did the album. I said all of what I had to say, and now I don’t like to do it again. I don’t like singing the songs. I did it. I’m not CNN. I don’t play it over and over again. (Right Wing Bob)

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WL Mackenzie Redux said:

	Well you can't excuse it with drug abuse so that leaves us with senility.
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Jul 23, 2008 11:00:24
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Elane said:

	I remember back when - Mr. Young was complaining that the days of panties being thrown at him on stage were over(did that ever happen in his case? he is not exactly a panty guy in my rarely humble opinion) and now he could look forward to women throwing their Depends at him. That did it for me. I'll keep my Depends to myself thank you.
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Jul 23, 2008 11:05:18
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OMMAG said:

	"I?m not CNN. I don?t play it over and over again...." Hahahahaha ... Even Mr. Acid synapses realises what a freekin joke CNN is.
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dmorris said:

Neil Young would have done the world and himself a big favor by just playing guitar, and keeping his mouth shut! He can't sing, he has the most whiny, nasal voice ever heard, and his politicizing is ,well, embarrassing. Speaking of impeachment, can we paying customers impeach all the recording artists who scammed us with one good song on a $3.99 LP,back in the 60's and 70's, and 9 filler/dreck tunes to suck in the teenagers? Before any showbiz character spouts about anybody,politicians or otherwise, he or she should take an honest look at how he made HIS money! But he is a damned good guitar player. Loved his stiff with Buffalo Springfield.

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Jul 23, 2008 16:45:32
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Bob and Ulli said:

He was totally wrong in "Southern Man" - an ignorant and bigoted arrogance against the white men of the South - with great guitar conversations and true passion. EVERY time he talks politics, he is wrong. Art and politics do not match. He is great when he gets into the Zone, his guitar solos and his embrace of loneliness. In the Zone, he is transported and great. On some boring opinion show, he recites boring opinions - usually off-the-shelf leftie slogans. Shut up and play the guitar. We love you, you idiot

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