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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:20 am 
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My favorite part of this is the headline. It's from Editor & Publisher, so that's why he's referred to as "Son of Famed Reporter" [Scott Young].

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Neil Young, Son of Famed Reporter, Records "Impeach the President" Song

NEW YORK As an E&P "Pressing Issues" column recently noted, rock star Neil Young is the son of a famed Canadian journalist, so it should not surprise many that he recently recorded a song in California with a very reportorial -- or at least pundit -- feel to it.

It’s called “Impeach the President,” so there can be little question what it is about.

Apparently it was recorded with a 100-voice choir. Rumors have circulated the past few days on the Web, but E&P has tracked down the strongest confirmation in a blog kept by Sherman Oaks, Ca. musician/singer Alicia Morgan.

Previous reports quoted hints by Young and Jonathan Demme (who directed the new documentary “Heart of Gold”) that Neil was working on a hard-rocking political or “anti-Bush” CD.

Last Friday, Morgan wrote on her LastLeftB4Hooterville blog that she had been “summoned” to a local studio to sing on the new record with 99 others. “I'm not going to give the whole thing away, but the first line of one of the songs was ‘Let's impeach the President for lyin'!’ Turns out the whole thing is a classic beautiful protest record. The session was like being at a 12-hour peace rally. Every time new lyrics would come up on the screen, there were cheers, tears and applause. It was a spiritual experience. I can't believe my good fortune at being a part of this.

“We finished the session by singing an a capella version of 'America the Beautiful' and there was not a dry eye in the house.

“Neil said it should be out in 6 to 8 weeks."

Harp magazine reported on its Web site Thursday that Demme had confirmed in an e-mail, “Neil just finished writing and recording -- with no warning -- a new album called 'Living With War.' It all happened in three days… It is a brilliant electric assault, accompanied by a 100-voice choir, on Bush and the war in Iraq… Truly mind blowing. Will be in stores soon.”

The magazine continued: “Details are pretty scarce, but the featured track, titled ‘Impeach the President,’ features a rap with Bush’s voice set to the choir chanting ‘flip/flop’ and the like.”

Young has always been a maverick politically as well as musically. Although he has recorded a few songs that drew cheers from liberals, such as "Ohio" and "Southern Man," he also drew criticism from the left for pro-Reagan comments many years ago.

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To use and mean an over-used word... awesome.

Does anyone know where this can be heard?

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“We finished the session by singing an a capella version of 'America the Beautiful' and there was not a dry eye in the house.


Liberal pussies :wavefinger:


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I am 99% certain I saw former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer yesterday after lunch.

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I am 99% certain I saw former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer yesterday after lunch.


He was bussing tables?

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This will never come close to being as brilliant as what National Lampoon did with the Nixon tapes.


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He was bussing tables?


Flipping pancakes lol

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Fu Wrote:
I am 99% certain I saw former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer yesterday after lunch.


Gary Bauer is one weird looking dude. I remember seeing him in a debate a few years ago and being shocked at how creepy he was.

(I cant find an image that does him justice)

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I'm pretty scared of what this will sound like.


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I'm pretty scared of what this will sound like.


That was my first thought because it has the potential to be horrible. More than anything I fucking hate the addition of a choir. I hate goddamn choirs.

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Drinky Wrote:
I'm pretty scared of what this will sound like.


That was my first thought because it has the potential to be horrible. More than anything I fucking hate the addition of a choir. I hate goddamn choirs.


I am a huge Neil fan and I totally agree that this has the potential to be horrendous...

Re: choruses. Should be an interesting thread by itself.... use of choirs in pop/rock music. A Day in the Life, The Wall.... that God song by XTC, BonesThugHarmony...

Greendale (which took a while, but finally to my ears winds up #11 or 12 best of Neil's 700 releases... has that overblown "Save Mother Earth" choir... he just barely got away with it.

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Choirs in rock began and ended with "You Can't Always Get What You Want".


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Billzebub of that ilk Wrote:
Choirs in rock began and ended with "You Can't Always Get What You Want".


Hmmm... subcategory of boys choirs. There was always something disturbing about Mick's world-weary voice singing in front of the youthful innocence of ...the boys.

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Billzebub of that ilk Wrote:
Choirs in rock began and ended with "You Can't Always Get What You Want".


This is the only exception to my severe anti-choir stance. I should specify that it's really church choirs that make me want to kill someone, other variations only make me want to maim.

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The magazine continued: “Details are pretty scarce, but the featured track, titled ‘Impeach the President,’ features a rap with Bush’s voice set to the choir chanting ‘flip/flop’ and the like.”


This alone makes it sound fucking horrible...& this comes from someone who hates the assholes in charge, & has no problem with Neil Young.


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Fu Wrote:
I am 99% certain I saw former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer yesterday after lunch.


Gary Bauer is one weird looking dude. I remember seeing him in a debate a few years ago and being shocked at how creepy he was.

(I cant find an image that does him justice)


I remember when he was a James Dobson radio schill. Turned my stomach the time I had to interview him.

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dude needs to make another Trans


Young, not Bauer, I assume.

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Young has used a choir before, on Landing on Water. Not sure if you can judge the validity of Neil + choir on that one, since it's such an uneven album. Certainly the choir is as melodramatic as the orchestra on "A Man Needs a Maid," but I think "Maid" works for all its overblownosity.

Oh, and there was "Natural Anthem" on Harvest Moon, which I quite like.

Wasn't there some choir on Life, too?


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