Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell says she will remove her catalogue from Spotify in solidarity with fellow Canadian musical artist Neil Young's stance against COVID "misinformation" on the streaming service.
Key points: Mitchell said she was standing in solidarity with Neil Young and the "global scientific and medical communities"
Mitchell said she was standing in solidarity with Neil Young and the "global scientific and medical communities" Young's music was removed after he told Spotify to choose between streaming his music or Joe Rogan's podcast
Young's music was removed after he told Spotify to choose between streaming his music or Joe Rogan's podcast Mitchell's music was still available on Australian Spotify on Saturday afternoon
The nine-time Grammy award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee announced her decision to remove her music from Spotify in a statement posted to her official website.
Mitchell cited Young's stance as a motivating factor behind her decision, as well as a letter from 270 scientific and medical experts calling for Spotify to implement a misinformation policy in response to contentious claims aired by Dr Robert Malone on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.
"I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify," Mitchell's statement said.
"Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue."
As of Saturday afternoon, Mitchell's music was still available on the streaming platform in Australia.
Mitchell's announcement comes after Young's music was removed from Spotify in response to a letter the musician addressed to his manager and record label demanding the streaming service no longer carry his music because, he said, Rogan had spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
"They can have Rogan or Young. Not both," Young wrote.
The only Young songs now available on Spotify appear on compilation albums, while full albums of his former bands — including Crazy Horse; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; and Buffalo Springfield — remain available to stream.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the musician's stance in a tweet thanking him for "standing up against misinformation and inaccuracies around COVID-19 vaccination".
Rogan's podcast is exclusively aired on Spotify after the former actor and TV host signed a deal believed to be worth more than $US100 million in 2020.
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mr_gemini on January 29th, 2022 at 07:13 UTC »
Joe Rogan: Imagine going to the Whitehouse. How crazy would that be?
Joey Diaz: Listen, Joe. Listen. Upper Canada 1812, me and this British loyalist I called Billy Two-necks [cough, snorts back in phlegm] were railing this broad. I mean, I was all up in her mufflah going to town. And then we heard soldiers marching down the street. I step outside and was like, "where dah the fuck these mooks going?!", and one of them replied, "to the heart of American democracy." So we followed them all the way towards Washington, cause "why the fuck not?".
Now I knew those yanky-doodle fucks had shit weed. I'm talking that Susquehanna shit. Not the good stuff from the Canadian interior. We called our weed moose-juice cause you had to stuffed it up a moose's ass for a few days before smoking it. [Cough, heavy breathing, blows nose] So Anyways, we make it to Washington and some guys like, "let's burn this place to the fucking ground!" and I'm like looking around and everybody is like yelling and screaming and shit. So Billy Two-necks throws a Molotov through one of the Whitehouse's windows and I rush inside and take some shit. Anyways, the Whitehouse burned to the ground. That was the last time I was ever at the Whitehouse, Joe.
Joe Rogan: That's crazy man. That couldn't happen today. Imagine if that happened today? Like, the left would get so mad about it. Standup back then was so raw. But now you can't even go on to a college campus and say your pro-loyalist without getting canceled.
nakedsamurai on January 29th, 2022 at 05:45 UTC »
Worth noting is that both Neil Young and Joni Mitchell were hospitalized with polio as children.
ldleMommet on January 29th, 2022 at 05:32 UTC »
Social media was a mistake