Neil Young, living with war
Neil Youngās latest album comes with a sense of urgency in tow, arriving hot on the heels of his last, Prairie Wind. It was written in two weeks, and released over the internet before the CDs began to shoot off the presses. Letās be clear: this is as anti-war an album as you could hope (or fear) to find.
Self-consciously polemical, Young is also clear about the albumās place in the history of protest music: āFlags of Freedomā refers to Bob Dylan in both its lyrics and title. In interviews, Young commented that he was āwaiting forā¦some young singer 18 to 22 years old to write these songs. Maybe the generation that has to do this is still the ā60s generation. Weāre still hereā.
Frequent references to Colin Powell, Illinois senator Barack Obama and flat-screen TVs root this collection of songs even more firmly in the present. Youngās opposition to Bush is made clear.
On āLetās Impeach the Presidentā he turns Dubyaās āflip-flopā taunt against the president himself, alternating shouts of āFlip!ā and āFlop!ā with soundbites of Bush saying completely contradictory things. Itās a little bit Michael Moore, possibly a bit childish, but hearing Bush shooting his mouth off is always pretty entertaining.
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