Neil Young To Release Anti-Bush Album (Life In War)
Apparently it hasn't taken Neil long to rock again, Neil recorded this album in 3 days on "Old Black" (guitar) with Rick Rosas (Bass) and Chad Chromwell (Drums) No word on release, but Archives Volume I Is Coming, As Well As A Summer CSNY 06 Tour. Neil will also debut a new "live archive bootleg series" (like the Dylan Bootlegs, or Dead Picks) with a 69 show from the Fillmore East with a young and electric Crazy Horse.
Report: Neil ready for War
By Jim Welte | more stories by this author
April 13, 2006 at 12:04:00 PM
Six months after Prairie Wind hit stores and with Heart of Gold still in theaters, Neil Young has reportedly finished an anti-Bush album.
At last month's South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, rock icon Neil Young was asked about his songwriting process, and how he gets himself ready to make a record.
"When you get on a roll, you can't disturb it," he said at the time.
Young reportedly just finished another one of those rolls.
Even though he released his latest album, Prairie Wind, last September, and Jonathan Demme's Heart of Gold performance documentary hit theaters in February, Harp Magazine reported today that Demme himself said Young just finished writing and recording a new album.
This time, Young reportedly eschewed the mellow flavor of Prairie Wind in favor of a "a brilliant electric assault on Bush and the war in Iraq," according to Demme.
According to HITS, the new album's linchpin track, "Impeach the President," features an edited-together Bush speech set to a 100-voice chorus chanting "flip"/"flop." The album reportedly took three days to finish.
A Warner Bros. Records spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Here Are The Lyrics For The 2nd Song Off The 10 Song Album, Which Neil Calls The Music "Metal Folk"
"Life In War"
I'm living with war everyday
I'm living with war in my heart everyday
I'm living with war right now
And when the dawn breaks
I see my fellow man
And on the flat screen
We kill and we're killed again
And when the night falls
I pray for peace
Try to remember peace (visualize)
I join the multitudes
I raise my hand in Peace
I never bow to the laws of the thought police
I take a holy vow
To never kill again
To never kill again
I'm living with war in my heart
I'm living with war in my heart and my mind
I'm living with war right now
Don't take no tidal wave
Don't take no mass grave
Don't take no smokin gun
To show how the west was won
But when the curtain falls,
I pray for peace
Try to remember peace (visualize)
In the crowded streets
In the big Hotels
In the mosques and the doors of the old museum
I take a holy vow
To never kill again
Try to remember peace
The rocket's red glare,
Bombs bursting in air
Give proof through the night
That out flag is still there
I'm living with war everyday
I'm living with war in my heart everyday
I'm living with war right now