Neil Young Registers a Quiet Protest Against Beck’s ‘Old Man’ NFL Commercial

Neil Young has announced the 50th anniversary reissue of his 1972 album ‘Harvest’.The veteran folk star will celebrate half a century of his seminal fourth album with a deluxe reissue that’s released on December 2 via Reprise (pre-order). Included in the reissue is a documentary called Harvest Time, from which Young has shared a previously unreleased live recording of him performing ‘Heart Of Gold’ for the BBC.Available on 3xLP or 3xCD, the box set will come with the following: the original album; three studio outtakes; the BBC solo set recorded on February 23, 1971; and Harvest Time. Also included is a hardbound photo book, posters, and liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein.The outtakes included in the reissue are ‘Bad Fog Of Loneliness’, ‘Journey Through The Past’ and ‘Dance Dance Dance’.

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Neil Young has announced ‘World Record’, a new album the singer created with his band Crazy Horse.The 10-song album will be released on November 18, and was produced by Rick Rubin at his Shangri-La studios in Malibu. The same studio was previously used by Young to record his 2016 album, ‘Peace Trail’.

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Neil Young has seemingly taken issue with Beck‘s cover of his song ‘Old Man’ being featured in a National Football League (NFL) advert.On Sunday (September 25) Beck’s version of Young’s 1972 track was teased in an NBC Sports advert during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game and was later released on streaming services.Now, Young has apparently aired his disappointment with the commercial placement by sharing a still from his anti-sponsorship video for his 1988 song ‘This Note’s For You’.In the image, which Young posted on Instagram, the singer-songwriter holds a bottle labelled “SPONSORED BY NOBODY”.A post shared by Neil Young Archives (@neilyoungarchives)Some of the lyrics to the song go: “Ain’t singing for Pepsi/ Ain’t singing for Coke/ I don’t sing for nobody/ Makes me look like a joke.” The track features on Young’s 16th solo album of the same name, released in 1988.As Pitchfork notes, Young may have lost the right to veto sponsorship deals for songs including ‘Old Man’ when he sold half of his catalogue to Hipgnosis in 2021.

Beck has shared a new cover of Neil Young‘s ‘Old Man’ – check out the version below.The new version of the 1972 track was teased on Sunday night (September 25) in an NBC Sports advert during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game.Following the teaser, the full version has now been shared on streaming services, which you can listen to below.The latest in a number of takes on Neil Young songs, Beck’s solo version of ‘Old Man’ brings a haunting quality to the ‘Harvest’ track.Back in 2018, Beck teamed up with Jenny Lewis to cover Young’s iconic hit ‘Harvest Moon’ during a gig at at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado.Listen to his new version of ‘Old Man’ below.This week, Beck debuted a new collaboration with Gorillaz, with the singer and cartoon band giving new song ‘Possession Island’ its live debut at Gorillaz’ Los Angeles show this weekend (September 23).Gorillaz will release new album ‘Cracker Island’ on February 24, 2023 via Parlophone (pre-order here) and announced the record recently by sharing latest single ‘New Gold’, featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown.The new Beck collaboration will feature on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Song Machine, Season One – Strange Timez’, and they performed it for the first time at the gig at Los Angeles’ Forum on Friday night, alongside their first collaboration, ‘Strange Timez’ track ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’.Last month, Dave Grohl joined Beck on stage during an LA charity show.

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Neil Young has interrupted an interview between Jack White and Rick Rubin, during the most recent episode of Rubin’s Broken Record podcast.White and Rubin were well into their 1.5 hour-long interview when Young — who’d been recording new music in the same Malibu studio — gatecrashed the proceedings and joined in on the pair’s conversation. White commended Young’s ability to maintain a decades-long career in the music industry and likened the singer to The Rolling Stones.“I remember when I was 12 and The Rolling Stones were 40 and everyone was like, ‘Oh my god,’ and it’s so nice that you guys are able to sort of prove that,” White said.

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Marcus Mumford has said that he took on board advice from Neil Young while recording his debut solo album, properly considering the longevity of what he was creating.“Neil Young sat me down about ten years ago and told me the importance of recorded music, and that I should pay more attention to the way in which we record”, he tells the NME. ”I was always [like], ‘Ah, it’s just an advert for a live show’.

Marcus Mumford has spoken of how the advice Neil Young gave him a decade ago influenced his debut solo album.The Mumford & Sons frontman is due to release ‘(self-titled)’ this Friday (September 16) via Island (pre-order here). He’s already previewed the project with the singles ‘Grace’ and ‘Cannibal’.Speaking to NME recently, Mumford explained how the process of writing the imminent new record has changed him as a songwriter.“Neil Young sat me down about 10 years ago and told me the importance of recorded music,” the musician explained, “and that I should pay more attention to the way in which we record because I was always [like], ‘Ah, it’s just an advert for a live show.’ He was like, ‘No man, these things last.'”Mumford continued: “I felt like on this record, I listened to that [advice].

Gisele Bündchen said she wishes her husband Tom Brady could be "more present" in their family’s life while adding that she has concerns about the NFL legend’s return to the sport after prematurely announcing his retirement earlier this year.  "Obviously, I have my concerns – this is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present," she told Elle magazine in the October issue.  She agreed with the interviewer that media reports that she’s desperate to have the quarterback retire are sexist - "I think this is the system we’ve been living in.That’s what society has accepted and what society hasn’t accepted – but admitted she’s had "conversations with him over and over again" about his continuing to play at 45 years old.  "But ultimately, I feel that everybody has to make a decision that works for [them]. He needs to follow his joy, too," she said of her husband who has seven Super Bowl rings.  Tom Brady of the New England Patriots celebrates with his wife Gisele Bündchen after the Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 3, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia.