Headlines Are Often Designed To Be Misleading, According To Neil Young

Recently, Neil Young has said what that I’m sure many of you are thinking - “Fuck You Donald Trump”. (Go ahead, give it a try, it's pretty satisfying). But these words have more meaning than one might think, with legal matters arising.

Apparently, the Trump campaign has been using one of the Young's songs, 'Rockin' In The Free World', and this didn't sit tight with the rocker.

“When I discovered that the candidate first used my song at his campaign launch, my management called his office and immediately requested he stop. We thought he had. But now, unfortunately, I understand he is still using it", said the singer. "Once the music goes out, anyone can use it for anything".

Then in a very Donald Trump way, the Republican front-runner just outright bought the rights to use the song, in a “First you get the money, then you get the power” sort of way. But it didn’t stop there, with further fuel being added to the fire.

“After we asked him to stop using my music, he began hurling insults and then immediately released a photo to the media (again without my permission) to further mislead the public. The picture was taken when I visited his office while conducting various meetings with potential investors for my amazing sounding music company Pono, many months prior to his decision to become a candidate.”

"I do not endorse hate, bigotry, childish name calling, the superficiality of celebrity or ignorance", he added.

This isn’t the first time that a musician has requested that their music not to be used for a candidate's election. Foo Fighters once spoke out against the Bush campaign using their material, requesting their songs not be used by the campaign, but having this request go unfulfilled. Maybe Young should consider taking further action, or maybe he and America should just vote for Hillary Clinton.

Yeah... maybe not.

Anyway, you can find the full post and video from the singer below. Hopefully, this headline wasn't misleading in Young's eyes...