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Last year, the application by Canadian Neil Young to become a U.S. citizen was delayed due to "possible lack of GMC (Good Moral Character)".
In a posting on Neil Young Archives, Neil has just now posted a photo of him saluting the US flag, with a caption: "I'm Happy To Report In. Vote Your Conscience."
Last year, in a posting on Neil Young Archives: "I Have Been Very Successful In My Life", Neil revealed that his initial citizenship interview went fine, but due to a technicality, another interview was required by the USCIS because of his "marijuana related activities".
In October 2019, Neil Young said in an interview: “I’ve passed all the tests; I’ve got my appointment, and if everything goes as planned, I’ll be taking the oath of citizenship” shortly after turning 74 on Nov. 12." Neil continues to be optimistic on becoming a U.S. citizen in order to "vote my conscious on Donald J. Trump".
"This land is your land, this land is my land
From the California to the New York island
From the Redwood Forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me"
A rather provocative opinion posted on Neil Young's Times Contrarian NYA: The Archives as Art | Times Contrarian by Prof. Chris Morash, Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing at Trinity College in Dublin.
Prof. Morash posits that Neil Young's Archives project is not just a music streaming service but an entire architecture of an artist's body of work ecosystem.
The digital service is a "new kind of art form ... a pioneering example ... to explore the old in new ways". Prof. Morash uses literary analysis to make the point between great works of literature and NYA as a philosophical concept of time travel between past, present and future.
Just last week, we posted an in-depth review of Neil Young's quest to push the boundaries of sound into new frontiers on How Neil Young's Eccentric Online Home Was Born | Fortune by Morgan Enos. The article noted that NYA's approach is "not conventional” using a retro style design.
Neil Young requested his Archives"[not] look like a website."
"Mr. Young has always been remarkable for his creative resilience, and this time he really has done something new, rendering into this combination of print and audio a novel that is surprisingly sophisticated and satisfyingly complete."
Neil Young's Song "My Pledge" and Brothers Abraham, Martin & John #MLKDay
It's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so we thought this might make an appropriate posting for the day.
In 2016, Neil Young released the album Peace Trail with a song titled "My Pledge", which contains some enigmatic lyrics.
In the song "My Pledge", Neil sings about the alienating side effects of modernization, including cell phones and the monetization of Jimi Hendrix's music. The song also references Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr and John Kennedy.
"Dressed in white like a nightingale
Her name was Florence, Florence of the land
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
But she was busy with him gone
She came with three different brothers Abraham, Martin & John
I heard a song about that once
And I never knew what it meant"
The above lyrics are followed by another line about 3 rock stars who died in a plane crash. The lyrics -- of course -- refer to Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens -- The Father, Son and Holy Ghost or The American Pie.
Back to Abraham, Martin & John.
Frame from video for "My Pledge" - Director: David Braun
Neil Young
These lyrics refer to a song by Dion from 1968 titled "Abraham, Martin and John".
"Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and first recorded by "Dion" DiMucci. It is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change, namely Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassinations of King and the younger Kennedy in April and June 1968.
The struggle continues and the dream never dies. "But I do see what I see, And I want to do my duty."#WT1sWBWO"That's my pledge, judge."
Dion - "Abraham, Martin and John" - 45 RPM Single Picture Sleeve, 1968
Dion sing “Abraham, Martin and John” on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1968
“Has anybody here, seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people, but it seems the good, they die young
You know I just looked around and he’s gone.”
“Didn’t you love the things that they stood for?
Didn’t they try to find some good for you and me?
And we’ll be free
Some day soon, it’s gonna be one day.”
"Abraham, Martin & John" by Harry Bellafonte
"Abraham, Martin & John" by Dion
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℗ 1994 Capitol Records LLC
"Abraham, Martin & John" by Ray Charles
Dion solo performing "Abraham, Martin & John" @ Joe's Pub (2.20.11)
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