Comments on: Neil Young’s deceiving Twitter tease

By: Suzan Mansfield

Suzan Mansfield — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:25:40 +0000

the Neil Young episode raises questions about rights of identity in the age of social media.
http://www.ticketsreview.com/concerts/neil_young_tickets/
Great stuff!

By: Danny Martin

Danny Martin — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:57:19 +0000

Typical Neil…did anyone really believe Neil was going to chat on twatter!!! Long Live Neil Young!!

By: Andre Kibbe

Andre Kibbe — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:17:20 +0000

Exactly what I was thinking. I don’t know why anyone would expect an old skool rocker (I mean that as a compliment) to give a rat’s @ss about social media. I’m sure the existence of his account came at the behest of his managers telling him that he “needed” to be on Twitter. He was probably didn’t know enough about it to care one way or another, but saw that all of his peers had Twitter accounts.

By: Sean Delaney

Sean Delaney — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:00:15 +0000

I’m pretty sure any *actual* NY fans would *never* expect to hear from him on Twitter. You have to listen to his art.

By: Shawn Roberts

Shawn Roberts — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:46:46 +0000

The other question here is Does Neil Young need to be a *person* to be on Twitter – or would it suffice to be “the business entity known as Neil Young to his contractors”?

By: Jeff John Roberts

Jeff John Roberts — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:56:16 +0000

Hey Karim, the account says “the official twitter account of Neil Young” and his inaugural tweet says “look forward to talking to all you music lovers”

By: karim kanji

karim kanji — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:47:42 +0000

I don’t see anywhere in this article that references where Neil Young (himself and not anyone else) says he is on Twitter. Can you please provide a link? Or did an anonymous source tell you?

Thanks.

By: Jeff John Roberts

Jeff John Roberts — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:31:59 +0000

Ringo, he can do what he likes — it makes sense for artists to use Twitter to reach out to fans. The issue here is that this Twitter account is not “Neil Young on Twitter” but rather a corporate promotion account (which is fine — but I think Young and Twitter should be clear about the distinction).

By: Ringo

Ringo — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:56:00 +0000

“it’s annoying to see such blatant commercial tactics from an artist who famously refuses to license his songs to advertisers”

So because he doesn’t choose one form, he is not allowed to use another form of commercial tactic?

By: spotmagicsolis

spotmagicsolis — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:18:17 +0000

Brilliant cat of the bag commentary. We’ve long suspected this. It is what makes twit and fb out and out shams #thisstinks