Neil Young’s absolutely correct that music(rock n roll, rap etc) can no longer even cause a ripple in society. We as a world society are inundated with so much information that it overwhelms us. Thirty five years ago that wasn’t the case.

I don’t really believe there ever was a time that rock & roll could change the world in any way. What all rock & roll does is open up potential viewpoints that might not be explored (if you’re talking intellectual here). So long as there’s an energy and physicality involved it’s good. Anything else (in any time) was just a bonus.

Neil’s right, music cannot change the world, but it can change a person, and people can change the world…

Neil is always right! And Neil, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE bring yourself and Crazy Horse to Seattle one more time so I can take my 20 and 28 year old sons to experience a true rock and roll genius! Thank You!

Neil is right! todays music is’nt effecting people. Neil you Rock! I wish more teenagers in my age would understand you music!

was that crap written by rosie o’donnell?

the world doesn’t need to be changed.

it needs to be destroyed.

NOTHING will grow here.

let it all go.

neil young has made some truly great music and his texts are often interesting and provocative. long may he strum and kerang and purr and howl.

Every song changes the world, if only at the precise moment it enters the world like a new seed being sown. No pebble enters the pond without ripples. Maybe, Neil, the ripples are the new fuel.

As Neil’s colleague Graham Nash once sang, “We can change the world, re-arrange the world.” It will be people who change things…but perhaps those people can be inspired by a song…perhaps that lone scientist has Neil Young playing on his iPod as he searches and explores and invents…

Neil Youngs music may not beable to change the world but it certainly can influence society and make us want to change the world while we still can. His music has moved me and made me want to do my part in saving the planet and taking care of our brothers. thank you Neil.

Someone else wrote about a scientist who might be listening to a Neil Young song. Of course, we know at least one scientist was; a newly-discovered species of spider was recently named after Neil Young.

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Malfunction. System Overload. Too much Information. Tim is right; there are too many subjects to study in one lifetime. We do not know how to designate which parts of our lives should be made priorities. We are born into a social system that crafts you to hold a job to support the system. It overtakes your conscious mind to mold into a career.I see many people who seem to forget that they are spiritual beings with moving thoughts; not solely decaying physical matter. Neil is wrong. Music, including his, can trigger a realization of a higher self helping your mind release and body relieve tension.

TFJsVq

A more potent mix there cannot be
Than poetry and melody

I must disagree with Neil – songs have always and ever been the most powerful catalysts for social change. That the music scene has been co-opted by talentless celebrities (Britney et al) doesn’t mean that folks are deaf to the siren call of a song for change. Indeed, we ache for it.