The Monsanto Years

Neil Young lança disco contra Monsanto

Álbum que denuncia gigante do agronegócio pode ser ouvido de forma gratuita na internet.

O músico canadense Neil Young disponibilizou todas as faixas seu novo álbum, The Monsanto Years, para audição gratuita no site National Public Radio. O disco foi gravado junto com a banda Promise of the Real, na qual tocam Lukas e Micah Nelson, filhos de uma das maiores lendas do country americano, Willie Nelson. A venda internacional, em forma digital ou física, começa no dia 29.

O novo disco de Young é um manifesto contra a Monsanto, empresa estadunidense que produz sementes geneticamente modificadas e agrotóxicos. O cantor critica os possíveis impactos da atuação da companhia sobre a saúde humana e o meio ambiente, além da interferência econômica na produção dos pequenos agricultores.

Uma das nove canções do álbum também crítica a rede Starbucks (“Rock Star Bucks a Coffe Shop”). Young passou a defender um boicote à cafeteria pela sua aliança contra a Monsanto. As duas empresas processaram o estado de Vermont por conta de uma inovação em sua legislação, que restringia o uso de transgênicos.

Nos últimos anos, Neil Young tem voltado sua atenção para os temas ambientais. Uma de suas iniciativas foi a de converter seu carro, um Linconl Continental produzido em 1959, em um veículo movido a etanol e baterias. O automóvel foi rebatizado de LincVolt e um documentário sobre a iniciativa está sendo produzido.

Carreira

Neil Young se tornou um dos ícones da contracultura como um dos vocalistas da banda Buffalo Springfield, cuja canção “For What It's Worth” se tornou uma das músicasde protesto mais famosas na América do Norte. Após passar pelo grupo Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, teve uma carreira solo bem sucedida, com canções célebres como “Rockin' in the Free World”, “Hey Hey, My My” e “Heart of Gold”.


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After the gold rush (Neil Young)

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming,

Saying something about a queen.

There were peasants singing and drummers drumming

And the archer split the tree.

There was a fanfarre blowing to the sun

That was floating on the breeze.

Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.

Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement with the full moon in my eyes.

I was hoping for replacement when the sun burst thru the sky.

There was a band playing in my head and I felt like getting high.

I was thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying

In the yellow haze of the sun,

There were children crying and colors flying

All around the chosen ones.

All in a dream, all in a dream

The loading had begun.

They were flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun.

Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home.

Like a hurricane

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream.
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away.