{"id":9366,"date":"2017-07-01T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T14:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hippy.com\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2017-07-01T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T14:48:25","slug":"neil-young-video-resist-the-powers-that-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/hip-music\/neil-young-video-resist-the-powers-that-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young Video: &#8220;Resist the Powers that Be&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes style=&#039;text-align:center;&#039;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RKBUG9VLFU?autohide=2&amp;autoplay=0&amp;mute=0&amp;controls=1&amp;fs=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;showinfo=1&amp;theme=dark&amp;wmode=&amp;playsinline=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Neil Young has released a new video, titled &#8220;Children of Destiny&#8221; that urges Americans to unite and &#8220;resist the powers that be.&#8221;\u00a0 This new song is Neil&#8217;s response to the current political vibe in the US, and juxtaposes typical patriotic images of the American flag waving with scenes of war and protest.\u00a0 Neil&#8217;s voice is unusually subdued for him, as he worries about the future of the country and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Backing Neil on Children of Destiny are a 56 piece orchestra, and rockers Promise of the Real including Willie Nelson\u2019s son, Lukas.<\/p>\n<p>The video is visually and lyrically moving with lines like;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;when money matters most\/and war is good for gain&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The children hide\/somewhere inside\/while the bombs fall in the rain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neil has been a political activist ever since his days with Buffalo Springfield and the song &#8220;For What it&#8217;s Worth&#8221;, to &#8220;Ohio&#8221; with Crosby Stills and Nash, to his &#8220;Living With War&#8221; album released in 2006. Neil&#8217;s last album &#8220;Peace Trail&#8221; released in December is another political statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Young has released a new video, titled &#8220;Children of Destiny&#8221; that urges Americans to unite and &#8220;resist the powers that be.&#8221;\u00a0 This new song is Neil&#8217;s response to the current political vibe in the US, and juxtaposes typical patriotic images of the American flag waving with scenes of war and protest.\u00a0 Neil&#8217;s voice is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[89,91,106,130],"class_list":["post-9366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hip-music","category-reviews","tag-music","tag-neil-young","tag-protest","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}