"If you recall, Young and his band Chrome Hearts debuted the song in late August during their soundcheck at Chicago's Huntington Bank Pavilion. (The show featured something of a "protest medley," as "Big Crime" was slotted alongside songs like "Be the Rain," "Southern Man," "Ohio," and "Sun Green.") Check out the music video below, which is a bare-bones performance piece that captures as much '60s-era defiance as that same era's robust psychedelic vibes. "Big Crime' is also available to download via the Neil Young Archives."
"In the arsenal of Young's many potent protest jams, "Big Crime" feels like a proper standout. Admittedly, the lyrics (written out below) aren't as verbose and mighty as, say, "Rockin' in the Free World." However, when you pair "Big Crime" with other recent takedowns like "Let's Roll Again" and "If You're a Fascist, Get a Tesla," we see that Young is trading in some of that wit and nuance for a directness that the MAGA folk need to really get the message."
Neil Young released the protest song "Big Crime" to streaming services and made it available for download via the Neil Young Archives. Young and his band Chrome Hearts debuted the song during a late-August soundcheck at Chicago's Huntington Bank Pavilion, where it appeared as part of a protest medley. The music video is a bare-bones performance piece evoking 1960s defiance and psychedelic vibes. The lyrics call to "clean the White House out" and criticize the Trump administration's takeover of Washington, D.C. law enforcement with the line "Don't want soldiers on our streets/ There's big crime in DC at the White House." The track is described as a standout protest jam that opts for directness over the longer, more verbose approach of earlier anthems, and Young has scheduled several September tour dates.
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