{"id":148491,"date":"2025-03-21T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/rockin-in-the-free-world-hobo-moon-cartoons\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T21:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:56:02","slug":"rockin-in-the-free-world-hobo-moon-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=148491","title":{"rendered":"Rockin\u2019 in the Free World \u2013 Hobo Moon Cartoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Neil Young (1989)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young - Rockin&#039; In The Free World\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnAgc1kgvLc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\"><em>Rockin\u2019 in the Free World<\/em> by Neil Young critiques the political climate of the late 1980s, particularly targeting the policies of the George H.W. Bush administration. The song reflects on social issues like homelessness and drug abuse, while also expressing a sense of resilience and the need to continue striving for freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who said you had to be an American to criticize the United States? If that\u2019s the case, no one told Canada\u2019s Neil Young, who used his 1989 hit <em>Rockin\u2019 in the Free World<\/em> to take on George H.W. Bush and his \u201cthousand points of light\u201d speech. Young was no stranger to speaking his mind in song. <em>Rockin\u2019 in the Free World<\/em> directly comments about the problems that affect drug users and the poor, doing so with a simple-yet-heavy riff which practically begs for the air guitar treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Red, white, and blue<br \/>People shufflin\u2019 their feet<br \/>People sleepin\u2019 in their shoes<br \/>But there\u2019s a warnin\u2019 sign on the road ahead<br \/>There\u2019s a lot of people sayin\u2019 we\u2019d be better off dead<br \/>Don\u2019t feel like Satan, but I am to them<br \/>So I try to forget it any way I can<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Neil Young has never minced words when it comes to world issues. Around the time <em>Rockin\u2019 in the Free World<\/em> was written and released, international relations and struggles at home and abroad were running rampant. The Berlin Wall had yet to fall, but tensions leading up to it were running high. George H.W. Bush was president, and being notoriously left-leaning, Young had a few thoughts to share on the nation\u2019s current president and referenced some of his speeches in the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The song also addresses the animosity leveled at Iranian author Salman Rushdie after publishing his controversial novel, \u201cThe Satanic Verses.\u201d Ayatollah Khomeini, in addition to labeling the United States \u201cThe Great Satan,\u201d publicly declared that Rushdie should be killed on sight for his blasphemies, and Young sought to stand up on behalf of free speech through his song. Poverty in the U.S., the epidemic of drug abuse, and environmental hazards are also included in the track\u2019s various commentaries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Young (1989) Rockin\u2019 in the Free World by Neil Young critiques the political climate of the late 1980s, particularly targeting the policies of the George H.W. 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