Neil Young's Donald Trump protest song Big Crime released on streaming platforms
Neil Young's anti-Donald Trump song Big Crime, which he debuted at a Chicago concert last week, has been made available on streaming platforms.
Neil Young has released his new anti-Donald Trump single Big Crime on streaming platforms.
The 79-year-old music icon recently premiered the track in Chicago where he calls out the US President and his White House administration.
Young played Big Crime live for the first time during his concert in Chicago on August 27 and has since performed it live again at shows in Milwaukee and Fiddler's Green.
Although there was no recording from the live performance in Chicago, the Rockin' in the Free World hitmaker did share audio from his band The Chrome Hearts, which he posted on his website along with the full lyrics to Big Crime.
On the track, Young sings: "Don't need no fascist rules. Don't want no fascist school. Don't want soldiers on our streets. There's big crime in DC at the White House."
He adds: "No more money on the fascists. The billionaire fascists. Time to blackout the system."
Young takes direct aim at Trump in the song's blistering final verse.
He sings: "NO MORE GREAT AGAIN, NO MORE GREAT AGAIN, There's big crime in DC at THE White House, There's big crime in DC at THE White House, NO MORE GREAT AGAIN."
Young has been a persistent critic of Trump's politics – even though the President has attended several of his concerts in the past – and expressed fears about not being allowed to return to the US following his European tour earlier this year due to his criticism of the White House chief.
The singer wrote on his website: "If the fact I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for Freedom? I love America and its people and its music and its culture."
However, he appeared to have toned down his criticism in June when he invited Trump to one of his gigs.
In another website post, Young wrote: "We will not be doing a political show. We will be playing the music we love for all of us to enjoy together. President Trump, you are invited. Come and hear our music just as you did for decades."
