Neil Young slammed on social media for taking music off Amazon because of Trump: ‘It was’

Neil Young plans to remove his entire music catalog from Amazon, because he believes founder Jeff Bezos supports President Trump.

“Forget Amazon and Whole Foods. Forget Facebook,” Young, 79, said. he wrote in an October 8 post On his Neil Young Archive website.

“Buy local. Buy direct. Bezos supports this government. It doesn’t support you or me.”

The “Heart of Gold” singer added: “(Amazon) needs you to buy from them. Don’t. They’re shutting down our government, your income, your safety, your family’s health security. Bring America back together, stop buying from big corporations and support local businesses. Do the right thing. Show who you are.”

The social media backlash to Amazon’s political exit was swift. X users were criticizing the announcement on Monday, describing the move as Young’s latest.

“Dude is crazy. It’s sad what happened to him. He used to be amazing,” @DenifLewesa wrote.

“Who buys his music anyway?” @leslieedwardsre said. “He was someone who only got attention when he pulled his music from Spotify and now from Amazon. Nobody cares if Neil Young takes his music down.”

And in the wake of Young’s long-standing feud with Leonard Skynyrd over Young’s 1970 song “Southern Man,” several users modified a line from Skynyrd’s song “Sweet Home Alabama”: “I hope Neil Young remembers that Southern gentleman doesn’t need him, anyway.”

Young threw a similar fit in 2022 When he grabbed his music from Spotify In protest of the presence of Joe Rogan’s podcast on the platform. Folk rock legend He came back In 2024.

During the Spotify boycott, Young actually offered fans free subscriptions to Amazon Music, the same streaming service he is now ditching.

Last August, he closed his official Neil Young Facebook page due to the company’s use of artificial intelligence.

“At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young-related activities,” a post on the platform said. “Meta’s use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young wants no further engagement with Facebook.”