Neil Young gives Greenlanders a key to ‘Our House’ and more

Neil Young gives Greenlanders a key to ‘Our House’ and more


Hey, Greenland β€” feeling a little low after President Trump’s ongoing attempts to buy or otherwise acquire the land under your feet? Neil Young can fix that framework!

Just keep β€œRockin’ in the Free World.” For free. Forever.

The 80-year-old β€œhippie at heart” on Tuesday granted β€œour friends in Greenland” a year of free access to his music catalog, hoping that its contents β€œease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.”

(Of course, all U.S. administrations, even Trump’s, are effectively temporary, given the whole β€œelections every four years” thing. That should ease some stress right there.)

β€œIt is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality,” Young wrote on his blog. β€œThis is an offer of Peace and Love. All the music i have made during the last 62 years is yours to hear.” It’s unclear whether he’s giving away the middle-tier β€œRust” subscription, which is just a penny under $45 a year, or the top-notch β€œPatron” subscription, which adds unspecified extras and a promise of priority treatment for $99.99 annually. The basic level subscription, at $24.99 a year, doesn’t provide the β€œhighest quality” sound or the β€œmusic films” his message promises.

Greenlanders who take him up on his offer can renew for free annually as long as they stay put on the island. Young’s team will need cellphone numbers with the Greenland country code: 299.

Young said he hoped other β€œorganizations” would follow in his footsteps.

He does have a β€œHeart of Gold,” after all.

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