Adorno, Rockin' in The "Free World"

I chose "Rockin' in The Free World" by Neil Young for this week's reading because of its explicit social and political implications. Adorno discusses two types of music, one that shapes our social consciousness, thus posing an obligation to allow for social progress and develop human consciousness, and the other that panders to mass taste, thus numbing consciousness and contributing to our regression. Young's song exemplifies music as a form of subversive critique of institutions of power and suggests a type of music contrary to Adorno's philosophy that music must always fall victim to capitalism's corrupting forces. Similar to Pussy Riot in Russia, but probably considered by most to be less extreme, Young has used his music, both lyrics and style, to question social problems of contemporary American life and the political elite in control. Might Young's songs with especially pointed lyrics be examples of "progressive music," rather than regressive music?