The Ugly - 2004 Neil Year in Review

2004 was also a ugly year for Neil Young. Here's the third segment of the Good, The Sad, & The Ugly: Neil Young's Year 2004 in Review.

Lionel Trains Files For Bankruptcy
Lionel Trains, which is 20% owned by Neil Young, filed for bankruptcy protection after a U.S. jury found the company used designs for toy locomotives stolen from a rival.

Greendale Train Set Gets An Ugly Reaction
And if Lionel's bankruptcy wasn't bad enough, Lionel's Greendale themed train set was widely disparaged by train collectors and hobbyists. More on Lionel's Greendale Train Set Gets An Ugly Reaction.

Greendale train controversy
But it gets worse. Not that Lionel's Greendale train set chilly reception wasn't bad enough, but things got weird and ugly amongst the train collectors and Neil Young fans. More on the Greendale train controversy.

Pete Townshend, Michael Moore, Neil Young and Fahrenheit 9/11
There was quite a bit of controversary over the music that was -- and was not -- in the film Fahrenheit 9/11. Accusations flew between Pete Townshend and Michael Moore with Neil Young caught up in the collateral damage.

More on the song at the heart of the kerfuffle -- Rockin' In The Free World.

And that's The Good, The Sad, & The Ugly: Neil Young's Year 2004 in Review.

See y'all in 2005!

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