"Fork In the Road" - New Video!

"Fork In the Road" Video

A fresh Neil Young track with a story and a swingin' beat- Fork In The Road...a sneak preview from the forthcoming album.

Thanks AG, Luc & ShakeyPix1!

At 3:30, we hear:

"Keep on bloggin'
`Til the power goes out
The batteries dead
Twist and shout"

OK, we're bloggin' Neil, we're bloggin'!

For the doubters and denialists, take a bite of that apple! Keep on crankin' Neil!

When this video came through, it was accompanied with the message "Feel free to embed, download and take mobile."

And for those who wanted to take the stay the course fork and were afraid of change, all we say is that we took the fork of change. And that's change we can believe in.

From Neil Young Debuts Hilarious Clip for New “Fork in the Road” : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily (Thanks PunkDavid!):

"Near the end he plays some mean air guitar while a flat screen TV is repossessed in the background. A spokesman for Young confirms the song is the title track to a forthcoming studio album. What does that mean for the perpetually delayed Archives box set that was due out in March, and the Crazy Horse album Toast? “It seem logical in light of the timeliness of the subject matter that it will preempt Archives and Toast for the time being,” the spokesperson says. “But that hasn’t been confirmed yet.” With Neil Young, very few things ever are."

Hmm, didn't we say that last week?

From Uncut.co.uk by John Mulvey:

"It is, then, a ramshackle roadhouse chugger pitched somewhere between Canned Heat, “Roadrunner” and some weird downhome Velvets, with Young intoning the not-tremendously profound lyrics in a droll, comparatively deep register. The opening lines seem to be, interestingly, “Got a pot belly, it’s not too big/ It gets in my way, when I’m driving my rig.”

“Fork In The Road” is kind of fun, though it might alarm a good few Neil fans when heard in conjunction with those other new songs – live versions are all over the internet, if you’re interested. It’s certainly alarmed plenty of our friends over at Thrasher’s Wheat, whose consternation has been collated into a useful article on Young’s latest diversion there.

I can see a lot of their points, not least that this seems notably rudimentary, facile stuff even for someone like Young who has made such a virtue of simplicity. What I find amusing, though, is that what “Fork In The Road” and the other Linc-Volt songs seem to represent, in a way, is a kind of gold standard for a lot of rock fans. I often whinge a little here about the doomed and wrong-headed pursuit in certain critical/fannish circles for an idea of authenticity in music, for a direct and unmediated expression of the artist’s passionate creative spark."

(Thanks John!)

Neil blogs the official lyrics of "Fork In the Road" by "Joe the Rock Star":

Got a pot belly.
It's not too big.
Gets in my way
When I'm driving my rig.

Driving this country
In a big old rig,
Things I see
Mean a lot

Friend has a pickup.
Drives his kid to school.
Then he takes his wife
To beauty school.

Now she's doin’ nails.
Gonna get a job.
Got a good teacher.

There's a fork in the road ahead.
I don't which way I'm gonna turn.
There's a fork in the road ahead.

Forgot this year,
To salute the troops.
They’re all still there
In a fucking war.
It’s no good.
Whose idea was that?

I’ve got hope.
But you can’t eat hope.
I’m not done.
Not giving up.
Not cashing in.
Too late.


There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for me.
It’s for all those creeps watching tickers on TV.
There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for me.

I’m a big rock star.
My sales have tanked,
But I still got you.
Thanks!
Download this.
Sounds like shit.

Keep on bloggin’
‘Til the power goes out
And your battery’s dead.

Twist and Shout.
On the radio.
Those were the days.
Bring ‘em back.

There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for you
It’s for all those creeps hiding what they do
There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for you
Bailout coming but it’s not for you

Got my new flat screen.
Got it repo’d now.
They picked it up.
Left a hole in the wall.
Last Saturday.
Missed the Raiders game.

There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for you
There’s a bailout coming but it’s not for you
It’s for all those creeps hiding what they do


At this point, the video has gone viral to a degree.

The link to the video was posted as a comment on this blog on Monday night. By Tuesday, the major music magazines Uncut.co.uk and Rolling Stone had picked it up. In addition, to "Joe the Rock Star"'s post the video has been circulated among a number of music blogs.
- Firedoglake » Late Late Nite FDL: New Neil Young
- New Neil Young Video - "Fork In The Road" - Video - Stereogum
- Consequence of Sound: "The song’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics are funny enough, but this just blows them out of the water. Not to mention, it’s Neil Young acting like that crazy uncle who always gets drunk at Thanksgiving."
- FasterLouder.com.au
- Rock Turtleneck: Neil and the Damage Done
- Neil Young Chooses Fork In Road | CHARTattack

DEVELOPING - More to come.

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