Tweets of the Moment: Out on the Weekend

If you're a Neil Young fan, tell me the guitar bomb at 4:41 of "Eldorado" is the greatest thing ever.

—NickTavares (@Nick Tavares ) January 5, 2012

So we have no idea what's up some of these tweets which fly by, but they can be amusing...

The brilliance of Neil Young and now Pink Floyd. This can only be followed by a cheeseboard. So it was. With wine. Obviously.

—icphotography (@Ian Cooper) January 6, 2012

... and quite strange... but don't change ... and we left them...

Walked in on my 21 year old daughter curling her hair while listening to the man, Neil Young. At least I know I've done one thing right!!

—johnvarney1 (@john varney) January 6, 2012

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Pearl Jam & Neil Young Encore Toronto with "Rockin' In The Free World" (2011)

Last year, Neil Young made a surprise guest appearance at Pearl Jam's concert at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Young and Pearl Jam played together for 'Rockin' in the Free World" as the final encore.

The above clip captures much of the excitement of the moment and has a number of fascinating glimpses of the band's camaraderie with Neil. Note this is only the last few minutes of a 15-minute "Rockin' In The Free World" which ensued.

Pearl Jam & Neil Young
Photos via Purple Words on a Grey Background

From antiMusic.com:

When Young walked onto the stage, it was as if the ACC roof was going to give way, with the crowd bursting into thunderous ovation.

Mike McCready ran side stage and handed his guitar to Neil, who came out during the extended solo section, and Neil joined the guys by bouncing around and throwing lead licks off every corner of the building. McCready ran and snagged another guitar so he could re-join the fun, and fun it was – ear-to-ear smiles from everyone in the room, including all PJ members.

Eddie Vedder said: "If Pearl Jam are being called PJ20 this year then Uncle Neil would have to be dubbed NY51".



Neil was in town for the premiere of new Jonathan Demme film Neil Young Journeys at the Toronto Film Festival.



UPDATE: Another angle with Neil joining @ ~3:00 Pearl Jam w/ Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World - YouTube.

Another angle with Neil Young...



More on Pearl Jam and Neil Young.

Thanks Denis!

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Photo of the Moment: Beck and Neil & Pegi Young

Beck and Neil & Pegi Young
Picture by nathanb78 - Photobucket

Not certain if this is Beck and Neil & Pegi Young at the 2011 Bridge School Benefit Concert or not.

Beck did perform at last year's Bridge concert so it would seem so.

UPDATE:
Sharon comments below with correction that photo from 41st Grammys in 1999 and the photo is by Kevin Mazur.

(Thanks Denis & Nathan & Sharon!)

In other Beck and Neil moments, in 1999 at Rock The Vote's Sixth Annual Patrick Lippert Awards, Beck presented an award to Neil Young and his wife Pegi for their work with Farm Aid and The Bridge School Benefit concerts , as well as their community activism.

"'Pegi and Neil are amazing people,' Beck said, 'and I'm honored to be presenting this award, and I just wanna say how important [Neil's] music is and the world that he's created. It's made a big impact on myself and a lot of people I know.'



Upon accepting the award, Young thanked the artists that had played at his past Bridge school benefits, but reserved a special thank-you to Pegi, his wife of more than 20 years.



'I'm proud of Farm Aid,' Young said, 'but I'm especially proud to be part of the Bridge School, which my wife Pegi thought up. She said, 'Well, y'know, why don't we have a concert, and then we'll get a bunch of money, and then we'll start a school for kids like our [son] Ben and other kids that need computers to communicate.' So, without [Pegi], it never would've happened.'"

More on Bridge School Benefit concerts .

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Neil Young on the Social Revolution

Some very significant comments by Neil Young on the social revolution.

Also, some of the most eloquent and articulate speaking that we've ever seen by Neil in an interview.

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff interviews Neil Young at the Cloudforce Conference 2011 in Japan. Young compares the youth movements of the 60s and 70s with the social movements (Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street) of today, noting how social media technology is enabling people around the world to effect change in ways never imagined.

Recorded live in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2011.

We must say that we're quite pleased to hear Neil discuss Kent State and Occupy, especially after the attacks we saw on our post #OccupyWallStreet 2011 and Kent State Ohio 1970: Is This Really Deja Vu? back in November last year.

So just occupy the music, OK?

Thanks Denis!

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John Entwistle Covers "Cinnamon Girl"

After yesterday's post on Tom Jones joining CSNY on "Long Time Gone" which blew some folk's minds (including ours), here's another surprise...

... The Who's John Entwistle covering Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl".

This was a bonus track that on the CD release of Entwistle's solo album "Smash Your Head Against The Wall". The cover of the album is the first image you see on the video. The album was originally released in May 1971, not long after Young's version with Crazy Horse was released. Entwistle's cover is an out-take.

As for other Who connections with Neil Young?



Here's another interesting musical intersection: Pete Townshend and Neil Young.

This is from Pete Townshend's blog Pete's Diary in 2005:

"[Neil Young] is such an inspiration to people like me who sometimes feel I have lost my way in rock 'n' roll. He takes huge chances sometimes in his creative projects, the biggest risk probably being when he chooses to go out on tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash, bless their collected genius.

More on Pete Townshend and Neil Young.

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VIDEO: CSNY w/ Tom Jones on "Long Time Gone" (1969)

"Long Time Gone" 

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young w/ Tom Jones (1969)

 

Well, we've posted quite a variety of strange things over the years but this is one of the odder ones for sure.

We recall having a cassette tape of this but completely forgot about it. We seemed to recall that Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were on the This Is Tom Jones TV program but didn't realize that Tom Jones actually performed with CSNY on the song "Long Time Gone".

From our friend on Sugar Mountain come the details of the recording on 1969-09-06 at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California. CSNY also performed "You Don't Have To Cry".

Recorded just weeks after their 2nd public performance at the Woodstock Festival, CSNY were a very hot act. And Tom Jones appears to have wanted to get in on the deal.

So strange bedfellows indeed.

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Just Keep On Rockin' in the Free World and the New Year

"Rockin' in the Free World"
Neil Young @ Glastonbury - 06/2009

2011 was a momentous year for freedom around the world.

And while we blogged for peace and justice, we seemed to have hit a bad chord, but we'll still try to blog about love and war.

freedom. not just another word.

happy new year.

peace

More on finding the cost of freedom.

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