Music Video of Neil Young's "Computer Age"

A music video of Neil Young's "Computer Age" from TRANS.

The editor writes:

This is a music video I made in a college class. I used a song by my guitar hero, Neil Young. I tried to make this video express the point that technology is taking over the way we run the world but we should question if that is a good or bad thing.

Good question.

Not sure we have the answer other than ... both.

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Randomly Blogged: Neil Young Signs, Cool Album of the Day, The Rock and Roll Librarian, Beyond The Pale & More Good Neil Stuff

Cross-Country Skiing Trail Signs
Photo by Miron "How could people get so unkind?" M.

Some randomly blogged Neil Young...

• From The Rock and Roll Librarian: Long May You Run:

  I have to admit that my all-time favourite has nearly brought me to tears on occasion.
  
  Long May You Run by Neil Young.
  
  There is no doubt that such a car ever existed in his life but somehow that doesn’t really even matter. The song is so heartfelt and so plainly Neil that it’s painful. His well-documented love for cars borders on fanaticism and goes back to his early days when he drove a hearse from Canada to California. His ranch is overflowing with all kinds of classic cars and he is currently driving a bio-deisel powered hybrid version of a 1959 Lincoln.

(Thanks Ian!)

• From Beyond The Pale: Neil Young And Crazy Horse (Part 1)

  The Ditch Trilogy is the unofficial, fan-branded moniker for 1973’s Time Fades Away, ‘74’s On The Beach, and the following year’s Tonight’s The Night.
  
  Barring Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Updike’s Rabbit At Rest, Jean-Luc Godard’s entire filmography and Morrissey’s “Every Day Is Like Sunday,” this triptych is probably my personal favorite work of popular art.
  
  Time Fades Away is comprised of eight soundboard recordings from a tour so draining that Young has yet to release the record on CD. It is out of print, and he’s rarely played the songs since, which is an enormous loss, considering just how essential “Don’t Be Denied” and “Last Dance” truly are.

• Beyond The Pale: Sleeps With Nowhere: Neil Young And Crazy Horse (Part 2)

• Beyond The Pale: Pardon My Heart: Neil Young And Crazy Horse (Part 3)

(Thanks Jesse!)

• From The House That Scott Built: Get Back to The Country… Scott Young’s Farm » Youngtown

(Thanks Trevor!)

Neil Young - TRANS era
(photo via the Thrasher's Wheat Archive)

• From Neil Young “Trans” « Cool Album of the Day
  

  Neil Young, Trans. Love it _____, Hate It_____ You tell me. I don’t believe that there was ever a more polarizing Neil Young album than Trans. I know people that absolutely love this effort. I know people that can’t stand it. I feel that Neil loved that!
  
  What makes people react this way?
  
  Maybe you haven’t heard this album. What caused the split reaction was mainly due to one thing. That one thing was the vocoder. What is a vocoder? I guess you could say it was the grandfather to today’s auto-tuner.

• Neil Young “Tonight’s The Night” « Cool Album of the Day

• Neil Young and Crazy Horse “Live Rust” « Cool Album of the Day

(Thanks Larry!)


Neil Young with Crazy Horse at SECC Glasgow 2001, singing Gateway of Love, an unreleased song
(Thanks Sam!)

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PHOTO GALLERY: Crazy Horse & Neil Young at MusiCares Honors Paul McCartney

Crazy Horse & Neil Young
Photo via Purple Words on a Grey Background

Last weekend, Paul McCartney was honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year by an array of musical stars in Los Angeles.

Here's a photo gallery of Crazy Horse & Neil Young from Purple Words on a Grey Background.

More on Paul McCartney Honored at Musicares by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, others.

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Neil Young Interview with Redbeard at In The Studio

Harvest by Neil Young

A Neil Young interview with Redbeard at In The Studio marking the 40th anniversary of the album Harvest.

Neil Young: “Dylan's ‘Nashville Skyline’ and ‘Harvest’ were really, I guess, the two excursions by popular music artists in the country recording field.

They were just taken as works. At that time, it was just like a thing we did. We went there and it sounded good …. Country music is based on songs and songs about people.

It really all fit together real well.”

The interview --recorded on Neil's tour bus -- also contains some comments by the late Ben Keith.

Listen to Neil Young at In The Studio.

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A 15 year Old Covers ‘Heart of Gold’: Watch Tavi Gevinson

OK, normally we don't run Neil Young covers by 15 year olds.

But we did find this cover by Tavi Gevinson of Neil Young’s ‘Heart of Gold’ to be well... quite tender, touching and endearing.

At age 15, Tavi Gevinson blogs on the fashion industry for her blog Style Rookie and her online magazine Rookie.

Gevinson performed “Heart of Gold” after a midnight screening of her new short film, Cadaver. The song -- also featured in the film -- was performed at The Standard in East Village, New York.

Apparently, Neil personally approved the authorized use of the song in the film -- a rare event as we saw last year.

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Photo of the Moment: Joni Mitchell and Neil Young

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young
2012 Grammy Event
Los Angeles, CA - Feb 11, 2012

The Photo of the Moment is Joni Mitchell and Neil Young at a 2012 Grammy Event in Los Angeles, CA on Feb 11, 2012.

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young both hail from Canada, grew up musically in Toronto and later went on to become celebrated singer-songwriters around the world. Their musical intersections over the years have been both productive and fascinating.

More on the musical intersections and influences of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

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Happy Valentine's Day to All of The Hearts of Gold Out There

Matthew and Melinda

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's been 40 years now since "Heart of Gold" entered our lives, and we'd like to wish that every day could be Valentine's Day.

So there comes a time for a delightfully heart-warming story from Matthew and Melinda or ...Understanding Neil Young's Music.

Often, we've found ourselves trying to explain Neil Young's music to others with varying degrees of success. In the end, we find that his music isn't really something that can be explained.

While we've expended quite a few words on this blog making an attempt, it really is the stories of others which transcend the gap much better.


Art by Susan Farrington

So here's a story that really seems to capture the essence of Neil Young's musical hearts of gold. Matthew and Melinda: put on love...: falling in love and neil young....

matthew and i had been friends for nearly 2 years before he finally asked me out on a date. for months we had been interested, neither of us quite ready to make a permanent move that could ruin the friendship we had.

the day matthew left to go back to wisconsin for the summer, he came to my ghetto apartment to hang out and say goodbye. laundry baskets full of dirty clothes and borrowed bedding spilled out of his back seat, electrical cords and dirty socks blew wildly. the windows were down, his air conditioner didn't work. after chumming around my apartment for a little while, he started to look nervous. he wrung his hands, and bit his cheek, and stumbled over his words. "uhh... melinda, do you maybe want to go get some ice cream, before i leave? we can go to maggie moo's?" he shrugged his shoulders, and i can picture the look on his face like it was yesterday, his lip was quivering, and his eyes were searching, searching me, seeing if he could find what he was looking for. "yah. sure. let's go." what, did he think i would say no? he was one of my closest friends, and truth be told, i was already in love with him. i had known i was in love with him since valentines day. but really, this is ridiculous. we had been friends for 2 years, why was my stomach flipping turning and whirling? why was he biting his nails like tomorrow he would be allowed to no more? why was this different than any of the hundreds of times we had hung out before?

we slowly walked down to his car, and found our seats among the dirty socks and never opened school books. he plugged in his ipod and carefully chose a song. i shrugged down in my seat, and put my knees up on the dash, like any self conscious, slightly nervous, girl would. the song started, and i wondered what it was. matthew told me it was neil young, harvest moon. he told me it was the best song ever, one of his favorites. and as i listened to the words, my heart sang. this was the man i was in love with.

Harvest Moon
Neil Young

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.


sitting there in matthews falling apart old honda, with no air, and the wind whipping wildly through the car, i knew there was no other place i would rather be in the world. not the eiffel tower, not at my family's cabins in the gunnison forrest, not in romania, or in louis vuitton. nowhere. the only place i wanted to be, was by matthew's side. it didn't matter that i was still unsure of how he felt, i knew his feelings would come, it didn't matter that he seemed afraid to touch me, that would come too... all i knew, was that i loved him.

we went to maggie moo's, and he bought me ice cream. his ice cream melted right out of cone in about 12 seconds, and dripped wildly down his arm. we laughed and laughed and talked about what our summer would be like without one another. i didn't want him to leave, i ate my ice cream slowly, and jabbered on and on about nothing. anything to keep him here another minute. i was about to lose my dear friend for the summer, and if he left now, i didn't know what was in store for us in the future. maybe our one chance, was this summer, and we would miss it.

he finally convinced me that he had to get moving, and we begrudgingly walked back to his car. where he played more neil young songs, and talked about why he liked neil young. i don't think i was really listening to him. i was only thinking about what was to come.

we drove back to my apartment in pure perfection, and it was time to say goodbye. it was a whilrwind, a rush of emotion and feelings. i hugged him goodbye, and wished he would kiss me. he walked out the door, turning back to see my face again, and i cried.

that was the beginning. may 24, 2005. that was falling in love, and hearing neil young, and the peace of knowing where i belong.

my heart was his that day, and it will belong to no one but him til the day i die. he is everything i ever hoped for, everything i dreamed of, and he loves me. everyday, i choose to love him, and he chooses to love me.
love and hugs and prayers...
melinda sue

Happy Valentine's Day Matthew and Melinda.... all of the hearts of gold out there.



And Happy Valentine's Day to my Heart of Gold, Thrashette. I love you!

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Also, see Top 10 Neil Young Love Songs.

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Photo of the Moment: Crazy Horse 2012

Crazy Horse 2012 - Los Angeles, CA
Billy Talbot, Frank Sampedro, Neil Young & Ralph Molina
Photo via Ralph Molina | Facebook

The Photo of the Moment is Crazy Horse v.2012.

Billy, Poncho, Neil & Ralph are all looking ready to go for Musicares Honors Paul McCartney.

Great to see! (Thanks Ralph!)

More photos of Neil Young & Crazy Horse at Musicares Honoring Paul McCartney.

Also, see Purple Words on a Grey Background for more Crazy Horse in action photos.

ps - and wait until you see tomorrow's Photo of the Moment!

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ROUNDUP: Paul McCartney Honored at Musicares by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, others

Crazy Horse & Neil Young
Photo via | WireImage |

This weekend, Paul McCartney was honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year by an array of musical stars in Los Angeles.

Among the many musicians paying tribute to the former Beatle, Neil Young & Crazy Horse reunited for their first gig together since the 2003/4 Greendale tour.

By all indications, the reunion of Crazy Horse was the musical highlight of the evening in which there were many.




Crazy Horse and Neil Young
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Photo by McCARTNEY PHOTO BLOG

From Paul McCartney Honored as MusiCares Person of the Year - New York Times.com By JAMES MCKINLEY, JR.:

But the performance that brought the crowd to its feet and seemed to capture the rock and roll spirit of the early Beatles came from Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Mr. Young, his long grey hair spilling out from under his white hat, launched into “I Saw Her Standing There” in a loose, free style, letting the guitars ring as he sang the teenage anthem with a snarl and launched into a post-modern guitar solo in which the melody jumped, stuttered and seemed to cry out in pain. Simply put, the song rocked, sounding as if it could have been recorded yesterday.

“Paul!” Mr. Young said after he finished, raising his hand in a salute, while the crowd applauded wildly.

Crazy Horse and Neil Young
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Photo by McCARTNEY PHOTO BLOG


Photo by REUTERS

The set list from the night, what a great event !! Magical Mystery Tour" - Paul McCartney

"Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney

"Jet" - Foo Fighters

"Blackbird" - Alicia Keys

"No More Lonely Nights" - Alison Krauss & Union Station

"Here, There and Everywhere" - Tony Bennett

"And I Love Her" - Duane Eddy

"Oh! Darling" - Norah Jones

"Hey Jude" - Katy Perry

"I Saw Her Standing There" - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

"The Fool on the Hill" - Sergio Mendes

"We Can Work It Out" - Coldplay

"Yesterday" - James Taylor with Diana Krall and John Clayton

"For No One" - Diana Krall with James Taylor and John Clayton

"My Valentine" - Paul McCartney with Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli and others

"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" - Paul McCartney with Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli and others

"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" - Paul McCartney

"Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End" - Paul McCartney with Joe Walsh




Brian Wilson and Neil Young
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Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Neil Young & Pegi Young
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Elvis Costello and Neil Young
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Neil Young & Pegi Young
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