"Grandpa's Interview" - RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse | NYA

"Grandpa died like a hero
fightin' for freedom of silence
tryin' to stop the media
tryin' to be anonymous"
"Grandpa's Interview" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
via frame from "RETURN TO GREENDALE" | NYA

"That guy who just keeps singing, can't somebody shut him up!" , cries Grandpa.

The song "Grandpa's Interview" from "RETURN TO GREENDALE" film is scheduled to premiere today in Hearse Theater Screen #2 | Neil Young Archives.

Directed by L.A. Johnson and Bernard Shakey, RETURN TO GREENDALE is performed live in Toronto with full cast. A premiere screening of the film RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse was held at Balboa Theater in San Francisco, CA on Jan 28, 2020, where much of the cast and crew attended, as we reported. Each Monday features a chapter from Greendale on NYA.

The song "Grandpa's Interview" recounts the Green Family, who are hounded to tragedy by both the media and the police. After Jed Green is pulled over for a taillight violation while hauling drugs, he panics and shoots a cop. This leads to a media frenzy from the local TV stations clamoring for a comment from the Green family. Grandpa Green shrugs off a TV correspondent but then becomes a victim due to the stress.

"It ain't an honour to be on tv and it ain't a duty either
the only good thing about tv is shows like 'leave it to beaver'
Shows with love and affection like mama used to say
a little mayberry livin' can go a long way"
Larry Cragg as "Grandpa"

Neil writes on NYA:

"When they showed up to interview Grandpa on the porch, they had no idea what was about to happen! The Media had pushed Grandpa too far."

"Re-Elect Our President"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Greendale @ Radio City Music Hall, New York, March 18, 2004

Photo by thrasher

"You got too many secrets.
Bob Dylan said that.
Somethin' like that." ~
~Neil Young's "Bandit"
via frame from "RETURN TO GREENDALE" | NYA
(More on "Bandit" - RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse | NYA )

"Carmichael was a good cop. Everybody missed him."
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
via frame from "Greendale" | NYA
(More on "Carmichael" - RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse | NYA )

"Are Protesters Terrorists?" - 2003
[Then: "War on Terror" - Now: "War on Germs"]
"Leave The Driving" - RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
via "Return To Greendale" World Premiere | NYA
(More on "Leave The Driving" - RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse | NYA )

"Devil's Sidewalk"
Neil Young's Greendale (2003)
(More on Going Back to Greendale #4: "Devil's Sidewalk" from Neil Young's RETURN TO GREENDALE | NYA )

Also, see Chapter I: "Falling From Above" from "Greendale" | Neil Young Archives and Chapter II: "Double E" from "Return To Greendale" | Neil Young Archives .

"Double E"
Chapter II: "Double E" from "Return To Greendale" | Neil Young Archives

"Falling From Above"
Chapter I: "Falling From Above" from "Greendale" | Neil Young Archives

"Everything You're Looking For" - Bandit

LEAVING GREENDALE
POP. 25,810

Neil Young News: Premiere; RETURN TO GREENDALE by Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Balboa Theater, San Francisco, CA - Jan 28, 2020
See https://t.co/hTt0IDeLud
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Greta, Julia Butterfly & Sun Green
Neil Young's Prophetic Greendale: Sun Green + Julia Butterfly
See https://t.co/7iH6U4aIMC
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Neil Young writes on "RETURN TO GREENDALE" | NYA:

Greendale, the story of Sun Green coming of age in the world, and seeing all of the threats against the Earth, is one of my favorite films in the Shakey Pictures library. Sun Green was played by one of my daughter Amber’s friends, Sara White. I discovered her at a school play we went to see when Amber was in high school.

Larry Johnson and I shot Greendale on super 8 film cameras. I wlll never forget it. Getting up before dawn and heading to nearby Half Moon Bay from my ranch everyday, driving in Grandpa’s big white eldorado with a cup of coffee, I would meet Larry and we would plan and shoot the day. So many of my friends are in Greendale; Gary Burden as the Captain, Eric Johnson as the Devil, Mazzeo as Earl Green, Sun Green’s dad. Pegi Young as her mom Edith. Larry Johnson was the cop. Erik Markegard was Earth Brown. Erik was the son of my foreman at the ranch, Larry Markegard. Karin Markegard, Erik’s mother, played a part as well.

These folks were all my friends. I will never forget Greendale, one of the biggest highlights of my filming life.

"Support Our War"
["War on Drugs Terror Germs"]
(i.e., "The Invisible Enemies")
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Greendale at Radio City Music Hall, New York City - March 18, 2004
photo by thrasher

Neil Young in Greendale - Massachusetts 2003
Photo by Brian Babineau
Broken Arrow Issue Number 91, August, 2003

"Be The Rain"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Greendale @ Radio City Music Hall, New York, March 18, 2004
Photo by thrasher


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