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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Film Review of the Moment: MOUNTAINTOP by Neil Young & Crazy Horse


MOUNTAINTOP - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The Film Review of the Moment on MOUNTAINTOP by Neil Young & Crazy Horse by Scotsman, commenting on "How Neil Young's Eccentric Online Home Was Born | Fortune":
I've been to the Mountaintop and I have come back down again (apologies, to those who would have been quite happy for me to stay there indefinitely). And here are my traditional "long-winded", "pompous" comments.

This film might as well have been purpose-made for me. This sort of thing is right up my street. Rarely have I enjoyed a Neil Young project so much in recent years, which is a bold statement in a period that has included gems such as Earth. I'm not *always* a fan of studio documentaries, but sometimes, they are an essential part of the story. Mountaintop has its own story to tell.

This is one of those great documentaries where Neil just sets up the cameras and captures everything, and so, of course, everyone forgets they are being filmed and just acts naturally; or as naturally as you can expect in an environment that seems best described as "disorganised chaos", occasionally threatening to careen into "hostile".

Of course, our director Bernard Shakey (who looks both younger and significantly slimmer following his recent move towards an environmentally-friendly vegetarian diet) is still well aware he is being filmed, and as with Muddy Track, you do get the sense from time-to-time that the old rascal might just be encouraging a little bit of drama for filming purposes.

Regardless, there's an avalanche of natural drama occurring without any provocation from Neil. There's the cringe-worthy moment Neil puts his ear against a monitor speaker just as an ear-piercing squeal decides to emit from it, with the (hilariously) on-edge studio crew becoming increasingly frantic in trying to keep the chaotic studio under control. Or the moment an apoplectic John Hanlon (Neil's head engineer) orders the cameras removed from the studio so his x-rated ranting isn't included in the film (of course, it is). Then there's the beautiful moment where the camera continues picking up sound as it is removed from the studio, and someone see the bright side of the situation: "it's mayhem in there...but the moon's out and the mountain looks beautiful". I found it to be both moving and funny.

Now, the studio they are recording in looks very pleasant to me, but the emphasis throughout from Neil and Hanlon is that they are working in something much like a First World War trench. And just like the finished album, Mountaintop is full of this sense of sometimes-uneasy contrast between beauty and ugliness, chaos and control, focused attitude and light-hearted humour. Tender piano melodies paired with squealing speakers and gratuitous use of the F-bomb. It's just a really typical Neil Young project, full of character, and as such it feels completely timeless: squint a little, and it could have been shot 30 years ago.

At the heart of this film is the relationship between Neil and Hanlon. Crazy Horse are, as always, a little bit in the shadows: which of course is where they are most at home. As for Neil's relationship with Hanlon, it comes across as not entirely unlike that of Laurel and Hardy. Hanlon gets his fair share of Neil's wrath (rather mild, by rock star standards) in this film, but it's telling that when Hanlon asserts himself Neil quickly changes tact. You can easily imagine how the personalities of producer David Briggs and Neil balanced each other out in previous years. In this instance, It's all just a bit of studio banter among brothers, the long-established rituals of making a Crazy Horse album.

There are so many memorable bits, but I loved the section where Neil is prancing around the control room listening to Olden Days and suddenly breaks out into a Cheshire Cat grin: enjoying the music and tambourine overdubs, no doubt, but I suspect also impressed at his ability to (just about) hit a sequence of high notes that probably would have been out of his range at age 18, let alone 73. I loved all the creative touches, the tap dancing on Eternity, the glass harmonica, Ralph's typically dead-pan humour, Neil's little comments (e.g "it doesn't have to be good, it just has to be great") followed again by that familiar Cheshire Cat grin. And "One of the worst f*!#in' monitor systems known to man", delivered in the voice of a man who has seen his fair share of substandard audio equipment, I thought was hilarious.

The bottom line is it is infinitely more entertaining to watch Neil actively battling to make a great record in a dysfunctional studio in the middle of nowhere with a rough-around-the-edges Crazy Horse than it is when he steps into some technically-perfect Hollywood studio and tries to buy his way to artistic greatness with hired orchestras or celebrity producers. Sometimes, in recent years, I get the sense he's not really applying himself in the studio, particularly as a songwriter: full of great ideas but ultimately settling for the low hanging fruit. But I did not get this impression on most of Colorado. It's an album (and especially a film) that has both soul and substance, and that's what we are all here for.

Mountaintop has now disappeared back into the Archives, but I think it deserves a more permanent spot somewhere: either on NYA, or preferably as a Blu-Ray release. Actually, scratch that: I think it's best suited to being passed around as a 3rd generation bootleg, old-school-style. We'll see what happens, but in the meantime I am pleased Neil made this film. It might not be the best Crazy Horse album ever, but it's certainly one with a lot of special moments, and Mountaintop has a lot of additional special moments, too. I found it to be artistically moving, revealing, and genuinely very funny.

And, as a bonus, it's confirmed that my decision not to become a sound engineer was in fact a very lucky escape.

Scotsman.
Thank you Scotsman. Your comments are invaluable and we never find them to be "long-winded" or "pompous". Freedom of speech, just one's opinion is always welcome here at TW.

We did have the pleasure of viewing MOUNTAINTOP in an actual theater on opening night. The film really does offer a pretty unfiltered view on the creative process. Certainly about as close as an outsider will ever get so we're all lucky for that. And it is nice to see the unsung heroes get their moment in the spotlight. Although John Hanlon may not have found the finished edit quite to his liking, it does demonstrate the dedication necessary on the smallest details to achieve success in the studio.


"I want it up as loud as it can go!" - Neil
Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the Studio

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

INTERVIEW - Nils Lofgren: Back on the Horse | Premier Guitar


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In a recent interview, Nils Lofgren says he pre-ordered his own new album, Colorado, even though he knew that management would send a copy, saying: "Just the excitement of being a kid, getting it sent in the mail… you open it up, it’s a new Neil Young record with Crazy Horse.”

From Nils Lofgren: Back on the Horse | Premier Guitar by Nick Millevoii:
Premier Guitar: How did working on a new album together follow the shows you did with Crazy Horse?

Nils Lofgren: Neil got excited and started writing for Crazy Horse. He sent a demo and said, “Hey, I know you’ve got your record coming out and your tour, but I keep writing and they’re coming pretty fast. Any chance we could all get together in Colorado and start recording a new record before you hit the road?” My wife Amy and I—we just lost our 15-year-old dogs Rain and Groucho a year before—we were really kind of hunkered down for a couple of weeks with our remaining two dogs to grieve. Amy gave me the thumbs up and said, “I’ll drive you up there.” So we had a good time then, just reminiscing and realizing, despite life’s ups and downs, in particular all the great musicians we’ve lost that I’ve gotten to play with over the years. To have the four of us, after 50 years, have a chance to show up in a beautiful place and create something new, there’s a deep gratitude that comes with it.

After 50 years, that’s really rare.

Billy and Ralphie and I knew that we had the songs, because at this point Neil sent us 11 demos. Neil said, “Don’t work out parts, just get familiar with the chords on the demos,” which is reminiscent of all my work with Neil, and it turned out to be a beautiful experience. We knew whatever obstacles were in front of us, either way, we were going to do something special and, as always, we kept it raw and raggedy.

There was no rehearsal, no practice.

We didn’t want to use headphones. Neil was singing through a PA in the room, so it was kind of like a little live club setting and we went after an immediate discovery of the song. We took the arrangements off the demo and just followed them. Of course, if Neil was playing a solo and kept playing, we wouldn’t go back to the verse until he got back to the verse. It was very organic, stream of consciousness, and it was just a brilliant chapter. You don’t get many chapters like that after 50 years … and to have a new album come out of it was really exciting.

I’ve already ordered mine.
Full interview at Nils Lofgren: Back on the Horse | Premier Guitar by Nick Millevoii.

More on Nils Lofgren and Neil Young.

Also, see Nils Lofgren's comments on working with both Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and Neil Young's Crazy Horse.


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Friday, November 15, 2019

FILM REVIEW: MOUNTAINTOP by Neil Young & Crazy Horse


MOUNTAINTOP - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Here is a special report from John Kwit on the film MOUNTAINTOP by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. John, a long time CSNY fan, is the North American Reporter for Www.4WaySite.com and Xtra Special EARTH Reporter for TW.


MOUNTAINTOP


"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech
Memphis, Tennessee. April 3, 1968

I don't know Neil Young and it's fair to say that 99.9% of the worlds population is in the same boat. Who can say what's running through his mind? All I know is his artistic creativity is currently like a brakeless 600 ton Big Boy locomotive barreling down a steep mountain pass. Wild. Unstoppable.

Advancing in age towards the setting sun, it is readily apparent that 74 year old Neil Young has something critically important to share. He recently reunited with a new configuration of his old band, Crazy Horse. Neil, Nils Lofgren, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina have released a new album, Colorado, the first by the band in seven years. And even more eye-opening, Neil directed a film, Mountaintop, capturing the making of that album. Screened in almost 200 theaters for one night only, the film is as close as we will ever get to being a fly on the wall in the studio while the artist creates his masterpiece.


‘Mountaintop Sessions’ - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The setting is somewhere high up in the clouds of the Colorado mountains. Pinpointing the exact location isn't important. Just consider it a marvel that somebody hauled a semi full of equipment up the hill to totally transform a large, yet cozy chalet into a recording studio. It turned into a sanctuary where Neil and the band seemed to truly get away from it all. No distractions. Lots of sweat equity. And just enough horseplay thrown in to make the mood light.

I'm no cinematographer or professional film critic, but it appears to me that Neil likes to dwell on the concept of time. Multiple time-lapse scenes dot the film revealing the comings and goings at the studio, clouds, animals, birds and the stars. He utilizes fish-eye and multi-screen shots to keep things interesting. It doesn't appear that anyone is acting. It's raw footage with real warts, laughter, joy and anger.

Nobody deserves an Oscar but album Recording Engineer John Hanlon should get an award for patience. In calming the tormented artist down he (hopefully) captured the muse on audio tape. I say "hopefully" because this is a film review, not an album review. What I saw and heard in the movie was mind-blowing.


"I want it up as loud as it can go!" - Neil
Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the Studio

(Frame via film Mountaintop)

Neil is large and in charge. In one scene, the vocals are horrid so Neil complains to Hanlon about the microphones: "I love singing into a wet sock." The volume level is constantly out of whack. Neil shouts at Hanlon to "Make it (the guitars) LOUDER!" followed later by facial stares that could melt an iceberg when ear piercing feedback is created by sound levels set too high.

Neil the musician is on fire in this film. The new songs appear to flow out effortlessly. He seeks perfection one moment then shifts gears when he realizes that a raw sound may actually be better as he opines, "It doesn't have to be good. It's going to be great."

Neil the jokester is also in the house. Instead of (perhaps) supplying weed to everyone, he hands out oxygen tanks & masks to altitude-fatigued band members valiantly struggling to keep up with the relentless jamming. What a movie poster or album cover an oxygen tank using band would have made!

Political rants are non-existent in the film although an accidental political reference pops up. Neil remarks that his song, Rainbow of Colors, is "a piece of f*cking gold." Those needing a quick history lesson can look up currently incarcerated former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich who put the same value on a plum U.S. Senate seat that he hoped to sell.


Neil Young w/ Engineer John Hanlon

Neil the conductor is a sight to behold. He has Nils add soft-shoe tap dancing sound effects to one song, He insists a tambourine is needed by Ralph in another. Falsetto vocals by Billy fit in to help us lose our minds. And how many artists have coaxed the sounds of an armonica (a glass musical instrument designed by Benjamin Franklin, yes the fellow from several centuries ago) into their recent work? God bless him, Neil Young just did.

Will Mountaintop win an Academy Award? Probably not. But Neil most likely would use the Oscar statue as a door stopper anyway. Mountaintop is another project made by Neil for Neil and his fan base, the rest of the world be damned. It now resides in his archives website where subscription-paying devotees may someday get another peek.

Regardless if you missed or saw the film, go out and buy the album Colorado. If it's anywhere near what was captured on film it's worth it. And if we're blessed to have a concert tour in the near future with the current configuration of Crazy Horse don't miss it. It would be a cause for celebration unlike all others. The road won't go on forever.

Neil took us to the Mountaintop. What did I see? An artist and band that have transcended all limitations. They are four unique individuals but one cohesive unit. Together. No separation. All one thought. All one voice. All one word.

This is NeilYoungCrazyHorse.

NYCH
Billy, Neil, Nils, & Ralph - April 2019
photo: dhlovelife

One band. Under God. Indivisible. With liberty and justice for all.

Peace,
John Kwit
North American Reporter, www.4WaySite.com
Xtra Special EARTH Reporter, thrasherswheat.org



Thanks so much for the report John! (Incidentally, excellent work and congratulations on your promotion to Xtra Special EARTH Reporter for thrasherswheat.org !) Get some rest after the road trips and we'll see you down that road!

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Tuesday, November 05, 2019

INTERVIEW: Neil Young’s Adventures on the Hi-Res Frontier - The Pagan Mechanic Rides Again | WIRED


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In a recent interview with Neil Young he discusses recording the album Colorado with Crazy Horse and on bringing real quality to streaming audio -- whether we want it or not.

From The Pagan Mechanic Rides Again: Neil Young’s Adventures on the Hi-Res Frontier | WIRED by Jesse Jarnow:
Neil Young: “We started off doing something that we’d never done before, just to see what would happen,” Young says. He’d played some solo shows in the months leading up to the session and rediscovered a concept even more satisfying than first takes: no first takes at all.

“Every time you do a song, it’s an opportunity to define it and what it means and how it feels,” he says. “So if you feel it while you’re doing the song [live], you’re fucked, you’ve already done the song. It’s only going to happen once like that, when you get that feeling. And so I had that feeling on a couple of the songs, that I’d done the song. I didn’t want to do it again.”

“It’s really hard to chase something once the singer’s done,” Lofgren says. “Why do it? So it was quite challenging. When Neil plays live, he’s got great time, but he wasn’t playing to a click track. Ralphie and Billy were great at learning the track and weaving in with the groove.”

There are jams and there are half-baked ideas. There are indelible melodies and eco-anthems and echoes of the Memories. There is a rhythm track made from Lofgren’s tap dancing shoes run through an octave divider (“Eternity”). There is Ralph Molina's and Billy Talbot’s otherworldly sense of space on perhaps the most exquisitely fragile Crazy Horse jam of all time (“Milky Way”), the type of creation Young wants listeners to experience in the same fidelity as the band did.
Full interview @ The Pagan Mechanic Rides Again: Neil Young’s Adventures on the Hi-Res Frontier | WIRED by Jesse Jarnow.


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Sunday, November 03, 2019

INTERVIEW: Neil Young Says He Was Offered Millions to Tour Harvest Album | AARP


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Neil Young reveals in a recent interview that he has been offered millions of dollars to tour the Harvest album.

From Neil Young and Crazy Horse are Back with a New Album, Documentary: Rock legend talks to AARP about his new release, 'Colorado,' his legacy and never fading away | AARP by Edna Gundersen:
AARP: In 2014, you left your longtime home, Broken Arrow Ranch in Redwood, California, and you and Pegi, your wife of 36 years, divorced. She died of cancer in January. Were these hard losses?

Neil Young: Pegi was a very hard loss. She was a great mom, and she did a lot that no one else will be able to do. The ranch was a beautiful place, but moving on is not a bad thing. I had a really good period of time there, when I raised my kids.

AARP: How are you adjusting to aging?

Neil Young: I'm trying to take care of myself. Daryl's a big help. She's very health-oriented, which I never have been. Now I'm walking, swimming. Maybe tomorrow morning I'll be stand-up paddling. I lost between 30 and 35 pounds in six months. Nice that I don't have to carry that around anymore.

AARP: Any reason you haven't yet announced a tour for this album?

Neil Young: I was just offered millions of dollars for a tour to do Harvest.

Everyone who played on Harvest is dead. I don't want to do that.

How about planting instead of harvesting?

If I decide to go on the road, I'd like to do a democracy tour next year with different people that keep changing. Not right or left. Democracy is not you on this side and me on that side just to see who wins.
In a way, it's good to see Neil appearing in AARP Magazine (Association Retired Persons) with a target market of the aged. Just the other day, in response to a NYA Letter to the Editor by Uncle Eddie -- who is concerned about living long enough to ever hear the unreleased albums by Neil Young -- Neil reflects on his aging fan base and what to do. (See Neil Young Releasing Everything in 2020 on NYA for more details.)

Full interview at Neil Young and Crazy Horse are Back with a New Album, Documentary: Rock legend talks to AARP about his new release, 'Colorado,' his legacy and never fading away | AARP by Edna Gundersen.



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Sunday, October 27, 2019

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: 'Colorado' by Neil Young & Crazy Horse


"I want it up as loud as it can go" - Neil
Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the Studio

Here are some first impressions on the new album 'Colorado' by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

From "A Legendary Collaboration Continues: Neil Young And Crazy Horse Reunite For 'Colorado'" | NPR by the irrepressible Scotsman:
Colorado impressions.

Colorado is an album, as you'd expect from Crazy Horse, with some serious character, guts and attitude.

That's half the story. Colorado also features some of the most subtle, delicate and beautiful playing on a Neil Young record in the past 25 years. It's an album of two musical personalities.

On first listen, I found Colorado to be a decidedly unsettling record. There's a definite sense of unease there, in the doomy drone of Help Me Lose My Mind and the "ignored" warning calls of Green Is Blue. In the chasm between the safety of 'Eternity' (a song which really comes to life in this lovely studio version) and the encroaching danger of those "old white guys trying to kill Mother Nature".

You can see it, too, in the cold-looking album cover, and in the cruel contrast between the free-flying narrator of album opener Think Of Me and the suffering souls down below. In the ominously shifting minor chords of She Showed Me Love, and the urgently whispered lyric and quietly threatening bass growl of "I Do" (a magnificently restrained low-key performance that concludes the record with a feeling of lingering chill).

None of this is expressed directly as being acutely sinister, it's just a sensation of unease that creeps up on you as you listen. I think this is the most haunting Neil Young album in many years.

The production is exciting and uncluttered, with thoughtful touches added throughout that give the songs a lot of colour: the harmony vocals, the beautifully spacious piano, the striking flashes of dream-like echo to Neil's voice on the unique Milky Way.

There's an edgy gutsiness in these recordings, a trace of David Briggs' enduring influence. Its not just the sound, which is a blend of the workman-like with the serene and delicate; it's the attitude, the personality. The sense of mystery, the perception of a sense of space. The arrangements of these songs are memorable, catchy. And the overall feel they have is really quite unique; whatever surface similarities they have to some of Neil's old warhorses.

Nils Lofgren makes his long-awaited return to a Neil Young album, and his contributions are predictably masterful. Masterful, but not obviously so. You can't hear him? That's the point. He's working his magic without drawing attention to himself at the expense of the songs. Often you won't even know he's there unless you know what you are listening for, but all the time you can feel his presence. His playing on "I Do" is exquisite.

It's true that the most powerful songs of all, the ones that really get through to us, aren't often the most direct or one-dimensional ones. And that guy you heard ranting from a soapbox when you passed by the town square yesterday? You (and everyone else) ignored him and walked on by, and that's his problem, not yours.

But not all great songwriting has to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some of the lyric writing on Colorado is blunt, stylistically, but it is not bland. One of Neil's old tricks is taking something that could be considered a weakness and putting it into a context where it becomes a strength. I found Colorado to be inventive, entertaining and very heartfelt, with an engaging blend of haunting ballads and grinding, attitude-driven abrasive rock. It gets two thumbs up from me. Crazy Horse is back, and not a moment too soon.

Scotsman.
Thanks for the first impressions Scotsman, as always!

We caught the Mountaintop film last week, prior to the album release, so it was quite fascinating to watch and hear the song tracks get laid down and then hear the album stream on NYA the next day.

Frankly, we've been keeping "TRUTH KILLS" on repeat lately. The lyrics "truth kills in a world of lies" just slays us. pun intended.

Also, the 'glass harmonica" on "I Do" is just exquisite exotic giving the song a very other worldly feel. The film Mountaintop has some cool insight into the unique instrument and it sounds along with Tech Bob Rice explaining it's use. The 'glass harmonica's last seen on SWA's "Safeway Cart".


Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the Studio

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COLORADO is now streaming on http://NeilYoungArchives.com.


COLORADO by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Release Date: October 25, 2019 - Pre-order now
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Also, see commentary on STREAMING PREVIEW: "Milky Way" on COLORADO, New Album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

Also,

  • INTERVIEW: Neil Young - The music icon on his 50 year career, making music and his new documentary | CBC

  • INTERVIEW: Nils Lofgren on Reconnecting With Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Variety


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    Thursday, October 24, 2019

    Apparently, US President Trump Has Been Listening to New Neil Young & Crazy Horse Album "COLORADO"


    US President Trump appears to have been listening to the new Neil Young & Crazy Horse album "COLORADO" (Kiddingly).

    Take #2 - In response to the news that Neil Young will become an American citizen, US President Trump tweeted that he will be building a wall around the interior state of Colorado. (Kiddingly)

    Also, yesterday, Neil Young began streaming his new album "COLORADO" in advance of release tomorrow, Friday, October 25.


    COLORADO by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Release Date: October 25, 2019 - Pre-order now
    (Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link. Thank you!!!)

    Are Neil's announcement of US citizenship, album release "COLORADO" and President Donald Trump's "bizarre Colorado tweet" just a coincidence?

    There are no coincidences, as long time readers of Thrasher's Wheat know all to well. Trust us, or don't trust us. Whatever you do, use disCERNment, as always.

    Never forget -- and always remember -- what happens in the field of wheat. The danger is REAL & Abel, so LIVE WILD - STAY FREE. Crowdsource the wheat, burn the chaff, don't get "sandboxxed", reverse engineer the TRUTH (as opposed to social engineering lies).

    So build bridges, not walls. Because, it really is all about The Kids -- The "Children of Destiny".

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    More on album Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'Colorado'. COLORADO is now streaming on http://NeilYoungArchives.com. Also, see commentary on STREAMING PREVIEW: "Milky Way" on COLORADO, New Album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

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    ps - to know a mockingbird, is to kill a mockingbird...

    pss - wake up! here comes the quantum "Big Shift"! The Great Awakening awaits.


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    "There's more to the picture
    Than meets the eye"

    #BigShift

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    Neil Young FAQ:
    Everything Left to Know About the Iconic and Mercurial Rocker
    "an indispensable reference"

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    Paul McCartney and Neil Young

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    "You can make a difference
    If you really a try"

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    John Lennon and Neil Young


    "hailed by fans as a wonderful read"

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young:
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    The Supergroup of the 20th Century



    Director Jonathan Demme's Exquisite film "Heart of Gold"

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    Eddie Vedder and Neil Young

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    Revisiting The Significance of
    The Buffalo Springfield


    "The revolution will not be televised"
    ... it will be blogged, streamed,
    tweeted, shared and liked
    The Embarrassment of Mainstream Media

    Turn Off Your TV & Have A Life


    "Everything Is Bullshit" +
    "Turn Off The News"
    Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)


    Neil Young 2016 Year in Review:
    The Year of The Wheat

    Kurt Cobain
    Kurt Cobain and Neil Young

    Neil Young's Feedback:
    An Acquired Taste?

    Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years
    by Rustie Sharry "Keepin' Jive Alive in T.O." Wilson

    "the definitive source of Neil Young's formative childhood years in Canada"

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    Joni Mitchell & Neil Young

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    Bob and Neil

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    So Who Really Was "The Godfather of Grunge"?


    Four Dead in Ohio
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    So What Really Happened at Kent State?


    The Four Dead in Ohio



    May The FOUR Be With You #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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    dissent is not treason
    Dissent is the highest form of patriotism

    Rockin' In The Free World



    Sing Truth to Power!
    When Neil Young Speaks Truth To Power,
    The World Listens

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    Emmylou Harris and Neil Young

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    Wilco and Neil Young

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    Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young

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    Elton John and Neil Young

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    Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young

    +

    The Meaning of "Sweet Home Alabama" Lyrics


    Neil Young Nation -
    "The definitive Neil Young fan book"

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    "Powderfinger"
    What does the song mean?

    Random Neil Young Link of the Moment
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    Bonnie Raitt and Neil Young

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    I'm Proud to Be A Union Man

    UNITED WE STAND/DIVIDED WE FALL


    When Neil Young is Playing,
    You Shut the Fuck Up


    Class War:
    They Started It and We'll Finish It...
    peacefully

    A battle raged on the open page...
    No Fear, No Surrender. Courage
    WE WON'T BACK DOWN. NEVER STAND DOWN.

    "What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees?"
    Full Disclousre Now


    "I've Got The Revolution Blues"

    Willie Nelson & Neil Young
    Willie Nelson for Nobel Peace Prize



    John Mellencamp:
    Why Willie Deserves a Nobel

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    BOYCOTT HATE

    Love and Only Love

    "Thinking about what a friend had said,
    I was hoping it was a lie"


    We're All On
    A Journey Through the Past

    Neil Young's Moon Songs
    Tell Us The F'n TRUTH
    (we can handle it... try us)

    Freedom:
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    Does Anything Else Really Matter?

    "Nobody's free until everybody's free."
    ~~ Fannie Lou Hamer

    Here Comes "The Big Shift"
    #BigShift

    Maybe everything you think you know is wrong? NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
    "It's all illusion anyway."

    Propaganda = Mind Control
    NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
    Guess what?
    "Symbols Rule the World, not Words or Laws."
    ... and symbolism will be their downfall...

    Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge
    Be The Rain, Be The Change

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    the truth will set you free
    This Machine Kills Fascists


    "Children of Destiny" - THE Part of THE Solution

    (Frame from Official Music Video)

    war is not the answer
    yet we are
    Still Living With War

    "greed is NOT good"
    Hey Big Brother!
    Stop Spying On Us!
    Civic Duty Is Not Terrorism

    The Achilles Heel
    #NullifyNSA
    Orwell (and Grandpa) Was Right
    “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.”
    ~~ Bob Marley

    The Essence of "The Doubters"



    Yes, There's Definitely A Hole in The Sky


    Even Though The Music Died 50+ Years Ago
    ,
    Open Up the "Tired Eyes" & Wake up!
    "consciousness is near"
    What's So Funny About
    Peace, Love, & Understanding & Music?

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    Show Me A Sign

    "Who is John Galt?"
    To ask the question is to know the answer

    "Whosoever shall give up his liberty for a temporary security
    deserves neither liberty nor safety."

    ~~ Benjamin Franklin

    Words

    (Between the lines of age)


    And in the end, the love you take
    Is equal to the love you make

    ~~ John & Paul

    the zen of neil
    the power of rust
    the karma of the wheat

    ~Om-Shanti.

    Namaste