Love him or hate him, Neil Young is 76 years old today

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[mylife]

One of the most prolific writers of all time

[mylife]

Absolutely!! I saw the “Blue Notes”

[enumerated]

He wrote some great stuff… but he’s one of those a-hole celebrities that needs to learn to keep his trap shut when he’s not singing..

And once in awhile he should have kept it shut when he WAS singing.

[SaxxonWoods]

I know a person from his home town, where she says he’s known as the town drunk. Some years ago he promoted a concert for the town with himself as the headliner, got drunk and didn’t show up.

[fwdude]

Old man, look at your life....

[NY Cajun]

WGAF?

[discostu]

Yup blues/jazz. That’s actually one of my favorite of his albums.

[Howie66]

“Neil Young should remember, a Southern Man don’t need him around anyhow....”

[mylife]

Old man, look at your life....You married Darryl Hanna...

[mylife]

And Skynard is dead

[bramps]

Not the biggest fan but I recognize genuis. Hard to be distinct in the world of rock and roll but Neil Young is absolutely that.

Here’s one I couldn’t turn off the radio if I heard it. Live Hurricane.
https://youtu.be/qmKrcOB7udA

[Howie66]

And their Spirits live on.

[Disambiguator]

I picked up a package at his place in Woodside back in the late 80s. (I was Fed Ex guy for a few years.). The ironwork around his yard had an “acid trip vibe.” Plus there were emus or ostriches wandering around. It was a weird experience.

[duckworth]

Good description! Love Neil, but true is true.

[KevinB]

My second favorite artist. I have probably sixty of his albums. He has had tremendous musical highs, but also embarrassingly bad lows. Avoid anything from the 80’s or the last ten years. He is a world-class as*hole as a person.

[mylife]

And for the record I like Polka ;)

[rktman]

Had free tickets to see CSNY at MGM Vegas years ago. After working our way past the AIM folks selling $50 AIM t-shirts we made it in to our seats. We got as far as the 4th song with political BS in between nearly every song and that did it for us and out we go. Shut up and sing comes to mind.

[mylife]

Prolific

[dfwgator]

By the end of the song, he realizes he needs someone for more than “just someone to keep my house clean, fix my meals, and go away”

Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[mylife]

Crosby comes to mind.

[Westbrook]

Commie vermin.

He forgot what we were fighting for in the 60s.

Liberation from oppressive big government.

I may have been a “liberal” at the time, but I was a John Locke “leave me alone” liberal. Not a crypto-fascist like Young and his fellow travelers.