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Neil Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 12, 1945. He is a singer-songwriter with a long and extensive musical career. He has become one of the most respected and influential musicians of his generation.
Neil started his professional music career in the mid-1960’s with a number of bands in Canada, notably the Mynah Birds, which also included fellow future Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer and future funk star Rick James. When the Mynah Birds broke up, Young and Palmer headed to California to meet Stephen Stills, whom he had met in Thunder Bay, and the result was Buffalo Springfield. That band split up after three albums, and Neil soon started his solo career with the release of Neil Young November 12, 1968. The album did not do very well commercially, but included several strong tracks, including “The Loner”, said to be a portrait of Stephen Stills. On May 14, 1969 he recruited Crazy Horse and made the critically acclaimed Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. This was a much more consistent album, the first to introduce longstanding collaborators Crazy Horse, and built around the balanced interplay between the guitars of Young, and the talented Danny Whitten. The album also featured two lengthy classics, “Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand”. The critically acclaimed solo album “After the Gold Rush” came out in 1971, featuring such classic songs as “Southern Man’”, “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” and “Don’t Let it Bring You Down”. Harvest followed in 1972 with the hit”Heart of Gold”.
Neil started his professional music career in the mid-1960’s with a number of bands in Canada, notably the Mynah Birds, which also included fellow future Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer and future funk star Rick James. When the Mynah Birds broke up, Young and Palmer headed to California to meet Stephen Stills, whom he had met in Thunder Bay, and the result was Buffalo Springfield. That band split up after three albums, and Neil soon started his solo career with the release of Neil Young November 12, 1968. The album did not do very well commercially, but included several strong tracks, including “The Loner”, said to be a portrait of Stephen Stills. On May 14, 1969 he recruited Crazy Horse and made the critically acclaimed Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. This was a much more consistent album, the first to introduce longstanding collaborators Crazy Horse, and built around the balanced interplay between the guitars of Young, and the talented Danny Whitten. The album also featured two lengthy classics, “Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand”. The critically acclaimed solo album “After the Gold Rush” came out in 1971, featuring such classic songs as “Southern Man’”, “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” and “Don’t Let it Bring You Down”. Harvest followed in 1972 with the hit”Heart of Gold”.
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Ashona223 wrote:
love Neil Young
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neinmal wrote:
bought dreamin' man and just popped it in. i love this.
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sAISSENAAMA wrote:
Twiggy_Manson, try Heart of Gold.
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forczekadri wrote:
rust never sleeps <3 after the gold rush <3 harvest <3 thank you neil young.
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WLDB wrote:
It is in the top 15 where it should be. Under "Neil Young & Crazy Horse"
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MichielP wrote:
Why isn't "Cortez the Killer" not in the top 15? That's such a great song!
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WLDB wrote:
Yeah its the highest honor a civilian can get in Canada.
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
Is that a big deal?
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WLDB wrote:
Heard he's getting the Order of Canada. About time.
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rollaolak wrote:
ZUMA
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tareksobh wrote:
Neil Young is the man, man.
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TzeraFNX wrote:
I agree, start with Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. After the Gold Rush would also be a good one to start with.
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StanLeChinois wrote:
Greetings from Paris /France http://www.myspace.com/stanlechinois
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http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Young/+images/39794037
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MSTRPLAN wrote:
i'd start with everybody knows this is nowhere
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BruceNY wrote:
Artists are defined by two central fundamentals; their songs and concerts. For years, concerts were used as promotional tools to sell records. As the sixties progressed, the Grateful Dead appeared and within a few years, Led Zeppelin took concerts to new heights with festival grooviness and flashing arena-rock presence. For bands like the Dead and Zeppelin, the records weren’t enough. The concert became an extension of the record and in many ways, a more vital experience. Tapes were shared, stories told and myths were born. In the entire rock era, no other artist has a greater and more extensive legend than Bruce Springsteen. From stories of intimate in-your-face clubs shows early in his career to the misquoted myth of the five-hour show, the adoration and fervent followings Springsteen has amassed over the decades is almost unparalleled and on full display in a new book chronicling the 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, The Light in Darkness. www.thelightindarkness.com
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TacklerWho wrote:
check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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davosmavo wrote:
After The Gold Rush or Live At Massey Hall.
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
Which is that song which goes dododododod doooo dooo dododododod doooo dooo?
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Crustclock wrote:
You think? I'd say that somthing like Rust Never Sleeps or After the Gold Rush would be a better one to start with.e
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