I recently had Thrasher over at his Neil Young blog Thrasher’s Wheat ask this question…
It’s pretty obvious to me but maybe not so much to some others. It’s what separates Neil Young from annoying “singer-songwriters” like James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett.
He made this:
as well as this:
He made this:
as well as this:
He made this:
as well as this:
From playing with Devo to booking Sonic Youth to open the show and piss off his dinosaur fans Neil has never shied away from experimentation. Neither will I. If it sounds good and Satan is involved that’s fine by me. Same with Jesus. I’ll rock out to Glass Harp or Johnny Cash singing about Jesus or Bob Dylan preaching hellfire and damnation. If it’s good, I’m there.
Now….back to Satan.
