NEIL YOUNG
Nov 12, 1945
Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
Birth name Neil Percival Young
Also known as Bernard Shakey,[1] Phil Perspective, Shakey Deal, Clyde Coil, Shakey, Joe Yankee,[1] Joe Canuck[1]
Born November 12, 1945 (1945-11-12) (age 64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba
Genres Rock, folk rock, hard rock, country rock
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, producer, director, screenwriter
Instruments Guitar, vocals, harmonica, keyboards, piano
Years active 1960–present
Labels Reprise, Motown, Geffen
Associated acts The Squires, The Mynah Birds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, The Stray Gators, The Stills-Young Band, The Ducks, Northern Lights, Pearl Jam, Booker T. Jones, Phish, Dave Matthews
Website neilyoung.com
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Le Noise
Septiembre 2010
Un disco duro.
Crudo.
Para oídos entrenados.
Sin obras maestras.
Young en estado puro.
Released September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)
Recorded 2010 in a Los Angeles mansion
Genre Rock, folk-rock
Length 37:59
Label Reprise
Producer Daniel Lanois
1 Walk wth Me Young 4:25
2 Sign of Love Young 3:57
3 Someone Gonna Rescue You Young 3:28
4 Love and War Young 5:36
5 Angry World Young 4:13
6 Hitchhiker Young 5:31
7 Peaceful Valley Boulevard Young 7:09
8 Rumblin' Young 3:36
Angry World
Neil Young
Some see life as a broken promise
Some see life as an endless fight
They think they live in the age of darkness
They think they live in the age of Light
It's an Angry world
And everything is gonna be all right
Yeah it's an angry world
Yeah it's an angry world
Some see life as hope eternal
Some see life as a business plan
Some will go to hell's inferno
For screwing up their life in freedom land
It's an Angry world
For the business man and the fisher man
It's an Angry world
And no doubt everything will go as planned
Yeah it's an angry world
Yeah it's an angry world
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Ragged Glory
Octubre, 1990
Con Crazy Horse.
Guitarra sucia.
Grandes coros.
Neil Young - guitar, vocals
Frank Sampedro - guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot - bass guitar, vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
Released September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10)
Recorded April 1990 at Plywood Digital, Woodside, CA (except "Mother Earth": The Hoosier Dome)
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length 62:43
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young and David Briggs
1 Country Home Young 7:04
2 White Line Young 2:59
3 F*!#in' Up Young 5:53
4 Over and Over Young 8:27
5 Love to Burn Young 10:03
6 Farmer John Harris, Terry 4:12
7 Mansion on the Hill Young 4:46
8 Days That Used to Be Young 3:50
9 Love and Only Love Young 10:18
10 Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) 511 5:11
Mansion on the Hill
Well, I saw an old man
walking in my place
And he looked at me,
it could have been my face
His words were kind
but his eyes were wild
He said: I got load to love,
but I want one more child.
There's a mansion on the hill
Psychedelic music fills the air
Peace and love live there still
In that mansion on the hill.
Around the next bend,
take the highway to the sun
Or the rocky road,
it really don't matter
which one
I was in hurry
but that don't matter now
'Cause I have to get off
that road of tears somehow.
There's a mansion on the hill
Psychedelic music fills the air
Peace and love live there still
In that mansion on the hill.
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Rust Never Sleeps
Julio 1979
Tremenda colección.
Medio acústico, medio eléctrico.
Sensacional lírica.
Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Frank "Pancho" Sampedro – guitar, vocals except on "Sail Away"
Billy Talbot – bass, vocals except on "Sail Away"
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals except on "Sail Away"
Nicolette Larson – vocals on "Sail Away"
Karl T. Himmel – drums on "Sail Away"
Joe Osborn – bass on "Sail Away"
Released July 2, 1979 (1979-07-02)
Recorded August 1976 - 1978 at Indigo Recording Studio, Malibu, CA; Triad Recording, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Broken Arrow Studio, Redwood City; the Boarding House, San Francisco, CA; Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA; and Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville
Genre Rock, folk rock, hard rock
Length 38:16
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs, Tim Mulligan
1 My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) Blackburn, Young 3:45
2 Thrasher Young 5:38
3 Ride My Llama Young 2:29
4 Pocahontas Young 3:22
5 Sail Away Young 3:46
6 Powderfinger Young 5:30
7 Welfare Mothers Young 3:48
8 Sedan Delivery Young 4:40
9 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Young 5:18
"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)"
My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.
Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that
And once you're gone,
you can never come back
When you're out of the blue
and into the black.
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten
This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.
Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.
"Powderfinger"
Look out, Mama,
there's a white boat
comin' up the river
With a big red beacon,
and a flag,
and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't
look like they're here
to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side
and a gun
And it's makin' big waves.
Daddy's gone,
my brother's out hunting
in the mountains
Big John's been drinking
since the river took Emmy-Lou
So the powers that be
left me here
to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelings grew.
Daddy's rifle in my hand
felt reassurin'
He told me,
Red means run, son,
numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot
hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.
Shelter me from the powder
and the finger
Cover me with the thought
that pulled the trigger
Think of me
as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,
I know I'll miss her.
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Zuma
Noviembre, 1975
Country rock
Vuelve al rock comercial.
Con Crazy Horse.
Grandes solos de guitarra.
Neil Young: guitar & vocals
Frank Sampedro: rhythm guitar
Billy Talbot: bass & vocals
Ralph Molina: drums & vocals
Released November 10, 1975
Recorded June 16, 1974 - August 29, 1975 at Broken Arrow Ranch, Redwood City, CA and Pt. Dume, CA
Genre Rock
Length 36:34
Label Reprise Records
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs, Tim Mulligan
1 Don't Cry No Tears 2:34
2 Danger Bird Young 6:54
3 Pardon My Heart 3:49
4 Lookin' for a Love 3:17
5 Barstool Blues Young 3:02
6 Stupid Girl 3:13
7 Drive Back 3:32
8 Cortez the Killer Young 7:29
9 Through My Sails 2:41
Don't cry no Tears
Don't cry no tears around me
Don't cry no tears around me
'Cause when all the water's gone
The feeling lingers on
Old true love
ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me.
Well I wonder
who's with her tonight?
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And I wonder
who's holding her tight?
But there's nothing I can say
To make him go away
Old true love
ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me.
There's nothing I can say
To make him go away
Old true love
ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me
Don't cry no tears around me
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Tonight's the Night
Junio 1975
Tremenda lírica.
Ejecutado tras la muerte de dos amigos, heroína (Bruce Berry, roadie, y Danny Whitten, guitarra)
Country rock
Neil Young – vocal, piano, guitar, harmonica, vibes
Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, vocal, slide guitar
Nils Lofgren – guitar, piano, vocal
Danny Whitten – guitar, vocal
Jack Nitzsche – electric piano, piano
Billy Talbot – bass
Tim Drummond – bass
Ralph Molina – drums, vocal
Kenny Buttrey – drums
George Whitsell – vocal
Released June 20, 1975
Recorded August–September 1973 at Studio Instrument Rentals, Hollywood, CA (except "Come On Baby": Fillmore East, NYC, March 1970; "Lookout Joe": Broken Arrow Ranch, December 1972 and "Borrowed Tune": Broken Arrow Ranch, December 1973)
Genre Rock
Length 44:52
Label Reprise
Producer David Briggs, Tim Mulligan, Neil Young, Elliot Mazer (track 10 only)
1 Tonight's the Night Young 4:39
2 Speakin' Out Young 4:56
3 World on a String Young 2:27
4 Borrowed Tune Young 3:26
5 Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown Whitten, Young 3:35
6 Mellow My Mind Young 3:07
7 Roll Another Number (For theRoad) Young 3:02
8 Albuquerque Young 4:02
9 New Mama Young 2:11
10 Lookout Joe Young 3:57
11 Tired Eyes Young 4:38
12 Tonight's the Night, Pt. 2 Young 4:52
'Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown'
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Walk on, talk on,
baby tell no lies.
Don't you be caught
with a tear in your eye.
Sure enough,
they'll be sellin' stuff
When the moon begins to rise.
Pretty bad when
you're dealin' with the man,
And the light shines in your eyes.
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Snake eyes, French fries
and I got lots of gas.
Full moon and a jumpin' tune,
now you don't have to ask.
Sure enough,
they'll be sellin' stuff
When the moon begins to rise.
Pretty bad when
you're dealin' with the man,
And the light shines in your eyes.
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Come on, baby, let's go downtown,
Let's go, let's go,
let's go downtown.
Walk on, talk on,
baby tell no lies.
Don't you be caught
with a tear in your eye.
Sure enough,
they'll be sellin' stuff
When the moon begins to rise.
Pretty bad when
you're dealin' with the man,
And the light shines in your eyes.
Pretty bad when
you're dealin' with the man,
And the light shines in your eyes.
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On the Beach
Julio 1974
Salvaje.
Country rock.
Released July 16, 1974 (1974-07-16)
Recorded November 30, 1973 (1973-11-30)–April 7, 1974 (1974-04-07) Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length 39:40
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs (tracks 1 4),
Mark Harman (tracks 2 3 5),
Al Schmitt (tracks 6 7 8)
Neil Young – guitar on 1 3 5 6 7 8, vocal, Wurlitzer electric piano on 2, banjo on 4, harmonica on 7 8
Ben Keith – slide guitar on 1, vocal on 1 4, steel guitar on 2, Dobro on 4, Wurlitzer electric piano on 3, organ on 5, hand drums on 6, bass on 7 8
Tim Drummond – bass on 2 5 6, percussion on 5
Ralph Molina – drums on 1 5 6, vocal on 1, hand drums on 7 8
Additional Personnel
Billy Talbot – bass on 1
Levon Helm – drums on 2 3
Joe Yankee – harp on 2, electric tambourine on 8
David Crosby – guitar on 3
Rick Danko – bass on 3
George Whitsell – guitar on 5
Graham Nash – Wurlitzer electric piano on 6
Rusty Kershaw – slide guitar on 7, fiddle on 8
1 Walk On Young 2:42
2 See the Sky About to Rain Young 5:02
3 Revolution Blues Young 4:03
4 For the Turnstiles Young 3:15
5 Vampire Blues Young 4:14
6 On the Beach Young 6:59
7 Motion Pictures Young 4:23
8 Ambulance Blues Young 8:56
'Vampire Blues'
I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.
I'm a black bat, babe,
bangin' on
your window pane
I'm a black bat, baby,
bangin' on
your window pane.
Well, I'm a
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black bat, babe,
I need my high octane.
Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go.
Good times are comin',
but they sure comin' slow.
I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.
Good times are comin'.
"Ambulance Blues"
Back in the old folky days
The air was magic when we played.
The riverboat was rockin'
in the rain
Midnight was the time
for the raid.
Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,
They tore you down and
plowed you under.
You're only real
with your make-up on
How could I see you
and stay too long?
All along the Navajo Trail,
Burn-outs stub their toes
on garbage pails.
Waitresses are cryin'
in the rain
Will their boyfriends
pass this way again?
Oh, Mother Goose,
she's on the skids
Shoe ain't happy,
neither are the kids.
She needs someone
that she can scream at
And I'm such a heel
for makin' her feel so bad.
I guess I'll call it
sickness gone
It's hard to say
the meaning of this song.
An ambulance can only
go so fast
It's easy to get buried
in the past
When you try to make
a good thing last.
I saw today
in the entertainment section
There's room at the top
for private detection.
To Mom and Dad
this just doesn't matter,
But it's either that
or pay off the kidnapper.
So all you critics sit alone
You're no better than me
for what you've shown.
With your stomach pump and
your hook and ladder dreams
We could get together
for some scenes.
I never knew a man
could tell so many lies
He had a different story
for every set of eyes.
How can he remember
who he's talkin' to?
'Cause I know it ain't me,
and I hope it isn't you.
Well, I'm up in T.O.
keepin' jive alive,
And out on the corner
it's half past five.
But the subways are empty
And so are the cafes.
Except for the Farmer's Market
And I still can hear him say:
You're all just pissin'
in the wind
You don't know it but you are.
And there ain't nothin'
like a friend
Who can tell you
you're just pissin'
in the wind.
I never knew a man
could tell so many lies
He had a different story
for every set of eyes
How can he remember
who he's talking to?
Cause I know it ain't me,
and hope it isn't you.
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Harvest
Febrero 1972
Gran éxito en las listas.
Melancolía extrema.
Country rock.
Released February 14, 1972
Recorded Jan.-Sept. 1971 at Quadraphonic Studios, Nashville; Barking Town Hall, London and Broken Arrow Studio No. 2, Woodside, CA
Genre Country rock
Folk rock
Length 37:11
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young
Elliot Mazer
Henry Lewy
Jack Nitzsche
Neil Young with The Stray Gators:
Neil Young - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal
Ben Keith - pedal steel guitar
Jack Nitzsche - piano, slide guitar
Tim Drummond - bass
Kenny Buttrey - drums
John Harris - piano
Teddy Irwin - guitar
James McMahon - piano
James Taylor - banjo-guitar, backing vocal
David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills - backing vocals
1 Out on the Weekend Young 4:34
2 Harvest Young 3:11
3 A Man Needs a Maid Young 4:05
4 Heart of Gold Young 3:07
5 Are You Ready for the Country? Young 3:32
6 Old Man Young 3:24
7 There's a World Young 2:59
8 Alabama Young 4:02
9 The Needle and the Damage Done Young 2:03
10 Words (Between the Lines of Age) Young 6:47
"Needle And The Damage Done"
I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.
I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.
I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.
"A Man Needs A Maid"
My life is changing
in so many ways
I don't know who
to trust anymore
There's a shadow running
thru my days
Like a beggar going
from door to door.
I was thinking that
maybe I'd get a maid
Find a place nearby
for her to stay.
Just someone
to keep my house clean,
Fix my meals and go away.
A maid. A man needs a maid.
A maid.
It's hard to make that change
When life and love
turns strange.
And old.
To give a love,
you gotta live a love.
To live a love,
you gotta be "part of"
When will I see you again?
A while ago somewhere
I don't know when
I was watching
a movie with a friend.
I fell in love with the actress.
She was playing a part
that I could understand.
A maid. A man needs a maid.
A maid.
When will I see you again?
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After the Gold Rush
Agosto, 1970
En plena orgía creadora.
Gloriosas canciones de amor.
Country folk.
Released August 31, 1970
Recorded August 1969 - June 1970 at Sunset Sound and Sound City, Hollywood, CA; Neil's Home Studio, Topanga, CA
Genre Rock
Length 35:10
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs with Kendall Pacios
Neil Young – guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes, lead vocals
Danny Whitten – guitar, vocals
Jack Nitzsche – piano
Billy Talbot – bass
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals
Greg Reeves – bass
Nils Lofgren – guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
Stephen Stills – vocals
1 Tell Me Why Young 2:59
2 After the Gold Rush Young 3:46
3 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Young 3:09
4 Southern Man Young 5:31
5 Till the Morning Comes Young 1:27
6 Oh, Lonesome Me Gibson 3:50
7 Don't Let It Bring You Down Young 2:57
8 Birds Young 2:33
9 When You Dance You Can Really Love Young 3:45
10 I Believe in You Young 3:27
11 Cripple Creek Ferry Young 1:33
After the Gold Rush
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Sayin' something about a queen
There were peasants singin' and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree
There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
That floated on the breeze
Look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
Look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
I was lyin' in a burned out basement
With a full moon in my eyes
I was hopin' for a replacement
When the sun burst through the skies
There was a band playin' in my head
And I felt like getting high
Thinkin' about what a friend had said,
I was hopin' it was a lie
Thinkin' about what a friend had said,
I was hopin' it was a lie
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
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Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Mayo, 1969
Obra maestra.
Country folk.
Neil Young – guitar, vocals
Danny Whitten – guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot – bass
Ralph Molina – drums, backing vocal
Additional personnel:
Robin Lane – guitar, vocal (Track 3)
Bobby Notkoff – violin (Track 6)
Released May 14, 1969
Recorded January & March 1969
Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock, hard rock, folk rock, country rock
Length 40:29
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs
1 Cinnamon Girl Young 3:01
2 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Young 2:31
3 Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) Young 5:54
4 Down by the River Young 9:27
5 The Losing End (When You're On) Young 4:08
6 Running Dry (Requiem for theRockets) Young 5:36
7 Cowgirl in the Sand Young 10:06
'Cinnamon Girl'
I wanna live
with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Ten silver saxes,
a bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes
and waits between shows
For his cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
Yeah...yeah...yeah.
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Amplificador 1950's Magnatone 280
Amplificadores Fender Tweed Deluxe 1959
"Old Black" (1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop)
Gibson 1956 Les Paul Goldtop
1956 Gretsch Electromagnetic Old Black
Martin D-45
Martin D-28
Martin D-18
Languedoc G2
Taylor 855 12-string
Banjo 1927 Gibson Mastertone
Gretsch 6120 (Chet Atkins model).
Gretsch White Falcon
Gibson Flying V
Fender Broadcaster
Réplica de la pedalera Whizzer
A device created specifically for Young, which physically changes the amplifier's settings to pre-set combinations. This device is connected to footswitches operable by Young onstage in the manner of an effects pedal.
Young uses a custom-made amp-control switching device known simply as “the Whizzer.” Consisting of two parts, the foot controller and the mechanical automated switching device that physically turns the amps knobs, the Whizzer allows Young to stomp a footswitch on the floor to command the unit to twist the Deluxe’s volume and tone controls to any of a number of carefully determined preset positions. As such, and rather incredibly—if you’re familiar with the Neil Young overdrive sound—he uses no booster, overdrive, or distortion pedals to achieve his unhinged tone; just the little 50-year-old tweed Deluxe, and the Whizzer.
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Afinaciones
- DGCFAD . . . aka, "Dropped Standard"
Like standard tuning (EADGBE), but with each string tuned down a tone/step.
- DGCFAA
Like "Dropped Standard" (DGCFAD above) but with 1st string tuned to the 2nd.
- DADGBE . . . aka, "Dropped D"
Standard tuning (EADGBE) except 6th string is tuned down a tone/step.
- DADGBD. . . aka, "Double Dropped D" or "Neil Young D Modal"
Standard tuning (EADGBE) except 1st & 6th strings are tuned down a tone/step.
Note: Neil has referred to DADGBD as "D Modal" in interviews, though that term is non-standard for this tuning. However many people have subsequently picked up the term, and know this tuning by that name.
- CGCFAD
Combination of "Dropped Standard" (DGCFAD) and "Dropped D" (DADGBE).
All strings are tuned down a tone, then the 6th is tuned down another tone.
- CGCFAC
Combination of "Dropped Standard" (DGCFAD) and "Double Dropped D" (DADGBD).
All strings are tuned down a tone, the 1st and 6th are tuned down another tone.
- BbFBbEbGBb
Like "Double Dropped-D" (DADGBD), but with all strings tuned down 2 full tones/steps.
