Neil Young
Musician, Producer, and Composer
Five milestones in the career of an artist who defies boundaries < News PopMatters" 4. The 1980s After delivering his new label the unfathomable mechanistic techno of "Trans" followed by the campy rockabilly of "Everybody's Rockin,' " Young was sued by Geffen Records for making unrepresentative albums. Young's reaction? In this article: Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, Self-determination, Platinum, Stray Gators, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Heart of Gold |
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News items on ZDNet | March 12, 2008
War against Web tops music biz 'screw-ups' list Tech News on ZDNet
(Gordy did retain ownership of the lucrative Motown copyrights.) Geffen Records grabbed two spots on the list: No. 11 for suing Neil Young in the 1980s because it did not like his uncommercial musical direction; and No. 12, for pumping a...
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Neil Young
...making music "unrepresentative" of himself. The album was also notable as the first for which Young made commercial music videos - Tim Pope directed the videos for "Wonderin'" and "Cry, Cry, Cry". Also premiered in 1983, though little seen,...
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Freedom (Neil Young album)
...career, after a mostly unsuccessful decade . After many arguments (and a lawsuit), Young left Geffen Records and returned to his original label, Reprise, in 1988 with This Note's for You. Freedom, however, brought about a new, critical...
In this article: Freedom, Rockin' in the Free World, Rust Never Sleeps, Fahrenheit 9/11, Communism, Niko Bolas, Don't Cry, On Broadway, and George H. W. Bush
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Reprise Records
...music in the late 1960s. In the late 1970s, as Joni Mitchell and Captain Beefheart had left the label, Sinatra expressed a wish to be the sole artist on Reprise, but Neil Young refused to leave. Mitchell returned to the label in...
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Rockabilly
..."Everybody's Rockin'". The album was not a commercial success and Young was involved in a widely publicized legal fight with Geffen Records who sued him for making a record that didn't sound "like a Neil Young record." Young made no further...
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Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director.
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the godfather of grunge".
Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, DC as an example to lawmakers there.
- Name At Birth:
- Neil Percival Young
- Also Known As:
- Bernard Shakey, Phil Perspective, Shakey Deal, Clyde Coil, Shakey, Joe Yankee
- Birth Date:
- November 12, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Screenwriter, Film director
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Banjo, Synclavier,Organ
- Gibson R6 Les Paul Goldtop
- "Old Black"
- Record Label:
- Reprise, Geffen
- Years Active:
- 1960–present
- Associated With:
- The Jades, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, The Band, The Stray Gators, The Stills-Young Band, The Ducks, Pearl Jam, Northern Lights
- Website:
- http://www.neilyoung.com
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