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Neil Young FAQ author Glen Boyd described "The Old Laughing Lady" as having "stood the test of time" since Neil Young was released. [9] Pitchfork contributor Mark Richardson describes the song as having "echoes of the great music to come" from Young's later career. [10]
At one point Young seems to be having a conversation with himself, with the lyrics "Well tell me more/I mean was he a heavy doper or was he just a loser." [9] Young speaks the verses over the instrumentation, in a manner that music lecturer Ken Bielen compares to Frank Zappa, and sings the refrain in what the Rolling Stone editors describe as a ...
Young may have been inspired to write the song after reading Hart Crane's 1930 poem The Bridge, which Young read in London in 1971. [3] The seventeenth-century Indigenous heroine Matoaka (white name, Pocahontas) is a central character in The Bridge. [3] Commentators over the years have noted the song's similarity to Carole King's "He's a Bad ...
Eldorado is an EP released only in Japan and Australia by Neil Young backed by The Restless, which consisted of Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas.The EP went long out of print, until April 29, 2022 when Neil Young reissued the record on CD and vinyl for global release.
An acoustic solo version of the song appears on the Neil Young live album Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 which was released on Reprise Records in 2008. [4] Of the members of the band, only Young was present at the recording. Background vocals from Richie Furay were added on later. [2]
"Unknown Legend" is a song written by Neil Young that was first released on his 1992 album Harvest Moon. Although it was only released as a promotional single, it reached #38 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song starts by describing a man getting away from the big city. [1] Although the singer is traveling, he is reflecting on his past with what Downing describes as being "full of joy he can't relate to, floating in a dreamy sort of sadness." [4] The lyrics then take on the theme of lovers who are lonely because they can't connect. [2]
Sleeps with Angels is the 22nd studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on August 16, 1994, on Reprise as a double LP and as a single CD. Young's seventh album with Crazy Horse, it was co-produced by long-time collaborator David Briggs who died the following year.