Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC OMis a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, producer, director and screenwriter. He began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield together with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. He released his first album in 1968 and has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, spanning over 45 years and 35 studio...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth12 November 1945
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
It's kind of too bad that people know about this, because it's like, 'The only way he could make a good album is if he had an aneurysm,' or something. I feel a little funny about it, because I know I would have made an album anyway, and I don't feel like I'm slowing down, but these things happen. Yeah, there's a lot of reflection. It affected all the songs.
I haven't sung it for a long time. I can only do that one with the musicians whom I like to play with. On the (1999) Silver and Gold tour, out of 40 shows, I might have played it three times.
For me, games are as valid an entertainment as TV or film. It's a pretty interesting time to be in the game space.
It started off being chronological, and we tried to get a couple of songs from every period (of my career) that was acoustic, that related to this family of music we're doing. They were the predecessors. They were done when I was very young a lot of them, not all of them, but a lot of them.
I just want to play well, share the stage with my friends, let this music have us.
It was the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my life. I couldn't get enough of it.
My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay
I understand we've got like a Bush subordinate in there now. That's unfortunate. But he's got a minority, right? So we can get rid of him pretty soon.
It's really the first time a filmmaker, and a filmmaker of Steven Spielberg's caliber will collaborate at this level on an original game. He understands how our medium works and wants to push it in different directions, putting innovations in a game that no one has ever seen before.
I had a playback party for Homegrown for me and about 10 friends. We were out of our minds. We all listened to the album and Tonight's the Night happened to be on the same reel. So we listened to that too, just for laughs. No comparison.
This album is about exchanging ideas. It's about getting a message out. It's about empowering people by giving them a voice. I know not everyone believes what I say is what they think, but red and blue is not black and white. We're all together. It's a record about unification.
Who is a better person to tackle that challenge with than Steven Spielberg?
When you're in your 20s, then you and your world are the biggest thing, and everything revolves around what you're doing. Now I realize I'm a leaf floating along on the water on top of some river. That's where I'm at.
It's going to take a lot of love to make things work out right.