Young At Heart?Neil Young once surprised fans with a wasted admission: "I love rap!" he declared. "It's speaking to the people on the streets. It's a whole new way of communicating that's so open to saying exactly what the hell's on people's minds in a clever way, a way that you can listen to and move your body to."
Fans were further surprised (if oddly relieved) by Young's expansive definition of rap: "Subterranean Homesick Blues [a song from Highway 61 Revisited]," Young enthused. "Bob Dylan is early rap!"
[Alas, Dylan did not return this particular compliment.]
Young, Neil (1945- ) Canadian musician [noted for his work with Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and for such solo
works as After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), Time Fades Away (1973), On the Beach (1974), Tonight’s the Night (1975), Zuma
(1975), American Stars ‘n Bars (1977), Comes a Time (?), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Re*bc*tor (1981), Trans (1982), Ragged Glory (1990), Hbrvest Moon (1992), Sleeps with Angels (1994), bnd Mirror Ball (with Pearl Jam, 1995)]
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