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Compositions:
Winterlong  Only Love Can Break Your Heart  Southern Man  I've Been Waiting for You   
Guitars Played:
Gibson Les Paul 
Lyrics:
Broken Arrow  Helpless  Razor Love  Mr. Soul  Love is a Rose  L.A.  Soldier 
Career Began:
Toronto  Winnipeg 
Genre(s):
Country rock  Folk rock  Hard rock  Rock music 
Albums:
After the Gold Rush  Journey Through the Past  Time Fades Away  Harvest  Neil Young  On the Beach  2000-09-22: Red Rocks  American Stars'n'Bars  American Stars 'n Bars  Anthology (disc 3: Live USA 1986-1992)  Are You Passionate?  Carnegie Hall 1970-12-05  Chrome Dreams  Chrome Dreams II  Comes a Time  Dead Man  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 02-01-71  Everybody'                                                                                                               
Birthdate:
1945-11-12
Birthplace:
Toronto 
Nationality:
Canada 
Gender:
Male 
Films (as Film Director):
Human Highway  Journey Through the Past 
Films (as Film Producer):
Solo Trans  Wing Commander 
Films (as Film Screenwriter):
CSNY Déjà Vu 
Induction Date:
1995
Hall of Fame:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 
Category:
Performers 
Employer:
Lionel! LLC 
Date Born:
Nov 12 1945

  


 

 

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by Ranker Community on August 26, 2010 03:31 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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Actually, #1 should be Neil Young And Crazy Horse, though i am a big fan of Neil in all incarnations. except for a few of those 80s Geffen genre records.

  


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by Doc at May 01, 2010 09:32 about Neil Young on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Great artist. Best sound with was w/ Crazy Horse.

by RustMan at November 04, 2009 15:20 about Neil Young on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
RIGHT ON! Neil has more energy, guts, brains, heart, soul and COOL than anyone! And he's the best singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist of all time! Plus, his acoustic work ain't bad either! And his electric music is the heaviest sound in all of music.

by rick at November 04, 2009 14:42 about Neil Young on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Finally, a list showing Neil #1. Many people don't like his 80s albums, but I love ReAcTor. Great albums, great live shows, many great live recordings & nobody's cooler than Neil.

by Clark Benson at November 04, 2009 18:47 about Neil Young
ReAcTor is totally unsung. i even like "T-bone".

  by anonymous at July 02, 2010 05:51 about Neil Young
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by Greg at July 02, 2010 06:00 about Neil Young
That's #2 on my list

  by anonymous at October 27, 2009 15:06 about Neil Young
I agree

by Yeah at October 27, 2009 15:02 about Neil Young
OK

by Luber at May 25, 2009 17:49 about Neil Young
No artist has remained as productive, talented, and consistently true to himself over a multiple decade period as Neil Young. One could argue that Bob Dylan shares this title but I would argue that Bob's singing talents are 95% gone now that a frog has taken over his throat. That combined with the times where he lost touch with reality (that awful, infamous Letterman "Like A Rolling Stone" appearance, etc.,) exclude him from claiming the same title. Also, Neil has always stepped up to the plate at big events to prove he deserves this status: The Last Waltz, Bob Dylan's 50th Birthday Concert, the MTV Awards with Pearl Jam, Farm Aid 1998 with Phish, Led Zeppelin's R&R Hall of Fame induction, The Pretenders' Hall of Fame induction, the televised Katrina in-studio live special, etc., etc., etc.

by kpb456 at October 27, 2009 15:07 about Neil Young
True

by mollie at May 01, 2009 11:30 about Neil Young
My favorite Neil song is "Heart of Gold."

by Clark Benson at April 24, 2009 23:44 about Neil Young
Neil with Crazy Horse is really my #1, though i am a big NY fan in all configurations, except for a few of those 80s Geffen genre records

 

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