Index : Y : Young, Neil

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Young, Neil

Who sang 'I hope Neil Young remembers a southern man don't need him around anyhow' in response to Neil's unflattering musical portrait of a 'Southern Man'?

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Lynyrd Skynyrd. This line was heard in 'Sweet Home Alabama'.



Which Young album, recorded in 1973, was shelved until 1975?

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'Tonight's The Night'. A critical favorite, this album was a eulogy to Danny Whitten of Crazy Horse and roadie Bruce Berry, who both died of drug overdoses.



Which cover shows Neil playing an instrument other than a guitar?

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Unplugged. He is playing a harmonica



Which band backed Neil on his 'Mirror Ball' album released in 1995?

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Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam's name was not included on the album cover because of legal restrictions.



Which album, containing all new songs, was recorded live in front of an audience?

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'Time Fades Away'. As of February 2002, this has never been released on cd. This album served as an inspiration for REM's 'New Adventures In Hi-Fi' which was largely recorded live on the road.



Which album cover features amoung other things, a spitoon and a drunken woman wearing polka dot underwear?

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American Stars n' Bars. Definitely one of the strangest album covers by Neil.



Which Album Cover contains the words "Too late Too soon"?

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Sleeps with Angels. The words are contained in the title track which was inspired by the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Cobain's suicide note allegedly contained a line from Neil's "Rust Never Sleeps" song - "It's better to burn out than to fade away.



What song did Neil Young perform on the telethon to raise money for the families of the victims of September 11th, 2001?

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Imagine. Neil performed a solo version of John Lennon's 'Imagine' accompanying himself on the piano. It was strange to hear someone singing 'image there's no country' when flags were sprouting up everywhere and patriotic fervor was at a fever pitch.



What is the title of Young's first solo album?

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'Neil Young'. 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' was his second album and his first with Crazy Horse. 'Harvest' was his first big hit album.



What is the predominate colour on the cover of Everybody's Rockin'?

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Pink. Neil's backing band for his "rockabilly" album was the Shocking Pinks.



What brand of amplifier can be seen on the covers of the "Weld" and "Arc" albums?

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Fender. Neil's favourite amp. is a 1959 Fender Deluxe.



What band backed Young on his 1995 'Mirror Ball' album?

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Pearl Jam. They were both fans of each other's music.



True or False: Young's video for 'This Note's For You' was voted 'Best Video of the Year' at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1989?

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True . Life's funny, isn't it?



True or False: Young's video for 'This Note's For You' was banned by MTV?

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True . MTV was afraid of litigation on behalf of the many products and people it spoofed.



The back cover of which album contains a quote written in Latin?

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Reactor. The quote, an Alcoholics Anonymous Serenity prayer, is "Deus, dona mihi serenitatem accepere res quae non possum mutare, fortitudinem mutare res quae possum, atque sapientiam differentiam cognoscere." This is translated into English as: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the strength to change what I can and the wisdom to know the difference."



On the back cover of "Live Rust" the image of which legendary guitarist can be seen on a button on Neil's guitar strap?

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Jimi Hendrix. Neil actually met and jammed with Hendrix in the late Sixties, but only became interested and influenced by his guitar playing around the "Rust" period in the Mid Seventies.



On the "Comes a Time" cover, what is Neil doing that is uncommon with any other cover?.

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Smiling.



Neil's favourite Gibson electric guitar is seen on several covers. What is its nickname?

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Old Black. The guitar is a 1953 Gold Top Les Paul painted black.



Neil Young helped organize which major benefit concert?

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Farm Aid. The first Farm Aid concert was held in 1985.



Neil Young composed and performed the soundtrack for which movie starring Johnny Depp?

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Dead Man. Depp played an accountant gone bad in the surreal Western by Jim Jarmusch which also starred veteran rocker Iggy Pop.



Name the Young album that consists mostly of feedback?

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'Arc'. Not one of his most listenable offerings. 'Metal Machine Music' was Lou Reed's album of pure noise.



Even in Buffalo Springfield's short lifespan, Young left the band more than once. Who replaced him at the Monterey Pop Festival?

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David Crosby. His future bandmate, David Crosby, sat in for him. Crosby would soon be booted out of the Byrds.



'...Remember Millie from down in Philly?...She took my brain and forgot my name...'

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Lookout Joe. This track is off of the great 'Tonight's the Night' album of the early '70's.

• What rock song was written as a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man"? ( goto )



• The back cover of which Neil Young album contains a quote written in Latin? ( goto )



• Is it true that Neil Young once sang "Sweet Home Alabama" live on stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd? ( goto )



• Who quoted Neil Young in his suicide note: “It’s better to burn out than to fade away”? ( goto )



• Neil Young performed with all of the following bands except which one: Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse or The Squires? ( goto )



• What movie starred Neil Diamond? ( goto )



• On Friends, who are Betty, Neil and Lulie? ( goto )



• What is the name of Neil Diamond's country album? ( goto )



• What was Neil Entwistle's user ID on eBay? ( goto )



• An animal named Neil on a TV series was played by? ( goto )



• What is the name of the region of the moon where Neil Armstrong walked? ( goto )



• What foot did Neil Armstrong first step on the surface of the moon with? ( goto )



• What was the first worldwide satellite television broadcast? Neil Armstrong on the moon? The Beatles? ( goto )



• What is a young turkey called? ( goto )



• What are young spiders called? ( goto )



• Who was known as "the young lion"? ( goto )



• Neil Diamond graduated from Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School and attended what University for a time? ( goto )



• Is there really scientific evidence for a young earth? ( goto )



• As a young man, who was Scrooge apprenticed to? ( goto )



• What is the young of a cod fish called? ( goto )



• What is the name given to young fish? ( goto )



• What is Angus Young's middle name? ( goto )



• Who was the Thomas Young who developed Young's Temperament, a method of tuning musical instruments? ( goto )



• When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon he misspoke the statement that NASA had planned for him. What was he suppose to say? ( goto )



• Who won the first Cy Young award? ( goto )



• What is the young of a beaver and a badger called respectively? ( goto )



• In the animal kingdom what is a young owl called? ( goto )



• Who are Liverpool's two young French players? ( goto )



• For what full name is the Cy in Cy Young? ( goto )



• Who won the first Cy Young Award? ( goto )