Rust Never Sleeps

No es mi favorito del tito pero si es top. Me gusta más su primera parte acústica con esas 3 joyas iniciales, pero la eléctrica con Sedan Delivery tampoco baja el nivel.

Obviously

One of best rock albums.... EVER. A genius at his prime

“Rust Never Sleeps” by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979) I’m a big fan of Neil Young, but, interestingly, I’ve never listened to this album, primarily because when I was compiling my Neil Young collection in the late 1990s, I generally stayed away from live albums altogether. So this will be a serious listen with fresh ears. If you’re not already a fan of Neil Young, this album is probably not for you. I would suggest “After the Gold Rush” (1970), “Harvest” (1972), “Harvest Moon” (1992), and “Prairie Wind” (2005) instead. “Rust Never Sleeps” is a reminder that if you fail to pay attention to the encroachment of old age, decay will catch up with you. Neil Young was 33 years old when this album was released. Ha. Now he’s 75 and still rocking (and not in a chair). He’s neither burning out nor fading away. The songs on “Rust Never Sleeps” are ‘sandwiched’ between two versions of the same melody and lyrical theme (the acoustic “My My, Hey Hey” and the electric “Hey Hey, My My”). Message: Rock ‘n Roll endures (even if it’s purveyors don’t). Musically, the live acoustic tracks on “Side One” are quintessential Neil Young, whose acoustic guitar style is characterized by carrying melodies on the lower strings, with the higher strings provide color and chord structure. The electric tracks of “Side 2”, performed with Crazy Horse, haven’t aged well. Ironic, isn’t it? Young’s voice is not very good, especially live, but like Dylan and others, he puts his limited vocal talent to effective use in expressing his poetry. And his poetry is usually very good. The overall effect is like sitting around the campfire listening to a good friend do what he can with voice, guitar, and songs that are important to him. In a September 1980 Playboy interview, a famous rock star was asked, “What do you think of Neil Young’s line ‘It’s better to burn out than fade away”? His answer: “I hate it. It's better to fade away like an old soldier [ref. General Douglas MacArthur’s farewell speech to the U.S. Congress in 1951] than to burn out. If he was talking about burning out like Sid Vicious, forget it. I don't appreciate the worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison—it's garbage to me.” That rock star was John Lennon, who was gunned down three months later. Young’s original 1979 lyric was part of a reflection on the rise of Johnny Rotten, with an oblique reference to the 1977 death of Elvis Presley. In April, 1994, Curt Cobain concluded his suicide note with “It’s better to burn out than fade away”. One lesson here is that lyrics can have a life (or death) of their own. They can transcend the expressive experience of the writer. Whether the sentiment of this line conforms with reality or not, it evokes serious consideration in an existential crisis. With songs of protest against injustice that would sound clunky to PETA (“Pocahontas”) and feminists (“Welfare Mothers”), Young seems to be departing that genre for the rock of the aged. On “Rust Never Sleeps”, he hasn’t yet arrived. A little disappointing, by still a good Neil Young album. 3/5

Very typical Neil Young, lots of mellow strummed acoustic tunes with Neil singing, some electric songs. Classic live versions of Hey Hey My My and the reverse bookend the tracks.

I liked it very much

Rust Never Sleeps continues to be a gem of an album, shining brightly for all to see how multi-faceted and lyrically expansive he can Crazy Horse can be. I am grateful to have seen them together at UIC years ago, and to see Neil solo a couple of times as well. Mr. Young goes down as one my fav artists of all time. At least one of his records should have been in our stereo console, but somehow my parents missed him along the way. Maybe a little too punk? Can't imagine them catching Sedan Delivery on this album and knowing what to do with it back then :)

Already knew the album and it's a good un'

Disco doble en cierto sentido. La cara A es acústica (5 primeras canciones) y la B eléctrica (4 canciones). Dos versiones parecidas y enormes como son "My my, hey hey" y "Hey hey, my my". Este disco si es imprescindible para entender la música americana y rock que resurgió a partir de los 90.

Chill to listen to.

Neil Young est un artiste exceptionnelle. 4.75 facile. J’adore. Into the blue est tellemen tune bonne toune.

I mean... its relaxing, not sure how much I care about riding a Llama. no drums out of 5

Great!!

Nice

This. This is what I’m talking about. 39 minutes long and barely even feels it! I’m not wild about the “Welfare Mothers” tune, but I’ll be happy to listen to as much Neil as this list will give me. Shit sounds fantastic. Even the harmonica. “Park bench mutations.” Who puts those words together in a song?? Nobody else.

Erstes Lied gleich ausreichend für eine 4. Allein schon, weil Johnny Rotten die gleichen Initialen wie ich hat. (und wie der ehemalige Bundespräsident Johannes Rau)

On the good side of ok, though a bit whiny

C'est gentillet un peu à part 2/3 chansons, pas mon Young favoris, surtout que je suis pas certain que ça soit un grand artiste à live ...

Great! Chill album

Beautiful songs, rocking album, can't stand his voice

Neil is cool every now and then.

Perfect.

Fine.

Love a bit of Neil Young. Not sure why theres a load of live albums on this list, but I dig it. Everything broke at work so no time to review properly

Fav: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Easy listening

It's good. But is it great? I'm not sure.

why is this album even on here all songs sound the same blah blah blah - minus all points for that Pocahontas song

Aye. It’s gid.

Kändes inte så speciell. Första låten var bra men resten var ganska eh

Reaper

Gaat wel maar niet geweldig

Yeeeeee

It was not bad. Better than I expected

Nice album. His special voice makes it a nice album. And of course because it is easy listening music.

A classic from the opening chords of hey hey my my. Especially like the electric side.

i liked hey hey my my lotsa folk influence.. 70s.. pretty easy listening.

Neil Young remains the greatest person to ever hold a guitar

The switch to distortion and electric really holds the album together. Best song: Thrashers for acoustic and Welfare Mothers for electric Worst song: Sedan Delivery

What a nice surprise this was. What a great sounding album front to back.

ehhhhhh

3.4

Only knew it from two songs but the whole album is indeed a good listen.

Not my favorite Neil Young album but not bad. My my hey hey is the highlight for me

An absolute killer.

Not my fav Neil Young but still very good.

Started off slowly but ramped up quite unexpectedly towards the end. A pretty solid rock album.

Not really a huge fan of Neil Young, though I can appreciate the music and its influence. Not bad - some nice songs, but I probably won't be revisiting any time soon. (2.6)

Back when I was in college, there was this dude who would come into the bar I worked at on a Friday night and play fucking 10 Neil Young songs in a row. He would also hit on girls by doing magic tricks. I remember how angry I got every time he made me listen to an hour of Neil Young because I was just trying to have a good time, and he fucking made me listen to this sad, soppy fuck who writes nothing but songs that sound indistinguishable from each other and never seemed to enjoy a happy moment in his entire like. Fuck that guy, and fuck Neil Young. 2/5

not for me at all

A calm and relaxed album with a good instruments and a nice flow

Nostalgic feeling with elements of satisfying rock and roll.

Gode stille numre. Meget sing og songwriter

ganska bra fakitkst

Not my thing

Helppoa rokkia

classic. real good vibes. on da playlist

Is Ok Not exactly my style so far Fine, not for me

Got some Bob Dylan vibes, not a ton of variety, but a nice album.

My My Hey Hey!

1.5 bra låt, resten var trash tier.

Very nice!

Always thought Neil Young was like super annoying 80s stuff, but this was pretty cool folk stuff. Not bad.

Will give this more listens! I like the acoustic/rock split

There are some absolute monster jams on this album. It comes right out the gate with a beast of a song (My My, Hey Hey). But it's also Neil Young so there's a lot of whiney navel-gazing and jingle-jangle acoustic guitar which isn't my favorite. The second half of the album is better IMO. It's the "electric" side of the album (remember when albums had 'sides'?) and it has a lot more guts. While the first half is clearly influenced by country music, the second has more of a proto-punk feel that I'm into. Paticularly "Sedan Delivery" is an unsung deep cut for ol' Neil and is so DAMN good this 'Bama boy can almost forgive him for "puttin' her down" because of this one track.

Hyvä levy kokonaisuusja kasvoi kivasti koko ajan. Ei turhaan kehuttu

A very interesting take on a live album in the fact that, while raw, it doesn't really sound like a live album. Still great rock n' roll, with a lot of fantastic distortion. Favorite tracks: "Welfare Mothers", "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)"

Pretty good. Acoustic side best side. First two and final track were favourites.

nice feel, rock, oldish.

3.5! Some boring songs but Powderfinger and Hey Hey, My My are great.