A good afternoon to 1 & all. Up next at n23 is an album by a country singer & a red Indian! Live Rust by Neil Young & Crazy Horse!
Live Rust composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace near San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, Rust Never Sleeps, under a pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace.
By the late '70s, most of the rockers who had established themselves in the previous decade were trying to assess their places in popular music. Faced with becoming an elder statesmen amid shiny disco and raw punk rock, Neil Young decided it was time for a new beginning.
In 1977 and 1978, Young was collaborating with New Wave band Devo and discussing his plans to do something different as a performer and musician. Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh suggested that Neil adopt Rust-Oleum paint's slogan, "Rust Never Sleeps." And so a corporate motto became Young's mantra for his fall tour, which would pair him with frequent partners-in-crime Crazy Horse.
The Rust Never Sleeps trek would contain the most orchestrated performances in Young's career. The concerts were a theatrical exercise, featuring oversized props, staged occurrences and roadies dressed as the Jawas from Star Wars. The music was just as carefully considered, with setlists spotlighting a host of material audiences had never heard before, including "Powderfinger" and "Sedan Delivery" along with the duo of "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)." Young performed both the acoustic and electric versions of the song, as each concert was split into solo acoustic sets and raucous full-band portions with Crazy Horse.
The shows' slick production values seemed at odds with Young's and Crazy Horse's furious exercises in chunky distortion, which have been characterized as a reaction to punk. Certainly "Hey Hey, My My" was a rumination on punk (and rock stardom in general), as Young brought Johnny Rotten and the recently deceased Elvis Presley under the same umbrella. Fans and critics raved about the shows while Young, who had recorded and filmed the performances, decided what to do next.
In 1979, Neil would release material from the Rust Never Sleeps tour in three different ways. First, he took the 1978 recordings of the new songs and added overdubs (as well as a couple of already existing tracks) for a July release that would share its title with the tour. As with the concerts, the LP was split between acoustic and electric songs, bookended by "My My, Hey Hey" and its counterpart. The Rust Never Sleeps album has since established itself as one of Young's defining records.
The album went platinum in Feb 1988 only peaking in the charts at 15 in the billboard top 100, 55 in the UK album charts but No.1 in New Zealand! Them Kiwi's are a strange bunch!
That wraps up today, I'll be back tomorrow morning with an album that will set you up to welcome the weekend with open arms!
Keep rocking 🤘🏻
Live Rust composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace near San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, Rust Never Sleeps, under a pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace.
By the late '70s, most of the rockers who had established themselves in the previous decade were trying to assess their places in popular music. Faced with becoming an elder statesmen amid shiny disco and raw punk rock, Neil Young decided it was time for a new beginning.
In 1977 and 1978, Young was collaborating with New Wave band Devo and discussing his plans to do something different as a performer and musician. Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh suggested that Neil adopt Rust-Oleum paint's slogan, "Rust Never Sleeps." And so a corporate motto became Young's mantra for his fall tour, which would pair him with frequent partners-in-crime Crazy Horse.
The Rust Never Sleeps trek would contain the most orchestrated performances in Young's career. The concerts were a theatrical exercise, featuring oversized props, staged occurrences and roadies dressed as the Jawas from Star Wars. The music was just as carefully considered, with setlists spotlighting a host of material audiences had never heard before, including "Powderfinger" and "Sedan Delivery" along with the duo of "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)." Young performed both the acoustic and electric versions of the song, as each concert was split into solo acoustic sets and raucous full-band portions with Crazy Horse.
The shows' slick production values seemed at odds with Young's and Crazy Horse's furious exercises in chunky distortion, which have been characterized as a reaction to punk. Certainly "Hey Hey, My My" was a rumination on punk (and rock stardom in general), as Young brought Johnny Rotten and the recently deceased Elvis Presley under the same umbrella. Fans and critics raved about the shows while Young, who had recorded and filmed the performances, decided what to do next.
In 1979, Neil would release material from the Rust Never Sleeps tour in three different ways. First, he took the 1978 recordings of the new songs and added overdubs (as well as a couple of already existing tracks) for a July release that would share its title with the tour. As with the concerts, the LP was split between acoustic and electric songs, bookended by "My My, Hey Hey" and its counterpart. The Rust Never Sleeps album has since established itself as one of Young's defining records.
The album went platinum in Feb 1988 only peaking in the charts at 15 in the billboard top 100, 55 in the UK album charts but No.1 in New Zealand! Them Kiwi's are a strange bunch!
That wraps up today, I'll be back tomorrow morning with an album that will set you up to welcome the weekend with open arms!
Keep rocking 🤘🏻
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