A Journey Though Neil Young's Catalog

About this episode

The episode provides an overview of Neil Young's extensive career through a selection of 12 key songs.

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot will do an overview of Neil Young’s six decade-long career in just 12 songs. Join our Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3sivr9T Become a member on Patreon:  https://bit.ly/3slWZvc Sign up for our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3eEvRnG Make a donation via PayPal:  https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop:  bit.ly/2RyD5Ah   Mobile:  sayhi.chat/soundops   Featured Songs: Neil Young, "Old Man," Harvest, Reprise, 1972 The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967 Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)," Rust Never Sleeps, Reprise, 1979 Neil Young, "Sugar Mountain (Demo for Elektra Records, 1965)," Decade, Warner Bros., 1977 Buffalo Springfield, "Expecting to Fly," Buffalo Springfield Again, Atco, 1967 Neil Young with Crazy Horse, "Cinnamon Girl," Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Reprise, 1969 Neil Young, "On the Beach," On the Beach, Reprise, 1974 Neil Young, "Campaigner," Decade, Warner Bros., 1977 Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Like a Hurricane," American Stars 'n Bars, Reprise and Warner Bros., 1977 Neil…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot

Topics covered

• Neil Young
• music history
• song analysis
• artist overview
• decade-spanning career

Keywords

• Neil Young
• music catalog
• song overview
• music analysis
• decades of music

Mentioned in this episode

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Books & works: Old Man, With A Little Help From My Friends, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black), Sugar Mountain (Demo for Elektra Records, 1965), Expecting to Fly, Cinnamon Girl, On the Beach, Campaigner, Like a Hurricane, Mr. Soul

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