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moniss

(9,201 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 04:25 PM 8 hrs ago

June 22,1979 this album released

and shut the mouth of the people who thought Neil Young was "irrelevant" or passe. I remember the reaction when this first came rolling out of the FM radio.

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June 22,1979 this album released (Original Post) moniss 8 hrs ago OP
GREAT Album, along with the Live Rust double album! Chasstev365 8 hrs ago #1
Cow Palace Oct 22 1978 Innocent Smith 8 hrs ago #2
"Well, I just turned twenty-two...." lastlib 6 hrs ago #3
have always loved his voice. it got attitude and style and he always hits his notes....as did bob dylan nt msongs 5 hrs ago #4

Innocent Smith

(500 posts)
2. Cow Palace Oct 22 1978
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 04:33 PM
8 hrs ago

It was great when that album came out. And Live Rust a little later made it in better. My friend and I drove over to the Cow Palace the previous year to see the "Rust Never Sleeps" concert.

lastlib

(28,804 posts)
3. "Well, I just turned twenty-two...."
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 06:42 PM
6 hrs ago

"I was wondering what to do,
But the powers that be
sent me there to do the thinking......"

Yeah, I turned 22, and was just getting ready to start law school, at about the time that album came out. That verse kinda captured it for me.

msongs

(74,460 posts)
4. have always loved his voice. it got attitude and style and he always hits his notes....as did bob dylan nt
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:18 PM
5 hrs ago
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