Rust never sleeps is a live album by canadian american singersongwriter neil young and american band crazy horse. Oct 25, 2019 at the end of 1978, he embarked on an arena tour called rust never sleeps, which was designed as a showcase for new songs. The concert tour was divided into a solo acoustic set and an electric set with crazy horse. Instead of being a straight concert documentary, rust never sleeps. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The rust never sleeps film was recorded at the cow palace in san francisco, and stands as the high water mark in young s storied career. Neil young s second film is a faithful chronicle of one of the performances in his 1978 rust never sleeps tour october 22 at the cow palace in san francisco, a nearly twohour concert during which young with and without crazy horse presents a good selection of his best material dating back to sugar mountain and some excellent new songs, including my my, hey hey out of the blue done. Neil youngs second film is a faithful chronicle of one of the.
Consisting of 3 sets, plus encore, the video is titled way down in the rust bucket. Since his early solo albums and those with his backing band crazy horse, young has been prolific, recording. Young used the phrase rust never sleeps as a concept for his tour with crazy horse to avoid artistic. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Bernard shakey the alterego of neil young, directs this concert film of the legendary young rust never sleeps tour. The concert begins with a 6 song solo acoustic set from young. Filmed in 1978, neil young and his backing band, crazy horse, performs songs from every period of their mutual career rust never sleeps is one of those rare concert films that renews ones faith in rock and roll it was chosen by rolling stone magazine in 1987 as one of the greatest live performance of the last 20 years. Producers were neil young, david briggs and tim mulligan. Most of the songs were recorded live at san franciscos boarding house during the tour neil young did with the crazy horse.
The title and overriding theme for this work was a concept for the tour. Jun 14, 20 i have found rust never sleeps to be a marked drop from our previous neil young excursions, and i think it all comes down to a question of melody. Featuring the legendary hits cinnamon girl, and like a hurricane picture restored from. Neil youngs 1978 concert tour, documented in this acclaimed twohour film that was directed by young himself using the pseudonym bernard shakey, is a treat for the singersongwriters fans. Stuck in the past neil young rust never sleeps 1979. Rust never sleeps is an album by canadian singersongwriter neil young and american band crazy horse. Documentary covering neil youngs october 22, 1978 concert performance at the cow palace. At the end of 1978, he embarked on an arena tour called rust never sleeps, which was designed as a showcase for new songs. Molina, ralph, sampedro, frank pancho, talbot, billy. Jim jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s. Neil youngs second film is a faithful chronicle of one of the performances in his 1978 rust never sleeps tour october 22 at the cow palace in san francisco, a nearly twohour concert during which young with and without crazy horse presents a good selection of his best material dating back to sugar mountain and some excellent new songs, including my my, hey hey out of the blue done.
His strongest collection since tonights the night, its obvious antecedent was bob dylans bringing it all back home, and, as dylan did, young divided his record into. Young used the phrase rust never sleeps as a concept for his tour with crazy horse to avoid artistic complacency and try more progressive, theatrical approaches to performing live. With neil young, jim jarmusch, ralph molina, frank pancho sampedro. Bernard shakey the alterego of neil young, directs this concert film of the legendary young rust. R ust never sleeps was released in may 1978 on reprise records. Live rust was the soundtrack to youngs concert film rust never sleeps he had wanted to give it that title, but reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with the earlier album, and likewise was recorded. His 1979 album live rust captures the best of his rust never sleeps tour, documenting an artist at the peak of his powers. There are also shots of a crew member wearing a devo yellow suit in this film. The album was recorded in 1978 during the lengthy rust never sleeps tour, in which young played a wealth of new material. In the accompanying concert film of the same name, young paid tribute to the counterculture. Seven out of nine songs on rust never sleeps were recorded in a live setting, and such a soundscape was conducive to youngs versatility.
Recorded in 1978 at the cow palace in san francisco, rust never sleeps features neil young at the top of his game. Neil percival young oc om born november 12, 1945 is a canadianborn singersongwriter, multiinstrumentalist and self described activist. Live rust was the soundtrack to young s concert film rust never sleeps he had wanted to give it that title, but reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with the earlier album, and likewise was recorded october 22, 1978, at the cow palace in san francisco. Neil young rust never sleeps 1979 neil young is a prolific canadian singersongwriter who has been releasing records since the 60s. Live rust was the soundtrack to youngs concert film rust never sleeps he had wanted to give it that title, but reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with the earlier album, and likewise was recorded october 22, 1978, at the cow palace in san francisco. Rust never sleeps is one of the all time iconic concert films. The concert film year of the horse from the 1996 tour, directed by jim jarmusch, is certainly a worthy successor to the classic rust never sleeps with the addition of interviews and behind the scenes footage along with the raging, stomping, raw crazy horse style. At the palladium, 14th street between 3rd and 4th avenues. That was the pattern that rust never sleeps, released in the summer of 1979, followed. Oct 22, 2019 this is captured on the accompanying film. The rust never sleeps film was recorded at the cow palace in san francisco, and stands as the high water mark in youngs storied career.
Neil young got the title rust never sleeps from new wave band devo. In the accompanying concert film of the same name, young. With neil young, ralph molina, frank pancho sampedro, billy talbot. Featuring a several epic jams including slip away and big time which clock. It was released on july 2, 1979, by reprise records. Rust never sleeps, an album by neil young on spotify. Rust never sleeps, its aphoristic title drawn from an intended advertising slogan, was an album of new songs, some of them recorded on neil youngs 1978 concert tour. This all resulted in a final product that feels at once intimate and intense. Documentary covering neil young s october 22, 1978 concert performance at the cow palace.
Released in 1993 on warner reprise video catalog no. Neil youngs immortal words cut through the new noise of punk to become an anthem of defiance and renewal. My my, hey hey out of the blue 2016 remaster neil young crazy horse. He added a trio of exclamation points in the form of three releases, the rust never sleeps lp, the rust never sleeps film, and the soundtrack lp to the film, live rust. Young used the phrase rust never sleeps as a concept for his tour with crazy horse to avoid artistic complacency and try. Colorado makes good on youngs promise that rust never sleeps turns out, it gets better with age. Rust never sleeps was a unique recording by neil young and crazy horse as it was an album of all new material mainly recorded live but postproduced with some studio overdubbing and most of the audience ambiance removed.
Jul 20, 2019 seven out of nine songs on rust never sleeps were recorded in a live setting, and such a soundscape was conducive to youngs versatility. As an added bonus, we have the rerelease of the rust never sleeps concert from 1978, an incendiary gig widely considered to have laid the. In 1978 neil young started touring again, first with a 10date solo tour that introduced lots of new songs, and then for a bigger us tour with his backing band crazy horse. I have found rust never sleeps to be a marked drop from our previous neil young excursions, and i think it all comes down to a question of melody. The rust never sleeps film was recorded at the cow palace in san francisco, and stands as. Live rust was the soundtrack to young s concert film rust never sleeps he had wanted to give it that title, but reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with. Most of the album was recorded live, then overdubbed in the studio. Youngs longtime partners for electricrock projects. This film documents neil young and crazy horse s 1996 concert tour. My my, hey hey out of the blue 2016 remaster youtube. Paradox original music from the film more neil young.
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