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Neil Young and Chris Rock and WTF?
So I'm sitting here listening to the new Neil Young record "Prarie Wind", and it is super good. It might be the best thing he's done since Harvest Moon. But I'm barely into it when I hear him name check Chris Rock. For reals! The exact line comes about 1:57 into No Wonder and goes: "That song from 9/11 keeps ringing in my head, I'll always remember something Chris Rock said." I can't really make out the next line, so I've tried to enlist the powers of the internets to help me figure out what is going on here. I still don't know, but I did find these interesting nuggets:
- Young's full birth name is reportedly Neil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland Young.
- Young's tour buses operate on biodiesel.
- When filming the motion-picture The Last Waltz, Young appeared on stage with one nostril clearly filled with cocaine. Band leader Robbie Robertson later had to pay several thousand dollars for the cocaine to be rotoscoped out of the film, lest rock audiences be "offended." Robertson called it "the most expensive cocaine I've ever bought." When asked about the incident many years later, Young replied, "I'm not proud of that."
- Since 1995 he has been part owner of Lionel, LLC, a company which makes toy trains and railroads.
- He has directed four movies under the name "Bernard Shakey"
- For a couple of years, I have maintained that neilyoung.com is so awful, he must do it himself out in his barn. Turns out, I was right. Now I feel bad for making fun of it. If I made a record, he wouldn't make fun of how bad that was, would he? I think we all know who is the larger man here.
edit: The mp3 link is now fixed.
Amber waves of grain bow in the prairie wind
I'm hearing Willie singing on the radio again
That song from 9/11 keeps ringing in my head
I'll always remember something Chris Rock said
Don't send no more candles
Comment by Mark Johnson — October 3, 2005 @ 12:00 pmNo matter what you do
Then Willie stopped singing
And the prairie wind blew
Chris Rock on Fahrenheit 9/11 and Ôø?WÔø?
author: Amadeus
I don't usually watch these award shows with a bunch of rich idiots giving awards to other rich idiots, but I have to say that Chris Rock hit the nail on the head at the Oscars last night. He again broke all the "rules" and spoke his mind.
For your enjoyement, here is the substance of his statements that I pulled from a couple of sites:
1st Rendition: My favorite movie of the year was Fahrenheit 9/11. This was the best movie of the year! Michael Moore didn't even get nominated and he should have. I am not going to bash Bush. I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bush is a genius. The movie showed how much Bush sucked at his job. You would never get away with this at your job. Imagine if you worked at your job and lost as much money as Bush. Not Bush though started a war. Imaged you worked at the GAP and you were behind in your register. Thousands of GAP employees are dead after attacking Banana Republic over tank tops only to realize after thousands are dead Banana Republic doesn't have any tank tops.
2nd Rendition: We just went through this election and that's basically the President reapplying for his job. That's gotta be tough when Fahrenheit 9/11 is playing in the theaters. Can you imagine reapplying for your job when there's a movie out showing all the ways you suck at your job? Bush did some things you could never get away with at your job, man. When he came into office we had a budget surplus, and now we have a trillion dollar deficit ... Just imagine you worked at the Gap. You're $70 trillion behind on your register and then you start a war with Banana Republic 'cause you say they got toxic tank tops over there. You have the war, people are dying, a thousand Gap employees are dead, bleeding all over the khakis, you finally take over Banana Republic, and you find out they never made tank tops in the first place.
He went on to say that the Passion Of The Christ wasn't that funny. Bravo!
Comment by r — October 3, 2005 @ 3:20 pmAh, thanks for the info! Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go and buy myself some Banana Republic tank tops.
Comment by Mark Allen — October 3, 2005 @ 8:55 pmSo what's the Willie Nelson reference immmediately after that bit about?
Comment by Chromatius — February 20, 2006 @ 12:41 pm