Neil Young – 1970s – Acoustic Guitar
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The songwriter Neil Young said will be remembered in 100 years: “One of the greatest”
Tim Coffman
Fri 16 May 2025 17:26, UK
Neil Young has always followed his own ethos. From the first time that he stepped up to the microphone to sing in Buffalo Springfield, Young wasn’t willing to play the game of the music industry, constantly reinventing his sound in the way that he felt that it should be delivered. Although Young has enjoyed one of the singularly weirdest careers of his contemporaries, he may have picked up a few tricks from one of his childhood heroes.
To have spent over five decades at the top of the rock world is a feat not many artists can achieve. Neil Young has done it not with gimmicks or pop prowess but by continuously writing songs which are deliberate, artistic and authentic. There are few artists who feel as genuine as Neil Young. Not plagued too deeply by ego or swayed by individualism, Young hasn’t just been one of the starring songwriters of his five decades in the limelight, but he’s also been just as happy to take a back seat and let the band take the praise.
