Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox

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12/23/22 • 69 min

CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

Neil Young’s had quite a career. A hugely influential solo career, his work with CSNY, that thing during The Last Waltz, and now you can’t even hear his music on the biggest music streaming platform on Earth. Wow!

To finally crack the nut on Neil, Matt brought in writer and fellow Neil Young fanatic Tyler Wilcox for an in-depth discussion on two essential Neil records: Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) and Tonight’s the Night. Take a listen to some Real Neil with the biggest Youngheads out there!

Find Tyler at the following links:

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox

0:10 - Tyler and Neil Young

3:27 - The “expanding Ditch universe” of Neil Young

5:45 - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line)

8:18 - Revolution Blues

13:08 - Pushed It Over the End

19:01 - Long May You Run

24:53 - Ambulance Blues

29:45 - Motion Pictures

38:53 - Tonight’s the Night

44:25 - Speakin’ Out

47:59 - Mellow My Mind

51:06 - Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown

55:38 - Tired Eyes

1:00:33 - Albuquerque

Find Tyler at the following links:

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox

0:10 - Tyler and Neil Young

3:27 - The “expanding Ditch universe” of Neil Young

5:45 - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line)

8:18 - Revolution Blues

13:08 - Pushed It Over the End

19:01 - Long May You Run

24:53 - Ambulance Blues

29:45 - Motion Pictures

38:53 - Tonight’s the Night

44:25 - Speakin’ Out

47:59 - Mellow My Mind

51:06 - Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown

55:38 - Tired Eyes

1:00:33 - Albuquerque

Previous Episode

The Impact of Yo! MTV Raps in 13 Songs

Was rap already everywhere by the time you were old enough to choose what you wanted to listen to? If so, then it might be hard to imagine how important a show like Yo! MTV Raps was for the genre and for the music industry as a whole. It only ran for seven years, but in that time, it had an indelible impact on the kinds of music people were exposed to.

In this episode, Matt (who was around for the rise of rap) and Jason (who was not) pore over the show’s lasting impact by listening to some of the music you probably would’ve heard on Yo! MTV Raps back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. It’s quite a trip, spanning everything from classic braggadocio to harrowing tales of gangland paranoia to bit-based schtick and more.

Watch the MTV-produced Yo! MTV Raps documentary Jason references at the beginning of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyji4m-exjU

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - The Impact of Yo! MTV Raps in 13 Songs

0:52 - Demme, Freddy, and the origin of Yo! MTV Raps

7:39 - Eric B. & Rakim - “Follow The Leader”

12:07 - Boogie Down Productions - “My Philosophy”

19:21 - Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Posse On Broadway”

24:02 - Special Ed - “I Got It Made”

27:26 - EPMD - “You Gots To Chill”

33:02 - The D.O.C. - “It’s Funky Enough”

36:55 - Queen Latifah & Monie Love - “Ladies First”

42:07 - N.W.A. - “Express Yourself”

47:22 - Jungle Brothers - “Beyond This World”

54:15 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”

1:01:13 - Slick Rick - “Children’s Story”

1:07:12 - Ghetto Boys - “My Mind Playing Tricks On Me”

1:12:51 - 3rd Bass - “The Gas Face”

1:18:28 - Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"

Next Episode

Ending Season 2 with the Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably!

CrossFade is taking a break! We haven’t picked a return date yet, but Matt and Jason have ideas about how to make it even better going forward.

We decided to end this season on a high note by bringing back the CrossFade Community Shuffle. It’s an episode where dozens of our Patreon supporters send us their current favorite songs, we shuffle a bunch of them, and we listen to and talk about them live on the show! It’s one of our favorite CrossFade traditions, so we hope you enjoy it.

You can still enjoy all 60-some episodes of CrossFade for free wherever you listen to podcasts. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to express our appreciation for everyone who’s enjoyed the show so far. Thanks for listening, chatting, asking, tweeting, posting, and sharing in the fun of CrossFade! You’re the ones who make it great.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - The Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably!

6:30 - Niyaz - “Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a Warrior)” suggested by Shazirah

11:27 - Nation of Language - “Sacred Tongue” suggested by Nolan Kelly

15:25 - Puscifer - “Green Valley” suggested by Ian Pierce

19:22 - Taylor Swift - “mirrorball” suggested by Mackenzie Beyer

23:52 - The Killers - “Miss Atomic Bomb” suggested by Ramses Garcia

28:56 - Black Country, New Road - “Chaos Space Marine” suggested by Holden Hintz

33:51 - Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper” suggested by Halea Kasishke