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Neil Young: Don't Be Denied

Documentary in which rock star Neil Young traces his 40-year musical journey in his own words, using previously unseen performance footage from his extensive archives.

Neil Young grants rare and unprecedented access to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ for a documentary in which he traces his musical journey in his own words.

The film was made from three hours of interview shot in New York and California, and uses previously unseen performance footage from the star's own extensive archives. It also features cohorts Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Nils Lofgren and James Taylor.

From his early transcontinental American quest for recognition, through the first flush of success with Buffalo Springfield, to the bi-polar opposites of mega-stardom with Crosby, Stills and Nash and the soulful rock of Crazy Horse, Young's career has enjoyed many guises.

Perhaps his most famous period was as a 1970s solo artist making albums that became benchmarks. After The Goldrush, recorded in his Topanga Canyon home, and Harvest, part-recorded on his northern Californian ranch, saw Young explore the confessional side of song-writing. But never one to rest on his laurels, he would continually change direction.

In the mid-seventies, two of Young's closest friends died as a result of heroin abuse. What followed was music's answer to cinema verite, with Tonight's The Night a spine-chilling wake for his dead friends.

As New Wave arrived, Young was keen to explore new ideas. A collaboration with Devo on what became his art-house epic, Human Highway, saw the genesis of Rust Never Sleeps, a requiem for the seventies.

In the eighties, Young explored different genres, from electronica to country, and in recent times he has returned to Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills and Nash, but only when it has suited him.

The film ends with Young still refusing to be denied, on tour in the USA with CSNY, playing anti-Bush songs to a Republican audience in the South.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 21 Oct 2011 23:20
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Music Played

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Shock and Awe

  • Neil Young

    Don't Be Denied

  • Link Wray & His Raymen

    Rumble

  • The Shadows

    F.B.I

  • The Squires

    The Sultan

  • Neil Young

    Ambulance Blues

  • The Squires

    Aurora

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Farmer John

  • Buffalo Springfield

    For What It's Worth

  • Buffalo Springfield

    Mr Soul

  • Neil Young

    The Loner

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Cowgirl in the Sand

  • Crosby, Stills and Young

    Suite Judy Blue Eyes

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Down by the River

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Ohio

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

  • Nils Lofgren

    Long May You Run

  • Neil Young

    After the Goldrush

  • Neil Young

    Don't Let It Bring You Down

  • Neil Young

    Heart of Gold

  • Neil Young

    Words

    • Between the Lines of Age.

  • Neil Young

    Old Man

  • Neil Young

    On the Beach

  • Neil Young

    Revolution Blues

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Teach Your Children

  • Neil Young

    Tired Eyes

  • Neil Young

    Tonight's the Night

  • Ramones

    Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

  • DEVO

    Worried Man Blues

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Hey Hey My My

    • Into the Black.

  • Neil Young and Devo

    Hey Hey My My

    • Into the Black.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

  • Neil Young

    Computer Age

  • Neil Young

    Payola Blues

  • Neil Young

    This Note's For You

  • Neil Young

    Harvest Moon

  • Neil Young

    Change Your Mind

  • Neil Young

    Living with War

  • Neil Young

    Let's Impeach the President

  • Crosby, Nash & Young

    Shock and Awe

Credits

Executive Producer Mark Cooper
Producer Ben Whalley
Director Ben Whalley

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