It’s interesting how today’s generation of music fans react to the music of Neil Young. Not a lot of people respect him anymore. Why? Simply because Neil doesn’t concentrate on writing commercial or mainstream music. He’s just wrote songs, he’s never worried about his records being hits. A lot of people like to slam Neil’s talent. Saying how he can’t sing or play guitar, blah blah blah. Sorry to say, but Neil is an amazing singer and guitar player. He’s one of the best electric guitarists alive. He’s a phenomenal lead guitarist which often gets overlooked.

His most commercial albums he did over the years, that I think were big hits were: “Harvest”, “Freedom”, and “Mirror Ball” (the one he did with Pearl Jam). All of his other albums were pretty obscure.

They don’t call Neil the “Godfather of Grunge” for nothing. I believe it was him that created the grunge genre before Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, etc. all came around.

I believe people don’t like Neil because of his long jams on albums and in live concerts. He’s just loves to jam, that’s how he is.

I’ve just listened to his new album, “Psychedellic Pill” with Crazy Horse, and I think that’s the best record, Neil, has done in years. There are long songs on it. Songs that can go from 15 – 30 minutes long, but again, that’s Neil. He always saw music, the old school way. “Psychedellic Pill” is a pretty sick album. I think it might have potential to be a Billboard hit. Neil Young is not going away from music anytime soon. He’ll be doing it ’til the day he dies.

I wish Neil would get respect more, though. I don’t understand today’s industry. We have garbage like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Beyonce, Chris Brown, etc. Why don’t you listen to real artists like Neil Young? He still records in analog and old school audio recording equipment. He takes sound very seriously. Neil is an inspiration and hero to me. I think his new album, “Pyschedellic Pill”, is the best album of 2012, so far. You should definitely check it out. Neil still gets better in songwriting even after a 30-40 year long career. He has guts to keep going to this day, when most rock legends, retired.

Kev