Over the weekend I finished
Shakey, the 738 page Neil Young biopic, written by author Jimmy McDonough. Other than the fact that the author is clearly in (man) love with his subject, it was a fascinating read. A few things of interest that I learned:
- The guy is kind of an ass. Genius, but insane and ass-like.
- Insane geniuses make for a GREAT read.
- Stephen Stills is just plain crazy.
- Young went through a Devo phase!
Evidence of the Devo phase can be found
here, a must-see video which was shot for a movie Young worked on called
Human Highway which barely saw the light of day. Devo were in their Booji Boy phase here, and the boy takes lead vocals (in a crib, mind you) on a coked-up version of "Hey Hey, My My" while Young jams along with them. It must be seen in its entirety to be believed. It is both insane and genius, just like Young himself. I emailed the video to a friend of mine and his response was that he was going to have nightmares for a long time after having seen it.
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