Cry, Cry, Cry - Neil Young and The Shocking Pinks

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Everybody's Rockin' is a 1983 album by Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks. The album was recorded with the Shocking Pinks (a band made up just for the occasion), and features a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material). Running less than a half of an hour, the music is unlike anything else in Young's career. However, Everybody's Rockin' is typical of his 1980s period in that it bears little, or no resemblance to the album released before it (Trans (1982), a synth-heavy, electro-rock album), nor the one released after it (Old Ways (1985), which is pure country.)

Everybody's Rockin' is Neil Young's shortest album, clocking in at less than 25 minutes. In a 1995 interview with MOJO, Young said that the album was supposed to have included the songs "Get Gone" and "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me" (which later appeared on Lucky Thirteen), but that Geffen, his record company, cancelled the recording sessions. The album was also notable as the first for which Young made commercial music videos - Tim Pope directed the videos for "Wonderin'" and "Cry, Cry, Cry".

The following year, Geffen sued Young for making "uncharacteristic, uncommercial records", because of this record and its predecessor. As a part of the suit, Geffen demanded that Neil repay the $3 million dollars (US) he had received for Trans and Everybody's Rockin'. Neil responded by countersuing Geffen for $21 million dollars (US), charging breach of contract and fraud. Both suits were dropped in 1985.

In the Mojo interview Young says "R.E.M. were going to go with Geffen, then they heard I was being sued and everything, they just dropped all contact with Geffen and signed with Warner Bros. instead. Geffen actually lost R.E.M. simply for suing me over Everybody's Rockin'!" Ironically, Geffen was at the time distributed by WBR.

Everybody's Rockin was panned by critics and fans at the time of its release.

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[darkcowboyhero]

The greatest FUCK YOU to a record company of all time.

[gaurinn29]

Optimus Prime just went between Neils leggs

[vmarkhills]

yah thanks a lot for this i am trying to find the last song on this album: everybodys rockin

[celticscot100]

@darkcowboyhero yes, yes it was! all these record company puppets wish they had the balls he had

[GoodHardShag]

@darkcowboyhero - Too right !! Strange stuff on the Geffen label.

[HowDaddyIsDoing]

trippy video

[smyeisright]

this also inspired R.E.M to tell them to fuck off as well

[corvozoppicando]

I'm Canadian, and my last name is Young,.....DADDY!!!!!

[corvozoppicando]

@sexypsuedonym He had payola blues!

[JukeBoxHero991]

Why, Neil, you surprise me sometimes...:-)))

[seapro17]

@gaurinn29 That is the funniest freakin comment antone could have come up with for that !!!!!!!! freakin hysterical !!!!!!!!!

[sexypsuedonym]

FU album.. but it rocked in a time of BS.... it was like Neil was cleansing the palate for us ***

2damcool.