Neil Young Live in Montreal (Bell Centre, Dec 1, 2008)

Young did not burn out. He is, at 63, fading away. But there's no sadness in that, let alone defeat. In fact, great beauty lies in his refusal to fade away gracefully. That meant everything last night, when Young's emphatic yes to rock n' roll at its most primal seemed a yes to life itself. By the time he throttled his guitar in a spectacular Rockin' in the Free World and pulled out every string on his instrument at the end of his (literally) show-stopping cover of the Beatles' A Day In the Life, the line between entertaining and inspiring had been crossed long ago.

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[oldmanklc]

@batosai370 Ha! If that's why you think I have that opinion, you're welcome to that thought. I actually think that Young sucks for a few reasons, Gaga aside. 1) He's written too many arrogant, judgmental and intellectually bankrupt lyrics based upon nothing but ignorant prejudices and wild generalizations. 2) I can't stand the way his voice sounds but this could just be psychological, given my already existing disdain for the garbage coming out of his mouth.

[batosai370]

@oldmanklc Go listen to more Gaga you fucking asshat.

[oldmanklc]

Young sucks and always has.

[AgaPadar]

I can't see any fading away. He is just getting old and that is not a sickness. The "old"guys often substitute what has taken away from them by time concerning physical strength and good looks by wisdom, skills and creativity. I have seen Count Basie in Germany when he was 80 and still the music was as good as ever. And at the end I prefere an fading, but still playing Neil Young above all these guys from the Club 27.

[MegaCalabash]

I've listened to Neil Young since 1971, and he ain't fading away.