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Neil Young: five ways of “Rockin’ in the Free World”

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Maybe you like the rock video (a little cheesy):

Maybe you like this Crazy Horse version from 2003 (a little messy):

Maybe you like it with the E Street Band (!):

Maybe you like it with Pearl Jam (not bad, despite being Pearl Jam):

Maybe, like me, you think the performance on Saturday Night Live with the all-too-short-lived Lost Dogs, however contrived, stands as one of the wildest things Neil will ever do:

Written by guterman

June 19, 2008 at 4:15 pm

Posted in music

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  1. Always liked the MTV Awards one because it tore a nice big hole in that show. But the SNL one is great.

    doug11

    June 20, 2008 at 4:51 pm

  2. There’s another version, with C, S, and N, posted today on neilyoung.com.

    guterman

    July 6, 2008 at 7:25 pm


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