The Monsanto years / Neil Young + Promise of the Real.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 550586-2 | ReprisePublisher: Burbank, CA : Reprise, [2015]Copyright date: ℗2015Description: 1 audio disc (51 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in; 1 videodisc (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- two-dimensional moving image
- audio
- video
- audio disc
- videodisc
- Audio produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon; DVD produced by Shakey Pictures; producers, Bernard Shakey, Marcy Gensic; director, dhlovelife.
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Main Library | CD | POP/ROCK Young, Neil & Promise of the Real | Available | 33111008312361 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Old folkie that he is, Neil Young harbors a soft spot for songs as protest, and The Monsanto Years is full of them. Where he often railed against war, here the purported target is the agricultural company Monsanto, a firm that, among other things, specializes in genetically modified crops, but Young uses that as a pivot to rage against all manner of modern outrages. Apathy among the populace, avarice among corporations, and cultural homogenization provide the throughline on The Monsanto Years, and while the weathered hippie takes some time to lay down his electric guitar and breathe, this isn't a mournful album like Living with War, his W-era missive. This is a raging record and to that end, Young hired the Promise of the Real, a ragtag outfit led by Willie Nelson's guitarist son Lukas, to approximate Crazy Horse's lop-legged lumber. Usually it works: the group roars not with righteousness but with their own glee at making noise. Plus, the Promise of the Real is adept at the softer side, too, so they ably follow Young, laying down the electric and harmonizing in a fashion reminiscent of an unwashed CSN. Young is blessed with a younger, wilier version of his old compadres and that suits his tunes, which feel comfortable yet have a bite. Young uses his sturdy footing to lash out at what he perceives as destructive forces -- to our dinner tables and social fabric -- and if the individual message may wind up fading like yesterday's newspapers, the music will keep The Monsanto Years burning bright. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rock music.
Title from disc label.
Neil Young, vocals and guitar; Promise of the Real (Lukas Nelson, guitar, vocals; Micah Nelson, electric guitar, electric charango, vocals; Corey McCormick, bass, vocals; Tato Melger, percussion; Anthony LoGerfo, drums).
Audio produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon; DVD produced by Shakey Pictures; producers, Bernard Shakey, Marcy Gensic; director, dhlovelife.
Recorded Teatro, Oxnard, CA.
DVD; region 0; NTSC; 16x9 aspect ratio; linear PCM 48k.
DVD documents the making of the album, including performance footage.
CD. A new day for love -- Wolf moon -- People want to hear about love -- Big box -- A rock star bucks a coffee shop -- Workin' man -- Rules of change -- Monsanto years -- I don't know.
DVD. Big box -- A rock star bucks a coffee shop -- Rules of change -- Workin' man -- Monsanto years -- A new day for love -- Wolf moon -- People want to hear about love -- If I don't know.