The Neil Young song that Lennon hated marked Kurt Cobain and lit up the Buenos Aires oasis.

Anger and forks. Poetry and power. Our heritage is thus more alive than ever. neil youngNovember 12th of this year turning 80 years old.

And, as with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, it’s nearly impossible to choose a “song” that encapsulates their work. However, there is something that condenses half a century of rock history. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black).

Released in 1979, the song melded Elvis Presley’s lament, Johnny Rotten’s punk roar, and Johnny Rotten’s anger all in the same beat. John Lennon –Those who disliked his slogan – and Kurt Cobain’s tragedy: he quoted these words in his last poem in his suicide note.

There is one phrase in particular that continues to spark debate. “It’s better to burn out than to burn out slowly.”

Topics are some of them Last Never Sleeprecorded with Crazy Horse. There are two versions: “Out of the Blue” (acoustic) and “Into the Black” (electric). In less than five minutes, Young traversed worlds that seemed diametrically opposed. The decline of “King” Elvis and the birth of punk as represented by Johnny Rotten.

A former hippie sings about punk rage. That paradox made Neil Young the first artist able to bridge the gap between rock’s past and future.

Delicate and fierce – like tenderness powerlessWaltz of the Harvest Moon, or the album Arrogance Tattered glory-stayed true to their voice and resisted anachronism. In his artistic manifesto, he left a warning that became his title and philosophy. “Rust Never Sleeps” -Rust Never Sleeps-.

In his last interview published by playboy In 1980, John Lennon had this to say about the song:I hate her. It’s better to fade away like an old soldier than burn out. I do not celebrate worship of the dead. “I respect those who survived.”

On his way home, Lennon spoke as a survivor:

Two years after that interview, John Lennon passed away, and while promoting the album, Neil Young agreed without giving his name. reactor: “Rock and roll is now. It’s not about dying young, it’s about staying alive.”

And many years later, Kurt Cobain rewrote the meaning of that poem amidst his personal tragedy. In his farewell and suicide note, he said, “It is better to burn out than slowly fade away.”

Devastated, Young dedicated the album to him. sleep with an angel (1994) and he said he never wanted to play that song again. Over time, he performed the song again as a tribute at the request of Nirvana musicians.

Neil Young seems to be made of the same material as his songs. Earth acoustic elements, rusted chrome, acoustic yet intensely electric at the same time.

He is a North American musical ventriloquist who can make the wood of a guitar or the metal of an electric viola speak.

His work vibrates as follows. road movie Americana: A landscape of cars, trains, and asphalt where land and sound merge. Folk, gospel and blues are alive and well.

A rock on the edge of the world, sulfurized in desolate grandeur. More than a musician, Young is a physical and biological condition of sound, a living substance that never stops changing.

In 1986, Stephen King opened the memorial. item Neil Young’s poem is written as an epigraph. He uses it as a key theme: death, persistence, the flare-up-or-fade-out dilemma. Today, as the IT universe is reinvigorated on screen (Welcome to Delhi), that line is back in the conversation, explaining why the song lives on.

“Hey Hey My My” covered by Oasis Live in 2000 (edited date) From families to millions). La Renga He adopted it with a seal in Spanish. “Rock and roll will never die.”

noel gallagherwithout a filter, often says that the world is divided into those who love Neil Young and those who don’t, “and those who don’t love him are fools.”

He also defines himself as an artist who “always comes from a place of truth,” tonight is night His favorite album was “heartbreaking, dark, and on the verge of destruction.”

Maybe Oasis will play this song again in Buenos Aires. Maybe not. However, the original message remains as the title and compass. “Rust Never Sleeps.” Rust never rests.

This song, hated by Lennon and embraced by Cobain, unites generations.

For 80-year-old Neil Young, rock is not a memory or a museum. It is a living substance that breathes, sparks, and burns.

Canadian Neil Young, who seems to be made of wood, metal, air, and fire, has turned 80, but just as he predicted, his work continues to rust.