Neil Young's 'On the Beach' turns 45 today. Hear him debut songs from the album at a surprise 1974 show
, but the record stands in stark contrast to its relatively cheerful predecessor. “Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,” Young sings on the blistering “Revolution Blues,” taking on the voice of a deranged killer. “But I hate them worse than lepers/And I’ll kill them in their cars.”
Holed up in Los Angeles’ Sunset Marquis Hotel, Young and his bandmates — guitarists Ben Keith and Rusty Kershaw, bassist Tim Drummond, and the Crazy Horse rhythm section of Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, along with the Band’s Rick Danko and Levon Helm — recordedwith the help of honey slides, an intense concoction of fried weed and honey. “You know what a honey slide is?” Young asked the crowd at the Bottom Line.
The Bottom Line show would be the only time Young would perform “Motion Pictures ,” a song he wrote about his disintegrating relationship to actress Carrie Snodgress, who had inspired “A Man Needs a Maid.” “I think I was starting to realize what a fucked-up life I had chosen for myself with Carrie,” Young told McDonough. “So I was outta there.
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