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Saturday Night Live has this terrible problem of developing a sketch, coming across one truly great, funny, potent line, then building an entire sketch around this single great sentence, making a horrible, unfunny segment. Fork In The Road might have made for one single, powerful song (i/e "Ohio".) It is not Neil Young's art that is being criticized, but his inner editor who has, apparently, been outsourced, rendering Fork In The Road the one thing it should never have been - excruciatingly silly.

Jim Farber put it very well. It's important only if it's artistic. "After the Gold Rush" and "Harvest Moon" are artistic. "Fork in the Road" sounds tossed off and barely articulate.

Neil Young is the one musician who can write songs that he wants for himself, not to recreate a past hit or create a current hit. You always take Neil Young for what he writes at the moment. Music critics can be so full of themselves.

Not every fan has to buy every album, especially with today's new media delivery methods, like iTunes. Reviewers should continue to talk about albums so the public can decide which records they want to hear. And fans can preview individual tracks and download just the ones the like.

No tongue in cheek, J. I'll bet you 5 bucks!
Give it a year...

I came in late and heard the clip you just played before the break and it brought tears to my eyes. It took me right back to the Neil Young of my college days(69-73). It is beautiful. I didn't know I cared that much but I love it.

Neil Young Si, Jim Farber No!

Sorry to say but some of these lyrics sounds like a parody of Neil Young.

Fuelline...

Thats one bad song with some lame lyrics. I don't see the humorous, colorful, or pretty much any of the other aspects the N. Young supporter points out in this song.

I'll give you the at least he's not Axl Rose, but he can reach higher than that.

It seems fairly obvious neil's writing jingly music for a future car commercial. Kinda genius really. Writing with money in mind.

I saw Neil at MSG a couple months ago. He devoted the midsection of his set to a half dozen new songs and the audience was distictly underwhelmed. They lack the lyrical and melodic brillliance of his best work. But hasn't Neil always been a hit or miss album artist? That makes the next one a masterpiece.

Is Neil Young interested in knowing more about the Air Car?

Bronx Motor Works is working with government agencies and non-profit organizations to develop the first U.S. Air Car plant and sales facility in the South Bronx. The Air Car was invented in France, achieves 140 miles per gallon, and is nearly pollution free. The plant will generate 130 quality jobs for local residents and doubles as the point of purchase thereby reducing transportation costs and environmental impacts. The customer orders a car, watches it being assembled in about 30 minutes, and then drives it home.

We are a local start-up and involving Neil Young would certainly expedite this important endeavor. Our meeting with the inventor of the Air Car is in May in The South Bronx. A Power Point presentation can be emailed to Neil for his review.