Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Zuma, 50 Years Later｜Vinyl Monday
Though these wings have turned to stone, I can fly.
Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s comeback from the “ditch,” Zuma. Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday!
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Timestamps:
intro – 0:00
art/packaging/personnel – 0:55
the ditch – 7:04
doom tour – 10:28
crazy horse – 16:52
track listing/release – 20:24
Zuma – 23:09
thanks for watching! – 43:30
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@abigaildevoe
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
happy early birthday neil!
what’s your favorite album from 1975? comment below!
@Gerry-p9r
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Been meaning to post this all week:
Cameron Crowe tells a very interesting story about how Neil Young came to give him that version of Cortez The Killer that is in Almost Famous. It’s in a Y.T. video called How Music Changed Cameron Crowe’s Life- From Tom Petty To Almost Famous. Q Tom Power.
Crowe told the first half of the story in the director’s commentary of Untitled ( A.F. director’s cut dvd ). The video tells the whole story.
The N.Y. part is 24:40 in.
@slddotwav
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
I’m just about to get to your line by line breakdown of Barstool Blues and I’m so happy to know someone else is as crazy about this song as i am.
@normannoriega9557
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Your good telling true stories.
@MillicentOak
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Not sure I can pick between The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Wish You Were Here and Physical Graffiti. Honourable mentions to Blood on the Tracks, Blow by Blow, Mothership Connection and Still Crazy After All These Years.
@flannigan7956
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Yeil
@Gerry-p9r
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
I’m posting this on 11-12-25. It’s Neil Young’s 80th birthday.
For many of us in my age group of my generation ( boomers), Neil Young meant more to us than Bob Dylan. In 1969-70 when we were first discovering Neil, Dylan had already released his first greatest hits album, so he kind of seemed like old news by then.
Neil was more relatable to us. True to his name, his songs expressed how it felt to be young ( much like The Who ). He seemed to be even younger than he was. He was one of us. We claimed him for our own.
There’s a little seen 1972 Ken Loach film called Wednesday’s Child. One of the scenes shows some kids hanging out. A boy is playing an acoustic guitar and singing Down By The River. This scene perfectly evokes the feeling of being a teenager in the early seventies.
Happy Birthday, Neil- and keep on rocking in the free world while we all still can.
@auerstadt06
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
If someone ever says to me: "You have everything you wanted so why aren't you happy?" I will answer: "but the frame rate is wrong."
@spacemissing
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
The bird is Neil with a most convincing glare.
@deanallen927
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
I know alcohol makes you stupid, and I'm not clear whether or not you're calling Barstool Blues "stupid", but I think it's the ultimate example of a great poem stuffed into a straight one-two punch knockout Rock song.
@deanallen927
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Zuma was a lot of things. It leaves the Ditch Trilogy in the past where it belongs, it's Crazy Horse' shining rebirth, it's Neil's first straight Rock album since Nowhere, it shielded us from the fourth and worst Ditch album (Homegrown) and, stories and history aside, among the best straight Rock albums to come out that year, And as it turns out, a timeless one.
@deanallen927
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
The album art looks like how their performances of the songs sound.
@deanallen927
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Hey Abby! Love that you're doing Neil Young albums, and many days Zuma will be my favorite. Hopefully you'll do his first one, Neil Young, which deserves far more love than it gets. People drag it through the mud because they're typically just parroting stuff they've read or been told, but other than the last song, (ugh…..) Last Trip to Tulsa, it's a beautiful piece of work.
@CarmenCamilleLyonne3.75ips
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Trans next time OK?
@pauldaniels2019
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Not only did I have the LP when it came out, but I also had the 8 track tape for my car. For some odd timing reason, my least favorite song from the album, Pardon My Heart, was on the tape twice. The first time I saw Neil live was the following year and it was great to hear some of these songs live. You did a great job with the video, as usual.
@GardenOfEdenYT
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Would love to see a vinyl Monday on Link Wray's 1971 self titled album! It's fantastic!
@jackneidinger9544
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
I thought the cover was so bad it caused me to downgrade the music by about 30 points. But you changed my mind. Thanks.
@t.c.bramblett617
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Probably my favorite Neil Young album out of many that are so close to the top. Love love love this album. The song "Pardon My Heart" wrapped by brain around when I first heard it. Thank you for giving these albums their proper due Abby!!!
@Gerry-p9r
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Fifty years ago when I first heard Cortez The Killer, it flashed on me that Neil was not only mourning the demise of an ancient culture, he was also mourning the demise of the sixties/ early seventies counterculture as well. There are lyrics about loss, longing to return to a time and place, but not being able to,so you have to move on. In this particular song you realize a paradise will sooner or later be overrun by thugs. I think Anthony Burgess said something like that.
The Seventies were all about loss, that was the reality. Neil knew that. After all, he mentions the seventies on his first album of the seventies.
@johns126
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Bought Zuma late 70s without knowing one song. Totally rewarding hearing each track for the 1st time and many many times since. Still have the vinyl.
@andrewcarney4810
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
It was a fantastic review. You are a passionate professional.
@guffa1
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
There was nothing benevolent about the man Cortez but it’s a great tune. Built to Spill recorded an incredible 20 minute cover for its Live album.
@mauricegoldner44
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Go Abbie go!!!!
@ronaldiii9416
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
This album and Rust never Sleeps are some of my favorite albums. I remember my friend S. (who was a Neil Young jukebox) was always playing songs from the album like Pardon my Heart. But wow, the stories you share for the atmosphere of things surrounding his personal life at the time… they are great !!!
@DougMen1
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
At that time Neil was living at his ranch in the mountains on the San Francisco peninsula, near Woodside, and some of his land was under the redwood forest, because he owned hundreds of acres.
@ashrobinson4604
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Superb as always. You never miss!
@eclecticselections2222
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Thank you for another great video Abi! Love exploring Neil's back catalogue and I really should go back and check out his classic albums! Thanks again. Liam
@EdnaMillion.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Didn't Lou Reed say that Dangerbird had the best guitar solo ever?
@AhBeeDoi
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Abby, you'll need to get more flannel if you plan on doing grunge rock.
@dancingbear86
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Zuma is another awesome album by Neil. 😎
@senatorjimdracula1603
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
On The Beach and Zuma are my favorite Neil albums, followed closely by Tonight's The Night.
@declanwoods9439
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
i love neil too much
@johnL-d8q
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Easy choice for me-Horses-Patti Smith. I'll hold off comments until next time. Next nine, just for fun:. Richard and Linda Thompson-Pour Down Like Silver, Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks, Neil Young-Zuma, Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run ,Willie Nelson-Red Headed Stranger, Roxy Music-Siren , Ian Hunter-s/t , African Rhythms-Oneness Of Juju , Phil Manzanera-Diamond Head.
@marcospetersen
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
Fan of your channel and fan of your perfect analysis on such great albums. Marcos from Brazil!!
@simonevans1838
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 am
I remember as a teen listening to bbc radio 1 on Friday night and the John Peel show where he played Cortez the Killer in it’s entirety, something that was not usual in 1975 especially with the length of the track. Needless to say, I was blown away and that memory has stayed with me forever. Neil is a ‘true’ legend.
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