 | FranksWildYears (48)
10/01/2007 | Personally I think it's a weak song for Neil Young. It's a raw fist pumping anthem, but a bit of a dumbed down lyric. I thought at the time he was copping Springsteen's "Born in the USA", by pairing a seemingly patriotic song with an ironically plaintive portrait of his life and times. On the other hand it brought Neil out of a terrible creative slump and back into the public eye, so it was worth 3 stars instead of a 2. Don't get me started on "Let's Roll".
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 | oscargamblesfro (76)
09/30/2007 | 1989 hard rock song with a lot of social commentary and great guitar work. Neil, always an eclectic and diverse performer, kind of came roaring back with a great anthem that rocked really hard. At the time, I'm sure a lot of people had written him off because his recent music was either subpar or confusing- it had been almost a decade since he did anything that a lot of fans had really, unequivocally felt mattered, but this loud and harrowing, poignant track was one of the best rock songs of the late 1980's. Superb stuff.
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