“I loved it so much”: The 1963 song Neil Young became obsessed with
The Canadian songwriter picks out an old favourite.
1963
The 1963 song that convinced Brian Wilson he had to “create a new kind of music”
Moving away from Surfin’.
The 1963 movie John Wayne wanted to delete from history: “Just plain bad judgment”
He knew it was doomed.
The 1963 song Bob Dylan was desperate to write: “I couldn’t help it”
The words that were driven out of him.
The 1963 song that gave Bob Dylan his greatest enemy: “I’ll see them all in their graves”
Getting the wrong impression.
“Still my favourite”: The greatest rock lyric ever written, according to Bono
“It does not describe itself as poetry. It’s better.”
The 1963 song that proved The Beatles were “hacks”, according to Paul McCartney
McCartney talks ‘Misery’.
The Beatles classic from 1963 that Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen agreed was their greatest: “Just outrageous”
“Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous”.
