You won’t get much of an argument from anyone if you say Neil Young is the worst singer in the history of rock ‘n roll.
Yet despite this seemingly insurmountable handicap, he’s managed to produce a couple pretty good songs over the years.
But now the aging rocker is about to release a CD completely dedicated to songs about electric cars. That’s not a typo. Electric cars. “Fork in the Road” includes catchy titles like “Cough Up the Bucks,” “Hit the Road,” “Get Around” and “Fuel Line.”
Here’s a video of the title track. Consider yourself warned.
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This sucks ass.
My ears are bleeding.
Neil Young couldn’t sing when he was young, now he not only sings terrible but looks ridiculous.
Dear Mr. Young,
You are an angry old man stuck in a time syndrome. You are proof some people never grow up. You have grown older wronger. Don’t preach to us about technology or war. You Sir, have greatly benefited from both. Now spare us your lack of talent and fade away gracefully. Thanking you in advance, Divine_Moments.
Again?!? Geez.
The engineer should get a Grammy for making it almost impossible to understand the lyric track of this piece of crap. Good Lord, NY is such a loser.
First there was “A man needs a maid”, the worst vocal in the history of recorded music. He made Shatner and Nimoy sound good. Then, this asshat ruined Crosby Stills and Nash for an entire generation, (sure, they’re liberal schmucks, but what harmonies!) and now this?
Forget waterboarding, this is real torture.
“Forget waterboarding, this is real torture.”
Congratulations, steve8714. We wish we’d written that line.
He’s obviously done way too much drugs.
Hideous.
Neil Young always stank. Still stinks. He’s the world’s best worst guitar player.
He has a potty mouth, too. What’s with the Leftist obsession with filthy language?
Hey~
I rocked with Neil Young when he was with CSN&Y…..
These days he needs to stay on his tractor and shut up….hideous!
halo? are you crazy or something? Neil Young is the king of rock!
What the hell is this? NY is the greatest and still is. This site is a f***ing joke.
Gees… You guys really have no idea about the history of music, do you? You have no idea about Neil Young, do you? If you did, you’d know he writes the music he does these days to disassociate himself from people just like you.
Rock on Neil.
“Neil Young, you see, does whatever the f*** he wants.”
Maybe you hate the media because you hate the reality of your own significance and are frustrated with your own inability to deal with change.
You’ve got to be kidding, the man has been creating for over 40 yrs. One of the most, if not the most distinctive voices in rock. Although I don’t think he gives a crap what you or I think of him. Are you the same guys wearing the Iron Maiden T-shirts that were pissed that Dylan went electric?
What Dylan went electric? Well that’s it I’m burning my copy of “Bringing It All Back Home”, BTW my vote for most distinctive voices in rock would go to Lou Reed, Jeff Mangum and that dude from Built to Spill. Oh yeah and Harvest was a pretty good record.
It is not about people getting pissed about Dylan going electric or Young going on forever, or about Maiden T-shirts. But here are a few things…
1. I’m no fan of Young, but I will say I do sort of enjoy some of his stuff. But usually when he is alone with an acoustic guitar & a harmonica…
2.Dylan is legendary, he is from my state of Minnesota, but I still don’t care for his stuff. I also don’t think he can actually sing worth a crap. I think that Dylan, as well as Young, are way passed their primes…
3.Iron Maiden T-shirts, I have 2, I love Maiden, they are in my opinion 1 of the top 2 metal acts going. Saw them last summer in Chicago, & they are better then ever. Last summer’s “Somewhere back in Time” tour was their biggest to date, & their singer Bruce Dickinson not only fronts the band, he pilots their 757 on tour. The band, the crew, & their gear all in one plane, Check the DVD “Flight 666″ to see what I’m talking about. Only Metallica is at their level…
4.As for those bitching about Dylan(or anyone else)going electric, this year, sadly, Les Paul died. Anyone who likes anything guitar based, should really learn about Les Paul. The man perfected the electric guitar, & he revolutionized studio recording. Every so often, I say thanks to the man who made it all possible.
UP THE IRONS…
u guys are bull$hit ..neil young is the greatest canadian rocker to ever touch the face of this world..he still rockin out at the age of 63 i jus seen him in concert blows ol bob dylan or any other american singer out of the water..go see him live ppl then ull seee
Canada’s best ever???
Geddy Lee…
Alex Lifeson…
Neil Peart…
R U S H
It is Rush that rules from The Great White North, nobody else.
Sorry dude. Rush is cool and all but Neil Young is one of if not the best performer ever, not just from Canada. Not only does he right great songs, he is also one of the great guitar players of all time. No offense to Rush but it isn’t even a contest.
HA! HA! HA! Someone said Neil Young is the king of rock! Stop , your hurting my sides! Talk about rolling on the floor laughing my a** off! hehehe OHHHHH me! Excuse me I have to dry my eyes…. Halo, or whoever wrote this, you hit the nail right on the head. How does this guy get a recording contract???
400 years from now when our forebears are listening to the music of today it’ll be Neil they are playin and imitaton….
This might have been an insightful comment if it wasn’t wrong in so many ways. First, I think the word you meant to use is “forebearers.” These are the people who came “beFORE” us and carried the load.
Perhaps you meant our “four bears” but still, you see the problem with that.
By chance, did you mean our “descendants”, those who come after us? Your descendants will enjoy Neil Young’s music, if you teach them to.
What, this story got over 20 comments? I agree that Neil Young’s latest album about electric cars (really????) might suck outright, but “Harvest” was the first album I ever owned – and that was a long, long, long time ago. Sure the voice sucks – but hey if you were like me and couldn’t sing to begin with, it was great to have someone to emulate. What about the guitar on “”Needle & the Damage done”? Are you saying that it sucks????
The only people who don’t like Neil Young are right wing douchefags and people who don’t get music. Go listen to your Carrie Underwood albums. She has such a great voice. Fags.
Not exactly, I don’t like Neil Young, I like Carrie Underwood because she’s hot, but I’m not big on her music. I like lots of stuff, but my main preference musically is hard & loud. That means Maiden, Metallica, AC/DC, Rush, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Rammstein, & The Fixx, to name a few. People like what they like, & should not have to apologize for their music tastes.
This entire thread wins the prize for “Most hilarious Back-and-Forth”. Funny how when you insult somebody’s music (which I never do, having extremely eclectic tastes myself) how quickly they come out of the woodwork to defend the artist. I neither like nor dislike Neil Young, having never really listened to his work. That being said, it’s funny how so many people jumped right over the main point; the fact that he’s releasing an album full of songs about electric cars. I don’t care who the artist is who does something like that, it’s freakin’ hilarious.
Also, the video is no longer available. Aww. I wanted to see him sing “I get around (but certainly not as fast as I used to)”. See what I did there? Got the electric car and his age in one bad joke. It looks easy, but it’s not.