Neil Young performs in Sydney, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Source: News Limited
WHEN Neil Young sings that rock'n'roll is here to stay, you better believe it.
While the charts may tell us otherwise, with the exception of The Black Keys in the last couple of years, rock music is alive and well on the concert stage courtesy of Mr Young and Crazy Horse.
With a raft of its elder statesmen playing in Australia this month, from Kiss and Guns N Roses to Robert Plant, rock music may seem rooted in the past when confronted with the iTunes era.
Yet to witness Young and his beloved collaborators in Crazy Horse have a transcendent musical conversation at the Sydney Entertainment Centre last night was the greatest affirmation of its stamina.
They set the scene with the bizarre and entertaining opening which fans have come to expect.
White-coated musical scientists unveiled those giant Fender amps and prepared the stage for the proceedings, flanked by giant video screens dressed to look like 60s TV sets. And kicked off with a blast of the national anthem with the band and crew at attention. Shame audience members in the seats didn't feel compelled to stand.
A tight set felt fluid as the band used their instruments to talk to each other and the audience, which wasn't quite a grey as you would imagine. There were plenty of new generational acolytes to worship at the rock church of Young and Co.
Love And Only Love set the tone for the jam heavy set which somehow never tripped over the line between serving the song and indulgence.
These are clearly guys who love playing together and playing their songs, even the enduring favourites Heart Of Gold, Cinnamon Girl, Hey Hey My My and Powderfinger. Yep that song that gave that Australian band their name.
Young and his Crazy Horse companions were joyous throughout the performance and hilariously funny particularly during F...in Up which naturally offers opportunity for some rock-style stand-up.
And at the end, everyone left with the mantra to not fade away.
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