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The Ragged Glory of Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live


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Another one from “Zuma,” this jangly pop-rocker was adapted from “I Wonder,” a song Young wrote as a teenager and later released on the first volume of his archives project.

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The night’s biggest surprise was this deep cut from Young’s great, admirably uncompromising 1974 solo album, “On the Beach.” Its caustic sendup of the oil industry — “I’m a vampire, babe, sell you 20 barrels worth” — is quite appropriate for a tour called Love Earth and, sadly, is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

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This country-rocker from “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” prompted one of the night’s most satisfying crowd singalongs.

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Guy desperately yelling “Powderfinger”: Your time has come. Any time Young and Crazy Horse play this blazing elegy — which many people, including this one, believe to be one of his finest songs — it’s going to be a highlight, and Tuesday night’s set was no exception. There is a particular delight in hearing Young, nearing 80, sing the line, “And I just turned 22.”

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The mood turned muted and intimate when Young switched to an acoustic guitar for a solo portion of the set, beginning with this pensive title track from his 1978 album (performed here on 1979’s “Live Rust”).

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The bad news: The sound system cut out about two minutes into this one. The good news: Young diffused the awkward moment by doing a funny little jig.

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