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5) Rockin' In The Free World
Like Springsteen's "Born in the USA" there's more going on here than at first glance it seems. It's ironic but it's also not. It's a territory that keeps you on your feet. Get drunk in the chorus and feel bad in the verses; there's nowhere Neil loves being more than that space in between. The kinder, gentler, machine gun hand when he wants to fucking pack arenas.
6) Mellow My Mind
From one of Neil's best albums and one of the greatest albums ever, "Tonight's The Night". The original versions not on youtube but find it and listen to it if you can. He can't hit the notes, his friends are dead, it's 3 o'clock in the morning, and all he's got left is the song. "I've been down the road and I've come back. Lonesome whistle on the railroad track. Ain't got nothing on those feelings that I had." It's all bullshit but this.
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