Neil Percival Young pages=p.37 OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and film director.
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock (as heard in songs such as "Heart of Gold" ( ), "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (in songs like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In more recent years, Young has started to adopt elements from newer styles of music, such as industrial, alternative country and grunge, the latter of which was profoundly influenced by his own style of playing, often bringing him the title of "the godfather of grunge".
Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), and Greendale (2003). blank">http://hyperrust.org/Words/Shakey.html
He is also an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and small farmers, having co-founded the benefit concert _Farm Aid, and in 1986 helped found The Bridge School, blank">http://www.bridgeschool.org/ and its annual supporting _Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi.
Young remains a Canadian citizen and has never wanted to relinquish his Canadian citizenship, even though he has lived in the U.S. for "so long" and has stated, about U.S. elections, that he has "got just as much right to vote in them as anybody else." http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1110988,00.html
Neil Young (born August 28, 1936 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Canadian politician. He emigrated to Canada in the 1950's and worked as a machinist in the electrical industry. He later became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers Union.
He ran unsuccessfully for Toronto City Council's Ward 9 in 1976. In a closely contested nomination race, he won the New Democratic Party nomination for the Beaches federal electoral district by one vote in 1978. In the federal election of 1979 he lost narrowly to Progressive Conservative candidate Robin Richardson in an election that resulted in Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives winning a narrow minority government.
After the fall of Joe Clark's government in December,1979, Young was elected MP in the general election of February, 1980.
He represented the electoral districts of Beaches from 1980 to 1988, and Beaches—Woodbine from 1988 to 1993, in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Young served as the NDP's critic on pensions and veteran's affairs.
He was defeated in the 1993 election by Liberal Party of Canada candidate Maria Minna.
Neil Young (born February 17th 1944) is a former Manchester City striker who famously scored the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup final. Made 334 appearances for City and scored 86 goals before being transferred to Preston North End during the 1971/72 season.
At Deepdale he made 68 appearances and scored 18 goals before moving to Rochdale during the 1973/74 season.
Widely regarded as one of Manchester City's most important players of the modern era, Young rarely gains the plaudits earned by his colleagues Colin Bell, Francis Lee and Mike Summerbee.
Early in 2008 a petition was started to gain Neil Young a testimonial game.
Neil Young (born 31 August 1973 in Harlow) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bournemouth. He is an older brother of the Middlesbrough FC defender, Luke Young.
He has played for over 400 games for the club since joining in 1994. On 2 November, 2007 he signed a one-month loan deal at Weymouth, linking up with former Bournemouth teammate Jason Tindall. He had his loan extended to a second month, although he was recalled by Bournemouth soon after.
