| Neil Young – On the Beach Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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TRUE STORY: A dj named Steven Clean (real name: Steven Segal) interviewed Neil Young in the early 1970s on an LA radio station (KPPC or KMET). Recently the station had gotten ahold of the "Harvest" album early and played it on the air and Neil was reportedly upset about it. During the interview, Neil asked Steven to remove his headphones, feeling they were isolating. Steven said he needed them on to keep the levels right for the interview, but Neil insisted. So Steven angrily countered that next time Neil was onstage he should unplug his guitar. Then Steven walked out, leaving Neil "alone at the microphone." Steven sent an engineer into the studio to show Neil how to work the controls and left him there to finish the radio program. As he sings about the radio interview, Neil says "the seagulls are out of reach," a hidden reference to Segal. And as he begins the song on a bootleg from the Bottom Line, Neil says, "I'm coming for you, Steven!" |
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