European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Hell Young on stage in Frankfurt alter a certain amount off me you got your Money a Worth but he kept on n Roll Story and photos by Anita Gosch staff writer he . System wasting Tunn from the rolling stones 1966 Alburn Miet math gave a Promise of what Lay ahead the concert Friday night in Frankfurt s fast Halle was to be a journey to a bygone Era. A time when music was still music when Rock n Roll was simple and Plain and not convoluted by High tech hardware when musicians used real instruments and knew How to play them. Neil Young was the pied Piper who led the crowd on this 0urney to the past. Or just Over two hours. Inc Singer Guilar isl presented a comprehensive overview at his 20-year career Emonas zing songs i of the told 1960s and 70s though Only some 4,000 tans were scattered Nihro Ghoul inc 13,000 capacity concert Hall their cheers and chants loud Long and hard were proof thai the love of the music a still there i grew up listening to Weil Young said 28 year old Glenn e Keg Oneis of bad kissing in. Germany he s lit an old Friend " yet he concert never descended to the level of More nostalgia. Young delivered each june will an Una fitted Energy and ra2or-Sharp precision that made even the oldest songs seem As vital today As in the past Young has reunited with his backing band. Crazy Hosso with rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro Bass player Billy Taldo and drummer Ralph Molino Lor the first Lime since 1978 s rust never sleeps Lour. As in the famous trek Cap Luied on Lim and on Vinyl. Young performed Par of the show with crazy horse ant part by himself on piano at guitar. The Concel relic Clad the eclecticism of Young s 27 albums radically shilling Between rockers cinnamon Gilfand like a Hurricane acoustic Lolk Rock comes a time and piano ballads Sluk so about to f7j,t it is this versatility that has earned Young a Broad spectrum of tans. He hooked my wife with his country album others with his Folk others with his hard rack and he hooked me with everything said Ted Lawler 27, of Frankfurt. But Friday night in was evident from the slam that voting was primary in a hard rocking Frame of mind in the opening number or Sou a Lune written in 19g7 when to was Wilh the Oik Rock band Buffalo Springfield Young burst into the first of Many scorching guitar solos that punctuated the show to Venn near the Edge of the stage he would virtually Butcher his elect no Guilar grinding out the chords in near spastic contortions leading his band through Crescendo Aller Crescendo of exhaustive climaxes Young s mood during the show shifted just As radically As his styles. One minute he was the Humble Arlisle thanking Iho crowd Tor being Mere. The iwx.1 he Lurn Inlo a a Madonna Rock Star Barking and snapping Al the lans a particularly scathing incident happened near the beginning of the concert one that dampened the mood for some of the tans. Bekle he said so much As a greeting to the crowd Young burst Inlo a Litany of i reals at a fan who How a glow lube toward Hie stage and accidentally hit him on the head. If you re Gonna Start throwing things at me i m Gonna Stop playing right now. I came to play Lor the others and if you Don t like it you can leave it anyone wants to hit me in Iho head he should come up Here and see me Aboul it " one would think an old hippie Tike Young would be a hit Maie Laid Back about the Accident. During she opening bars of Post deringer a guitar string Bike and again Young exploded Inlo a verbal assault drop dead1 drop dead i hate show business to yelled Beloe switching to his acoustic guitar for wednesday May 13, 1907 will never die Needle and the damage done Laler Young regained his composure and even displayed a sense o humor. All right you have a Choice Between hear of Gold a commercial i did for Mcdonalds and sugar sugar Mountain won out and Young never did perform heart of cold. The guitarist was allegedly in a Good mood during the show according to a Crew member queried after the concert. The Overall mood of inc crowd however was t All that it could have been Wilh the sex Srembo volume of Iho music the concert would perhaps Best to enjoyed in Dii outdoor venue instead of in a Hall Wilh imperfect acoustics. Particularly in the Backoo the fes Halle. The music often turned into a mails loom of jarring discordant echoes but Young was pleased with the sound according to the Crew member. The worse it is. Ine better he Mes in he Sard. Neil is in a i talc world of his own up on stage and if it sounds Good to him then in s All the die hard tans thought it was All right too after All. Young i a legend hey said and he did put on one hello a show. Afler a certain amount of time you got your Money s Worth but he kept on said bad Kissinger s Kegerreis in s just like the last song added Charles Hess 24, also of bad Kissinger Rel eng to Hoy hey my my " Rock n Roll will never die and neither will Neil Noil vow Jar and cry Hotho perform to it Runny Al in Nock a Luil May 13 and Munich May 16 in Smalzar at Usu Iannel Pali Nib Oti Mallaly May 21 and Skineh Mifty 22 in for eat Fra sub is a Enn a May z3, Toulou Palau Das sports mar a Tvett Barcy u
