Neil Young and Promise of the Real kick off 'Rebel Content' tour at Summerfest
Neil puts the hammer down on Monsanto at Summerfest. Note that this reporting is in the far-right Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel.
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/neil-young-at-summerfest-b99521205z1-309877721.html
The first sight on stage may have confirmed some fears, as two people dressed as farmers tossed seeds onto the stage and watered sunflowers. But it was actually a ruse to distract the audience as Young sneaked behind a battered piano for "After the Gold Rush," from the 1970 album of the same name. That, too, is a song with a message — "Look at mother nature on the run" he sings — but the surreal words are captivating.
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After performing a mesmerizing "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" on organ, men in hazmat suits appeared, spraying the stage with "pesticide." But again, the show wasn't making a statement so much as preparing the stage for Real's entrance (along with Lukas' brother Micah).
Real can be visceral live — a barefoot Lukas Nelson shredded the electric guitar with his teeth at Farm Aid at Miller Park in 2010 — but the band appropriately followed the leader. For the evening's 13th song, "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" — one of several from '72s "Harvest" performed Sunday — Nelson and bassist Corey McCormick bobbed back and forth, watching Young play electric guitar for the first time Sunday with laser-like focus. It was practically a paternal moment, ending with Young strolling up to the younger rockers, licking his fingers before he tore into his instrument, as if to say, "Watch this, boys."
So, no, Young was not in a lecturing mood. In fact, the only thing he said to the audience the first 75 minutes was, "How are ya?" And when Young did play two of "Monsanto"'s preachiest tracks, "People Want to Hear About Love" and "A New Day for Love," people just wanted to hear Young sing, no matter what it was he was singing about.
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