In the presence of genius

Last Monday I went to see Neil Young at the Metro radio arena.

Now I hate that venue and all Arena venues but I put that to one side paid £53 to go and see Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

Sometimes, occasionally, rarely you are lucky enough to get to see and hear genius. This gig was one of those times.

During the wall of feedback that lasted  at least 15 minutes at the end of Walk Like a Giant I started to grin.It lasted until the end of the gig. If you were there and saw a middle aged man grinning from ear to ear as he left the venue well that was me. 

No he didn't play Like A Hurricane  which would have made the night perfect but he's got almost 50 years of songs to play and you can't play them all.

I saw him with Crazy Horse 12 years ago in Sheffield (when they did play Like a Hurricane) and I thought that was a one off. My wife who was with me that time said it was almost like I was having a religious experience. If anything last Monday was better, much better.

I will probably never see Neil Young live again, he's 67 now. If he comes near you this year go and see him.