History Music / RustNeverSleeps

-->''[[Music/ElvisPresley The King]] is gone, but he's not forgotten''\\

''Rust Never Sleeps'', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung with his backing band Crazy Horse, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form, some of them are influenced by PunkRock.

! '''''It's better to trope out than to fade away''''':

* RefrainFromAssuming: The song is not called "Hey Hey, My My Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die", but "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".

''Rust Never Sleeps'', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form, some of them are influenced by PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, ''Rust Never Sleeps'' has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies. The album was listed at #351 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

''Rust Never Sleeps'', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form, some of them are influenced by PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, ''Rust Never Sleeps'' has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies. The album was listed at nr. #351 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

** The song "Hope I Grow Old Before I Die" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants from their album ''Music/TheyMightBeGiantsAlbum'' (1986) is a shout-out to "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".
** A macabre shout-out was made by Music/KurtCobain in his suicide note, where he quoted the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)". Young later dedicated his 1994 album, ''Sleeps with Angels'', to Cobain.
** The Australian rock band Powderfinger named themselves after the song from this album.

''Rust Never Sleeps'', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form some of them bear the influence of PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, ''Rust Never Sleeps'' has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies. The album was listed at nr. #351 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

* {{Courier}}: "Sedan Delivery" again. From the reference to "chemicals and sacred roots" it sounds like he's in the drug trade.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The album was written in response to both the death of [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] and the simultaneous rise of punk rock, in particular The Music/SexPistols.

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: It was a single disc even on vinyl, but the acoustic and electric sides of the vinyl pressing give this impression.

--> ''Hey hey, my my''
--> ''Rock and roll can never die''.

!!It's better to trope out than it is to Rust:

--> ''It's better to burn out, cuz '''rust never sleeps''' ''

* BookEnds: Like many of Young's albums, it opens and closes with the same song. As with ''Freedom'', the opening rendition is acoustic and the closing rendition is electric.

* OneWordTitle: "Thrasher" and "Powderfinger"
* OneWomanSong: "Pocahontas".

** A macabre shout-out was made by Music/KurtCobain in his suicide note, where he quoted the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)". Young later dedicated his next album, ''Sleeps with Angels'' (1994), to Cobain.

'''''Rust Never Sleeps''''', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form some of them bear the influence of PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, ''Rust Never Sleeps'' has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies. The album was listed at nr. #351 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

* OneWordTitle: "Trasher" and "Powderfinger"

** A macabre shout-out was made by Music/KurtCobain in his suicide note, where he quoted the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)". Young later dedicated his next album, ''Sleeps with Angels'', (1994) to Cobain.

'''''Rust Never Sleeps''''', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form some of them bear the influence of PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, Rust Never Sleeps has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies. The album was listed at nr. #351 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black):

* RefrainFromAssuming: The song is not called "Hey Hey, My My Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die", but "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".
* ShoutOut

-->''[[Music/ElvisPresley The King]] is dead but he's not forgotten''\\

** A macabre shout-out was made by Music/KurtCobain in his suicide note, where he quoted the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)". Young later dedicated his next album, ''Sleeps with Angels'', (1994) to Cobain.
* ShortLivedBigImpact: "My, My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" is often interpreted as favoring this lifestyle {{in| universe}}-song, because of the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away".

'''''Rust Never Sleeps''''', released in 1979, is the second live album by Music/NeilYoung, and could also be called his tenth studio album. That is, it was mostly recorded live and complemented with studio overdubs, and it introduced a set of new songs in the way a studio album traditionally does. Young had been working on these songs for years, but in final form some of them bear the influence of PunkRock. Featuring Crazy Horse, Young’s band of TrueCompanions, Rust Never Sleeps has consistently been ranked as one of Young’s best albums and one of the best of TheSeventies.

#"My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (Young, Jeff Blackburn) – 3:45
#"Thrasher" – 5:38
#"Ride My Llama" – 2:29
#"Pocahontas" – 3:22
#"Sail Away" – 3:46
#"Powderfinger" – 5:30
#"Welfare Mothers" – 3:48
#"Sedan Delivery" – 4:40
#"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Young, Blackburn) – 5:18

* AlbumTitleDrop: From "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black):

* OneWordTitle: "Trasher", "Powderfinger"

** From "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)":

* ShortLivedBigImpact: "My, My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" is often interpreted as favoring this lifestyle, because of the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away".

-->"It's better to burn out, cuz '''rust never sleeps."

* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: "Pocahontas"
* CarSong: "Sedan Delivery"

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!Track Listing

!It's better to trope out than it is to Rust:

** A macabre shout-out was made by Music/KurtCobain in his suicide note, where he quoted the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)". Young later dedicated his next album "Sleeps with Angels" (1994) to Cobain.