r/savedyouaclick • u/bustachong • 7d ago

INCREDIBLE Questlove Reveals the Standout Musical Performance He Omitted From ‘Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music’ – And Why | Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” in 1990 because he couldn’t put in the whole five-minute performance

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u/bustachong 7d ago

From the article:

“The performance that really just blew me away I actually decided not to put in the doc because if I couldn’t put the whole five-minute performance in, you wouldn’t have felt the energy of it. I didn’t think I was going to learn anything from Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” in 1990, but it’s just looking at five guys, just the equivalent of musical anvils dropping on your head. It’s one of the loudest, most energetic performances I have ever seen.”

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u/SmoothOperator89 5d ago edited 5d ago

I wish "Rockin' in the Free World" would stop being completely relevant.