Five songs over 15 minutes long and what each has to do with
Neil Young  by Peter Gorman  1. "Revelation" by Love --
"Revelation" is perhaps the original rock epic, a 20-minute opus
that took up an entire side of an LP when it was first released
in 1966. The song was spliced together from many sessions, and
not surprisingly it's a pretentious mess. The producer selected
for the song was local L.A. rocker Neil Young, but he was unable
to do it. Neil was also asked to produce Love's next album (what
would become the classic Forever Changes), but he backed out.
2. "Sister Ray" by the Velvet Underground -- This 17-minute orgy
of sound improves on "Revelation" by having a single driving
beat that propels it forward. Sure, it would probably be a
better song if it were only 10 minutes long, or even 13, but
there's a bootleg from a Cleveland concert in 1968 in which the
song goes on for over 40 minutes, so count your blessings. Over
the past few years Lou and Neil have been rumored to be
considering a collaboration,