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Music Appreciation

BootinUp

(47,135 posts) Wed Nov 27, 2019, 06:47 AM Nov 2019

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer ( live 1991 )

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer ( live 1991 ) (Original Post) BootinUp Nov 2019 OP

This song is one of the most influential pieces of rock and roll guitar music EVER The Polack MSgt Nov 2019 #1

I hope you checked out the other thread/cover BootinUp Nov 2019 #2

I did give it a listen The Polack MSgt Nov 2019 #3

Not a big fan of theirs either, but watching this late BootinUp Nov 2019 #4

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)

1. This song is one of the most influential pieces of rock and roll guitar music EVER

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 02:22 PM

Nov 2019

The way the chord progression of the rhythm rolls through forming the melody that morphs and changes as the song develops... Shit I can't describe it adequately I should let a real musician talk about it.

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