Great New Neil Young Video!

Well, I like it, anyway. Gee, he looks just like me (what a surprise)!

The video premieres a new song, “Johnny Magic,” at HuffingtonPost, which apparently means I can’t embed it legally — although it’s surely doable — and it’s made my day. Why? Neil, the music, the THEME, and the great production values, which is to say, none and proud of it. As Neil says, “Featuring Shakey Pictures’ new ‘economy look’ to go with the times!” Check out the screenshot of the video below: it’s just him and his dog, riding along in the car, while he sings along. Actually, I probably like all that as much as I like the song.

But the theme is the thing: the song is about a mechanic in Wichita who gets his old Lincoln Continental to run on green fuel and gets 100 mpg! Got it? It’s a paean to the best of America, our ability to jump in, innovate, and get things done. I love it! You have to give him credit, Neil gets it. Lyrics after the fold…

Johnny Magic had a way with metal
Had a way with machines
One day in a garage far away
He met destiny
In the form of a heavy metal Continental
She was born to run on a Proud Highway
Then the whole world started running out of money
People losing their jobs
Right here in Wichita
Wichita
The home of the heavy metal Continental
Where the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in
Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic
She burst from the garage in a blaze of silence
Disappearing down Douglas at lightning speed
Before the big metal door came crashing down
In Wichita
The home of the heavy metal Continental
Where the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in
Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic
Wichita
The home of the heavy metal Continental
She was born to run on a Proud Highway
Now she goes long range on domestic green fuel
100 miles per gallon is the Continental Rule
Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita
Wichita
The home of the heavy metal Continental
She was born to run on a Proud Highway
Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic
The Motor-Head Messiah went to Washington
To show them what he”d done
The senators and congressmen came down
In Washington
And they rode in the heavy metal Continental
She was born to run on a Proud Highway
Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic
Wichita
the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in

[Note: I grabbed these from the comments at HuffPost, so they may not be completely accurate. Good enough for now, anyway.]

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