Neil Young’s iPod Killer

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A rock icon sets out to save music with a strange yellow gadget that almost no one understood.

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0:00.0	This is 99% Invisible.
0:03.0	I'm Roman Mars.
0:05.7	Neil Young is a rare artist.
0:08.4	He's had big commercial success,
0:10.4	while also enjoying credibility as a musician's musician.
0:14.3	He's also insanely prolific.
0:16.6	Young has released dozens of albums.
0:18.8	It's hard to pick a favorite Neil Young song,
0:20.8	but I'm a simple man, and I think mine is probably Harvest Moon.
0:27.7	Look, there are a lot of great choices.
0:34.1	I think I'm more of a heart of gold guy myself.
0:36.7	But Neil Young is not just some
0:38.5	legend of classic rock. Best producer of Chris Brubay. There is a whole other side of Neil Young's
0:44.7	career, his bizarre experimental side. There's the Neil Young who made a divisive electronic music
0:51.1	album.
1:05.4	Or the Neil Young who designs model train sets.
1:06.7	Neil Young even directed a very confusing sci-fi movie in the 80s, starring Devo.
1:13.1	It's called Human Highway.
1:15.1	Good gas!
1:16.2	Oh, it's bird gas. It's the best.
1:18.9	You make it yourself?
1:22.3	No, it's come from birds.
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