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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Neil Young

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.857.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Music legend Neil Young feels good about being Conan’s friend. Neil and Conan sit down to talk about Neil’s 1957 Eldorado Biarritz, why he won’t allow his songs in commercials, the importance of preserving musical sound quality, recording his new album Colorado with Crazy Horse at 9,200 ft elevation, and what Neil loves about his Gretsch White Falcon guitar. Plus, Conan and his staff conduct a Gerber taste test. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821.

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0:00.0

Hi, I am Neil Young and I feel good about being Conan's friend.

0:14.0

Well hello Conan O'Brien here with another episode of my podcast. Conan O'Brien needs

0:41.2

a friend and I'm joined by my loyal team, my assistant of How many years, how many years

0:47.8

have you been with me? Oh my god, it's going to be almost 11.

0:50.5

Is it almost 11 years? I know. It seems longer. Yeah, it does.

0:55.6

No, you've been a good and trusted ally. That's nice. Yeah, let's just leave it at that.

1:00.5

When you guys first hired me, you said, you know, they'd love a five year commitment and

1:04.8

I was like five years. Oh my god. Exactly what my wife said. I said, I'd like a five

1:11.1

year commitment. She said, what? With you, with that body. And I was like, oh, she was

1:18.0

like, well, would you be working out? And would there be certain surgical enhancements?

1:23.8

So those were all handled. And I got a five year commitment. Okay. Yeah. And there's

1:28.9

still with you. Well, there have been major payouts. Certain points across the way. She

1:35.7

got a very good lawyer. Anyway, yes, we've been together contractually 17 years. And

1:42.2

I'm also joined by our, he says he's the producer, Matt Gourley. And I do prize you, Matt,

1:47.4

you're very good at what you do. And once I determine what that is, I'll be even more

1:51.6

impressed. Same here. I'm not sure what I do. No, you're, you're a calm, cool presence.

1:57.4

I don't quite know what it is you do. I know you make little tweaks here and there.

2:00.9

Oh, I do more than little tweaks. I piece this whole thing together.

2:04.0

We're talking about we just bribble, babble, right? And then you press record and then

2:08.6

you press stop when we're done. I don't will does that. Oh, will. There's, I have no

2:13.8

buttons here. Me anywhere. Let's give that's true. Let's give a shout out to our master

2:18.2

DJ funk, funk genius. Will back then will will is back there and will is always sitting

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