<p>Let
me just say this first: I love Neil Young.<em><br /></em></p>
<p><em>On
the Beach</em> is a perfect album. <em>Harvest </em>is pretty damn close. "Unknown Legend" was the first song I ever learned on
guitar.<span> </span>I've listened to
"Ambulance Blues" and "Tell Me Why" and "I'm the Ocean" more times than I can
even tell you. But when I saw this photo of Neil in today's NY Times:</p>
<p><img src="/vault/posts/0000/6721/neilyoung_large.jpg" border="0" alt="Neilyoung_large" /></p>
<p>It reminded me of how incredibly unattractive Neil Young is—and not in a Mick
Jagger, "I did so many drugs it looks like I've been dead for 12 years but they
prop my emaciated corpse up on stage in a <em>Weekend
at Bernies</em>-ish, gotta keep the money rolling in" kind of way. No, let's face
it, Neil Young has always just been a pretty ugly dude. I don't think this is a
point that has to be labored too hard: When he was younger he had this
goofy-lookin' Neanderthalish quality to him – see, for example, the first 10
seconds of this CSNY with Tom Jones video from '69:</p>
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<p>or this classic '70s photo:</p>
<p><img src="/vault/posts/0000/6725/neilyoung2_large.jpg" border="0" alt="Neilyoung2_large" /></p>
<p>(Not pictured: The family in his freezer.)</p>
<p><span></span>Now… well, he's just kind of
terrifying. No, not <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0GWKh26jU" target="_blank">Tom Waits terrifying</a>. Also: Did anyone else see the NY Times photo and think of the Indiana
Jones Nazi face-melting scene?</p>
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<p>Anyone? Alright… just me then.</p>
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Zach Kaufmann
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<p>Beauty isn't everything. In fact, with Neil Young, it really isn't everything. Here's a look at one of rock'n'roll's most gruesome visages.</p>
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