Out of the blue and into the black

I love this song so much - I first came across it whilst watching the amazing Dennis Hopper film 'Out Of The Blue' starring the fantastic Linda Manz (which you can't even get on DVD in this country, stupid). In that, the main theme is Neil Young performing this song, acoustically, like this....



That was the only version I knew for ages, but then I realised that the original was not like that at all, it was a much more rocking collaborative effort with Devo from Young's film 'Human Highway'. Almost as appealing, in a mental illness kind of way. I need to see that film.



I love the sad, mournful tone of the acoustic version. I can never work out if I like the lyrics or not, I think I do, it definately works well in the Dennis Hopper film anyway.

Out of The Blue (Hey Hey, My My) by Neil Young

My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.

Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that
And once you're gone,
you can never come back
When you're out of the blue
and into the black.

The king is gone
but he's not forgotten
This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.




One of my favourite films ever.