Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks - Everybody's Rockin

Nestled somewhat uncomfortably between a haywired electro-pop experiment, 1983’s Trans, and the countrified Old Ways, this rockabilly curio now stands as one more wild swing from Neil Young during a particularly shaky phase. Backed by the five-member Shocking Pinks, Young works his way through a selection of covers and slight originals. In retrospect, Everybody’s Rockin’ presages 1988’s This Note’s for You; this is roots-rock Neil, a fellow with a taste for swamp-pop (the Slim Harpo weeper “Rainin’ in My Heart”), easy-rollin’ blues (“Bright Lights, Big City”), and raveups (Bobby Freeman’s “Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes,” his own “Kinda Fonda Wanda”). Young sounds amused but less then committed, as evidenced by the fact that he’d soon wash the grease out of his hair and disband the Shocking Pinks.

01 – Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes
02 – Rainin’ in My Heart
03 – Payola Blues
04 – Wonderin’
05 – Kinda Fonda Wanda
06 – Jellyroll Man
07 – Bright Lights, Big City
08 – Cry, Cry, Cry
09 – Mystery Train
10 – Everybody’s Rockin’