Any time you hear of a list about favourite musical artists there's always the risk of it turning into a shouting match as opposed to a rational debate.
But considering the long and spectacular career of Neil Young, it's hard to argue with the findings that were tabulated for the latest in Great Canadian culture examinations.
"The Top 100 Canadian Albums" has been compiled by a CBC radio and television reporter in New Brunswick named Bob Mersereau, who polled close to 600 musicians, critics, DJ's and record retailers in his quest to determine Canada's most admired musicians.
And while newer acts such as Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene have their devotees who placed them in high regard and respectable placements in the top 100, it was the old standards that continue to make our toes tap and our air guitars strum.
Neil, Joni, Randy and Burton all icons of the early days of Canadian rock and roll continue to hold their nation in awe some forty years later.
The number one pick was Neil Young's Harvest, one of the definitive albums of the seventies and one that put the Canadian troubadour into the higher reaches of the rock music world in the seventies.
Still going strong today, Young's music is as relevant and important as it was when he was a young man searching for a Heart of Gold and singing about an Old man.
There's much to debate in the new offering of Canada's musical journey, but 580 respondents seem to have made the right call.
All Hail Neil.....
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