All One Song - “Berlin” w/ Matt Valentine

All One Song - “Berlin” w/ Matt ValentineWe’re coming dangerously close to the end of the road for this latest season of All One Song — the one true Neil Young podcast! And the end of the road is the topic at hand when it comes to today’s song — “Berlin”! Now, we’ve covered some deep cuts over the course of the past two seasons. But “Berlin” has to be one of the deepest. It was passed over on the recent Archives Vol. III box and you can’t even stream it via Neil’s site; the only official way to experience this moody tune is to watch In Berlin, the concert film that captures the last performance of the semi-chaotic Trans tour of Europe in 1982. The final day! According to Neil he wrote “Berlin” the night before, taught it to the band that day, and closed the show with it that evening. And he’s never played it again since. Not yet, anyway.With its doomy synths, piercing guitar, tortured vocals and synthetic handclaps, “Berlin” provides a fascinating glimpse of this short-lived band,…