Borrowed Tune
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Borrowed Tune is a reflective, piano-driven song by Neil Young, noted for its vulnerable lyrics and its melody borrowed from the Rolling Stones’ “Lady Jane.”
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Tonight's the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeriodInArtistCareer | Ditch Trilogy era ⓘ |
| composer | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| era | 1970s rock ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
piano ballad ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | often cited as one of Neil Young's most vulnerable recordings ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
British rock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
piano
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| hasKeyLyric |
"I'm climbing this ladder, my head in the clouds"
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"Too wasted to write my own" ⓘ |
| hasMood |
intimate
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| hasStructure | solo voice and piano arrangement ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
exhaustion ⓘ introspection ⓘ |
| includedIn | Neil Young discography ⓘ |
| isOnSide | Side two of Tonight's the Night ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Neil Young "Ditch Trilogy" albums context ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| melodicSource | Lady Jane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| melodicSourceArtist | The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
melody borrowed from the Rolling Stones' song "Lady Jane"
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reflective tone ⓘ vulnerable lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | Tonight's the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Silver Fiddle Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975-06-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| trackPositionOnAlbum | Side 2 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
fragile
ⓘ
understated ⓘ |
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