500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Neil Young, 'Cortez the Killer'
Writer: Young
Producers: Young, David Briggs
Released: Nov. '75, Reprise
Non-single
"It’s weird," Young mused to Rolling Stone in 1975. "I’ve got all these songs about Peru, the Aztecs and the Incas. Time travel stu ff." Over a slow, rambling Crazy Horse guitar jam, he mourns the Aztec civilization destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors. The song ends after seven and a half minutes, onlybecause a circuit blew on the recording console. The band went on for another verse.
Appears on: Zuma (Reprise)
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