Watch Neil Young’s Affecting ‘My Pledge’ Animated Video
Neil Young dispatched an affecting and beautifully animated lyric video for his Peace Trail song, “My Pledge.”
The clip opens on a pile of old letters and notices that are cleared to make room for a piece of lined paper that begins to fill with Young’s words, which he both speaks and sings with thick Auto-Tune throughout “My Pledge.” The initial letter is folded into a paper boat and sent across a sea of stamps, after which Young’s vivid lyrics and the images and people they evoke – including…