Written by: Neil Young
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The second one is "Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)" which is a guy's alias. Computer Cowboy is just a front; he has a herd of perfect cows, floodlit fields, even coyotes, But late at night he goes into the city and robs computer data banks of memory systems and leaves his alias, Syscrusher, printed over the information he’s lifted. He’s a 21st-century outlaw. That’s where the big crime is going to be. It’s going to move out of Las Vegas and into computer perforations. That’s what all the talking in the background of the song at the end is. The computers are all talking to each other, reading what’s happening; perforation, protection, security, all those words. Neil Young "Neil and Me" by Scott Young 1984
Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)
Session Date:September 30, 1981
Studio:Modern Recorders, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Produced by:Neil Young, David Briggs & Tim Mulligan
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:08
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, vocoder, guitar, Synclavier Frank Sampedro: guitar Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums
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Trans Neil Young Released: 1983-01-10

Side 1 Track 5

Trans (CD) Neil Young Released: 1993-03-02

Track 5

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