50+ Music<p>"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NeilYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilYoung</span></a> from his 1975 album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zuma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuma</span></a>. It was recorded with the band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CrazyHorse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrazyHorse</span></a>. It has since been ranked No. 39 on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GuitarWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuitarWorlds</span></a> 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and No. 329 on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RollingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RollingStones</span></a> list of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>500GreatestSongsOfAllTime</span></a>. Young has stated in concert that he wrote the song while studying history in high school in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Winnipeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winnipeg</span></a>. According to Young's notes for the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Decade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decade</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9k9aoX6gk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=uX9k9aoX6gk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>