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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
 Posted - 01/22/2003 : 17:24:07
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everyone, including frank, seems to like neil young. i dont really know much about him. i downloaded some of comes a time and it wasnt bad, but i didnt really like all of it. Any recomendations on a cd to sample? thanks. - mike
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2003 : 18:18:04
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AFTER THE GOLDRUSH is probably my favorite.. i think it's a pretty epic album from beginning to end.. and you can sort of get a Black Letter Days vibe off it if you listen carefully.
RUST NEVER SLEEPS (live) is another essential one.
if you want some individual songs, check out "good to see you" .. "sugar mountain" .. "heart of gold" for starters..
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2003 : 18:26:12
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yah i got heart of gold, thats a great one. and my my, hey hey is cool too.
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2003 : 19:18:07
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Really, you can't go wrong if you just buy (or download....muwhahahah) the "DECADE" double cd (triple album).
It's the compilation of 60's 70's period Neil Young and I venture to say that every single song on it, and there are a lot, is beautiful and great.
Yes, he's done cool stuff past that and is still doing good, but if you want THEE best stuff to get started on, that's the ticket, charlie.
"Winter blows through my coat"
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St. Francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
548 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2003 : 20:25:36
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Neil Young rocks you know godfather of grunge and all that shit which came out a couple years back to kick start his career again...
But for real he has a wicked guitar sound... saw him live a few years ago. He does the sound track for the movie Dead Man (great film) and some of that sounds really neat but, I don't have that album... but what he plays in the opening credits is one of the coolest sounding thing I have ever heard one man do on a guitar.
Would recommend Decade to start and then go from there... he did an album with Pearl Jam as his backing band (Mirror Ball) and it was quite good. Havest Moon is a great mildly rocking album... at the end of the day he is a legend so you can't go wrong... Neil's come full circle from folk to rock to doo woop.
Just pick something on sale up and you'll be laughing
Brothers be on my jock 'cause the way I hold a piece of steel... |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2003 : 21:03:43
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Neil got me rockin' at age 8 with Trans..loved him ever since. =)
My fav. album is Freedom tho... Rockin' in the Free World got overplayed of course, but i really love most of the numbers on there..
Live Rust, After the Goldrush, Comes a Time and Decade are also quite great.
I've been disappointed with some of his more recent stuff. The newest album really blows, imo, and i never much liked Mirror Ball much.. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2003 : 01:13:21
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I got into listening to NY when my mate recorded me Mirror Ball and Harvest on md. Since then Ive recorded After the Goldrush, bought Sleeps with Angels, Mystery Train, Broken Arrow, Unplugged. I find that Neil Young is difficult to get into and required patience..... a bit like some of Franks work.
Ive not got decade, I'll have to scour the hutons of Beijing to find that one... |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2003 : 16:47:21
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He's got about a million live albums, and none of them are particularly bad, but Live Rust is absolutley fucking genius. I mean, really, a live album has never stood out to me, EVER, except Live Rust. Just genius shit.
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2003 : 17:30:03
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I concur, Decade is the way to go. You even get Mr. Young's version of the Pixies' Winterlong. 
Thomas
"It's the Nexus of the Crisis"
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Aarjan Snoek
- FB Fan -
South Africa
59 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2003 : 00:53:48
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HARVEST has the 1975 no 1 heart of gold on it (which i believe was recently covered by some band i look down upon, can't remember which one though), quite a few more i like, old man for example, otherwise TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT is definitely worth a listen
"sumus semper in excreta, sed actum varians" |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2003 : 02:51:40
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old man is my fave NY song. harvest was purchased after hearing that song - and i have never looked back. great stuff.
There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough. |
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franktaper
- FB Fan -
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2003 : 15:36:08
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Here's another vote to start out with DECADE. I had disc 2 in my cd player for a month once. Ohio, Like A Hurricane, Cortez the Killer, etc. Great stuff!
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2003 : 17:59:49
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Francis
He does the sound track for the movie Dead Man (great film) and some of that sounds really neat but, I don't have that album... but what he plays in the opening credits is one of the coolest sounding thing I have ever heard one man do on a guitar.
I've seen that movie as well. Neil's background playing sorta reminds me of some tape recordings I made when I was 16 or 17 and first started playing the guitar. I'd turn the tape recorder on and just sorta jam for a really long time, getting off on different noises and chord variations. |
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Richard
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2003 : 17:38:33
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He is very good.
This signature makes me look like i have attitude. The fact is, i don't really know if i do. |
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Vicki
- FB Fan -
USA
72 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2003 : 09:17:37
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| "Cowgirl in the sand" is one of the bestest songs EVER. |
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theonecontender
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
565 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2003 : 13:02:49
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I dig Harvest the best.
Go vinyl or go home...
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Shadoof McHoof
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 02/06/2003 : 17:09:49
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| I just recently got into Neil Young's stuff. Hey Hey, My My (Or Is it My My, Hey hey?) is one kick-ass song. |
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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =
Greece
675 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2003 : 10:46:14
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Harvest really is nice. Yeah.
Jonathan Richman is awesome. |
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Aarjan Snoek
- FB Fan -
South Africa
59 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2003 : 10:05:28
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ARE YOU PASSIONATE? - anyone heard it, or did everyone judge it - based on the MOJO april 2002 review - to be not worth a buy? i haven't heard his Sep 11th song, but he generally produces the goods when he feels passionately about something. is it his weakest album?
"sumus semper in excreta, sed actum varians" |
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Omer
= Cult of Ray =
275 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2003 : 11:47:53
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| I'd say Young is good, not great. He writes some nice songs: Cowgirl in the Sand, Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricane and Oh Oh, My My (Into the Black) to name a few, but as a performer he just can't seem to stop the guitar solos. |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2003 : 12:55:15
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| I did not like AYP and i like most of what Neil's put out.. |
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