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cassandra is
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 03:06:40
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I've been listening to a lot of Neil Young's records recently, and the more I get old, the more I seem to like and appreciate his music. I don't own all his albums, but I deeply love all the ones I have. It's incredible how a man like him has been able to deliver so much good albums over three decades without denying himself or his music.
In fact, he's quite always playing the same song other and other again: one riff, some crazy and very personal solos, but it's not like he's repeating himself, it's not boring. It's almost always amazing.
And his voice: I mean, he's got a very special, sensitive and almost feminine voice, how can someone like that -he's not a very good singer, technically I mean- have become one of the greatest and most respected artist of rock'n'roll? It's a mistery to me.
In some ways he -and also his music- makes me think of Frank, and the way he makes his way without caring for fashions or style. He makes music, that's all. And great fucking music. Music that's able to make you happy, to make you cry, to soothe your fears, to make you angry, to make you love...
I guess my top 10 albums goes something like that:
1- After The Gold Rush 2- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 3- Rust Never Sleeps 4- Harvest 5- Zuma 6- On the Beach 7- Tonight's The Night 8- Sleeps With Angels 9- Comes A Time 10- Mirrorball
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 04:51:13
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I only own Decade but I love it. I do intend to expand my collection one day, but I have so many artists to do that with, as well as keeping up with new music.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 05:10:32
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I appreciated Neil Young when I was 24 and there was so much more.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 05:53:03
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1- Rust Never Sleeps 2- Ragged Glory 3- Weld (live) 4- Comes a Time 5- Old Ways 6- On the Beach 7- Freedom 8- Sleeps with Angels 9- Broken Arrow 10- Mirrorball
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 06:26:49
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My brother went to see Heart Of Gold on saturday, he said it was pretty good.
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Luis Bunuel
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 07:38:46
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Anybody see CSNY on concert this summer? They were really fun, they performed a bunch of Neil's songs from Living With War, it sounds a lot better live than the album, which is pretty weak IMO. I love Neil too, besides Frank he's my favorite musician. Top ten, hmmm, I think it would go a little something like this.
1. On the Beach 2. Time Fades Away 3. Tonight's the Night 4. Weld 5. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 6. After the Goldrush 7. Zuma 8. Re*ac*tor 9. Live Rust 10. Harvest
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2006 : 11:30:41
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A few months ago, I got one of his best of collections (I don't remember the name). Anyway...'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)' is on there. I heard a connection to the Pixies song 'Into the White.' Never noticed that before! |
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mcil
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 13:08:06
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My Neil Young knowledge ain't the greatest, but I must say that Pocahontas is one of my favourite songs of all time
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Luis Bunuel
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Posted - 10/23/2006 : 17:10:34
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You guys are probably already aware, but in case anyone is not, the Pixies do two (that I know of) Neil covers on 'Complete B-Sides', great versions of "I've Been Waiting for You" and "Winterlong". |
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 08:58:44
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'Winterlong' is one of my favorite Pixies songs. Of course ALL of their songs are one of my favorites! |
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jnaus
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Posted - 10/30/2006 : 08:18:19
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Check out 'Heart Of Gold'. You can rent it at your local video store it's a live show recorded in the Grand Ol' Opry I believe and the quality is excellent. One of the best live DVDs I've ever seen. |
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IceCream
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USA
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Posted - 10/30/2006 : 13:41:26
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Neil Young deserves appreciation. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 10/30/2006 : 14:10:51
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I think Neil Young is one of the great living Americans -- and he's actually from Canada. And he certainly deserves appreciation for his music. He has so many great songs and albums, I couldn't begin to list everything he's done that has touched me. But I also think his latest album, Living With War, is a complete turd. But hey, that's Neil. He misses sometimes, but he's not afraid to try anything.
When do I get my first bee, damnit? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/14/2006 : 16:11:41
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/12/13/023611.php
Music Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live At The Fillmore East, March 6 & 7, 1970
Written by El Bicho Published December 13, 2006
The long-awaited Neil Young Archives have finally been released to the public with Live at the Fillmore East, which is part of a subsection entitled Performance Series, and is inexplicably, though — considering the artist — not surprisingly designated as Disc 2. There had been so much hype and delay that even Axl Rose was wondering if it would ever happen.
A month after releasing 1969’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, his second solo album and the first backed by Crazy Horse, Young joined up with Crosby, Stills, and Nash. They played Woodstock for their second gig, and recorded Déjà Vu. Their musical talents, combined with the void created by Bob Dylan’s refusal to accept what fans wanted him to be and the break-up of The Beatles, saw them rise as a voice for and stars of the counterculture; however, they broke up soon after their 1970 summer tour, which was captured on 1971’s Four Way Street.
As part of his arrangement to join the CSN, Young was allowed to carry on with his solo career, so during February and March of 1970 he went on tour to support Everybody Knows with Crazy Horse (Danny Whitten on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass, Ralph Molina on drums) and producer Jack Nitzsche on electric piano.
Collected from two nights is their brand of electrified county rock straight out of the canyons of Los Angeles, quite possibly the home Young refers to in the album’s title track. “Winterlong” is an unusual love song, finding the couple at place where moving forward together is difficult and the end can be seen. The song was first released on the 1977 best-of compilation Decade, and later covered by The Pixies. Whitten joins Young on the vocals creating good harmonies.
However, the real genius of their joining is revealed on “Down By The River,” a love story with a different ending. The country sound disappears and rock comes to the forefront as the song wonderfully winds into a sprawling 12-minute epic of guitar virtuosity with Young and Whitten exchanging leads on the bridges.
The country elements return on “Wonderin'.” When Young introduces it, he says it’s “from our new album. When we record it.” He laughs, but it would take 13 years for the two-minute song to be released on 1983’s Everybody's Rockin' where it was given a rockabilly treatment.
“Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown” is a Crazy Horse tune sung by Whitten. When Young introduced it, he wasn’t sure what album it would be on since Crazy Horse was recording their own album. He said he was going to play on it but didn’t. The song appeared on their debut and a live version from this tour was on Young's 1975 album Tonight's the Night.
“Cowgirl in the Sand” repeats the brilliant formula of “Down By The River.” It is over 14 minutes and, as much attention as the leads get, it is the rhythm section that is just as worthy of adulation, creating the steady foundation that allows Young and Whitten to soar.
The album showcases a talented quintet during a historic time in their careers. The band’s musicianship and the disc’s fidelity sound fantastic. While I think everyone who hears it will enjoy, I can’t recommend anyone buying it. People have waited decades since this was first hinted at, and all they get is six songs, a mere 43 minutes, for a retail price of $18.98?!
There were two nights recorded in this stand, which included solo acoustic sets by Young. They want you to believe this is all there was, but in a trailer from Young’s website there’s footage from 1997 where it’s stated that multi-track recordings of only five songs survive. So where did number six mysteriously come from?
I’m pretty sure fans would have been okay getting single-track recordings, unreleased material, or demos from the same time period. And all there is for liner notes is a review of the show from Cashbox Magazine. Nothing by Young or anyone else to provide a little history or context about what makes this release special.
In the future, Young can spare me the righteous indignation over artists singing for Pepsi and Coke. At least there’s not a feeling of being ripped off after seeing someone appear in a commercial. To see how releases like this should be handled, see Dylan’s Bootleg series.
Send a message: don’t buy this album; copy it from a friend.
http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid29460.aspx
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Live at the Fillmore East 1970 | Reprise
By TED DROZDOWSKI December 11, 2006 5:13:40 PM
Neil Young was starting his transition from pop melodist to free-ranging noisemaker when he played these songs at New York City’s most famous rock hall on a bill with the Steve Miller Band and Miles Davis. Now they’re among the few non-bootleg recordings of Young and the original Crazy Horse — and the first of a series of live releases that will visit Young’s back pages. After nice, clean-cut renditions of “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” and the ballad “Winterlong,” Young and Horse guitarist Danny Whitten start six-string sumo wrestling. Twelve minutes later they end a tai-chi-speed psychedelic barrage of stabbing phrases, mini-melodies, and feedback. Two years later, Whitten would die of an overdose, but he and Young sound entirely alive on a restless version of “Cowgirl in the Sand” — a dash to the outer limits of their playing. Young’s first solo is probing, full of notes that seem to raise unanswerable questions about love and life. Whitten, whose tone is smoother than Young’s heavy-gauge sandpaper, lays down jazzy chords to pave the way back to the verse. And when Young is done singing, he and Whitten spill their instruments’ guts for another nine beautiful minutes. This is music that helped put the “classic” in classic rock.
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= Cult of Ray =
Australia
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Posted - 12/15/2006 : 14:30:59
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NEIL YOUNG is Ace. There is a 2CD/DVD version of Living With War "Raw" coming out on 19th Dec. If you have not heard it, LWW is a great NY album, very reminiscent of 1990's Ragged Glory. Well to me anyway...
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2006 : 07:42:07
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I talked to an 18 year old yesterday that doesn't know who Neil Young is and I talked to a 23 year old recently who had no idea who The Who is! That is just so unfortunate! |
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Carl
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fbc
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Posted - 05/08/2010 : 00:39:21
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quote: Originally posted by coastline
I think Neil Young is one of the great living Americans -- and he's actually from Canada. And he certainly deserves appreciation for his music. He has so many great songs and albums, I couldn't begin to list everything he's done that has touched me.
Same here, so I'm making a start by posting in this thread.
This man's music got me through some dark times. Literally dragged me through them.
Walk on. Always. |
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 05/10/2010 : 12:24:11
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I've been listenin a whole lot to the "Comes A Time" record - great country feel on that one. I like his rockers a whole lot too - but this country one has caught my ear lately and won't let go. I especially like the interplay between him and the female singer - Nicolete Larson per wiki - she sounds just positively dreamy and they sound great together. |
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fbc
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Posted - 05/10/2010 : 12:55:40
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Female singers suit him well.
This evening I've listened to On The Beach. So good.
For Christmas, my sister bought me some old tapes. The hoard included Harvest, Landing On Water and Sleeps With Angels.
The first time I heard "My Heart" and "A Dream That Can Last" was through the speakers of a car with a tape deck. They blew me away. Keep in mind the tape was in the deck so I could blast out "Piece of Crap", but when I heard those two tracks...Play. Rewind. Play. Rewind. Turn tape over. Play. Rewind. Play. Rewind. Turn tape over. Play. Rewind... |
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Madame
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Posted - 05/11/2010 : 13:30:17
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after reading this thread i wanna go out buy me a flannel shirt. |
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jackruby
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 08:55:03
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Huge Neil Young fan. Not long ago, I found a copy of Neil Young's "Old Ways" on cassette at a thrift store. I had never heard of it before. Its no RNS or OTB but its really growing on me. Collaborations with Waylon, Willie, and Bela Fleck. He makes me want to buy a Dolly Parton album. If you ever get the chance to see the Rust Never Sleeps Concert DVD--do so! Its brilliant. Crazy Horse at their best and strange little dancing creatures that look like Jawas from Star Wars! And, I am in no way, shape, or form a Jimmy Fallon fan, as I am also in no way, shape, or fan of American Idol--but someone showed me a video of Fallon doing a Neil Young version of the "Pants on the Ground" song. It was actually a really good impression. Worth watching for a chuckle or two. |
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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 11:34:38
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I'm just going to do studio albums because the excellence of Fillmore East and Massey Hall would just complicate things for me.
1) Rust Never Sleeps 2) After the Gold Rush 3) Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 4) Tonights the Night 5) Time Fades Away 6) Harvest 7) On the Beach 8) Chrome Dreams II 9) Sleeps With Angels 10) Prarie Wind
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fbc
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fbc
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Posted - 03/17/2011 : 08:26:40
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I'm just wondering if anybody here had the pleasure of seeing Neil Young back in the 70's. I don't expect a reply :)
I've been listening to a lot of bootlegs recently. The Stray Gators. Don't Be Denied. I'm sitting here patiently waiting on a Santa Monica Flyers boot to download. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 03/19/2011 : 19:40:51
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I used to order just to watch her float across the floor. |
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fbc
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Posted - 03/21/2011 : 01:46:48
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I guess I'll call it sickness gone. |
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fbc
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Posted - 01/23/2012 : 05:53:10
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quote: Bill: Neil Young's Trans is way better than this. That record could have been really great, if he didn't feel obliged to mess with the whole idea of making eletronic music. What's the deal with Little Thing Called Love and Lice An Inca on that record?
Something to do with transition, from what I read. From man to machine? Probably bullshit :) maybe he thought the record would be too out there so he drops a couple of guitar tracks on to make amends for the synth and vocoder. I still bought it and still listen to it.
Like An Inca, not some people's favourite, and if you see the song as a whole then yeah Neil Young by numbers. But just like with Frank, there's parts of the song that are awesome. Like Inca's beautiful chorus. Moments that make the hairs on my arm stand up.
Have you seen Live in Berlin with the Trans band? Pretty cool. |
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