Point taken, sure--but all of that aside, I still find it hard to believe that there's someone who a) cares enough about Neil Young to click on this thread and cast a vote, and b) counts Everybody's Rockin' as his greatest album. It's just funny-weird.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Or maybe it was just meant as a joke, and all my puzzlement is the punch line.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
being someone who voted for popeye in the robert altman poll, I get it
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
and yeah the poll results are wacky but almost a third of all votes went to ditch trilogy releases which is:
a) about right from a macro-career perspectiveb) unsurprising for ILMc) frighteningly consistent with the results of this poll: Best of Neil Young studio records
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6A6oTFdcw
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VjfTW0Xys&feature=related
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Next Young wanted to release Old Ways, a country record he cut in a two-day Nashville session. He felt it was a strong, commercial work, part of a series that included After the Gold Rush and Comes A Time. Geffen felt differently. They rejected it.
"They said it scared them," says Young. "They wanted more rock and roll. Okay, fine. I'll give ya some rock and roll. I almost vindictively gave them Everybody's Rockin'." He greased back his hair, put on shades, and went out on the road with a '50s-styled band called the Shocking Pinks. "I got way into that guy," says Young. "I was that guy for months. He was out there. It was a movie to me. Nobody saw it but me, but who gives a shit."
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that Wonderin' video is hilarious
― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me add: "Wonderin'" is fantastic (song and video). I always counted it as Everybody's Rockin''s one reason for being. Discovering, via Archives and Fillmore East, that's it's been around forever was a surprise. And now Everybody's Rockin' may have lost its one reason for being.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, "wonderin'" is a pretty perfect little tune.
― tylerw, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
<3
anyone catch the neil young trunk show? i feel like that entire set was him working through relationship issues! the shot of the autistic kids. gorgeous "oh lonesome me" and "mellow my mind" on the side. i think i voted 'dead man' in this but with spring and such i'd go with zuma atm.
― Matt P, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
as a middle finger to the record company it's classic neil tho
like an 80s version of heading for the ditch
xxp
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm going to the first show of this tour on the 18th- can't wait. I even splurged for the expensive seats! The one other time I saw Young was with Crazy Horse at the end of the Horde Fest in '97 and I wasn't nearly as big a fan as I am now, not to mention I was like a mile from the stage and exhausted from a long day of boozing...
― ColinO, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Just back from the Houston gig. Fantastic show of course. He busted out old black and a white gretsch for extended electric segments, included a version of "Hitchhiker"! He did a bunch of new songs that have a weird religous bent. I'll imagine they'll sound pretty interesting once Lanois gets done with 'em.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 June 2010 07:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Saddest thing: no real "ditch trilogy" numbers.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 June 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh fuck, I kinda forgot about Neil!! I was trying to look at the dates in Nashville or Austin for maybe a quick vacation... totally forgot about them as I got caught up in work plus have been spending mad money lately anyway. Wait, Ticketbastard is showing a new date now? July 19th ( a Monday?), may need to try to make that one happen. Probably no Bert Jansch tho? No matter, I can see Bert here in Chicago before he plays the Eric Clapton 'Crossroads' festival the next day....
Roomfull, did you see Bert too? how was he?
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 5 June 2010 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
oh ,forgot to post.. that July 19th is in Portland .. even better reason...
some him last week, it was really good. i loved the way he built from the acoustic openers up to crazy howling electric stuff. it was much more of a rock show than i expected. "cortez" was A+++.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 5 June 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Suprising to see Time Fade Away, part one of the Ditch Trilogy, getting so much less love than On the Beach and Tonight's the Night.
― Protect family from germs of disease (KMS), Saturday, 5 June 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm think maybe a buncha people haven't heard time fades away, since it's barely ever been released on cd. seems more forgotten about by the general public than TtN and OtB, to me
― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 5 June 2010 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
That's true. It still hasn't received a proper release on cd. Probably never will in Neil's lifetime. I grabbed a digital copy of the internet, which is better (or no worse) than giving money to bootleggers for a pirated vinyl transfer to a cdr.
― Protect family from germs of disease (KMS), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean the digital copies on the internet are obviously vinyl rips as well.
― Protect family from germs of disease (KMS), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
there's an hdcd rip out there too - it was prepped for release at some point in the 90s and pulled at the last minute.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 6 June 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I read that on the wikipedia page after I posted my comment. They went as far as pressing test cds back in the Nineties. I'll have relisten to my copy on headphones to see if I can tell it's source. It boggles the mind as to why they just don't go ahead and release the thing at this point.
― Protect family from germs of disease (KMS), Sunday, 6 June 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Jansch was very good. Like most of the audience, I'm not really familiar w/his stuff, but enjoyed what I heard. He did "Black Water Side". He talked a little with the audience and at the end thanked us for not throwing anything at him.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
super cool that neil is bringing jansch on tour ... hopefully the audiences are respectful. guess neil and bert aren't playing any songs together though? that'd be interesting.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Neil at the Fox Theater in Oakland=hooray! Tix $90-$200=fuck that. I know Neil loves his big ticket prices, but seriously for 2 people I could get a fucking subscription to the opera for that rate.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, i know -- was sort of afraid that he'd schedule a date in my neck of the woods and then i'd have to freak out about whether i could actually afford it. but he hasn't scheduled one yet. amazing that people pay so much for tix to these shows -- i'm a HUGE fan, but I have trouble spending more than $50 for any concert.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'm kind of realizing i might never see him again because of ticket prices
― For Nick Lachey, Forever Ago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
now you're depressing me ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
$50 + surcharge is as high as I will go for rock n roll.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Sleeps With Angels is way too high. And Freedom is way too low.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:18 AM (2 years ago)
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny news from the merch table: They were selling copies of the Archives BluRay box for $250.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
such a bummer
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/09/BAAQ1G9C6V.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
― jaxon, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeha, brutal. this will probably set archives vol. 2 back at least three decades.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
none of the archives stuff was in this warehouse fwiw
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
well, for purely selfish reasons, i'm glad! hope nothing totally irreplaceable was lost.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
"Yeah, I'd like to declare 3 cars, 20 guitars...a whole lot of posters and stuff...and, uh, all the masters of Times Fades Away, yeah, every damn copy I had...that's the ticket..."
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
here's the official word:
1-despite the damage, most everything of real value survived.2-the archives are safe and not there.3-some video and film was onsite and is ok.4- Lincvolt was parked over night there and did not fare well in the fire.5-no precious guitars were on site.6- I foresee a yard sale in our future and imagine that you will hear abut itthru me or other official channels.7- everyone is ok
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Happy 65th!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY4U--ACpsE
― clemenza, Friday, 12 November 2010 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6gz1YYVnM
^^^oddly similar melody to Pocahantas
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 November 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
That's just amazing. I looked up the date, and the Pam Dickinson song is 1966. To me, that's a much more credible example of (subconscious, I'm sure) plagarism than George Harrison and the Chiffons. I'm contacting this woman immediately to see if she wants to launch a lawsuit. If she says yes, I'm quitting my job and going to law school.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 November 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
um the song is written by Carole King
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 November 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm thinking that Neil and Carole are probably good friends; sounds like my lawsuit's a non-starter.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 November 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
it's just weird - it popped up on this Girl Group Sounds box set and I was like waitaminit I know this melody from somewhere
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 November 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
ha! i've heard that song before, but never made the connection. but yeah, pretty similar.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 November 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Dammit, I wanna sue someone. I think I'm going to go after Marlon Brando's estate.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 November 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Descendants of Hernan Cortez v. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
― tylerw, Friday, 12 November 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
More seriously, what do you guys think of "Sea of Madness"? I saw the Big Sur movie on TV probably 30-35 years ago, and it always stuck in my mind; didn't get a hold of it till a couple of years ago, and then it turned up on Archives. I totally love it. The guy dancing at the fifty second mark in the clip above is great beyond words.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 November 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
love "sea of madness"! i can kind of imagine a motown version of it or something.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 November 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link