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just wanted to chime in some more about the s/t remaster, been listening to it a bunch lately:

- Last Trip to Tulsa is possibly the worst song in his entire catalog. aimless, formless, terrible lyrics, terrible delivery. practically everything about it is wrong
- the only other track that irks me is Here We Are in the Years, just for the clumsy lyrical sentiment

ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link

there's a great (much shorter & electric) version of "last trip" that was the b-side to the time fades away single. and yeah "here we are in the years" is definitely not the best set of lyrics, but it is pretty!

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.bigozine1a.com/TRKSD/NYrarities/NYrarities13.mp3 here ya go

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link

haha omg that is SO MUCH BETTER. sloppy groove and a sneer is def the way that song should be

ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link

loving the unhinged-ness of this - feels of a piece with Yonder Stands the Sinner

ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah, the song is pretty funny/nasty in that version

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...
two months pass...

I listened to A Treasure on the way in this morning and I have to say, I think this is finally going to provide a way for me to get into the 80s country era of Neil's career. That's always been a blind spot for me, both because 80s Neil was the last in general I came around to and also because country can be the hardest genre for me to really invest time in. I'd long heard and read about the legendary International Harvesters tours, but the few bootlegs I heard were of questionable enough quality that I couldn't fully commit. This sounds great and, while it may not represent any kind of peak for Neil, I'm really thankful to have it in my collection.

A nice little sign of the times, the crowd reaction to the "there's already too many Toyotas on the road" line in "Motor City".

the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link

80s Neil was the last in general I came around to

Trans!!!! It's all about that album

geeta, Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Trans is amazing

lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Trans was the first (and only) 80s Neil I had for the longest time. Its the less regarded 80s album I took forever to get into.

the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

news from the toronto film festival:
Neil has just completed his first book, a 105,000-word epic tentatively titled Cars I Have Known.

tylerw, Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link

"Underrated Cars I Have Owned"

Status Update...in my Seether? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link

gonna assume the book is about neil's experiences with Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton and David Robinson?

tylerw, Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link

It's all about his quest to copy their drum sound in the 80s.

Status Update...in my Seether? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

May you live in inneresting times--happy 66th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBOQfr2Lrno

clemenza, Saturday, 12 November 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link

happy b-day!
clemenza, you might be innnerested in this. it kind of works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Z3Ikwj1xk

tylerw, Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Thanks--I like it. With something like "Harvest Moon," which for me is kind of ordinary, I think you've got to do something with it besides a straight cover. Into the folder it goes. Found a picture of them:

http://www.themusicninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Poolside.jpg

clemenza, Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link

cool bros. yeah, i know nothing about them except for this...sort of like that the singer is kind of terrible, it helps!

tylerw, Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link

was just thinking i'd prefer it more if neil was singing over their track tbh

(Line from Caddyshack.) (stevie), Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link

Happy bday neil!

Also the high placement of sleeps with angels on this poll is weird!

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 12 November 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link

That is weird. There are for sure 5-7 albums that could easily jump ahead of it. The most important thing is that it is above the 39 or whatever that could not.

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 November 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link

Over zuma, everybody knows, and live rust is crazy

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 12 November 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link

finally got around to buying A Treasure today in honor of Neil's b-day. Here's wising him many more.

mizzell, Sunday, 13 November 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link

Also the high placement of sleeps with angels on this poll is weird!

Troll vote coalition was pretty strong on AIM about 4 years ago.

1 vote for Harvest is some contrarian shite.

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 13 November 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link

or else it's just ILM Loves the 90s

Euler, Sunday, 13 November 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link

oh shit i didn't even notice harvest...

has harvest somehow become neil young's most underrated album?

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link

hee hee, one vote for Zuma! wacky. i don't think i voted in this poll.

tylerw, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

depending on the day i could probably vote for any of neil's first dozen or so records...

tylerw, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link

these are the NY albums that showed up on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time list in 2003, for a decent idea of the canonical view of his catalog:

71. After The Gold Rush NEIL YOUNG
79. Harvest NEIL YOUNG
147. Deja Vu CROSBY, STILLS , NASH AND YOUNG
206. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere NEIL YOUNG with CRAZY
327. Tonight's The Night NEIL YOUNG
346. Rust Never Sleeps NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE

some dude, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Fairly accurate, I'd say, with a built-in Rolling Stone tilt. I think the consensus would be more like Gold Rush or Rust Never Sleeps at the top, followed by Tonight's the Night, followed by Everybody; then some configuration of Time Fades Away/On the Beach/Zuma and Freedom/Ragged Glory. I think Harvest is quite good, but Neil's own ambivalence about it in the Decade liner notes seemed to fix its place as the big-selling album that came between Everybody/Gold Rush and the so-called Ditch Trilogy--it doesn't quite seem to belong. I don't know that Deja Vu fits in, either, even though Neil contributes two brilliant songs (and half a good one).

clemenza, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link

I think sleeps with angels is way more ilm loves the 90s than a troll vote, it's a really good album

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link

So glad I took a minute to rescan this thread--I've been trying for a year to remember the name of that "Pocahontas" sound-alike Shakey Mo Collier posted, and I couldn't remember the song, the singer, or the thread (there are a number of Neil threads).

clemenza, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Top 3 are right, Comes A Time and Time Fades Away were robbed

If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 13 November 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

huh! http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2012/01/report-new-crazy-horse-album-recorded.html
... Neil Young has been recording with Crazy Horse . One album is complete and they are working on another.

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link

No mention of content or time table.

Sigh.

Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 January 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link

seems like if they're gonna do one last big crazy horse tour, they'd want to do it sooner rather than later -- look at these old dudes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kvQ307mWuF8/TPVHDPpBmmI/AAAAAAAAAis/gBwHeXYcgrA/s400/crazy-horse-musicares-2010.jpg

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

Last time I saw Neil with a band, Molina was playing drums and seemed fine. But then, so did Ben Keith ...

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 January 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link

Haha, yeah, my first thought was, "Where's Frank? And why is his dad there?"

xp

Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 January 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link

a little more on his slamdance appearance. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677694/sundance-film-festival-neil-young.jhtml
Haunting words: "Mumford and Sons and My Morning Jacket are great bands," Young said. "I love them both and I know them well. I feel good about saying that."

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link

nooooooooooooooooooo

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 January 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link

also i hope age hasn't robbed crazy horse of their whiplash, machine-tuned chops!

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 January 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link

more "news" http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-recording-new-album-with-crazy-horse-20120123

"It's looking good," a representative for Young says.

Multiple fans subsequently posted on Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina's Facebook wall to ask if the news was true. His response: "Yes!"

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link

mumfords suck but i could totally see why neil digs mmj, who are awesome imho

Harvey Weewax (stevie), Monday, 23 January 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link

yeah it was mainly the mumfords. not a huge fan of mmj, but definitely not in the same league of lameness.

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link

let us not forget that in some ways, our neil is a huge sap! it sounds ok when it's coming from him because we know him. coming from mumfords, the sap is unpalatable at best and totally untolerable at worst. (i do not like mumfords or mmj but agree that one is more of a disappointment than the other!!)

La Lechera, Monday, 23 January 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link

untolerable? intolerable! repulsive, is what i meant.

La Lechera, Monday, 23 January 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, he's a sap... and anyway, i reallllly don't look to him for music recommendations in general. not that he doesn't occasionally have good taste, but I think he's always said that he doesn't even listen to that much music in his private time.

tylerw, Monday, 23 January 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link

I would listen to Neil debate Mumford's with Mark E. Smith

“How you like that, Mr. Hitler!” (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 January 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybk735dMs1qdf09mo1_500.jpg

“I told Neil, ‘Don’t wear your fringe to the wedding’. He always wore fringes, but he said, ‘Okay’. So he came in a Confederate army uniform. What a guy!” Richie Furay

mizzell, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link


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