Sleeps With Angels is way too high. And Freedom is way too low.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 June 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
The fact that Zuma ranked below Trans completely invalidates this poll.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 21 June 2007 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link
So, basically, I'm the only person who voted for "Zuma"? Don't believe it.
― Tom D., Thursday, 21 June 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
I wasn't around when CSN(and sometimes Y) were at their peak, so apologies for the following somewhat naive question:
How much of Neil Young's popularity in the 70s can be attributed to his association with CSN? The thought never really occurred to me until I was checking out CSN(Y)'s Allmusic entry today, which says "it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles".
Personally, I like Neil Young exponentially more than CSN(Y), so my gut feeling is that the majority of Neil Young's fans were there on account of his own talent. But was there a certain contingency of fans who cheered loudest for "Ohio" and "Helpless", contemplating to themselves at the Live Rust concerts that it would be better if CSN were up on stage too? Or was it more like "Why the hell does Neil Young ever play with them? They butchered 'Helpless'..."? Just wondering what the prevalent view was back in the day.
― Z S, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
When CSN and sometimes Y reunited for a predictably horrible album in 1988, Neil begged off the obligatory tour, saying, "I dunno man, those guys need some serious practice."
And that Allmusic statement strikes me as comically absurd.
― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I admit it raised my eyebrow as well, but then I go the ILM search function, and the second thing I read on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young C/D S/D thread is "i'm more interested in the fact that CSN(Y) (or whatever) were actually REALLY POPULAR and BIG -- as in springsteen in '85/outkast or britney spears BIG. that's such a radical sea-change in mass public musical taste that deserves some comment, no?"
― Z S, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
On The Beach is very good, but would have voted Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, in fact i shall play it now
― Alex in Denver, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
hi alex, how is the weather in denver? in frankfurt it has been raining most of the day. i would have voted <i>after the goldrush</i>, i think. but <i>on the beach</i> is a decent winner, too.
― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i will never learn the ilm html tags...
weird
― moscow_nights, Monday, 26 November 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles
In their time their American album sales were HUGE. Their cultural cachet was such that their public greeted "Ohio" as a major statement. I'm wary of statements like AllMusic's, but the Shakey bio also makes the same suggestion.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 26 November 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
CSNY were huge because the Byrds, the Hollies, and the Buffalo Springfield had all been huge before.
― Nubbelverbrennung, Monday, 26 November 2007 11:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Dead Man = Neil's best electric work?
― Matt P, Monday, 15 December 2008 10:31 (fifteen years ago) link
look at the bill for this thinghttp://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/cultural-festivals-and-events/event-listings/hal-willner's-neil-young-project-_70660zv.html
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm assuming thats a different Chris Brown, otherwise o_O
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, probably?a mix of eh, cool! and whaaaa?Sam Beam of Iron & WineChris Brown Vashti Bunyan Robert BurgerBrendan Canning Fred Cash Jason Collett Julie Doiron Kevin Drew Sam GoldbergShahzad Ismaily Eric Mingus Sun Kil Moon Jenni Muldaur Ambrosia ParsleyJustin Peroff Ben Perowsky Joan as Policewoman Elizabeth Powell Bill Priddle Lou Reed Alasdair Roberts Ron Sexsmith Teddy Thompson James Blood Ulmer Andrew Whiteman Doug Wieselman
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
hoping for a mingus/blood ulmer/reed jam on down by the river
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j//msnbc/Components/Video/071107/tdy_chrisbrown_song3_071107.vmodv4.jpg
A MAAAAAAAAAID
― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, some good names on there and some wtf ones as well. I scanned it quickly the first time and saw "Bill Priddle" as "Mark Prindle".
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/chris-brown.jpgcan i get a heart of gooooold?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
IT'S THE WOMAN IN YOU THAT MAKES YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAAAAAME!
TAKE IT, ULMER!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
haha
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
wish they would substitute teddy thompson for richard thompson
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Neil Young and Bert Jansch, May 24 at DAR Constitution Hall ($83.50-$193.50)
Don't think I want to spend that much to see him on this solo tour.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
great bill tho
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
man i would love to see bert jansch
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Neil has always been at the vanguard of steep ticket prices.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
geez that is a ridiculous ticket price
― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nveweVvh0
― tylerw, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
there is a single $248 seat available at the worcester mass show
thank god I have plans that night
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't go see neil the last time he was in town because tix were $100 bucks ... i had just bought the archives so I had blown my neil budget for the year, really.
― tylerw, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I missed this poll. I realize that there's no accounting for personal taste, but I do find it unsettling that somebody counts Everybody's Rockin' as his/her favourite Neil Young album.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
The cheap seats here in Houston are $69 w/service charge. The big problem though is it's a frontgate event and they don't have outlets in town, so you have to either go to the venue (Jones Hall) or purchase online. According to the seating chart, I've got a nice balcony seat.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 April 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Not that I'd have voted for it but shocked that Freedom pulled a zero on this one too, esp with Trans pulling in two votes.
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, didn't even look at these results ... they are a little ridiculous, but what the heck. (Only 1 vote for Zuma?)
― tylerw, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, those too. Everybody's Rockin'-1 and Old Ways-3, and, at the other end, Zuma-1 and Freedom-0--these are all very puzzling. Everything else, even albums I dislike (Trans) or consider overrated (On the Beach), more or less makes sense.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
only one vote for harvest 'makes sense'?!
― ian, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I would say so, yes. I think most people who are going to take the time to vote in a Neil Young poll would choose something else as their favourite. If, on the other hand, you surveyed 100 random music fans, undoubtedly it finishes first.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i wouldn't vote for harvest as my fave neil young album ... not sure what i'd vote.
― tylerw, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
You'd think with an environment as committed to scientific results and objectivity as ILM that the poll results would make SOME KIND of SENSE!!
― Trip Maker, Monday, 19 April 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
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
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/neil-young-official-release-series-vol-5-breakout-releases/
Freedom, the expanded Ragged Glory, Arc, and Weld will be released individually in October.
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2024 00:33 (one month ago) link
awesome was hoping for that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 August 2024 22:09 (one month ago) link
Me too, because wanted expanded RG; which one do you want? But that article claims the box is so cheap, why not just get it? Well maybe I'll look for a nice-price second-hand, rated VG (like w some Dylan boxes, if you wait long enough: got Another Self-Portrait Deluxe [CD version] for about $30.00, because of minor packaging damage).
― dow, Saturday, 24 August 2024 22:16 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQisTEdBwY
Neil backed by R.E.M. playing ambulance blues hitting well tonight. They’re no Rusty Kershaw, but they might be the next best thing
― H.P, Friday, 6 September 2024 23:53 (one month ago) link
i LOVE "don't spook the horse". nice to see it getting another official release as i idiotically flogged my cd single at some point.
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 7 September 2024 00:03 (one month ago) link
Jem Aswad on Archives III (audio only, admits burning out before "11 films on Blu-Ray."):https://variety.com/2024/music/reviews/neil-young-archives-vol-iii-1976-87-album-review-1236131030/
― dow, Saturday, 7 September 2024 00:38 (one month ago) link
I'll probably give this a deep listen over the holidays if I can get a copy by then. Aswad's review kind of confirms my suspicions that one deep dive will be enough for the '80s recordings. (In fairness, I already have the Lucky Thirteen compilation and A Treasure, which seems to duplicated in this set, but they're probably all I need from the '80s. As enjoyable as they are, I don't put them on that much.)
The first ten discs do look enticing, especially the 1977 demos on disc four. I already have Hitchhiker, Songs For Judy and Chrome Dreams on top of Comes a Time, Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust, but they don't overlap nearly as much as I thought they would. (The overlap with those titles are mostly on disc three and ten.) I kind of wish this set was split in two, I would've immediately bought the '70s material on its own, but it was pretty much a given Neil was going to stick to the ten-year span on each one.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 7 September 2024 21:02 (one month ago) link
https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/neil-young-archives-vol-iii-1976-1987-147123/ :
“Pocahontas”, recorded at Ronstadt’s kitchen table, may be the best version of the song.
Did reviewers have another version of the box set or something?
(Or are they confusing Ronstadt's Malibu kitchen table recordings on disc 4 with the Indigo Ranch Studios (also in Malibu) where disc 9's Pocahontas was recorded?)
― StanM, Monday, 9 September 2024 15:20 (four weeks ago) link
Archives Vol. III Takes is the sampler---16 tracks, 1 hr. 14 min.:http://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ku3aYFp3sBXmk2PBl2j2P_suSqsRa44nI
― dow, Tuesday, 10 September 2024 00:30 (three weeks ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/crosby-stills-nash-and-young-to-release-unearthed-album-live-at-fillmore-1969/
― dow, Tuesday, 10 September 2024 20:55 (three weeks ago) link
^^That's the show that gave us the recording of "Sea of Madness" that was remixed to sound 'more outdoors' and included on the original Woodstock soundtrack album.
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 September 2024 21:02 (three weeks ago) link
I'd only want the expanded Ragged Glory and OK, fine, Weld, and if I buy those two separately from Amazon it's probably $30-31, but I can get the whole box for $45.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 10 September 2024 21:04 (three weeks ago) link