neil young

also, great re-write, UMS. look at mother nature having fun.

now's the time he should be opening shows with "Mideast Vacation."

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, July 14, 2014 4:39 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Rick Rosa's on Keytar! MAKE IT SO.

omg i love that ums

people on my facebook feed complaining that neil played a 28 minute down by the river in london on saturday night COMPLAINING fuckers they don't deserve to see neil

ha yeah seriously...
at least the uncut reviewer liked it
there is time for one more, 20-minute song - a version of "Down By The River" that might rank as the deepest I've ever witnessed, for the dramatic highs and lows, the graceful tension, the jazzy space and nuance which is introduced into Young, Sampedro and the staunch Rosas' tight little face-offs. In spite of all the whims and tangents, it's at this point that a thought occurs about one of Neil Young's most enduring skills - how his shows, his ever-evolving songs, manage to be wildly unpredictable but, at the same time, hugely reliable.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/node/20506#O1goZiIZvYj9AuxR.99

telegraph reviewer didn't like it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopreviews/10964605/Neil-Young-and-Crazy-Horse-British-Summer-Time-review-down-the-guitar-rabbit-hole.html

it cracks me up how NY and CH still dress like teenagers from the 90s

just saw neil, the long guitar jams are the best and most contemporary part of seeing neil young live in 2014

yeah, it seems he and the band are now in the Ragged Glory/Weld tour atmosphere which is great

people on my facebook feed complaining that neil played a 28 minute down by the river in london on saturday night COMPLAINING fuckers they don't deserve to see neil

― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Monday, 14 July 2014 22:07 (13 minutes ago) Permalink

Yeah when he played the RDS in Dublin 2 years ago, there was a bunch of people complaining about how the solos were too long. Gobshites. His gig in Cork last week was excellent, maybe he was taking those complaints on board tho. He played 2 or 3 numbers alone on acoustic.

well so much stuff out there SOUNDS LIKE THAT NOW — whatever wooden shjips, nu-swans, akron family, white hills, jim jarmusch's new band, etc — it's like a mini version of the whole "i invented grunge" days of 1995

yeah -- and to me, that stuff is much closer in sprit to what Neil is up to than any of the grunge stuff.
this set seems pretty even-handed really -- closer maybe to the tours w/ booker t in the early 90s than the Weld period where he didn't even touch an acoustic guitar.

Speaking of the tour w Booker T & The MGs, yall might wanta check this show:

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1891

the first three songs in London lasted about 55 minutes. he then said 'You sad bastards out there stop crying and complaining. This one's for you sad bastards'
and did a few acoustic tracks. I love that man,

haha nice

Mr. Soulman

Booker T tour was the only time I ever saw Neil live and it was amazing. It was in Santa Cruz during finals and a friend of mine barged into my room announcing that there was a surprise show that night and if we went down to the venue right away we could get tickets and as it happened everything worked out and we got in and it was dope. Never thought I would see him do "I Believe in You" much less with Booker T and the MGs.

yeah i probably saw the show right before or after the one you saw -- seriously mindsplitting. it may have just been because it was the first time i saw him, but i think it was a better performance than the crazy horse gigs i've seen.

From the Telegraph review: "Neil Young is still a master musician, but there was enough guitar soloing at this gig to fill out a Van Halen album"

What's the age range of people who need the concept of long Neil Young solos explained by way of Van Halen?

haha yeah i thought that was weird

also because, i mean, outside of some stuff like eruption...eddie usually solos within the normal confines of a pop song, like i dunno 16 bars or something, not like van halen is this really bloated prog band

if i had to pick two "mainstream" rock guitarists who were pretty much the opposite of one another it'd be neil and eddie van halen.

these people do not deserve their ears

was the telegraph reviewer a certain infamous telegraph music critic? ahem.

i mean hey if long guitar solos are not your thing, OK. but complaining about them at a neil young concert (much less a neil young & crazy horse concert) is clueless. the guy plays long guitar solos.

sinister porpoise your gold rush variation is A+++

The "was a lucky guy"/"that he'd say 'Hi!'" really is top notch. There surely is some money in this kind of thing.

photo from latest recording sessions?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10574212_805685119463108_8834444688953672874_n.jpg?oh=340daf994f0bc8db5483a61025d78ae0&oe=547AE690&__gda__=1417347609_8f46fb20bfe16c9ed56aa375615c2797

described as "awesomely loud big band" music. hmm.

huh! had there been talk of this?

i hand't heard anything. this is the dude who is arranging: http://www.chriswalden.com/ChrisWalden/Home.html
he's worked with Diana Krall, Christina Aguilera, Michael Bublé, Aretha Franklin, Paul Anka, Stevie Wonder, Rihanna and Barbra Streisand!

hahahaha oh lord if this is a rod stewart style standards record i'll lose it

christmas record let's hope

Now THIS is what the Geffen era was missing

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

ugh

this looks horrible

Actually v interested to see what this'll be like, esp (kinda) as I rly can't afford his records anyway

get josh groban to sing on a couple

recorded direct to edison wax cylinder to get that classic john phillips sousa sound

yeah at this point I can't afford to listen/hear new Neil records either so my interest is more of the "what's he gonna do NEXT? lol" variety

dear god just let neil live long enough to go edm with trans 2

surely he's gonna get self-conscious about all this aggressively old-fashioned stuff and go blasting forth into the new after a friendly meeting with calvin harris or something

"i was at a festival and heard this wake me up song and WOW"

hahaha

sobsobsob

"i'm gonna have billy, rick, jeff ament all on stage...it's gonna be an innaresting kind of bass drop. MY kind. i dunno if duck dunn woulda said yes *laughs*"

finally got letter home last week, what a wonderful record.

" “Dear David Guetta, funny how some things that start spontaneously end that way. Eat A Peach. Neil.”.

"let's see here i'm gonna need ten silver saxes and ummm a bass with a bow."

"but you there, drummer dude, you need to stop relaxing."