neil young

spotify

is a monster I will not feed

feel like being able to listen to neil young albums i don't actually want to own is the best argument for spotify

CDs are hella cheap now; can likely find whatever recent Neil stuff for less than $10/disc.

you should definitely just go ahead and buy psychedelic pill if you haven't already, it's amazing.

that's kinda the one I want the most, cuz I really liked "Walk Like a Giant". Although LeNoise seems attractive too. And I did like that one song from the electric car album that had that "where did all the money gooooo" refrain.

so many hits to choose from!

out of the last 10 years, i'd say psychedelic pill, le noise and chrome dreams ii are the best...

For me, Le Noise was the best thing Neil had done since Ragged Glory (and I'm not a fan of Lanois at all).

i dunno, i like the approach/sound of le noise, but i wish the songs themselves (with a few exceptions) were a little better.

Yeah, le noise was the one that stood out for me as well. It's tough for me to listen to his other newer stuff without it making me want to listen to his older stuff that I think is much better. Even psychedelic pill, which was quite good in parts. But he couldn't have made le noise back in the day. It's just different and awesome.

but to hell w/ all of this stuff, everyone should just watch this while it's up on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EpdLMHJLrc

i should check out psychedelic pill in full but i hate what i've heard of neil's lyrics on those songs. just so mundane. loved americana, though. closest the horse has gotten to that ragged glory vibe imo where you could imagine they were barbecuing between takes.

finally listened to lenoise after someone whimpered re: my blog takes and i'd def prefer to hear the "raw" versions - those effects were kinda either too obtrusive or not obtrusive enough

man, call me crazy but i really think psychedelic pill is one of his very best. i'm not going to compare it to his old classics but it's at least up there with ragged glory and harvest moon.

wow had no idea country home was that old

xxxp

lol at these poll results, by the way. only on ilm.

wow had no idea country home was that old

something perversely appealing about the fact that he held it back in favor of "T-Bone".

i kinda like how "ragged glory" opens with two outtakes, in that they don't feel like ringers meant to cloak the lack of good new material, but warm-ups for the band before getting to the good new material

"remember this one? we played it in '76 -- here we go, 1-2-3-4!"

go listen to Life, people. I'll be waiting behind the keytar stand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVHE0ip0fk

at the very least check out neil going all ape-poopie at 3:45 (this may have been posted ages ago, but worth a revisit)

I like Americana and Psych Pill almost equally well, they're both rockin' reveries. I also like Storytone and Letter From Home, and would put those four in that order of preference. Think the sound quality of Letter might get on Οὖτις,'s nerves, since it sometimes does on mine (mellow as I am).

Damn I gotta watch that xpost doc now; good thing I've already seen the MC5 doc and Eat This Document, also back for a second (on the Tube)

oh my god, someone needs to make one of those shredding vids for that, da croupier

holy shit that is some skronk

wonder if he'd just heard Expressway to yr Skull

oh my god, someone needs to make one of those shredding vids for that, da croupier

that would be so awesome. you could even inverse the standard conceit and have billy'n'poncho making beautiful vangelis shit

then have neil bust out an intricate, clean-toned solo over them

wonder if he'd just heard Expressway to yr Skull

EVOL would have been less than a year old - always wondered how well he knew them before the Weld tour

feel like being able to listen to neil young albums i don't actually want to own is the best argument for spotify
haha, otm!

Greendale is my favorite "late" NY album, but Chrome Dreams II rocks my world too (probably has something to do with me seeing three shows (woohoo!) on the CDII tour where I also bought my all time favorite merch tshirt (tie dye)). I enjoy Le Noise as a cool adventure but was kind of disappointed with both Pscyh Pill and Americana (probably has something to do with me paying a zillion bucks for both albums on vinyl when cd would have been a lot more practical). I like A Letter Home a lot, it's so sentimental.

also that yesteryear video is grrrreat

most interesting thing in that clip was the banjo version of Old Laughing Lady

wonder if he'd just heard Expressway to yr Skull

EVOL would have been less than a year old - always wondered how well he knew them before the Weld tour

whoops - I meant to add that according to Shakey he'd never heard of SY prior.

Just discovered Barnes & Noble is selling the basic CD edition of Le Noise for $4.99.

style change!

Neil Young
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Yesterday my song "Rockin in the Free World" was used in a announcement for a U.S. presidential candidate without my permission.

who? i have too many tabs open

trump

more like rump

I assume Neil has approved Sanders' use of "Old Man"

feel like we'd be in for some really exciting times if neil had put out a statement today saying "yeah fuckin a i love donald! TRUMP 2016 let's roll!!!!"

hilarious that trump would choose a song so clearly a repudiation of reagan-era republican politics, right up there with reagan himself embracing born in the usa

'welfare mothers' surely just crying out to be used in support of some wingnut

the version on weld is one of the ugliest, most repellent and most thrilling rock songs in the ny canon

new album is streaming on NPR

musically it's pretty good so far...on the lyrical tip, Neil is goin' ham(fisted)

this is as much room he's given his 2nd guitarist since danny whitten

This is the one with Willie Nelson's kids?

no that was three albums ago now. this is the one about donald trump.

assuming one of willie's kids is the lead guitarist? he can really play

there's 2 or 3 songs i would consider "good" on this, otherwise some good moments when no singing is going on

you listened yet tyler?

i haven't listened! kind of scared.
i saw willie a few years ago and lucas nelson got a showcase... he was kinda sub-stevie ray at that point... but that was almost a decade ago I guess!

yeah i mean the whole band seems pretty consciously trying to get in a crazy horse zone for neil. they are pretty good at it, def more "pro" obviously but kick up a decent racket at points. though honestly i'm not sure bringing whitten back from the dead could save these songs.