neil young

it is crazy that he's clearly just remembering how things sounded back in the day through a veil of deep nostalgia. of course AM radio sounded great to him when he was a teenager! but if he heard it now he'd be like YOU ARE ONLY HEARING 10 PERCENT OF MY WORK.

he came out in favor of spotify or pandora in one of his books -- said something along the lines of "it's like the radio of today"

I thought he'd said piracy was the new radio

Copy my songs if you want to. That's free.

it is?

xp
he might've said that too!
"this burrito ... it's like the new radio."

8-Tracks, where a song you're listening to could possibly just STOP right in the middle and the remainder of it be picked up when the next track is engaged. Okay. That kicks streaming's ass. Sure.

guys

he'll be back

He's right about cassettes being better than streaming, though. I hate it when my Spotify gets eaten by my computer, and I have to use a pencil to re-spool the Spotify back into its Spotify case.

haha

i'd be perfectly happy to buy your fucking records if they were sanely priced neil!

psychedelic pill is now available in certain stores for under $80 on vinyl!

Wonder what Neil Young "Hot Presses" go for?

fwiw, German Amazon (amazon.de) sells Neil vinyl for around half of what it goes for on US Amazon, shipping included.

i'd be perfectly happy to buy your fucking records if they were sanely priced neil!

^^^

haha no kidding. even at 1/2 price they're still kind of ridiculous amounts of $$$.

I probably would have ponied up $20 for Psychedelic Pill or Lenoise

neil young has ended for me.
current neil young sucks. current neil young is the worst neil young in history.

As a human being or as a musician?

as a transformer man

No way did cassettes sound better than streaming, that's a ridiculous claim for him to make.

that's why he ended

He cuts a record in Jack White's phone booth and then wants to pull music over fidelity. Is he back on Geffen again? This is vintage crazy Neil.

Has he ever commented on, or been directly called out on, his vinyl prices? It's completely bananas.

it's been explained (by one of his reps i think) -- he does his vinyl at a german pressing plant that apparently turns out extremely high quality product.

Pallas Mfg Germany is the plant's name
but yeah -- i would be interested in that recent box set w/ time fades away, on the beach, tonight's the night and zuma, but at $160 for four records (which I already own in multiple formats) no thank you.

especially since you should be able to score all of those original LPs used for under $40

I remember a local store pretty much giving away their remaining vinyl in '91 or '92; got a lot of great stuff, but, a decision of great wisdom, passed on Ragged Glory (they had multiple new copies for $5 or so).

I don't stream music, so don't have any opinion on the substance here. Does sound like Neil being Neil.

neil's compositional style is pretty good pseudo lefsetz but he's missing the capital letters. Analog Cassettes and 8 tracks also KICKED STREAMING'S ASS.

Pallas Mfg Germany is the plant's name

They also do some Nirvana stuff and that sells for like $15 less than Neil's LPs.

xp:
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/07/15/neil-young-on-streaming/

don't ... want ... to .. click OH YES I DO

it's a bit on the aggressive side, but Lefsetz' points seem pretty reasonable

I’d say he’s become a laughingstock, but the people he’s playing to, the writers for the somnambulant press, trumpet his every word and neglect to point out his failings.

That’s right, they review all his new music, usually giving it stellar accolades. And then when it fails in the marketplace…crickets.

haha this is objectively bullshit

The bottom line is we’ve got a lot of stuff fighting for attention. Not only other music, but books, video, pornography, sex… Everything is now at people’s fingertips, how do you gain an audience?

i bet big lef's chrome history is a real horror show

Promise Of The Neil, Linkvolt NE 7-11-15: three sets, 65, 65, and 55 minutes long. Haven't listened yet, but promising list---download while you can:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2417

Didn't realize a local rep-house started a Neil film festival last night, so I missed Human Highway. But I think I'll catch Journey Through the Past tonight--found it fascinating when I looked at the Archives DVD.

http://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/young-at-heart/

(Dennis Hopper looks like he's doing an early draft of Frank Booth in that still.)

(Can't mess with the https.)

https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/young-at-heart/

http://thecinematheque.ca/the-bernard-shakey-film-retrospective-neil-young-on-screen

vancouver retrospective of neil young films on 31st july to august 4th

Pretty much the same as the links above that won't work--don't think we get Dead Man, though. Here's the still I made reference to:

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/hopper_zpsyfykbrxt.jpg

hahaha omg that is amazing

what does that button say... "wounded man"?

"MP3s? Fuck That Shit! PONO!"

takes a worried man to sing a worried song

ah yes of course

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/neil_zpsfdt9d80v.jpg

Don’t see that every day...decade, millennium, etc.

I don’t know, I think Neil could have had a great film. Love the first 20 minutes or so: the stuff at the radio station, the Springfield clips (fantastic), the CSNY footage. The framing story is obviously preposterous, but I even like a tiny bit of that: the guy shooting up (where I typically had to look away) at least gives it some grounding, reminds you that the film was made in the shadow of Danny Whitten, and the two minutes after where “Soldier” plays, and the camera wanders around, are suitably atmospheric (maybe just because I like “Soldier” so much). There are so many sequences that go nowhere, though, like Neil and Carrie pulling up in the car, silently sharing a joint and eating strawberries, then moving along--that scene felt like 10 minutes. The theatre was almost empty tonight; unless a lot more people bought Archives than I think, I don’t really understand that. The last shot, with the Beach Boys playing and the two crosses and the headlights, is stunning.

I hope these all come to DVD at some point

The theatre was almost empty tonight; unless a lot more people bought Archives than I think, I don’t really understand that.

I should maybe add that Neil the person was actually playing here last night...

Oh woah

XP "Hmmm, which ill-advised Neil Young venture shall I attend tonight?"

That's pretty amazing. I saw "Journey" years ago and it was off a bad VHS dub so I've always wondered what it would look like cleaned up and remastered. Or simply seeing a film print would be amazing.

Lots of scenes go nowhere and are pointless but are enjoyable in a kind of virtually-hanging-out-with-Neil way.