neil young

xpost To be fair, Neil releasing this is a little like recycling.

i can't find the vinyl anywhere now, i hope it's temporary and Neil's not going to consign it to the land of the Sleeps with Angels and Year of the Horse LPs.

yeah he made a huge stink about taking them off streaming...said streaming was worse quality that AM radio (haha)...

then quietly all the stuff reappeared. i took it to mean that he accepted that PONO was a failure and that Spotify cut him a big check.

You can't spell Spotify without the P and O from PONO.

xxp I got it for 18 bucks in my local store yesterday, sooo much cheaper than his previous vinyl

yeah for a while the geffen albums were all that spotify had, which was quietly beautiful in its own way. but now it's all up there, i think?

currently have no money to spend on records and don't feel *too* bad about not giving money directly to Neil tbh.

xp

i'm sure it'll be around...the LP was $15.99 on Amazon and i was waiting for my next round of points to hit, and then i look at it's $4 more and it's unavailable. i appreciate that this one isn't $80!

xp seems like listening on spotify free and giving neil your ad money would be the better moral compromise

I see you are unfamiliar with my opinions on spotify

I am all too familiar with those opinions

And esp considering how much coke he was on a the time and in general his tendency to edge toward paranoia I can easily see Neil turning this comment over in his head like this for decades.

― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:18 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As Ginsberg said about Dylan on the Rolling Thunder tour, "His munificence was engorged with snow"

nomar - audiophile online retailers can be a good source when most of the regular places are sold out, looks to be in stock at musicdirect.com

i have bought vinyl here before

https://www.musicdirect.com/vinyl/Neil-Young-Hitchhiker-(Vinyl-LP)

Forgot about Farm Aid! Neil and Promise etc "Like A Hurricane" in progress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg6-hljSb9E

right now willie nelson is backing up someone who sucks really bad. i feel bad for willie

oh, the performer is "willie nelson & family"

sorry if i dissed your son or something, willie, if you're reading this

yeah, it was lucas nelson

sorry nelsons

i miss fucking crazy horse.

sorry again nelsons

Re-run of tonight's "Like A Hurricane" sounding good.

To "Rockin' In The Free World", also solid.

i click on that expecting to see some Willie and I get Dave Matthews.

ok it's for a good cause

Reminds me, my fave version of "Hitchiker" is from FarmAid 25: http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=HAqa1IuWFT8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=HAqa1IuWFT8

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/neil-young-roars-back-to-life-with-blazing-farm-aid-set-w503624

CTRL+F dog: 0 results :(

reading tylerw's Hitchhiker piece reminded me how good that 92 version is. It's super dark and haunting and always makes me imagine Neil as an old hermit warning people from a mountaintop. There was a version of Revolution Blues from the solo Trans tour on youtube a while ago that had that same vibe. I've often thought about making a compilation of stuff that carries that feeling (Pushed It Over from the Bitter End show would be another).

Also, found some innaresting youtube clips I hadn't seen before:

I read about this in Shakey but never saw it until today - it's a French interview circa 82 where he discusses his love of the Human League and Flock Of Seagulls among others, while sitting at home with a Hagstrom II in his lap:

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

Here's a psa video he did for the National Academy of Child Development, with a one-off version of I Am A Child:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrIRPp47dA

and a promo spot from MTV where they give away the Shocking Pinks' Cadillac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_0X0dLkPs

thanks for the 1992 hitchhiker tip. i hadn't heard it before and it's really really good!

aw shit, sorry, realized that was in reference to tyler's piece on the song (http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2017/09/11/neil-young-a-hitchhiker-on-the-road/), which i somehow missed above! looking forward to going through that tonight :)

that 82 French Trans era interview has a lot of Cocaine Thoughts from Neil

Slated for Archives 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=66&v=oHebRiT5Vmw

whoops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHebRiT5Vmw

Finally getting to Hitchhiker and it is indeed a very mighty thing to behold.

New Neil & Promise-O-The Real: https://pitchfork.com/news/neil-young-announces-new-album-the-visitor-shares-already-great-listen/

Also this: https://pitchfork.com/news/neil-young-auctioning-hundreds-of-his-model-trains/

hooboy those song titles...

was listening to daniel johnston performing live on kcrw this morning and never noticed before how ridiculously much this sounds like neil young:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWwCWG7ANok

We should totes pool our money and buy one of Neil's cars at that auction.

I've had the growing realization that Promise of the Real sucks* and are a terrible influence on Neil

* by sucks I mean their boring professionalism does Neil no favors

strong disasgree

Monsanto Years rules fuiud

I streamed a bit of P-Of Da Real (also, that is 100% a better band name) at some fest recently (was waiting for Prime Time to start) but so beyond their amazingly bland chopsy bar rock every single member of the band dresses like they are on the Rigs of Dad instagram account.

rigs of dad insta is a treasure, thank u for bringing this to my attention

as a shitty guitarist rapidly approaching middle-age, it's also worryingly close to home

OK I can support critiques of their fashion sense for sure

"i'm canadian by the way ..." lol. Piano sounds good here.

PotR sounds fine on the live stuff I've heard. Bongo guy is pretty questionable (unfounded conspiracy theory is that he's willie and neil's weed dealer). Never really got into Monsanto Years, but I don't know if that's the band's fault exactly.

In reference to middle aged blues-rock acts I believe this statement "Bongo guy is pretty questionable" is universal

i've listened to several Manassas and Stills-Young Band bootlegs and you sir are no Joe Lala
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Lala1972.jpg

matthew mcconaughey pls join the promise of the real thx

I guess I should give them more time but I really haven’t liked anything he’s done with PotR. :( Hopefully someday something will click.

In other PotT news, it appears that they landed a spot on the My Little Pony movie soundtrack from this year

Oh gross are they Bronies too?