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Anyone spun Return To Greendale? It is good, not that much different then the record, though one of things I really like about the record is that it is just the CH Trio (no Pancho), which adds a bit of weird space to the tunes, live it is a little bit more a "regular" (concept aside) CH album, the nosiy bits at the end of "Sun Green" are tasty though I just wish they really stretched out longer

I like it, you're right not much different but roughed up enough to be preferable to the record imo

I saw them on that tour and I could’ve sworn Pancho played piano on that and only busted out the guitar for the encore of old tunes.

yeah, he just plays electric piano on the greendale stuff. weirdest thing is that sampedro has been CGI-d in the accompanying film.

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lol

O_o

Bernard Shakey makes some odd choices, but he truly is one of the great auteurs of our era.

dang

haha what?

Neil getting his George Lucas on.

Makes sense, as he made sure the Jawas were well taken care for after A New Hope.

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why does he have so much stuff in his pockets?!

Droid parts

harmonicas tuned to different keys?

little trains

Could it be some sort of early wireless guitar system?

Hide-A-Keys

Pono prototypes

His wallet just in case he needed it ?

The remotes for the shock collars he uses to keep the Jawas in line?

happy 75th! long may you run buddy

Happy birthday Shakey, you inscrutable, frustrating genius you.

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to celebrate, just went on neil young archives to stream the santa monica flyers "losing end" that just got posted....and NYA crashed my computer

wouldn't have it any other way <3

FYI, for those paying attention, apparently there was a note shared by Neil that they will be announcing more plans for Archives II tomorrow so here's hoping for a cheaper, more widely available version.

here's a little something to celebrate both zuma and neil's 75th with: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/11/12/neil-young-danger-bird/

Thx tyler! You are bringing a lot of Neil joy to my life right now.

that's what i'm here for!
gotta say it was insanely helpful to my mental health to have the archives II to listen to in October ... wish that everyone could've had the same experience.

So there is now a listing up on Amazon for Archives Vol. II for $159.98 with a release date scheduled for 3/5/2021. This is not my screenshot, but I verified on my Amazon and saw the same thing:

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Ha ha ha, bad news for those people who were flipping their pre-orders for like 3k on eBay. I see a lot of non-paying bidders and negative feedback in the near future. Well done, Neil

To be fair, that one did come with a hardcover book, a NYA subscription and hi-rez downloads that this one (presumably) doesn't. But, yes, I guarantee some absolutely furious folks out there somewhere.

Still seems a little pricey. The basic version of the first listed for (IIRC) $100.

yeah that's spendy for a cd box set in 2020

i look at all this stuff and my eyes glaze over. maybe the neil young organization can make neil young curators available to help out the likes of me, for the low price of $1000 / year

Oh it's definitely still a lot for 10 CDs, three of which were already released elsewhere.

i bet it'll come down to around $100

thurston moore:

We toured with Neil in 1991, and I got to talk to him a bit about his guitar playing. He said to me, “I always play the same thing.” High up on the fretboard and then into the middle of the fretboard. But it went beyond hyper-dexterity and to this place where it was completely beholden to this kind of emotional touch.

https://tidal.com/magazine/article/happy-birthday-neil/1-75428

I’m sure I posted this upthread and/or on every other Neil thread, but when I saw Neil + Crazy Horse in 1991, this older guy next to me poked me on the arm during Sonic Youth’s set and said, “You like this shit?!” I said, “Yeah! It’s just like Crazy Horse, but faster!” He listened for a minute and said, “Yeah...you’re right!”

haha that's awesome, those shows sounded so brutal for SY reading about them in Goodbye 20th Century

to be fair, in those days (and quite possibly still) neil shows always had a good percentage of fans who didn't like it when neil got noisy either.

I have a friend who saw one of these shows, who said the people sitting nearby didn't like Sonic Youth or Neil. Apparently they were expecting Heart of Gold.

Lol, so Neil updated things today - there is now a second pressing of the deluxe box and a "retail" version which lines up with the Amazon listing and essentially the same price. BUT now it really reads like none of the physical boxes will be getting sent out until March of 2021, even the first batch of deluxe boxes. Unclear if the digital files downloads/streaming will still be released on 11/20.

haha what a mess

And apparently as a boon to make those who managed to grab the original run feel better, their boxes will come with a "letter of authenticity"! Which I can only imagine is going to delay the shipping for those original sets that should have been out next week. Oh, Neil.

When it was released, Sleeps With Angels was talked about as a return to the Ditch Trilogy (which is sort of half-true). Do any of his many subsequent records return to the "ditch" mood? I've only heard Mirror Ball, Le Noise and Psychedelic Pill since then.

https://www.wordsense.eu/ditchy/#:~:text=Adjective,Having%20ditches.

Not really? I mean, that's such a singular period for Neil and it's hard to imagine anything he's done in the last 25 years coming close. I'd say maaaybe parts of Chrome Dreams II come kinda close, even though some of that material originally dates from just after the ditch era. Scrolling through the discography it's hard to see much else, feel like it would be more scattered songs over the years instead of any full albums.

But if you haven't heard either Hitchhiker or Homegrown, those might be good places to go next.

Peace Trail (imo) is the most distinctive and odd album he's made in recent times. Great band for that (Jim Keltner kills it) and odd experiments w/autotune in a very "neil" way

dunno if it will scratch the ditch itch but worth hearing

Return to Greendale is making me like Greendale more, this live version is better than the album

xpost - oh yeah if you haven't heard Hitchhiker or Homegrown those are amazing, but like *actual* ditch period albums, listen to them asap!

Peace Trail actually not a bad call, I feel like that one is a little underappreciated.

it's not perfect but it has *something* that weird neil-ness that i find missing from a lot of the recent stuff esp the promise of the real albums

I went for a walk last night with Colorado and warmed up to it a little bit.