neil young

it's out in the wild! just started...Neil's going off on the end of Country Home

Smell The Horse! Expanded version of Ragged Glory! second paragraph:

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=WDITRB-Now-Available-Everywhere

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=ORS-5-ragged-glory-smell-the-horse also (but the Rust Bucket article contains the info on the extra tracks)

smell the horse: none more horser

you all loved Doghouse: here's Horsehouse!

Is Rust Bucket streaming on NYA? It is not showing up for me.

I fucking hate Neil? Why am I paying for this fucking bullshit.

haha

new tracks:
Born to Run
Interstate
Boxcar
Don't Spook the Horse

this is apparently born to run, good stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhx87Xfvs_k

Boxcar is on Chrome Dreams II in a folkier, stray gators style version

xpost - it is - on the home screen there's a little new live album thing click on that

Jesus Fucking Christ!!!!

Why would the new big release only be available via a small link in the upper corner of the front cabinet on the homepage but not through the Rust Bucket link in the cabinet or on the timeline? This guy is a fucking asshole. Having to pay $ to navigate his stupid website is infuriating. This is literally ruining my enjoyment of the album.

I'm pretty savvy about websites generally, but this makes me feel like I'm fucking 90 and wondering how the kids' tiktoks work.

you gotta give into that part of the process

Ok, now I see that by Neil Fucking Young Logic, we need to split the Rust Bucket release into separate releases for the *album* and the *DVD* and place one of them (DVD) on the timeline based on release date (today) and the other (album) on the timeline based on recording date 1990 with no reference or link between them. This shit is fucking sadistic.

This album would have to be better than 1000 blowjobs to make up for how annoyed I am right now.

haha

honestly, I ended up pre-ordering the CD box set of Archives II because, after the first few days, I have barely listened to a release that I have been waiting years for, it's just so wonky, really looking forward to getting the CDs so I can just get into it like normal music

I just bought the standalone DVD's for both Rust Bucket and Shakespeare. I just want an easy way to play this shit, and as others have mentioned elsewhere, I'm much more invested in the music (mentally, not financially) if I have a physical album in front of me rather than rummaging through an online file system.

In terms of cost, the price seems fair if you take the super deluxe sets and subtract the price of the CD and vinyl-only sets (maybe a few dollars more, which seems reasonable given how much less you have to buy).

honestly, I ended up pre-ordering the CD box set of Archives II because, after the first few days, I have barely listened to a release that I have been waiting years for, it's just so wonky, really looking forward to getting the CDs so I can just get into it like normal music

but hasn't he already released a ton of shit on NYA that isn't on the box set?

Threads like these make me grateful I'm only a casual fan. Has there ever been an artist more sadistic to his fans?

'Ol Pagey is pretty sadistic about Zep live/catalog releases. Honestly, most 'classic rock' estates/artists/consortiums seem fairly sadistic about releases when compared to the turn & burn of the new fangled means of music distribution/releases. Perhaps some grifty Kickstarters are in order. That said, 'Rust Bucket' sounding pretty excellent tonight. My fave horse year for sure.

whenever i start to get frustrated with neil, i just listen to some neil ... and all is forgiven.

lol T-Bone off Rust Bucket is as ridiculous as I hoped

This album would have to be better than 1000 blowjobs to make up for how annoyed I am right now.

― perhaps I myself was the object of my search (PBKR), Friday, February 26, 2021 1:09 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm 3:52 into Over and Over and it's definitely better than some blowjobs - how many remains to be seen as there are 6+ minutes left - but I'm floating on a wave of distortion and I needed this in my life right this moment.

been so overexposed to it that it's hard to really *hear* it, but every once in a while, Cinnamon Girl will hit me like the first time....what a great riff

The DVD reportedly has shittier sound than the CD, and supposedly you can hear the difference in these YouTube clips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Ax9Z2-OgI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FsP7OL681Y

yeah ok, but it's still better than the bootleg/audience recording we had and enjoyed for 30 years so I don't mind

Hopefully a good week for Neil in my house. Really digging Way Down in the Rust Bucket today (I could live in his guitar tone for days) and the Archives II box should be getting here Friday (finally!).

I never thanked TylerW for that great hour of deep cuts he posted two weeks ago - thank you, enjoying it lots, still.

glad you liked it!

vinyl came today
sounds great!

xp the 1992 Center Stage show? if so, same here. i've watched it three times already, and especially love the renditions of the Harvest Moon songs. "Unknown Legend", the title track, "Dreaming Man", "from Hank to Hendrix", "Natural Beauty". so good. "Unknown Legend" in particular, hit me hard the other day, in a new way, and it was a great comfort.

iow, thank you tylerw, i like it too <3

ha, no — this thing: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/02/08/neil-young-a-few-honey-slides/

(that centerstage thing is grrrrrreat though)

Fingers still crossed for Archives II showing up Friday!

xp i will be sure to give that a listen today as well! :)

one thing that ended up cool on the vinyl is that disc 4 is "Love and Only Love" > "Cortez"/whole side of "Like a Hurricane"

down the road when i just want to listen to mega crazy horse jams will be nice to throw this on as a single album

definitely some moments on that "love and only love" that are up there with neil's best guitar work ever.

one solo i wish went on longer is on "homegrown" (which tbh after this year i've been a little burned out on) is after they do the acapella breakdown of the chorus, his solo after that is great wish it went on

Great - I have to pay €50 (half of what the deluxe Rust Bucket package cost) to customs if I want it delivered. Thanks, Brexit.

I'm trying to figure out if I should order Rust Bucket on vinyl (not super deluxe) or just listen to it on NYA. Anyone have thoughts on the vinyl?

The full (I think?) set is on Sp0t1fy, at least here in the UK, if you can stomach that service. It sounds great but then I'm not a Pono-level audiophile.

Listening to this now. It's pretty great. If Weld was the doom metal version of this band, this is the caveman-stompin' garage-rock version.

I hardly think one needs audiophile level equipment to appreciate the crunch and squall of the Horse.

best listened to on a crappy tape deck

SPOTIFY SECURITY HQ, ALPHA ROOM
TIME ZONE: CLASSIFIED

The General: What are the most recent and severe security threats to our profit margins, Analyst III?
Analyst III: One moment, General. I will ask my team to run the Advance Scan. I know you sometimes scold me for asking your permission for this, but protocol informs that I must --
The General: It's ok, Analyst III, I understand - you have my permission to run the Advance Scan. I know it's dangerous, and it's expensive. But the Quarterly Update is just around the corner. Take the appropriate precautions, as I know you --
Analyst: As you know I always do. And as you know, I always will. I love you, General. TEAM!! ADVANCE SCAN PERMISSIONS CONFIRMED. INITIALIZE!!!!

*team searches for "Spot1fy" on ILX*

Analyst: Nothing, General. Nothing at all. It's clean.

I didn't want Neil to read that I was listening on 5p0t1fy, I know he'd be upset

any of you ever play neil young songs on guitar? he has so many songs that are actually pretty easy to play (if you're just doing the rhythm and not any wild soloing, at least)

time to play some goddamn Old Man over here, then a little Harvest Moon

Neil S, that's why the ILX security team is the most advanced on the internet. YOU are the General over here!

i might try a honey slide in a minute :D

we do a 7r1pl3 level 1337-speak on ilx, to foil anyone who might hear us

Neil Young is pretty much how I learned to play guitar (which is probably not unique).
Motion Pictures is a fun one.

One of the greatest things about Neil as guitar teacher is that few of his songs are particularly fast, so aside from some weird tunings here and there, at lot of his stuff is kind of loose and languid and easy to follow along with.

I'm trying to figure out if I should order Rust Bucket on vinyl (not super deluxe) or just listen to it on NYA. Anyone have thoughts on the vinyl?

― perhaps I myself was the object of my search (PBKR), Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:37 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

vinyl sounds great...also the vinyl is not a poorly designed website

gahhh ok I’m getting the vinyl