A balanced, tour-tight band should include musicians on stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens of many varieties
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
XP Don't forget "Sea of Madness"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5RETXaZOE
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
^^Clip NSFW (montage of hippie ass near the end)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
two things:1. Rust Bucket Never Sleeps.2. What about Toast and why did I plumb forget about it and why is no one talking about it here?//
― dow, Sunday, 9 October 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
It's tough keeping up with the flood of releases, but Toast is actually good. Not a lost masterpiece, but it's a nice one for discerning fans.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 9 October 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
(xposts) Ages ago, when searching for stuff was a fun challenge, "Sea of Madness" was a phantom Neil song for me. I saw it once in the Big Sur film--and I can't remember how I saw that--then spent years wondering if I was remembering correctly.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 October 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
...and there it was, sitting unloved on the Woodstock soundtrack the whole time.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 October 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
This would have been early '80s, when I'd seen the Woodstock film but only knew whatever made it onscreen. (Never did buy the soundtrack.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 October 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
It's a weird inclusion. They didn't play it at Woodstock; the recording itself was from a Fillmore East show a month later, and was remixed to sound like was recorded outside.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
clemenza, Citytv showed Celebration at Big Sur a number of times late at night.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 10 October 2022 02:34 (one year ago) link
Then I guess that's where I saw it.
― clemenza, Monday, 10 October 2022 02:52 (one year ago) link
(also: Neil Young)
Crazy Horse & @thesonicyouth chilling backstage, 1991 pic.twitter.com/dSo4YLoMEM— QueenCityJamz (@QueenCityJamz) October 12, 2022
― dow, Thursday, 13 October 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
Neil & CH look way more grungy
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 October 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
man that Big Sur movie has one of my all-time favorite concert film moments (right after they play "Sea of Madness", I think) - a hippie starts heckling CSNY about being rich and Still jumps down into the crowd and starts fistfighting him until the terrified crew manages to pull them apart. Then when Stills cools off and is back onstage he's strumming some chords and dopily rambling about peace & love, and says something like "I almost got pulled into a trap there, but luckily I had some friends around me who were able to love me out of it."
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 13 October 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
xp I love how he still has the Elvis shirt. He may be the old guy in this photo but he looks so young, moreso when I've see the now-much-older Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley at a recent show.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 October 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
I maintain that, accounting for income, Neil Young and Crazy Horse was the worst-dressed band in rock for many years (I say with affection).
― Chris L, Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
um...you sure about that?
https://i0.wp.com/liveforlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-3.44.10-PM.png
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
from about the same tyme as with Youth--here's thee homegrown style:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVE7MYBrroQ
― dow, Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
He may be the old guy in this photo but he looks so young, moreso when I've see the now-much-older Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley at a recent show.
Neil's only 45 there.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
So he is the old guy in the photo, but he and the other CH guys weren't _that_ old. FWIW, everybody in Sonic Youth are looking like 8-10 years younger than Neil & co.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
looking
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
Neil is like 7 years older than Kim Gordon.
― Chris L, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
Yeah, and Kim actually knew and was friends with Bruce Berry in the early '70s.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
whoa, really? that's a sweet piece of trivia. bookmarking the "neil young" thread delivers _again_
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
yeah say what????
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
truth rating: ZERO Pinnochios
It’s not an especially chatty book; there aren’t long recreated conversations. But every subject is handled with careful introspection, detail and real feeling. We’re in Gordon’s head as she figures out the world around her. There’s an early Sly Stone song called “Plastic Jim” where he describes a phony poser: “Plastic Jim / Will give you a conversation / To avoid a situation / That needs contemplation.” There’s no plastic here. Even when the material verges on Forrest Gump territory, full of celebrity cameos — during one short stretch in the late ’60s and early ’70s, she’s dating Danny Elfman in high school, then hanging out with Bruce Berry, the roadie whose overdose inspired Neil Young to write “Tonight’s the Night” — it never feels forced or showy. She’s clear on how the people around served her as artistic inspirations, sparking her ideas and giving her the confidence to express herself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/books/review/kim-gordons-girl-in-a-band.html
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
sorry, to be clear: a Truth Rating of Zero Pinnochios is equivalent to a 100% truth factor
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
lol that took me a minute to figure out
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
there are all sorts of truth systems
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
ZERO PINOCCHIOS WITH THEIR PANTS ON FIRE!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
it's very simple. there are 4 pinnochios with very long noses. But none of their pants are on fire, so
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
there are four pinocchios but none of them got no t bone
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
Pinocchio, Marlon Brando, and me
― Chris L, Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
(pretend I got that order right)
― Chris L, Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
50th anniversary 'Harvest' box set just announced.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 14 October 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
will it be released before or after Ragged Glory II/Smell The Horse ?
― StanM, Friday, 14 October 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
That looks like the late Joe Cole in the NY/SY twitter photo.
― MaresNest, Friday, 14 October 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
Eldorado cost me $25 at the time. I've always been fascinated by the choice of formats it was available in. CD-only in Japan (makes sense), vinyl-only in Australia (WTF? OK, Neil).― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, March 17, 2021 3:20 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, March 17, 2021 3:20 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
shakey's selling his El Dorado represses at a bargain then!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 10 November 2022 05:49 (one year ago) link
I just got this used for only $10. (The new CD re-issue seems to have substantially deflated the market value of that original CD pressing.)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 November 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
I stumbled on my CD copy about 5 or 6 years ago for $18, which I thought was a huge bargain. That said, I'm glad it's in circulation again, it's a killer EP.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
I only wish Neil would release the original version of "Box Car" - that's the only Times Square track that hasn't been properly released.
FWIW, here's the disc I made based on a Japanese bootleg of that rough-sounding acetate. I pieced it together from official sources, but I also made two changes for my own listening preferences - I subbed in the electric version of "Crime in the City" from Bluenote Café (the definitive version of that song IMHO - "I got thrown out of Bible school / For givin' a finger to the preacher") and also replaced "Someday" with "No More." I never understood why Neil included "Someday" - he perversely derided it as one of his Perry Como tracks even before it was released.
1. El Dorado2. No More3. Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero) - live, electric 1988 version4. Box Car5. Don't Cry - unedited version from the El Dorado EP6. Heavy Love7. Wrecking Ball8. Cocaine Eyes9. On Broadway
Bonus tracks:
10. Rockin' In The Free World - from the Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music DVD11. Needle And The Damage Done - from the 1989 Saturday Night Live broadcast12. No More - from SNL25: Saturday Night Live, The Musical Performances, Volume 2
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that's a strong (and dark!) album there — though I do have a soft spot for "Someday" ... At some point Neil put up a "sneak preview" of "Fuckin' Up" recorded with the SNL 89 band (I think) that would fit right in there, too.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
I know - even without my tweaks, I always thought Times Square was like THE album to showcase the appropriately named "Old Black." I'll have to find that preview of "Fuckin' Up" - I'm still waiting for him to follow through on that promise to put those sessions out in their entirety.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
still waiting for him to follow through on that promise
honestly, this could be appended to the thread title
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
I too dig "Someday." I wasn't crazy about it at first; the tinkly arrangement grated initially, but I soon realized it was perfect for the bleakness of the third verse.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 10 November 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
yeah, that verse is incredible — "smog might turn to stars ..." kind of brutal.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 November 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
tyler, apologies if I've already missed it, but will you be reviewing World Record anywhere?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 November 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
not a review, but I just interviewed Billy Talbot yesterday! I'm slowly working my way up to Neil, haha. Should be up on Aquarium Drunkard towards the end of the month.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 November 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link
nice
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link