watching Paul Schrader's Hardcore for the first time and the moment the chorus of "Helpless" comes in had me dying laughing.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 18 November 2023 07:27 (ten months ago) link
Is there a thread about Before & After? Loving it so far. I guess it's "Unplugged 2" in a way. The rerecording of "My Heart" is lovely with his older voice.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 December 2023 17:00 (nine months ago) link
New NY&CH album, FU##IN' UP, in April, and a shortish tour:
4/24-25 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre4/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre5/01 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater5/02 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion5/05 – Huntsville, AL @ Orion Amphitheater5/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre5/08 – Franklin, TN @ FirstBank Amphitheater5/11 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live5/12 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion5/14 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium5/17 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center5/18 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater5/20 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage5/22 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre5/23 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
The album is a nine-track double LP or single CD, out on 4/20 for Record Store Day and then a week later for normal people. No advance tracks yet or anything, but it seems like it's a loud and electric counterpart to Before & After because the press release says, in part:
FU##IN' UP reveals Neil Young + Crazy Horse in all their ragged glory, playing songs from their long relationship. Neil and The Horse have played together for over 50 years and the performances of these familiar songs, recorded in 2023, is a true highlight. As Neil explains, "In the spirit it's offered…made this for the Horse lovers. I can't stop it. The horse is runnin'. What a ride we have. I don't want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share."
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:03 (seven months ago) link
damn
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:05 (seven months ago) link
lol @ jiffy lube live
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:06 (seven months ago) link
formerly known as Nissan Pavilion
― peace, man, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:16 (seven months ago) link
Neil Young & C Horse playing Jiffy Lube is the most perfect thing to have ever occurred
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:18 (seven months ago) link
Worst ever parking. So archives members can get pre -sale today and public tickets are on 15th?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:14 (seven months ago) link
Public is 16th I mean, and some other live nation pre-sale the 15th
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:16 (seven months ago) link
think i'm going to spring for phoenix tix
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:18 (seven months ago) link
Man, that is going to rule. And by rule, I mean cost $$$$$$$. Who is playing second guitar, Willie's kid?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:20 (seven months ago) link
if i can't get nosebleeds for under 100 i'm out
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:31 (seven months ago) link
out on 4/20, eh? Classic.
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:31 (seven months ago) link
all these motherfucking lawyers making it impossible for weirdos to see neil young before he dies
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:32 (seven months ago) link
I hate them worse than lepers
― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:32 (seven months ago) link
lol
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:34 (seven months ago) link
I've still never seen him live and NY + CH is the one act I might spring the ridiculous amount of $ for.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:35 (seven months ago) link
yah i'm in the same boat
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:37 (seven months ago) link
Fortunately, I still have my tinnitus to remember the 1991 tour by.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:40 (seven months ago) link
trying to sign up for an annual subscription to get access to the pre-sale but there is an error :(
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:41 (seven months ago) link
I think GA at Barclays ten years ago was like $150 - I gladly splurged because I think Poncho was already saying that it could've been the last time for some of them (and as it turns out, it was for him). It's the only time I've ever seen them, and it was awesome. Might do it again for this tour if it's Lofgren.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:43 (seven months ago) link
Forgot, it was also my first time seeing Patti Smith who opened so that made the price easier to swallow.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:44 (seven months ago) link
Don't think Nils can do it, because Springsteen is (still) touring.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:11 (seven months ago) link
well i did it, don't even know if the logistics will work out but i found that my archives subscription was still going and said fuck it, by Friday it's going to be pretty sold out from the looks of it.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:41 (seven months ago) link
What's the range of ticket prices?
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:47 (seven months ago) link
Not an archives member so I'm not even going to bother to try.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:48 (seven months ago) link
san diego was $85-$250
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:59 (seven months ago) link
at least from what I could see $110-$250?
i paid $162 per for what looks to be pretty great seats, in the 200s sections
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:03 (seven months ago) link
for a classic rock warhorse that really isn't ridiculous anymore sadly
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:04 (seven months ago) link
yeah, I was expecting way worse based on some of the reactions I've been seeing on X, but sadly that's about where things are these days
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:07 (seven months ago) link
and of course Archives hasn't let me subscribe all day. started trying about 9am, it's now half four. sadlol.
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:27 (seven months ago) link
yep, same issue.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:33 (seven months ago) link
Timeless drifter on the road
― calstars, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:40 (seven months ago) link
Why do I keep paying up
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner)
"I'm out in the Archives, tryin' to subscriiiibeand out on the corner, it's half past fiiiive"
― nickn, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:43 (seven months ago) link
...the performances of these familiar songs, recorded in 2023...
Is it too much to ask for some unfamiliar songs instead of the 48th recording of "Cinnamon Girl"?
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 06:06 (seven months ago) link
I guess prices are a little more at Forest Hills in Queens, NY - it took 45 minutes to get in on AXS and until I saw the prices, I was surprised so many seats were still available (though no GA tickets were left). Pretty much every good seat was well over $200. I checked the highest row and it finally dropped to $120, but I've sat in those seats before, and the vantage point was so disappointing I've avoided it ever since - you might as well watch a DVD at home and at least not have the distraction of people talking or walking by to go to the vendors and restrooms. Don't know if their box office is open, but if they drop the fees, that would make a substantial difference.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:59 (seven months ago) link
Live nation passcode for today Thursday is: ENERGY
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:05 (seven months ago) link
got forest hills tix (towards the back) for $153. it's cool tho, no bad seats in that stadium.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:06 (seven months ago) link
besides the very last row, which i have never experienced
Big concession energy
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:27 (seven months ago) link
That is true - at Forest Hills you can order food on your phone and simply pick it up at the stand when it's ready.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:25 (seven months ago) link
I went to Forest Hills once, to see Kamasi Washington (opening for Alt-J). As stadiums go, it's really nice. You can tell it was built for the classy kind of people who attend tennis tournaments, not the knuckle-walking scumbags who go to rock 'n' roll shows.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:38 (seven months ago) link
letting my neil concert aspirations go. feels good tbr.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:43 (seven months ago) link
looks like I am hitting a san diego show ... gotta do it!
some excellent outtakes posted on the NYA this past week — un-overdubbed "Will To Love," full-band Homegrown version of "Bad News" w/ Levon Helm, some late 72 Stray Gators studio recordings ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:48 (seven months ago) link
Forgot, there was one great thing about sitting at the top row - it was for Van Morrison (this was before COVID, when he also did a show at Forest Hills for several consecutive years), and I could see a vast, empty space (maybe a parking lot, I can't remember) right behind the stage. During the big finale, when Morrison did "Gloria," I saw a sedan zip down a road towards the stage and glide right behind it, presumably parking somewhere out of sight. Van eventually walked off stage as he continued to solo on his harmonica, holding a mic underneath it. He played for a little bit more off-stage somewhere, then the band took over and kept jamming. When that transition happened, I saw the car re-appear and speed off into the distance. Morrison of course never came back. It was pretty amusing to see how that worked.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:59 (seven months ago) link
I feel lucky that I have seen Neil Young a few times, so I won't feel bad if I don't see this show. That said, I will be looking for more reasonable tickets the morning of, or for sure much, much closer to the date.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:05 (seven months ago) link
When the Greendale tour happened, was it really easy to get tickets secondhand for good prices? Just curious, because I wonder if people bailed when they knew they weren't getting "the hits." (Which was kind of weird when that became a controversy because that's always been Neil's thing, to focus on newer material.)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:08 (seven months ago) link
Iirc, it was always easier to get tickets to pretty much everything that long ago. The secondary market/bot game is off the charts these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:12 (seven months ago) link
He was also playing Summer Sheds then, and probably overestimating his draw then as well (particularly given the show he was doing...I remember word of mouth being pretty negative att).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:44 (seven months ago) link