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 (six months ago) link
Don't think Nils can do it, because Springsteen is (still) touring.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:11 (six 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 (six months ago) link
What's the range of ticket prices?
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:47 (six 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 (six months ago) link
san diego was $85-$250
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:59 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six months ago) link
yep, same issue.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:33 (six months ago) link
Timeless drifter on the road
― calstars, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:40 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six months ago) link
Live nation passcode for today Thursday is: ENERGY
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:05 (six 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 (six months ago) link
besides the very last row, which i have never experienced
Big concession energy
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:27 (six 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 (six 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 (six months ago) link
letting my neil concert aspirations go. feels good tbr.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:43 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six months ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen Van has left the building
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:45 (six months ago) link
I think he played a couple of places here in 2003, the first being the Rosemont Theatre, which is not huge, the second being the United Center, which is a lot bigger.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 February 2024 00:03 (six months ago) link
Man I remember going to buy tix to that Rosemont theater show having the same balking reaction at the prices as I did this week. Sorry Neil/Horse, just gonna have to relish my coupla times seeing ya in the 90s ( can still recall the old dudes just not digging SY @ their quietist) & the fine boots that are out there - that price is too f’in high (queue Used Cars gif).
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 16 February 2024 00:09 (six months ago) link
I have been on a big Neil Young listening kick for the past few weeks.
Really love this ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ live show from 1990. That one was new to me, but I’ve already given it a half dozen listens. The other one that I had but had not heard in years was the ‘Year of the Horse’. The “Dangerbird” on that one is ridiculously epic. It definitely sat with me as a better live album than it did when it was new.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 17 February 2024 12:32 (six months ago) link
rust bucket is phenomenal, might be favourite ny&ch live album tbh
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 February 2024 12:56 (six months ago) link
OK, apparently the deal with the new album is, it's a re-recording of Ragged Glory with (most of) the song titles changed...
City Life (fka Country Home)Feels Like A Railroad (fka White Line)Heart Of Steel (fka Fuckin' Up)Broken Circle (fka Over & Over)Valley Of Hearts (fka Love To Burn)Farmer JohnWalkin' In My Place (fka Mansion On The Hill)To Follow One's Own Dream (fka Days That Used To Be)Chance On Love (??? - this is also a line from Love To Burn)
And here's "Broken Circle":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTaAF4S1eE
I don't know that I need this. What I need is for Neil to release the remastered Ragged Glory with the bonus tracks as a standalone, so I don't have to buy the most recent "Official Release Series" box to get it.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 17 February 2024 23:29 (six months ago) link
fu##in' up (neil's version)
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 18 February 2024 04:36 (six months ago) link
lol
― birdistheword, Sunday, 18 February 2024 05:14 (six months ago) link
Well, if the tour is going to focus on the new one, you can pretend it's really a Ragged Glory tour, which is great news if you love Weld (which I do and I'm far from alone in that regard).
― birdistheword, Sunday, 18 February 2024 05:15 (six months ago) link
This release is already bizarre but the phrase “chance on love” appears nowhere in “Love and Only Love.” And he still plays that one!
― Chris L, Sunday, 18 February 2024 05:22 (six months ago) link
For an artist that has espoused IDGAF, one wonders what nexus this project originated,
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 18 February 2024 07:10 (six months ago) link
i'm watching Dead Man for the first time in a million years and his score is so fucking good
― na (NA), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 19:42 (six months ago) link
really a *million years* cmon man no one is that old
― gbx, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:26 (six months ago) link
it's called "adding some spice to your social media posts to make them more interesting for the reader," you should try it sometime
― na (NA), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:35 (six months ago) link
i think 'dead man' is a top 5 neil release for me
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:48 (six months ago) link
a million years ago things were actually less spicy than they are now (by 5-10 degrees).
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:50 (six months ago) link
Neil's work on the Dead Man soundtrack is up there with Ry Cooder's on Paris, Texas and they make a good pair of companion records, possibly also with some later Earth records too
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 16:15 (six months ago) link
Another companion OST: Grizzly Man - Richard Thompson with Jim O'Rourke, Henry Kaiser, et al
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 17:07 (six months ago) link
Neil Young returning to Spotify is going to be the biggest single day catalog dump of goodness on that service since John Zorn OK'd access to Tzadik. I hope my family will be cool with several days worth of pent up Neil albums playing in the kitchen.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 22:19 (five months ago) link
lol the announcement on his site is titled "MY RETURN TO LOW RES SPOTIFY"
― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 22:28 (five months ago) link
Feedback is Back! (in low res)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 22:30 (five months ago) link