Is it crazy to think it would cost more to see NEIL YOUNG than phish? Is it crazy?
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:52 (four months ago) link
(not excusing the shitty ticket prices here, but come on son)
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:53 (four months ago) link
i've now realised where you wrote Dead & Co, I read phish. still.... point stands
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:54 (four months ago) link
Eh, my point was more the venue than the band really, the Sphere was an expensive ass thing to build and with all the hype I feel like they could have justified a higher price point. If it was any other bog standard venue, I would naturally expect Neil to cost more. But this specific event/venue did surprise me (and I understand your main point is more a dig at the relative quality of the music, which I don't disagree with, but I also think my point still stands).
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 May 2024 17:04 (four months ago) link
i was way up in the bleachers but the sound was reaching me all the way up there. not with the clarity of the PA, but i could immediately identify the song. it was like seeing the beatles! (who also played the forest hills stadium once, iirc.)
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:00 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes i could hear too! but the p.a. was cutting in and out, which was distracting
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 May 2024 17:23 (four months ago) link
At show I was at Neil didn’t let them use video screens, but it looks like they were used at his New Orleans Jazz Fest gig .
― curmudgeon, Thursday, May 16, 2024 9:46 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i was bummed about this at the phx show, they really just way out there and you dont see any of the guitar faces or band interactions or pickup switching or expressions. i enjoyed the show but it couldve been way better with the screens on.
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 16 May 2024 19:44 (four months ago) link
When I saw him in 2012, I was genuinely surprised that he was still using as stage decor the giant amps from the Rust-era. I knew he used them for the Ragged Glory tour preserved on Weld, but I hadn't seen any video or pictures of recent shows, just audio from a ton of bootlegs, so it was actually a pleasant surprise for me. From a certain distance it probably looks hilarious if you're not jaded by it - tiny Crazy Horse rocking out among the amps - but I can see how it's a drag if it supplants any screens that would've been helpful.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 May 2024 00:53 (four months ago) link
I saw him in 2001 and there were no giant amps that I recall - but in 2013 he had all the giant stage props and istr scientists with clipboards and lab coats scurrying around! really appreciated the dumbness of it!
2001 had a fantastic setlist of all the songs you'd want them to play but 2013 was the better show for me - the psychedelic pill material really gave the set purpose and cohesion
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Friday, 17 May 2024 01:10 (four months ago) link
So they just dropped "Everybody's Alone" on streaming as a single with a vintage black & white cover pic of the Whitten-era band with the title "Early Daze"...
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 May 2024 04:16 (four months ago) link
Facebook banner describes it as a "Historic Collection of Early Recordings from 1969" and it's out via Reprise on June 28th.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 May 2024 04:21 (four months ago) link
A bit more information here:
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-early-daze/
― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 17 May 2024 10:02 (four months ago) link
Very excited to see them in a few days, along with my dad. Will be my first time seeing Neil, his second - the first was at Woodstock. Was thinking about that yesterday and getting really tripped out about it, wondering if I'll be lucky enough to see 2 shows by the same artist 55 years apart, the mind reels
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Friday, 17 May 2024 12:11 (four months ago) link
This early crazy horse single sounds great, look forward to the album
Kind of a slacker indie 90s vibe tbh
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 20 May 2024 10:30 (four months ago) link
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/neil-young/listening-to-neil-young-after-coming-out
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 May 2024 13:59 (four months ago) link
UMS and I drove to the Chicago gig, which was "postponed" but of course wasn't announced as such until we were at the venue and the whole rest of the trip was, at times a challenge and UMS kept saying "man, none of this would be bugging me if we had seen a great Neil Young show last night"
Hopefully everyone is ok
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 16:50 (four months ago) link
lol such a bummer, we were all just sitting in the uber stunned when we saw the "concert cancelled" sign
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:30 (four months ago) link
oooof. feels like neil should be gifting everyone who was canceled on a free year of archives subscriptions or something. and a hand-rolled joint? someone else i know flew to austin only to have lightning cancel the show.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:59 (four months ago) link
He should let us decide what the next Archives release is
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:07 (four months ago) link
I admit I'm a little bit concerned about this, plz post any updates here
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:10 (four months ago) link
Man I would like to have a concrete update, naturally a lot of rumors flying out there without anything official to fill the vacuum.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:18 (four months ago) link
from a facebook neil group guy: "For those just a little concerned over the lack of any news, I have heard from someone definitely in the know that in terms of the reported illness, “everything is ok and nothing serious”."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:21 (four months ago) link
Yeah weirdly the lack of updates convinced me that it wasn't anything to be alarmed about, though obv these are some well-rode horses so it is always a concern but seems like a "no news is good news" sitch
I also drove through 3 hours of some the worst driving weather I've experienced in a long time so I trying to be philosophical about the whole deal
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:46 (four months ago) link
They just dropped a Crazy Horse & Neil version of "Look At All The Things," which is good, but loses something without those piano and arranged harmonies from the '71 CH album.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 June 2024 04:37 (three months ago) link
Just cancelled rest of Love Earth tour when “a couple “ of them got sick after the Detroit gig and are not recovered yet . They hope to reschedule
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 June 2024 17:42 (three months ago) link
were set to play several shows in Canada in July and the Hollywood Bowl in late September. Now it seems those shows are no more — though the band said it is open to playing those missed dates “as time passes when we are ready to rock again.”
Show at the Gorge on July 26 , a month away is cancelled
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-06-27/neil-young-crazy-horse-cancel-tour-hollywood-bowl-sick
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 June 2024 17:45 (three months ago) link
Is neil a part of the sick "couple"?
― nostormo, Thursday, 27 June 2024 17:50 (three months ago) link
no idea — this is a bummer though! glad I bit the bullet and caught one of the earlier shows this year. hope it's not the end of the road for the horse, they sounded killer. I've seen some complaints that they were "too loose" and I've thought ... "you realize what band you're talking about here?"
― tylerw, Thursday, 27 June 2024 18:08 (three months ago) link
this sucks so much, from literally getting turned away at the gate from the chicago show to this :(
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 June 2024 18:09 (three months ago) link
ticketmaster promises i will probably get my money back in 30 days, lord willing
i was hoping this would be my first ny show. ah well.
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Thursday, 27 June 2024 18:24 (three months ago) link
If Ticketmaster doesn't call the venue. They can process the refund. (You may even be able to do this now.) I learned the hard way when Ticketmaster took back tickets to a repeatedly COVID-delayed show, only to keep the money and falsely claim they must've refunded the money since the tickets were no longer in my account. Credit card wouldn't do anything - after the window for disputes has closed, they said they could do nothing, even if I presented evidence. So I called MSG and they luckily could see EVERYTHING on their system - i.e. they voided the tickets but never sent back payment - so they processed it immediately and said next time call us, not Ticketmaster. As if I needed saying, FUCK TICKETMASTER.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 27 June 2024 18:32 (three months ago) link
*(Ticketmaster voided the tickets, not the venue)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 27 June 2024 18:33 (three months ago) link
MSG sounds awesome; who are they?
― dow, Thursday, 27 June 2024 21:31 (three months ago) link
Madison Square Garden. (They also own the Beacon, Radio City Music Hall and I think a few other venues in NYC.)
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 June 2024 02:39 (three months ago) link
Neil's forthcoming science fiction novel update: it's still forthcoming.
https://americansongwriter.com/neil-youngs-sci-fi-novel-and-his-hilarious-response-about-his-ongoing-project/
― prog's nearly man (Matt #2), Friday, 28 June 2024 11:23 (three months ago) link
Crazy Horse - Early Daze is out today, this is some primo shit, lost CH studio album basically
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 June 2024 14:24 (three months ago) link
Nice to hear, can't wait to play it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 June 2024 14:55 (three months ago) link
great ragged vibes, the CH version of "helpless" is excellent
some of the stuff has been in the archives box sets but hearing it all together as one session everything sound very cohesive
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 June 2024 15:01 (three months ago) link
In all honestly, I lost interest in the never-ending parade of Young releases a few years ago--I remember when every new record up till the early-'80s felt like an event--but I would buy that early Crazy Horse record. Didn't know they recorded "Helpless."
― clemenza, Friday, 28 June 2024 15:04 (three months ago) link
What's the story re: the CH "Helpless"? In Shakey they mention a 7-minute version that the engineer failed to record. Was that not true, or did they get another take on tape?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 June 2024 15:12 (three months ago) link
Yeah it's weird - maybe they did it again?
Here's the excerpt:
“Young and the Horse cut “Everybody’s Alone,” “Oh Lonesome Me,” “Wonderin’,” “I Believe in You,” “Birds,” an exquisite version of Whitten’s “Look at All the Things,” as well as an epic ballad called “Helpless” that failed to make it to tape. “We were doing it live, everybody playing and singing at once, and we did about an eight- or nine-minute version of it … with a long instrumental in the middle,” Young told writer Jean-Charles Costa. “And the engineer didn’t press the button down. It was much more free than anything I’ve done onstage.”
Any way, Early Daze is excellent, I'm definitely getting it. I've grown to welcome all of these Neil Young releases because for me they simply replaced what generally happens in unofficial channels, and it's not like I complained when I was a hardcore Dylan collector finding "new" bootlegs every week. They're not for everybody and even diehard fans should be discerning enough not to want everything (just as I never bothered with a good number of Dylan bootlegs/archival releases), but I'm glad it's just out there in the best quality possible. FWIW, I gave Fuckin' Up a chance and I thought it was surprisingly good. I didn't realize it was actually a recording of a private concert he did, and in a way it kind of reflects that appeal - it's a one-off that I'm glad I heard (if not witnessed). I'm not sure if I'll ever get a copy, but I'm glad I gave it a good listen all the way through.
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 June 2024 15:17 (three months ago) link
this is not that version of "helpless", it's probably an earlier take – it's about 4 minutes. not mindblowing, but pretty nice!
Early Daze is great but it all should've been on Archives Vol 1 ... it basically took Neil 20 years to put together a deluxe edition of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. But now we can cobble that together ourselves!
― tylerw, Friday, 28 June 2024 15:18 (three months ago) link
neil is definitely frustrating with how he does stuff but i'm trying to just kick back with it and listen to it as a record and i think as a set of songs it's a great listening experience
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 June 2024 15:46 (three months ago) link
it's funny - i'm semi-passable at playing a couple of his tunes. then i went to a recent open-mic and watched someone turf out doing "powderfinger" on acoustic and thought "nope, i'm not ready yet."
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 29 June 2024 06:33 (three months ago) link
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/neil-young-official-release-series-vol-5-breakout-releases/
Freedom, the expanded Ragged Glory, Arc, and Weld will be released individually in October.
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2024 00:33 (one month ago) link
awesome was hoping for that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 August 2024 22:09 (one month ago) link
Me too, because wanted expanded RG; which one do you want? But that article claims the box is so cheap, why not just get it? Well maybe I'll look for a nice-price second-hand, rated VG (like w some Dylan boxes, if you wait long enough: got Another Self-Portrait Deluxe [CD version] for about $30.00, because of minor packaging damage).
― dow, Saturday, 24 August 2024 22:16 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQisTEdBwY
Neil backed by R.E.M. playing ambulance blues hitting well tonight. They’re no Rusty Kershaw, but they might be the next best thing
― H.P, Friday, 6 September 2024 23:53 (one month ago) link
i LOVE "don't spook the horse". nice to see it getting another official release as i idiotically flogged my cd single at some point.
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 7 September 2024 00:03 (four weeks ago) link
Jem Aswad on Archives III (audio only, admits burning out before "11 films on Blu-Ray."):https://variety.com/2024/music/reviews/neil-young-archives-vol-iii-1976-87-album-review-1236131030/
― dow, Saturday, 7 September 2024 00:38 (four weeks ago) link