Over and Over: At long, long last, dig the NEIL YOUNG EPICS poll

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Holy mackerel, did this ever take a long time to type.

7 minute cutoff, with an exception made for Danger Bird. Does anybody in rock and roll have more good long songs?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Cowgirl In The Sand—10:06 6
Cortez The Killer—7:29 6
Down By The River—9:13 5
Like A Hurricane—8:20 5
Ambulance Blues—8:57 3
Will To Love—7:11 2
I’m The Ocean—7:05 2
Love To Burn—10:00 1
The Last Trip To Tulsa—9:25 1
On The Beach—7:00 1
Crime In The City—8:45 1
Slip Away—8:36 0
Baby What You Want Me To Do—8:08 0
Goin’ Home—8:49 0
She’s A Healer—9:08 0
Falling From Above—7:27 0
Leave The Driving—7:14 0
Carmichael—10:20 0
Grandpa’s Interview—12:57 0
Sun Green—12:03 0
Be The Rain—9:13 0
Prairie Wind—7:34 0
Ordinary People—18:13 0
Loose Change—9:10 0
Big Time—7:24 0
Scenery—8:50 0
Last Dance—8:47 0
Danger Bird—6:54 0
The Old Homestead—7:38 0
T-Bone—9:!0 0
Shots—7:42 0
Like An Inca—8:08 0
Inca Queen—7:56 0
Country Home—7:05 0
Over and Over—8:28 0
Love and Only Love—10:18 0
Natural Beauty—10:22 0
Change Your Mind—14:39 0
No Hidden Path—14:310


kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

"Cowgirl in the Sand" by a nose over "Cortez the Killer". "Danger Bird" is the better song, but the former two are better "epics".

But looking at this list... fuck do I love Neil.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

I'm gonna go with "I'm The Ocean."

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

That's two for I'm The Ocean.

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

"Cowgirl in the Sand", just ahead of "Crime in the City".

Euler, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

Damn tough one, this. Still, gotta go with "Down By The River"--perhaps the mightiest of his guitar epics.

JN$OT, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

"Cortez the Killer" by a hair over "Ambulance Blues".

Z S, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

Love To Burn easily!

Guitar Solo, No. 5 (14:40) from the Dead Man soundtrack is missing though..... It's pretty awesome.

MRZBW, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

"DON'T SPOOK THE HORSE"!

Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

Cowgirl-the version on the Fillmore East thing from last year is mind-blowing

Bill Magill, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

Like a Hurricane or Cortez the Killer, probably. But damn that's a lotta goodness.

Oilyrags, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

"Cortez the Killer" by a hair over "Ambulance Blues".

-- Z S, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:01 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

I decided against CTK, as it is the easy option. So go Cowgirl!

The Real Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

absolutely COWGIRL

69, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

also danger bird isnt that great

69, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

I believe, strongly, that it is.

Bill Magill, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

You missed "Arc"

Mark G, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

and "Interstate"!

Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

lot of good stuff, but its "cowgirl" vs. "hurricane" in the battle of epics that blew my mind in middle school.

da croupier, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

cortez cortez

dmr, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

i think danger bird is pretty lame. cowgirl cowgirl.

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

"Ambulance Blues," easy. Song that probably won't get any votes but fucking rules: "Shots."

Brent, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

"DON'T SPOOK THE HORSE"!

Ditto! Otherwise "Crime In The City", especially the live versions. Though I'd also vote for "Change Your Mind" and "Down By The River".

Eazy, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

Song that probably won't get any votes but fucking rules: "Shots.""Last Trip To Tulsa"

ian, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:57 (eighteen years ago)

(except i voted for it, out of something resembling spite more than pity.)

ian, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:58 (eighteen years ago)

twenty years ago i saw an austin city limits show on tv with stevie ray vaughan playing the first half and neil playing the second -- 'down by the river' was kind of mind-blowing.

mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't list any EP stuff, B sides etc which is why there's no Don't Spook The HOrse. That's a Ragged Glory era b side, is it not?

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

yeah .. on the "Mansion on the Hill" CDEP

Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

ambulance blues

M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

I keep missing these polls, but I would have probably voted either "Like a Hurricane" or "Cortez the Killer" but I probably couldn't have decided which. Let's say "Hurricane", though, just so we can have a three-way hindsight tie for first. ;)

Lostandfound, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 07:58 (eighteen years ago)

Hadn't I missed this, "Down By The River" would have joined the other two at the top.

Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

I coulda put Cortez over the top

gabbneb, Monday, 10 December 2007 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, but I could have (and would have) restored "Cowgirl" to it's rightful place! BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!

Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:41 (eighteen years ago)

I woulda voted "Ambulance Blues", but only cuz I'm not in a rocking mood lately

bernard snowy, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:08 (eighteen years ago)

Missed this, would have voted for "Danger Bird", for the guitar

Tom D., Monday, 10 December 2007 09:55 (eighteen years ago)

Guitar Solo, No. 5 (14:40) from the Dead Man soundtrack is missing though..... It's pretty awesome.

-- MRZBW, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:14 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

strgn, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 08:16 (eighteen years ago)


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