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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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