Neil Young's Geffen Albums Poll

Trans #1, Everybody's Rockin, inexplicably #2. I saw Neil twice on the Trans tour & the Everybody's Rockin & Old Ways tours also. Then I stopped seeing Neil & stopped buying records for awhile. So, no attachment to the last three, though Life was alright.

Trans by some distance, but "Mideast Vactation" off Life is some great weird shit.

Despite owning pretty much every single other album Neil has released, I still don't own and have never heard any of this era beyond Trans and Old Ways. Apparently I need to rectify this? Maybe not. Anyway, Trans for the win and Old Ways to place... by default (even though I do kinda like it).

Mideast Vactation" off Life is some great weird shit

Yes. So OTM.

The video for "Wonderin'" is great.

Everybody's Rockin' has "Wonderin'" and Life has "Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll," and for me that's pretty much it--six years, two songs. In 27 years (I can't believe it...) I've managed to move from revulsion to indifference as far as Trans goes, but it's still the beginning of the end for me...for a few years, anyway. No vote.

I really like "Around the World" off Life, but I only know it off Lucky Thirteen. I acquired all of these albums some time back but the only one to I've heard is Trans. So I think I'll listen to the others before voting.

a Lucky Thirteen poll would be cool!

yeah, it would be; I'll wait until this poll ends to start it.

i've come to the conclusion that Landing On Water actually isn't completely worthless. the VERY over synthesised cold feel of it is kind of interesting despite the songwriting being pretty bad across the board.

"Hippie Dream" is an actual Good Song!

ok the obvious choice is trans but Life has some great shit and i have a LOT of love for Landing On Water. So weird and gaudy. Best I can compare it to is a Miami Vice soundtrack if Crockett was played by Crispin Glover.

you can watch the bugfuck video for "Pressure" and some other goofy Landing On Water clips on Tim Pope's website.

direct links to the other LOW videos: Weight Of The World ("this neil young character is called marco. apart from already having a wee alcohol problem, marco's drink is spiked by a lady with breast implants. marco begins to see the world differently, and looking down at a swimming pool we too see through marco's eyes. eventually, marco is pushed into the pool where he drowns."), People On The Street (featuring cut-ins of Russ Tamblyn's feet for Neil's dance number) and Touch The Night (Neil as street reporter, one-shot)

lol, "people on the street" is on youtube after all. "pressure" isn't so i didn't bother looking for the others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOVkzZn48vo

Plz post the video for "Hippie Dream" -- three minutes of Neil as Captain Ahab spearing Moby David Crosby-as-Moby-Dick.

might have to settle for CSN&Y's American Dream, which I think Julien Temple did.

cut to 2:05 to see Neil in hair metal garb scaring the shit out of a shirtless Graham Nash

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

love landing on water

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

Daaamn.

huh, totally missed this poll. But I too, would've probably voted Trans. I've said it on other threads, but you're better off sticking to bootlegs during this era.

yeah I ended up not voting b/c I haven't had time yet to relisten to these albums (should get to them this week but we'll see).

here's a great Geffen-era bootleg -- w/ Crazy Horse in 1986. Landing on Water tunes, Trans tunes, Life tunes, the hits ... http://infinitefool.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-is-neil-young-month_19.html

Just listened to "Landing On Water" for the first time ever. The only positive thing I can say about it is the repeating guitar part on the last song is hilarious.

It's fine. Way better than its two predecessors. "Hippie Dream" is one of his greatest, most scabrous songs, "Drifter" almost as taut, "Violent Side" and "Pressure" worthy listens.

I've never heard the two previous albums but yikes if they're better than this dog.

... I mean, worse!

You don't care for these songs?

I can't remember them but I didn't like them much when I was listening to them.

“pressure” owns, “touch the night” owns, “people on the street” does not own