Zuma: classic or wankage

The best *Crazy Horse* record bar none, even though it'd be tighter if the acoustic outtake cuts weren't mixed in. Some of his other records from the era I feel are better all-around, but this is the one where he fully blends into the backing band and they seem on the verge of world domination every subsequent verse. It really doesn't get any better than "Cortez the Killer," "Danger Bird," and "Barstool Blues." Some of Neil's best singing and guitar playing is on this record.

where the sun hits the water
and the mountains meet the sand
there's a beach that i walk along some times

and maybe there i'll meet her
and we'll start to say hello
and never stop to think of any other time

lookin for a love thar's right for me
i don't know how long it's gonna be

but i hope i treat her kind
and don't mess with her mind
when she starts to see
the darker side of me.

'lookin for love' and 'barstool blues' are my two favorite songs on this album, probably my two fav back-to-back neil songs of all time, thank you for plaaying@!

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How in god's name is this masterpiece "wankage"?

"'cause when all the water's gone, the feeling lingers on..."

one of my all-time fave breakup songs, perfectly capturing all those mixed up feelings of bitterness and jealousy and acceptance and anger, and catchy as all hell.

So hard to POO.

wasn't this some kind-of clear malt beverage in the 90s?

zima was better if you put a few skittles in the bottom of your bottle.

Skittles in your zima, haha.

I was always led to believe this was one of his best albums. I tried listening to the whole thing while out walking last week and just thought it was okay. More entertaining than the self-titled one, though, and that lyric strgn quoted was a good one.

fuckin' bizarre: I was listening to "Lookin' For a Love" on my way to work this morning.

Also, this:

'lookin for love' and 'barstool blues' are my two favorite songs on this album, probably my two fav back-to-back neil songs of all time

...needs to be repeated.

also: can't think of any other song in '75 with "Drive Back"'s guitar sound.

It also has one CSN&Y's finest moments as a vocal unit: "Through My Sails." Usually the quartet went for bombast, but here they're subtle and low key.

one=one of

Oddly, I'm stuck on the long bits "Cortez the Killah" and "Danger Bird" which are so good that I haven't bothered with the shorter songs in between.

I susp. that this is the reason for Zuma's rather ordinary reputation. No-one actually listens properly to the shorter songs, and presumes them to be "filler".

Kind of like the musical equiv. of "The Wild Bunch", where you watch the opening scene and the closing scene, and drink/smoke/cook/screw during the long bit between.

that's too bad, because barstool blues is actually the best song on the record

That kid of happens though doesn't it? You *think* you know a record quite well, and then suddenly a song you glossed over suddenly announces itself as being *the most profound thing you've ever heard*.

Happened with me with "LA" from "Time Fades Away".

the album art is fabulous too...total danger bird, naked woman, and the cactus giving the bird.

yeah i love "LA", time fades away is just great in general.

the whole record sounds smoggy

'Pardon My Heart' is a gem.

Does that make me a bender?

omg yeah LA is soooo good - "city in the smog/dontcha wish that you could be hear too?" says it all

Time Fades Away is my fave Neil Young album.

I susp. that this is the reason for Zuma's rather ordinary reputation.

I think this record's rep has grown with time. When it was released, it seems as if it was considered consistent and balanced, if a little by the numbers. But most folks I know prefer it to, say, Harvest.

I susp. that this is the reason for Zuma's rather ordinary reputation

What? I must have been moving in the wrong circles or something, but Zuma was always one of the most appreciated of Neil Young's albums amongst people I know... y'know "Cortez the Killer", "Danger Bird" etc

PhilK, you are incorrect about Zuma and The Wild Bunch!

I heard the new one Same Old Man. It has this awesome blue-eyed/southern soul song called "Hurt My Baby." He is dramatic, as someone pointed out. But I dig this song. It's one of them raspy-dude tunes somewhere between the Boss, Michael McDonald and Starbucks adult contemporary. Yet, it's a really convincing and hypnotic ballad.

Sorry, wrong thread! Back to John Hiatt!

Now back to Zuma

I/m going to re-read the Zuma stuff in that Rolling Stone book that collects many of their pieces on the dude.

that's too bad, because barstool blues is actually the best song on the record

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

as much as cortez the killer is a major neil guitar moment, i don't think it tops the last twenty seconds of this track. i love how it just murmurs away after the high notes and ends, so perfect...

No-one actually listens properly to the shorter songs, and presumes them to be "filler".

wtf -- are you joking?

Is it me or do aspects of Zuma sound as if Neil dusted off his old Beatles records? The La La La's in "Stupid Girl" are an obvious example. But the rest of record, even the longer tunes, is fairly focused and poppy as well. I def think this could be a fave for folks in Dinosaur Jr. and Teenage Fanclub.

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