Neil Young Character Compendium

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It's all the rage. Must be dozens and dozens.

the cinnamon girl
the country girl
the stupid girl
the ocean girl
the girl just down the aisle
cortez

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:21 (twelve years ago)

man from mars
mama
Big John
Emmy Lou

― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:24 (twelve years ago)

bruce berry

― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:25 (twelve years ago)

Surfer Joe
Moe the Sleaze

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:27 (twelve years ago)

the emperor of wyoming
the loner
the cowgirl
the cripple creek ferry
the southern man
the actress
the soldier
marlon brando
pocahontas
me

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:31 (twelve years ago)

Oops--listed a boat.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:32 (twelve years ago)

The waitress

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:47 (twelve years ago)

I'll leave this to someone else, but a Dylan thread would be gargantuan. You could probably list 30 or 40 people from "Desolation Row" alone.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:49 (twelve years ago)

the old man

― Stupor Fly, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:07 (twelve years ago)

Mother Goose

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:15 (twelve years ago)

We need a subcategory for cars:

Trans Am
Mort The Hearse
The Econoline Van
The limousines
The Mercedes

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:22 (twelve years ago)

The Motorcycle Mama

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:23 (twelve years ago)

Lookout Joe and the gang...Milliy from down in Philly, Old Bill from up on the hill,

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:25 (twelve years ago)

the old laughing lady

― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:27 (twelve years ago)

a man
a maid

― In Walked Sho-Bud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:29 (twelve years ago)

mr. soul
a stranger
the messenger
a fan who said i upset her
any girl in the world
the clown who is sick

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:33 (twelve years ago)

women who all were beautiful
men who stood straight and strong

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:36 (twelve years ago)

a man
a maid

well played.

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:37 (twelve years ago)

new mama

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:38 (twelve years ago)

the record company man

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:38 (twelve years ago)

a man on the rail

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:39 (twelve years ago)

welfare mothers

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:39 (twelve years ago)

Picasso (hey now hey now now)

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:40 (twelve years ago)

tin soldiers
nixon

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:40 (twelve years ago)

Four dead
Ohio

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:41 (twelve years ago)

campaigners

― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:42 (twelve years ago)

Nixon--a.k.a. the campaigner, a.k.a. the man who could tell so many lies.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:43 (twelve years ago)

a kid who'll never go to school, fall in love, or get to be cool

― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:44 (twelve years ago)

mary lou
peggy sue
barbara ann
donna
jenny
minnie
sally
fanny
miss ann
mary ann
betty lou
sue
wanda (kinda fonda)

― cock chirea, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:45 (twelve years ago)

a friend of mine who died a thousand deaths

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:45 (twelve years ago)

rambo in the disco

― cock chirea, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:47 (twelve years ago)

Nixon--a.k.a. the campaigner, a.k.a. the man who could tell so many lies.

so many nixons in neil lyrics!

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:48 (twelve years ago)

montezuma

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:49 (twelve years ago)

mother earth

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:50 (twelve years ago)

a friend i've never seen

― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:52 (twelve years ago)

a woman in the night
a man of the people

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 02:05 (twelve years ago)

Ruby in the dust

― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 18:29 (twelve years ago)

The hitchhiker

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 18:45 (twelve years ago)

Clancy

― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 18:49 (twelve years ago)

The horse

― That's So (Eazy), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 19:26 (twelve years ago)

Johnny Rotten

― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 19:52 (twelve years ago)

Wilson, pick it

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 19:52 (twelve years ago)

14 (then 13) junkies too weak to work

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 19:53 (twelve years ago)

the president (Bush)
mamma
daddy
hank williams
hendrix
madonna
elvis
Isabela
the farmer
the sinner

― nostormo, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 20:14 (twelve years ago)

ha ha no one wants to revisit Greendale

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 20:23 (twelve years ago)

Picasso (who Neil used to dig)

― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 21:10 (twelve years ago)

mindless drifter on the road

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 00:20 (twelve years ago)

old man, dead man, blind man

― nostormo, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 00:26 (twelve years ago)

Expert witnesses on the brutal crimes of love

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 00:28 (twelve years ago)

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